The civil war photography. He is the Vice President of the center for civil war photography, hes been a licensed battlefield guide for 25 years, hes appeared on numerous productions shown on the bbc, cspan, Pennsylvania Cable Network and on history. He works full time as the chief historian of the American Battlefield trust. Without any further interruptions or excuse me introduction, i now present to you my friend, garry adelman. Thanks, tammy. Hello, everybody. All right, this isnt easy, doing the whole civil war in such a short period of time. Well see if i get it done in 49 minu49 minutes or 53, whatever it takes. Good luck for those of you that like to take notes. The seeds of the civil war are sewn in the constitution and soon after, slaves are partly a person, for some purposes theyre a person, sometimes theyre not a person. You have north and south starting to look at each other differently. You have the southerners look to the north and though they speak the same language, the
last civil war and a contributor to essential civil war curriculum. his last work as a trilogy covering the civil war in virginia from the final stage of the gettysburg campaign through 1960 1863 and includes meade and lee, which is due for publication next year. let s give him a welcome. [applause] prof. hunt: thank you. it is a real pleasure to be here. i appreciate jerry s invitation. fun to stand in a group of people that have the same passion you do. you don t get looked at as strangely when you talk to other people. i am going to break precedent today and have a powerpoint demonstration. [laughter] i am doing that for several reasons. jerry did it last night. i don t want him to feel we are. and pamplin spent a lot of money to put this system in. what i will guarantee you is he will not have to get a new puppy at the end of my presentation. so, i came to become interested in the story of what happens in the virginia theater after the battle of gettysburg following a c
Theons during mexicanamerican war. The New York Historical society hosted this hourlong discussion. We are thrilled to welcome back three frequent guests of Historical Society tonight. F. Marszalek is the giles distinguished professor of meritus at Mississippi State university, the executive managing editor of the ulysses s. Grant association, written orek has edited numerous acclaimed books memoirsg the personal of ulysses s. Grant released earlier this year and you will store. In our museum craig l. Symonds is the ernest j. King chair at the u. S. Naval newport, rhode island, and Professor Emeritus academy,s. Naval author and editor of several books u. S. Military history, civil war at sea. Monitor, is the director at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at college. In 2008, he was awarded the byional humanities medal president george w. Bush. He is the author or editor of 50 books of lincoln and the era, including winner lammon lincoln prize. I ask if you have a cell phone or
This is American History tv only on cspan3. Announcer next, historians John Marszalek and Craig Symonds look at the military rivalry between civil war generals ulysses s. Grant and robert e. Lee, comparing their childhoods, experiences at west point, actions during the mexicanamerican war. The New York Historical society hosted this hourlong discussion. We are thrilled to welcome back three frequent guests of the New York Historical society tonight. John f. Marszalek is the giles distinguished professor of history meritus at Mississippi State university, the executive managing editor of the ulysses s. Grant association, dr. Marszalek has written or edited numerous acclaimed books including the personal memoirs of ulysses s. Grant released earlier this year and you will find it in our museum store. Craig l. Symonds is the ernest j. King chair at the u. S. Naval college in newport, rhode island, and Professor Emeritus at the u. S. Naval academy, author and editor of several books u. S. M
After the Union Victory in the civil war battle in maryland, president lincoln issued the emancipation prok cla mags, freeing slaves in the south. Up next a conversation on the 1862 battle. Our next speaker is one of the great emerging voices in the entire field. When i first met Kevin Pollock, i thought this is one of those guys who is going to be a rock star. He already is. I hear when i travel across the country to roundtables weve got to get more young people involved. If we need a poster child for getting young folks involved with the civil war, Kevin Pollock is it. Hes about to grow up in a quick way, hes getting married in a couple of weeks that will be a major life shift for him. Kevin is a licensed battlefield guide at the Antietam Battlefield. Hes the education director and hes coauthor of an upcoming book for the emerging civil war series about the maryland campaign. Hes going to talk to us a little bit about what he considers to be a great defense, robert e. Lee at antietam