Ago i started the research as a dissertation. Hes an interesting figure. I will give you a couple of brief biographical insights. Born and raised in ohio, goes to west point, not a stellar student. Hes won to merit away from being dismissed every year, actually. [laughter] his best friend at west point was Winfield Scott hancock. Hes 32 out of a class of 52. He participates in the seminal wars and the new mexican wars. He sees himself being this career military person and making a life in the military. He finds himself as a Lieutenant Colonel in the War Department. If you have read the book, you know i tried to sidestep the claim that he was responsible for starting the american civil war. Was sent on a secret mission to talk to Robert Anderson about the prospect of what might happen if South Carolina decided to secede. You have to understand, floyd, the war secretary, has given bewell no instructions and he spent three days in trust and harbor with Robert Anderson and after the first
Nixon can do. What can we do so that johnson and humphrey do appear for the victory. And then the talks will resume when i am president and we can make something happen. Powerful example of how our understanding of the past is always changing and new evidence can also introduce new interpretations and how perhaps some of the, some of the things we thought were true about what a president did and why he did it can change many decades after his death. Announcer watching the entire program at 8 00 and midnight on lectures in history. American history tv only on cspan3. Announcer monday on the communicators, a look at small town and rural broadband. Mrs. Bloomfield told him our organizations disaster for rural expansion to be a greater priority. She is interviewed by Communications Daily Senior Editor david account. What would you say your biggest priorities are in congress or the fcc . How do we make sure broadband is part of a package that is considered . I look at it and think are they
Member of the department of history here at uva and was also dean of arts and sciences here at uva. Hes the incoming president of the organization of american historians, which is the biggest professional organization for people who do what most of us do in our scholarly lives. He is now a historian of both the American South and the civil war. He, as with everyone else that you have heard today, has published very widely. I will mention just three of his books again. Thats my rule. Promise of a new south life after reconstruction, which was a major examination of the post civil war south. Second title is in the presence of mine enemies, war in the heart of america, 18591863. Theres a sequel to that book. I will not read the title because it is not out yet. The third one is what caused the civil war, reflections on the south and other history. The lastrnoon, and has slot of the day when we have been here a long time, and he will explore how the valley allows us to engage with some of t
Feel i should add was chaired department of history at uva. He began life as a specialist in the American South. He gravitated toward the civil war. He is now the historian of both the American South and the civil war. Published very widely. It was a major reexamine of the postcivil war south. It was the first since the Landmark Book from the early 1950s. He is just finished the sequel to that but it i am not going to read the title because it is an out yet. The third is what caused the civil war, reflections on the south. Dayas the last slot of the when weve been here for a long time. He is going to explore how the war in the valley allows us to engage with some of the larger themes of the war. [applause] thanks to all of you. I hope you partook of the coffee in the back. I was at uva for 27 years. The work i am talking to you about again before this building began. The library was here. To uvaalways be grateful for allowing that to be created in for sustaining it all the years ive be
One of our own, a phd from 2010, Kathryn Shively meier, who is now an associate professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University where she teaches courses on the American Civil War and American Military history and environmental history credit her Research Interests history. Her Research Interests involve the 1600s and 19 century, with focus on the interactions of soldiers with their natural environments and their mental and physical health. Her first book, common soldiers in the environment won the wily silver prize for best first book on the civil war, and she is conducting an early study on jubal early. Elcome Kathryn Shively meier [applause] kathryn thank you for having me. Im delighted to be here. I think you will see some connections between my talk on jubal early and the earlier talk we heard on richard taylor. The confederate general jubal early was one of the influential losers in American History. [laughter] kathryn known for a petulant personality, early loss at the