The 10th Armored Division was activated at fort benning, georgia on the 15th of july in 1942. From the very beginning, it was known as a hot outfit. Its nickname, tiger division. The commanding general of the 10th, Major General paul w garden was a superb leader. Carryout orders, march, maneuver and shoot where his by words. No man had more pride in his troops and no general was more revered by his men. I am john drew devereaux, a Company Commander in the 10th Armored Division during world war ii. We had a marvelous kind of spirit in our division. I think it was due in great part to the training we got from general new garden it was our general Division Commander in the states. He was killed in an airplane crash before we went overseas. He had a couple of very pet things that he liked. One was that we had to wear the top button of our coveralls buttons. This was uncomfortable but we got so that we looked at other outfits that were them then unbuttoned and thought they looked like slobs
The 10th Armored Division was activated at fort benning, georgia on the 15th of july in 1942. From the beginning it was known as a hot outfit. Its nickname, tiger division. The commanding general of the 10th, Major General paul w garden was a superb leader. Carryout orders, march, maneuver and shoot where his by words. No journal was more revered by his men. Devereaux, adrew Company Commander in the 10th Armored Division in world war ii. Spirit in ourlous division. I think it was due to the training we got from the general art Division Commander in the states. He was killed in an airplane crash before we went overseas. He had a couple of very pet things that he liked. One that we had to wear the top button of our coveralls buttoned. This was uncomfortable but we got so that we looked at other outfits that were them unbuttoned and thought they look liked sloths. When you gave a salute in the 10th Armored Division, a tiger salute, you lifted your chin in the air like that. That seemed to
Property onoric spotsylvania battlefield in central virginia. He has worked as a historian for the National Park service and fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Parks. I am not crying. My eyes decided to water at an awkward moment. [laughter] sorry, chris. [laughter] [indiscernible] he was also a historian for the National Park service at fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park where he at four major battlefields. As well as the building where Stonewall Jackson died. Chris has authored or coauthored a dozen books on the civil war and his articles have appeared in all the major civil war magazines. He serves on the board of directors for the Virginia Battlefield trust as a National Advisor on the board for the civil war chaplains museum in lynchburg, virginia. Please help me to welcome him. [applause] dr. Mackowski you are going to see something rare, a Chris Mackowski powerpoint presentation. I know. The reason i am doing it is so i have an excuse to show e
Programmers. ,. A historian he has worked as a historian for the National Park service and Fredericksburg National Military Park. My eyes decided to water at an awkward moment. [laughter] sorry, chris. [laughter] he is also a historian for at National Park service Fredericksburg National Military Park where he gives stores at major battlefield. Major battlefields. Chris has authored or coauthored a dozen books on the civil war and his articles have appeared in all the major civil war magazines. He serves on the board of directors for the virginia trust. Welcomingn me in Chris Mackowski. [applause] im going to move through here. Thank you, sarah. [laughter] in november of 1879, mark twain was asked to give a speech at the reunion of the army in honor of ulysses as grant. A was the 15th speaker on long list of people offering accolades. He called it the perilous distinction. He said he was the last speaker on the list, and honor no person has ever sought. [laughter] you are going to see
Pennsylvania, and Award Winning author, coauthor and editor of 20 civil war books, and more than 40 related articles. Most of which are relevant to the civil war photography. He is the Vice President at the center for civil war photography, he has been a license battlefield guide for 25 years. He has been shown in numerous productions shown on television. He worked fulltime as the chief historian of the American Battlefield trust. Without any further introduction, i present to you, my friend garry adelman. Hello everyone. It is an easy doing the whole civil war in such a whole period of time. Im committed to getting this done, im already wasting time so good look for those of you that like to take notes. Okay. The seeds of the civil war are sewn in the constitution, and soon after, where slaves were partly a person, sometimes theyre not a person, so you really see north and south starting to look at each other differently. Southerners look to the north, and although they speak the same