Him as an upandcoming young historian in 2004, when he was on our History Panel when we study the 1864 Valley Campaign early that year. He returned to us in 2007, when we studied the second manassas campaign, and again in 2009, when we studied the 1862 Valley Campaign. In 2012, he was with us for a look at the 1863 battle of chancellorsville, and in 2013, when we studied the prelude to gettysburg, the armies moved north. Scott has written numerous articles and books. The forgotten fury, the battle in 1996,nt, published shenandoah summer, the 1864 Valley Campaign, published by the university of North Carolina press in 2009, second manassas, long street attack, published by the potomac press in 2011, and also that year, the battle of piedmont and hunters raid on staten, published by the history press, and in 2013, the last battle of winchester. And sheraton, jubal early, the 1864 shenandoah Valley Campaign, published by bd. In addition to his articles and books, he served for 10 years on
In 2007. Ed and again in 2009. Us for ahe was with look at the 1863 battle. In 2013. Scott has written numerous articles and books. The forgotten fury, the battle of piedmont. Shenandoah summer 1864 valley campaign. Manassas long streets attack and the struggle for the rich published in 2011. Also that year, the battle of piedmont. 2013, the last battle of winchester. In addition to his articles and onks, he served for 10 years the board of the battlefield association. On thetwice served president of the bull run civil war roundtable. It for the past 10 years, he has worked for the Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation on updating and correcting the battlefield interpretation for the third winchester battlefield. Now, over 600 battles acres of battlefield have been saved thanks to the Battlefield Foundation and the civil war trust. An accomplishment that has virtually saved an entire battlefield from certain destruction. He has recently completed the editing of the journal of union
In doing the research for her new book, nancy discovered the work of previous historians have drastically underestimated this great humanist. She discovered the surprising truths about the radical reformer who was denounced by some as disgraceful to the white race. What . Disgraceful . She fought for votes for women, she fought for peace, she fought for civil rights. The New York Times hailed her as the least known but the most influential american women who had to do with Public Affairs in this country. Professor nancy unger will help us know belle la follette for who she really is. Nancy . [applause] ms. Unger hello. Thank you for that lovely introduction. I have given talks to the humanist community of Silicon Valley and they are one of my favorite audiences because they stay awake and they ask great questions. I have been looking forward to this talk. I want to thank you for inviting me to the humanist association of the greater sacramento area. I want to thank bill potts for his h
I was able to get information on those sources and archives. Darren mulloy, thank you very much. Prof. Mulloy thank you. General ely viewed it from a strategic standpoint. How this impacts of the outcome of the campaign. The Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation hosted this talk. Mr. Wert i should thank kevin but i always seem to get the timeslots i assure you we will be going to lunch on time. I am not very bright but i am bright enough to know that, so dont worry about that. On august 23 1864, president lincoln held a cabinet meeting. For the previous weeks, he had been getting telegrams from republican politician say it, you cannot be real elected. Reelected. The people have had it with your administration. In you have to address certain things. This meeting, he did. He asked every member to sign a letter which lincoln had written. In that letter, he and his cabinet pledged their support to the next administration, who lincoln thought would not be him. Bud touched upon it, but if
Very fortunate that he is giving us this lecture. He is a man who these know introduction. There is not an introduction that will be complete in the time allotted. He graduated with highest honors from stanford. He then went as a marshall scholar to oxford where he received firstclass honors with a ba degree in philosophy and economics. He went to harvard law school, where he excelled and was articles editor of the log review. He then clerked for Justice Arthur goldberg. He doesnt knowledge that he conjured it to the first draft that he contributed to the first draft of griswold versus connecticut case. For those of you who are not lawyers was the case and recognized the right of marital privacy. After clerking for justice goldberg, he worked for the department of justice and taught at harvard, both in the law school and the Kennedy School of government. He was chief counsel to the Senate Judicial committee. He was nominated by president carter to the first circuit, 90s after carter lo