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. Welcome 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 Shenandoah Valley in 1864, contribute to overall confederate defeat. Yet, scarcely missing a beat after the confederate surrenders in spring 1865, he seized control of the historical narrative to substantially redeem his reputation and position himself as chief authority on Robert E Lees army of Northern Virginia, when robert e. Lee died in 1
The desert, 10 months after lockerbie. And that was 1988. All of our focus was on that whether it was the brits or the americans. Camethe french plance forgotten. It was not the same visibility except that this man who represented seven clients, seven citizens who were on that plane which went down killing everybody. Foughtthis search, he against the desert, he fought against the french bureaucracy and president ial rock was very upset by various activities of stuart newberger. So today, i want to leave you through a short presentation by him on his book and then a wonderful q a with david, correspondent for the Washington Post and now we are very lucky, a scholar with us here at the wilson center. I am sitting down and they are taking off. Ahead firstnt to go and give an outline of the book and then we will have a little q a here . Stuart newberger certainly, i want to thank diana and her was an Center Including the wilson press and counsel and all the folks here and ive been very inv
Silver prize for best first book on the civil war and she is currently conducting a biographical study of jubal a. Early. Welcome Kathryn Shively meier. [applause] you forr meier thank having me. Im delighted to be here. I think you will see some connections between my talk on talksearly as the earlier you heard on richard taylor. Confederate general jubal a. Was one of the most influential losers in American History. Known for a petulant personality, early lost the Shenandoah Valley to Philip Sheridan in 1864, contributing to the overall confederate defeats. Seized control of the historical narrative to substantially redeem his reputation and position himself as chief authority on robert e. Lees army of Northern Virginia when lee died. Jubal earned866, accolades from northern and Southern Newspapers for his proficiency as a general and the cherry historian. By 1869, a former confederate general proclaimed early nearer to the hearts of the southern people than any other man. The story
He had an incredible career, his most important book entitled so honor. Southern she has a very impressive publication record, or most recent book released by else you and the title, the civilian war, confederate women and Union Soldiers during shermans march. We have talked a lot about original research and those historians who love to dig into the archives. Thats book is full of primary research. She will reveal to us new dimensions of shermans march. You will hear the voices of women that are often overlooked. It is my pleasure to introduce lisa tendrich frank. [applause] prof. Frank thank you for that wonderful introduction. Thank you to the Civil War Institute for inviting me today. Thank you to all of you who came up here on a sunday morning to hear about my research on confederate Union Soldiers. I always enjoy talking about it, and it is enjoyable for me to discuss it with a knowledgeable i is and vicinity of ground. Knowledgeable audience and the vicinity of how the ground. Mo
He had an incredible career, his most important book entitled so honor. Southern she has a very impressive publication record, or most recent book released by else you and the title, the civilian war, confederate women and Union Soldiers during shermans march. We have talked a lot about original research and those historians who love to dig into the archives. Thats book is full of primary research. She will reveal to us new dimensions of shermans march. You will hear the voices of women that are often overlooked. It is my pleasure to introduce lisa tendrich frank. [applause] prof. Frank thank you for that wonderful introduction. Thank you to the Civil War Institute for inviting me today. Thank you to all of you who came up here on a sunday morning to hear about my research on confederate Union Soldiers. I always enjoy talking about it, and it is enjoyable for me to discuss it with a knowledgeable i is and vicinity of ground. Knowledgeable audience and the vicinity of how the ground. Mo