What hes talking about when it comes to the war. And he said to me, this woman is gangbusters. She is on fire. And if you think about all the students that gary has mentored over the years, for him to give a particular endorsement like that to one of them, really spoke volumes. And i saw that myself in the work that i read from cecily when she first started doing guest posts for us. Like this woman, she can write. Shes got smart things to say. Shes insightful. This is fantastic. And its really been wonderful role as the editor in chief to watch her journey with emerging civil war as kind of this young, upcoming, brilliant, bright star. And to see her star rise as it has. And so this past year, she was named emerging civil wars news chief historian. And so its really kind of exciting for me to be able to bring her out deep from the heart of texas, to bring her. I told her its going to be like, youre southern w a taunt unveiling. Yeah, if you will. Like the good Old Fashioned days. Cecil
Mcmanus is widely considered to be the leading expert on the history of modern american soldiers in combat. He is the author of 15 best selling and Award Winning books, military history, including in the dead and those about die. September hope and fire and fortitude, a native of st louis and john is a curators professor of u. S. Military history at Missouri University of science and technology and rolla, this professor worship is bestowed by the university of missouri board of curators and the most outstanding scholars in the university of missouri system. During the 2018 2019 academic year, john was in residence at, the u. S. Naval academy and, annapolis, as the leo schiffrin, chair of naval, naval and military history, a distinguished visiting professor. Johns latest to the ends of the earth is the installment of three part history on the u. S. Army. During World War Two to the ends of the earth recounts the stories of us army in the final days, the battle bringing to life both the
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
Cecily zander and ive got a little bio here and it says important official things about her that ill share. But she came to me because Gary Gallagher recommended her. Now, i dont know about you, but gary is a credible civil war source to me. You know, he generally knows what hes talking about when it comes to the war. And he said to me, this woman is gangbusters. She is on fire. And if you think about all the students that gary has mentored over the years, for him to give a particular endorsement like that to one of them, really spoke volumes. And i saw that myself in the work that i read from cecily when she first started doing guest posts for us. Like this woman, she can write. Shes got smart things to say. Shes insightful. This is fantastic. And its really been wonderful role as the editor in chief to watch her journey with emerging civil war as kind of this young, upcoming, brilliant, bright star. And to see her star rise as it has. And so this past year, she was named emerging civ
Be the leading expert on the history of modern american soldiers in combat. He is the author of 15 best selling and Award Winning books, military history, including in the dead and those about die. September hope and fire and fortitude, a native of st louis and john is a curators professor of u. S. Military history at Missouri University of science and technology and rolla, this professor worship is bestowed by the university of missouri board of curators and the most outstanding scholars in the university of missouri system. During the 2018 2019 academic year, john was in residence at, the u. S. Naval academy and, annapolis, as the leo schiffrin, chair of naval, naval and military history, a distinguished visiting professor. Johns latest to the ends of the earth is the installment of three part history on the u. S. Army. During World War Two to the ends of the earth recounts the stories of us army in the final days, the battle bringing to life both the experiences of the foot soldiers