About the war. What the war had been fought for. The war from the unions point of view abraham lakins point of lincolns point of view was a war reunion. Over time the war becomes a war to stamp out slavery. The victories of union armies on the battlefield doesnt in itself resolve either one of those issues. That is what we are going to talk about we talk about reconstruction. Giving practical meaning to reunion. The Humpty Dumpty question have you put the union back together after civil war that has lasted for years . The cost may be 750,000 lives in total. Had he put the union back together . What i want to talk about today is the second of those two issues, the second aim of union policy. Destroying slavery. What is that going to mean practically . What is freedom going to mean for 4 million former slaves in the United States . We talk in prior weeks about what slavery was and we talked about in various aspects. It affected every aspect of american life, politics, culture, society. T
Particularly what the war had been fought for. Remember the war from the , unions point of view Abraham Lincolns point of view was a war of reunion. A war to stamp out recession. Over time, it becomes a war to stamp out slavery. The victory of union armies on the battlefield doesnt, in itself, resolve either one of those issues. That is what we are going to talk about we talk about talk about when we talk about reconstruction. Giving practical meaning to reunion. Think of this as the Humpty Dumpty question. How do you put the union back together after a civil war that lasted four years . The cost may be 750,000 lives in total. How do you put the union back together . That is what we will talk about next time. What i want to talk about today is the second of those two issues that the war raises. The second aim of union policy. In the civil war, their goal of destroying slavery. What is that going to mean . Practically what is freedom , going to mean for 4 million now former slaves in th
Thanks to sheffield and members of the at lant at this history and lecture fund and making it possible to for me to come visit again in atlanta, this beautiful jewel of a city. What is pleasure it is to be here especially at the Atlanta History Center, so devoted as it is to the study of the history of this city, of the state of georgia and the United States. It is great to be back again. I wonder if we could have the lights down a bit because we have some pictures to see. Looking back, over 20 years, Alexander Stewart webb, declared, that the battle of gettysburg was, and is now throughout the world, known to be the waterloo of the rebellion certainly alex webb earned the right to speak with authority about gettysburg. He was 26 when the civil war broke out in 1861 and even though this grandson of a minuteman at bunker hill was only six years out of west point, he rocketed up the ladder of promotion to brigadier general, just a week before the union and confederate armies collided in
Next the director of civil war era studies at Gettysburg College recounts the battle of gettysburg which took place between the union and confederate armies on july 1st to third, eighteen sixtythree and resulted in 50,000 casualties. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the conflict. [applause] thank you to all the members of the Atlanta History Center and to the trustees of the living Selector Fund for making this possible, making possible for me to visit again here in atlanta this beautiful joule of the city, what a pleasure it is to be here especially at the Atlanta History Center so devoted as it is to the study of the history of the city, the state of georgia and the United States. It is great to be back again. I wonder if we could have the lights down a bit because we have some pictures to see. Looking back over 20 years, Alexander Stewart web declared that the battle of gettysburg was and is now throughout the world known to be the waterloo of the rebellion. Certainly alex w
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