Gary gallagher who wrote . He edited it. Right. Yeah, thats right. Gordon rhea has written several Award Winning books about the american war, including cold harbor the battle, the to the north and a river the battles of spotsylvania courthouse and the road to Yellow Tavern on the petersburg and in the footsteps of grant and lee published in 2021. His most recent book is stephenie swales black Freedom Fighter in the civil war and reconstruction. Mr. Rae is lectured across the country on topics of military history and the civil war era. Hes also appeared multiple times as as historian and presenter on nationwide Television Program teams, including the History Channel channel, Discovery Channel and cspan. Lets give gordon welcome. Well, good day. Im delighted to be here. Finally. Finally, yes. Not just usual travel stuff, but im particularly delighted to be here because i. I dont know how many times ive talked at this symposium, but over the few decades ive been here many times, and it a
Our first speaker of the day, dr. Lauren thompson, who is the samuel heading damien and charles samuel, professor of Early American History at Mckendree University near saint louis. She also serves as the director of ethnic and gender studies as shes the author of a terrific book, which is what prompted me to invite her for this weekend for our theme the information war the book is called friendly enemies soldier throughout the american civil war. I wanted to make sure we had that experience of the everyday soldier the way they received and shared consume information during the war and dr. Thompson is the perfect person to that part of the story. With us. And her lecture title today is holding correspondence with and giving intelligence to the enemy. How soldiers chad information across the lines lets give her a warm welcome to the podium. Thank you. Good good morning. Im so excited to go first today so and it looks like rain is on the forecast for the day and what i cant think of a be
Annual civil weekend. Im really pleased to introduce our first speaker of the day, dr. Lauren thompson, who is the samuel heading damien and charles samuel, professor of Early American History at Mckendree University near saint louis. She also serves as the director of ethnic and gender studies as shes the author of a terrific book, which is what prompted me to invite her for this weekend for our theme the information war the book is called friendly enemies soldier throughout the american civil war. I wanted to make sure we had that experience of the everyday soldier the way they received and shared consume information during the war and dr. Thompson is the perfect person to that part of the story. With us. And her lecture title today is holding correspondence with and giving intelligence to the enemy. How soldiers chad information across the lines lets give her a warm welcome to the podium. Thank you. Good good morning. Im so excited to go first today so and it looks like rain is on t
Next speaker. I want to make sure they have their full allotted time to deliver their talk and give a little time at the end for q a as well. And im very pleased to introduce doug to wayne hsieh, who is serving currently on the civilian faculty at the Us Naval Academy as an associate of history and hsieh is an expert in many of the military history of the civil war. His publications include the book west pointers and the civil war, which is a study of how west point as an institution shaped the us army before the civil war and during the war as well. Hes also coauthor of another book, which i often find myself recommending to people who are looking for a really insightful overview of the military history of the civil war. And that book is called a savage war military history of the civil war. So check that one out. If youre as well. Today, hes to speak to us about observation and and signals from first bull run to the Overland Campaign. Welcome to virginia tech. All all right thanks so
Next speaker. I want to make sure they have their full allotted time to deliver their talk and give a little time at the end for q a as well. And im very pleased to introduce doug to wayne hsieh, who is serving currently on the civilian faculty at the Us Naval Academy as an associate of history and hsieh is an expert in many of the military history of the civil war. His publications include the book west pointers and the civil war, which is a study of how west point as an institution shaped the us army before the civil war and during the war as well. Hes also coauthor of another book, which i often find myself recommending to people who are looking for a really insightful overview of the military history of the civil war. And that book is called a savage war military history of the civil war. So check that one out. If youre as well. Today, hes to speak to us about observation and and signals from first bull run to the Overland Campaign. Welcome to virginia tech. All all right thanks so