Addition to writing books. Stewart w. Mccelland chair at his university. Techs also taught at Texas University after receiving his phd at purdue university. He is a midwesterner, but has worked in the south for many years. I cannot go through the long list of books he has produced. I was trying to characterize high i would describe his work as a wonderful historian of the western theater of the civil war, in my view, he has written the best overall book on the Petersburg Campaign ever produced. Onhas done work fortifications in the eastern theater, he has a fantastic book on the overview of the civil war in the west, it is a great book. And he has written several books on individual battles of the atlantic campaign. His most recent work, it came out just a few months ago, i highly recommend to you. It is a military biography. If i had been thinking, i wouldve invited him to come next year to talk about generals we love to hate. To come i invited earl and talk about a book on civil that
Bloodiest ground in america. Hopefully we will have the opportunity to commemorate and recognized some of this stories. I am proud to be presenting for you a fabulous lineup of speakers over the next day and a half. An excellent tour on sunday morning, and to consider what a sunday and how that is our legacy. Kicking things off for our program is our keynote speaker, dana shoaf. He comes to us from civil war times magazine. For generations of people that magazine has served as the single most influential and accessible point in the civil war history. There for 16 years. He has been editor for seven. He has also left some commentary copies for us upstairs. When i asked him about coming down here to speak as part of our symposium, i told him the team and i said what is something that is interesting to you these days . What gives you the chance to explore . As a Magazine Editor heat oversees the stories of so many other people that perhaps he had not had the time to explore the stories th
During his time at Fort Abercrombie and Fort Totten, Civil War Brig. Gen. Lewis Cass Hunt strove to foster positive relations between the military and Native American tribes.
Have you ever wondered, “How did the various states get their shapes?” You may have watched a History Channel show a few years back that explored just that. It was