Administration with a concentration on American History from shepherd university. Keith has also served in the United States air force and the Air National Guard for 40 years and recently retired as a colonel with the 167th airlift wing. He lives with his wife cindy in martinsberg, west virginia. Please join me in welcoming keith as he talked about the battle of antietam from the perspective of the soldiers that experienced it firsthand. [ applause ] thank you, kevin. It is great to be with you. I certainly had a very enjoyable drive down here. This is some beautiful country. So what im going to do this evening, the mayor talked about perspective and what im going to share with you are actually two perspectives on the battle of antietam. Since im the opening speaker for three days of antietam information, we thought, kevin and i talked before we came down, it might be good to have a general overview of the maryland campaign. Im going to do a broad brush stroke to have some perspective
Harrisburg when the paper won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012. Ron is a native of michigan, a graduate of Central Michigan university, and has returned as a guest speaker as part of the schools hearst visiting professional series. Ron lives in york, pennsylvania and has been a Gettysburg Foundation guide since 2013. Without further introduction i would like to present to you ron kirkwood. [applause] mr. Kirkwood thank you. Ok, we are good. Tammy, thank you. Thank you all for coming. I argue in my book that the george and Elizabeth Spangler farm is the most important farm in the battle of gettysburg. Im going to address that first, then we will go into other factors, like the two hospitals that were on this property, and we are going to talk about the spanglers. To help me make my case union , line, army of the potomac line, day three. There is the George Spangler farm. It is close to the line. Everywhere it is close to the line. It is huge, 166 acres, it dominates behind the lines. Rhodes.
Kirk would talks about the spengler farm during the battle of gettysburg which was used as a union Army Headquarters and artillery reserve and field hospital. Oday we have today would. E have ron kirk had tired after a 40 year career as an editor in the newspaper and magazine industry. His publications include usa today, the baltimore sun, the harrisburg patriot news in the new york daily record. He managed the copy desk and harrisburg when the paper won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012. Ron is a native of michigan, graduate of Central Michigan university, and has returned as part of theker as hearst visiting professional series. Ron lives in york, pennsylvania and has been at Gettysburg Foundation guide since 2013. Youuld like to present to ron kirkwood. [applause] mr. Kirkwood thank you. Ok, we are good. Tammy, thank you. Thank you all for coming. Thegue in my book that george and Elizabeth Spangler farm is the most important farm in the battle of gettysburg. Im going to address that first
I have known our next speaker for quite some time. I remember probably decade or so ago sitting on a bus going from Gettysburg College to the shenandoah, talking about next projects, our next speaker has been a great friend of me and institute and a great supporter of our journal of the Shenandoah Valley during the civil era. So it gives me great pleasure to introduce Brian Matthew jordan. Bryant is associate professor of Civil War History and chair of the department of history i have known our next speaker for some time. I remember getting on a bus. It gives me great pleasure to introduce Brian Matthew jordan. Brian is associate professor and chair of the department of history at sam houston state university. He is the author or editor of six books on the civil war era, including marching home, Union Veterans, and their unending civil war, which was a Pulitzer Prize nominee in 2016. His reviews of articles and essays have appeared in general volumes and popular magazines. Please join
Afghanistan. The discussion hosted by the Stemson Center in washington, d. C. Included analysts like stuart bolin, Inspector General for iraq reconstruction and his recent report arguing that a the u. S. Does not have a well executed plan to implement and oversee the reconstruction efforts. Defense department and u. N. Officials also participated in the discussion. This is an hour and a half. Good morning everyone. I am Ellen Laipson and im delighted to welcome you to the Stimson Center for this muggy of this conversation about war and peace new tools for messy transition. We are gathering at the time that we can see the end of both the iraq and afghanistan engagement, and this event in a way is pivoted around the offer by the special Inspector General for the iraqi reconstruction to present some of the findings for the final report so the special Inspector General office created in 2004 is now completing its work so it is a moment of reflection and looking back at what are some of the