Includes 15 minutes for questions and answers. Please submit your questions in the question and answer function at any time during the top. We will do to respond to as many as possible for the final part of the program. Now, modern meter Major Generals. Some of our viewers have commented on our approach to the civil war in 50 objects. While the multi layered social and political history takes in the totality of the context of the war, it doesnt really consider the militarys history or the sequence. When you think about that . It is a fair enough comment, of course. The objects that we are discussing are all in some way related to new york history, so it relates to the soldiers who served, the leaders who helped or hindered the war effort. The relics they brought back from battle. Along the way, over the last seven weeks, we touched on battles, those who experienced, certainly the battle of new york city. Early on we dealt with a inaudible lot a lot indeed. We are doing okay. That is a
Reconstruction. Es received his ba and masters degree at the university of illinois, where he was able to root for his beloved chicago that by later deserted going to Rice University when professor hyman moved, and received his phd at Rice University, where unlike many people, he published not just one book out of his dissertation, but two. Unfortunately one of his books that he published out of his dissertation arrived at perhaps an auspicious time, the ineachment of Andrew Johnson 1973. You may know what else happened in 1973. , as those of us who know him call him, has also been president of the society for historians of the gilded age, a distinguished lecturer for that organization, and a very important mover in that organization. But he has also been extremely active as author and publisher and speaker in demand all over the country. I recently saw him speaking to the texas humanities council. I am not sure how much advice they took from him, based on what i have heard, but at lea
Peter i am going to use the lectern for just a minute. Thank you very much. It has been my pleasure to know our speaker tonight for more years than probably either of us would like to admit. I first met les when he was one of the brightest young graduate students at the university of illinois, where we both were studying under harold heiman, one of the greats in the field of constitutional history and reconstruction. Although les received his ba and masters degree at the university of illinois, where he was able to root for his beloved chicago cubs, he later deserted that by going to Rice University when professor hyman moved, and received his phd at Rice University, where unlike many people, he published not just one book out of his dissertation, but two. Unfortunately one of his books that he published out of his dissertation arrived at perhaps an auspicious time, the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1973. You may know what else happened in 1973. Les, as those of us who know him call