Call michael talks about his book the war for the common soldier how men throught, fought, and survived in civil war armies. This is one hour. It is my honor and pleasure to introduce somebody who at this point probably needs very little introduction to most of you. Peter carmichael is a director of the Civil War Institute and the robert c professor of civil war professors at gettysburg college. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and essays as well as several books including one published in 1998 and the lost generation Young Virginians in peace, war, and reunion published by unc press in 2005. His most recent book, the war for the common soldier how men throught, fought, and survived in civil war armies was published by unc just last year in 2018. And he was a recent recipient of the 2018 civil war book award from the new York Military affairs symposium. Please welcome peter carmichael. [ applause ] thank you. I am not dehydrated. I just have as you can tell a scratchy th
Soldiers how men thought, fought, and survived in civil war armies, this is an hour. It is my honor and pleasure to introduce somebody who at this point probably needs very little introduction to most of you. Peter carmichael is the director of the Civil War Institute and the robert c. Flurer professor of civil war college. He is the writer of essays as well as several books, and the last generation Young Virginians in peace, war and reunion published in 2005. His most recent book the war for the common soldier how men thought, fought and survival in civil war armies was published just last year in 2018 and he is the recent recipient of the 2018 nymas civil war book award from the new York Military affairs symposi symposium. Please welcome peter carmichael. Im not dehydrated, i just have, as you can tell, a little scratchy throat, but i think it will be fine. Can everyone hear me okay . How are we doing . Yes. Okay. Fantastic. Actually, thank you so much for that introduction. The pers
He is an author of many articles and essays, as well as civil war works. The last generations published by unc press. His most recent book was published by unc last year in 2018 and is the recent recipient of the 2018 nymas civil war book award. Please welcome peter carmichael. [ applause ] thank you. Im not dehydrated. I just have a little scratchy throat. I think it will be fine. Can everyone hear me okay . Yes . Okay. Fantastic. Ashley, thank you so much for that introduction. David beam stood on cemetery hill. He surveyed the woods and the fields surrounding gettysburg. He was at that time 26 years old, been a lawyer before the war and a veteran. He was a veteran of fredericksburg. After his battles he wrote his wife. In this letter on july 5th, the first sentence he wrote, declared gettysburg as a great victory that the army had achieved. He then proceeded to describe what his regimen had done that night on july 2nd. Indiana was part of a counter attack that retook cemetery hill,