Professo intronesbit this is to restore preservation. A littleing to think bit about the Cultural Heritage of the american south, especially after and during the american civil war. It has been in the news quite a bit lately. I think its a topic that folks who are interested in Historical Preservation like yourselves have got to figure out. Opportunity to make sense of all of this. To do that i figure we should go and think a little bit about not just where the monuments came from but the war out of which they came. At the beginning of the american civil war, United States soldiers took a great deal of ,are to leave private property all kinds of property alone. Toy really strictly held attacking military targets only and seem to be of great importance to political leaders. They thought the war would be short and they needed a quick integration of the american south. It wasnt clear emancipation when end. They didnt want to kick off the people they were fighting. They were scrupulous. Te
It has been a very moving experience, and im sure that will continue with our panel right now, which is a Panel Focused on the radicalization of reconstruction. , will introduce our speakers as others have done all at the beginning here, and then they will come up and give you some more wonderful food for thought. Julie saville is associate professor of history at the university of chicago. She is a specialist in African American and caribbean histories and the author and editor of numerous books, including the work of reconstruction from in southwage labor carolina and she is currently working on a study of popular politics and resistance to reenslavement in the caribbean after the haitian and french revolution. Blackcus will be on mobilization in the aftermath of american emancipation. Carol amberson is associate professor of history at the university of buffalo. Her research focuses on the role of violence and shaping our social, political, and cultural world. She published beyond r
To introduce our panel on the return of the confederate century. Who are part of our life cspan audience, you can actually be part of this conversation. Twitter at cwi2016. Let me go ahead and introduce our panelists. Right, david, who is of americanlecturer history at the university of edinburgh in scotland. He teaches a range of civil war and southern history. His first book is in one published by the university of Carolina Press entitled moments of despair, suicide, divorce, and debt in civil war era north carolina. Next to david is james. James recently assumed instructors up instructor university shepherd civil war. It is not far from the battle of antietam. He is also assistant professor of history. He has published a number of studies foritled the National Park service. He is on because of releasing his first book for publication at the university of Carolina Press. Jason phillips is the professor of civil war studies at west his book isversity titled diehard rebels, the confede
The relationship between warfare and the creation of historical memory with particular emphasis on the preservation of battle fields. Her first book on a great battlefield, the making, management, and memory of gettiesburg National Military park earned the 2014 award for contributions to historical nderstandings of the getty sburg campaign. Many of you in the audience have benefited from her superb tours. She is working on a geography of general gordon meade which i hope will be published by the university of North Carolina press. Ian isherwood to the left of jen, he is the assistant director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College for a few more months. He has accepted a position as a assistant professor in war and memory studies which i assume will be part of the civil War Studies Program right here at Gettysburg College. Its a good thing for our students, not a great thing for c. W. I. He has been a very important part of what we do here. He is fantastic, though, with our s
Many of you in the audience have benefited from her superb tours. She is working on a geography of general gordon meade which i hope will be published by the university of North Carolina press. Ian isherwood to the left of jen, he is the assistant director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College for a few more months. He has accepted a position as a assistant professor in war and memory studies which i assume will be part of the civil War Studies Program right here at Gettysburg College. Its a good thing for our students, not a great thing for c. W. I. He has been a very important part of what we do here. He is fantastic, though, with our students. He is especially, especially gifted when it comes to developing our Students Research interests. In fact, he took one of our students to oxford to deliver a paper and i believe, ian can correct me on this, that he cowrote a paper, a war and memories study, the journal, did i get that wrong . Prof. Isherwood war and society. It will