Chris is the historian here. Bed andworking breakfast, conference center, a great place to hold the symposium. He has just written a book, which will be available. He has coauthored two magazine articles on the battle of the spotsylvania courthouse. Those are available through the emerging civil war website. Chris and i have known each other for 11 years. , fightlike john and paul a little bit, get along, but we are best friends. He met his life right where our projector is set up. Chris, one of our friends described him as the Rupert Murdoch of civil war publishing. He is now becoming a very prolific author. Atwas a former historian fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National parks. Chris will talk about the battle of the spotsylvania courthouse. Pleasure toor and bring you this prolific speaker, author, and my best friend. [applause] that the firsty symposium i spoke at here, jennifer was where matt is. No offense. He is here all weekend, folks. Tom delighted to be able share with you t
Theorian bane of historian that your special feel that you love so much, when you mention it to other people day, they have never heard of it. They dont know who those people were or that this happened. I do not have that problem, because everyone is heard of the puritans. Say the. Tents to anyone in america, they know who you are talking about. The problem is what they know about who you are talking about. If you type puritans into a Search Engine as i did or if you mention the puritans to people, this is what they imagine. Fiendish punishers. We all read the scarlet letter. People who like to put people and the stocks and humiliate them publicly. We think of their religion as extreme and a little bit more like a clut,ult, a harsh, unforgiving religion. And, of course, we cannot get away from the witch trials. Anne hutchinson and the witch trials. Those are the first things people think of. Our imagination runs away with us on that one. Often wondered why this is, why the puritans hav
To magazine authors articles on the battle of spotsylvania courthouse. He book a season of slaughter he and i authored on the battle of spotsylvania courthouse and those are available through the emerging civil war website. Chris and i have known each other for 11 years. As i told you last night, we are like john and paul, we fight a little bit, we get along, but we are best friends. I was at his wedding, his reception right here and he met his wife where the projector is set up. Thats the gods honest truth. What one of our friends described as the Rupert Murdoch civil war publishing because hes now becoming a very prolific author. He is going to talk about the battle for the spotsylvania courthouse, particularly the mule shoes and bloody angle. Its my pleasure to introduce to you my friend and coauthor, chris michalski. [applause] firstave to say the symposium i spoke at here, i was whereng and jennifer is Matt Atkinson is, no offense, you are a step down. [laughter] hes really good.
I dont have that problem because everyone has heard of the puritans. Puritans to anyone. If you type puritans into a Search Engine or mention it to people, this is what they imagine. We all read the Scarlet Letter and we think of puritans as people who liked to put people in the stocks and humiliate them publicly. We think of their religion as extreme and more like a cult, a harsh, unforgiving religion. And, of course, you cant it away from the witch trials. And hutchinson and the witch trials, those are the first things people think of. Our imagination runs away with us on that one. Why thisten wondered is. Why do that your urgent have such a negative reputation . I think there are two reasons. First of all, in the early 1800s, after the war of 1812, which most americans felt like we had one and we were feeling kind of stable and strong as a nation, there was a lot of looking back to the founding. To look back to the puritans. In the first half of the 19th century, there was a lot of
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