land is more important than the principles that we re all sworn to protect. and i well understood the potential political consequences of abiding by my duty. our republic relies upon the goodwill of all candidates for office to accept honorably the outcome of elections. and tonight, harriet hageman has received the most votes in this primary. she won. i called her to concede the race. this primary election is over. but now, the real work begins. she put country over party. and, joe, she paid for it politically. yeah. she did. but, my gosh,ful anybody s watched this show more than a couple days heard me say that in politics, sometimes, when you win, you lose. and sometimes when you lose you win. i think here is the beginning of something much larger than being one of 435 members of the house, one of 535 members of congress. the language was remarkable. talking about in the spring of 1864, the union, after the union suffered more than 17,000 casualties in the battle of the
Meme is the movie you know in just a couple of months i has some of you may know, in just a couple of months i will be leaving my position as executive director of the Reagan Foundation institute. I hope you will forgive me if i take the opportunity to act a little nostalgic over some of the previous visits that our guests tonight has paid to the Reagan Library in the years that ive been here. Ive had the opportunity to have quite a few people on this stage. Imagine the nervousness quotient involved when i have the job of a processional interviewer. Those of you who routinely watch interviews conducted each evening on fox news as i do, you know what i mean. He is among the very best in the business. And you may not take my word for it, that consistently ranked as the top leading program in his timeslot. This has been the case for many years. He has a second career going as a best selling author and we are not talking about the, am i cool or what, autobiography or a selfhelp guide that
Gary gallagher who wrote . He edited it. Right. Yeah, thats right. Gordon rhea has written several Award Winning books about the american war, including cold harbor the battle, the to the north and a river the battles of spotsylvania courthouse and the road to Yellow Tavern on the petersburg and in the footsteps of grant and lee published in 2021. His most recent book is stephenie swales black Freedom Fighter in the civil war and reconstruction. Mr. Rae is lectured across the country on topics of military history and the civil war era. Hes also appeared multiple times as as historian and presenter on nationwide Television Program teams, including the History Channel channel, Discovery Channel and cspan. Lets give gordon welcome. Well, good day. Im delighted to be here. Finally. Finally, yes. Not just usual travel stuff, but im particularly delighted to be here because i. I dont know how many times ive talked at this symposium, but over the few decades ive been here many times, and it a
Next speaker. I want to make sure they have their full allotted time to deliver their talk and give a little time at the end for q a as well. And im very pleased to introduce doug to wayne hsieh, who is serving currently on the civilian faculty at the Us Naval Academy as an associate of history and hsieh is an expert in many of the military history of the civil war. His publications include the book west pointers and the civil war, which is a study of how west point as an institution shaped the us army before the civil war and during the war as well. Hes also coauthor of another book, which i often find myself recommending to people who are looking for a really insightful overview of the military history of the civil war. And that book is called a savage war military history of the civil war. So check that one out. If youre as well. Today, hes to speak to us about observation and and signals from first bull run to the Overland Campaign. Welcome to virginia tech. All all right thanks so
Next speaker. I want to make sure they have their full allotted time to deliver their talk and give a little time at the end for q a as well. And im very pleased to introduce doug to wayne hsieh, who is serving currently on the civilian faculty at the Us Naval Academy as an associate of history and hsieh is an expert in many of the military history of the civil war. His publications include the book west pointers and the civil war, which is a study of how west point as an institution shaped the us army before the civil war and during the war as well. Hes also coauthor of another book, which i often find myself recommending to people who are looking for a really insightful overview of the military history of the civil war. And that book is called a savage war military history of the civil war. So check that one out. If youre as well. Today, hes to speak to us about observation and and signals from first bull run to the Overland Campaign. Welcome to virginia tech. All all right thanks so