Im an assistant professor of history at the university of southern california. And this is my first inperson conference in since the pandemic and after two years where giving a conference paper was basically sitting alone in my apartment justiculating at my laptop. Its really wonderful to i guess be able to justiculate in person to you guys today. So just wanted to give a big thank you to the organization of american historians for putting together this conference and for accommodating all of the different varieties in which people chose to participate even though i know that came at some great logistical challenges. I also want to think Raylan Barnes who unfortunately cant be here today. But who is really the one responsible for bringing us all together today . She originally conceived of the round table as one that would be focused on the civil war in the west. But ultimately last year around february decided to focus it on 1862. This is the year when the Republican Party succeeded a
Im alice baumgartner. Im an assistant professor of history at the university of southern california. And this is my first inperson conference in since the pandemic and after two years where giving a conference paper was basically sitting alone in my apartment justiculating at my laptop. Its really wonderful to i guess be able to justiculate in person to you guys today. So just wanted to give a big thank you to the organization of american historians for putting together this conference and for accommodating all of the different varieties in which people chose to participate even though i know that came at some great logistical challenges. I also want to think Raylan Barnes who unfortunately cant be here today. But who is really the one responsible for bringing us all together today . She originally conceived of the round table as one that would be focused on the civil war in the west. But ultimately last year around february decided to focus it on 1862. This is the year when the Republ
Writer and historian living in lincoln, massachusetts. She has written about civil war us western history and American Culture for the New York Times the Washington Post Smithsonian Magazine preservation magazine and civil war monitor nelson earned her va in history and literature from the Harvard University from Harvard University and her phd in american studies from the university of iowa, and she has taught at Texas Tech University cal state fullerton harvard and brown nelson is the author of saving yellowstone three cornered war ruin nation and Trembling Earth and were so excited to have her with us today. So before i turn it over to her just a quick note we have sent out an email to everyone this morning that had just a great list of resources like a bibliography that megan had put together so you all should have received that by now. If not that link is posted in the chat. So that please join me in welcoming megan kate nelson. Hi everyone. Thank you so much. Thank you nicole for
Sitting alone in my apartment gesticulating on my laptop, its really wonderful too i guess be able to articulate a person to you guys today. So just wanted to give a big thank you to the organization of american historians for putting together this conference and for accommodating all of the different varieties in which people chose to participate, even though i know that came at some great logistical challenges. I also want to thank rachel and bart who unfortunately cant be here today but who was really the one responsible for bringing us all together today. She originally conceived as a roundtable as one thatd would be focused on the civil war in the west but ultimately last year around february decided to focus it on 1862. This is the year when the Republican Party succeeded in passing some of its original campaign promises, abolishing slavery in the district of columbia, the western territories as well as passing the homestead act. It achieved legislative victories that would help
Im alice baumgartner. Im an assistant professor of history at the university of southern california. And this is my first inperson conference in since the pandemic and after two years where giving a conference paper was basically sitting alone in my apartment justiculating at my laptop. Its really wonderful to i guess be able to justiculate in person to you guys today. So just wanted to give a big thank you to the organization of american historians for putting together this conference and for accommodating all of the different varieties in which people chose to participate even though i know that came at some great logistical challenges. I also want to think Raylan Barnes who unfortunately cant be here today. But who is really the one responsible for bringing us all together today . She originally conceived of the round table as one that would be focused on the civil war in the west. But ultimately last year around february decided to focus it on 1862. This is the year when the Republ