Significance that affected the entire country. And not simply an unfortunate policy carried out by a single president. You can watch this and other american artifacts programs by visiting our website, cspan. Org histor cspan. Org history. The president s just released in paperback. Presents biographies of every president. Visit our website, cspan. Org thepresident s and order your academy today, wherever books are sold. Next, American History tv speaks with history professor paul kelton about the spread of cholera in the 1800s. And how it affected native americans. Paul kelton, professor of history at Stony Brooke University and the author of a number of books, including epidemics and enslavements, lets talk about the cholera epidemic. First of all, what was it and how widespread was it in the 1800s . Well, the cholera epidemic was one of the first global epidemics that started cholera is a disease thats endemic to south asia and it spread out of south asia into europe. And theres a ma
The making management and memory of Gettysburg National park. Published in 2013 by the university of tennessee press. Biographyworking on a that will hopefully be published by the university of north carolina. She is a veteran faculty member here, many of you have been on her chores which are outstanding. It is our pleasure to welcome jen to speak about her book on the creation of the Gettysburg National park. Thank you. Thank you for that kind introduction. Can you hear me ok . Myyour more excited than 8 00 a. M. Western civilization class. Happy fathers day. I hope my dad is watching this in maryland. Im super excited to talk to you about my book, the history of the Gettysburg National military park. Traditionally when i do this talk it is more of a roundtable. I asked people how many have been to gettysburg and people raise their hands. How many have been to gettysburg . Fielde veterans of this and this conference which is terrific. Time withspend some you this morning talking to yo
Many of you probably do not think about Abraham Lincoln in context of American Indian or indigenous history. That is what were going to talk about today. After all, Abraham Lincoln had a lot on his plate. When he was president. The civil war. And that dominated most of his attention. But underneath the surface of the civil war, lay some important events involving American Indians. Events that might make Abraham Lincoln more of a problematic figure than he ordinarily is. So lets consider some u. S. Events in American Indian affairs that happened during his presidency. It was during his presidency that the socalled great sioux uprising or what we might call the dakota war of 1862 occurred. A conflict in which the state of minnesota was drenched in blood, as impoverished and hungry dakota waged war on settlers, then faced the wrath of whites, who hunted down susspected culprits, tried, convicted, and sentenced to death 303 men. Lincoln commuted the sentence of most of these individuals, b
Management, and memory of Gettysburg National military park. This hourlong talk was part of the annual summer conference posted by the Gettysburg College civil war institute. Good morning, everyone. Happy fathers day. We are going to open this morning with a a longtime contributor to wi cwi, jen murray. Currently an assistant teaching professor in the department of history at Oklahoma State university. She is, as you know, an expert in the civil war, and a specialist in military history in general. , a full i would say publication resume. Her most important book and most recent is entitled on a great battlefield the making, management, and memories of Gettysburg National park. It was published in 2013 by the university of tennessee press. She is currently working on a biography of general george be published will by the university of North Carolina of North Carolina in the civil war america series. As i mentioned, she is a veteran faculty member here. Many of you have been on her battl
That is what were going to talk about today. After all, Abraham Lincoln had a lot on his plate. When he was president. The civil war. And that dominated most of his attention. But underneath the surface of the civil war, lay some important events involving American Indians. Events that might make Abraham Lincoln more of a problematic figure than he ordinarily is. So lets consider some u. S. Events in American Indian affairs that happened during his presidency. It was during his presidency that the socalled great sioux uprising or what we might call the dakota war of 1862 occurred. A conflict in which the state of minnesota was drenched in blood, as impoverished and hungry dakota waged war on settlers, then faced the wrath of whites, who hunted down susspected culprits, tried, convicted, and sentenced to death 303 men. Lincoln commuted the sentence of most of these individuals, but in the end, 38 were hung. In what remains americas largest mass execution. It was during the american pres