Assistant director where he teaches courses on the civil era and a medical history. He will be moving into a position at James Madison and we will have opportunities to collaborate more. The Civil War Veterans and though United States first Opioid Crisis. The book is based on the societys civil story and 2021 dissertation prize as well as the systemwide inaugural distinguished phd graduate award in 2021. His research has appeared in the journal of the civil war era. He received his phd from Bingham University in 2020 and in 2021 he was the postdoctoral scholar in the civil war era center. Join me in giving a warm welcome to jonathan jones. All right, thank you so much for being here and thank you for that introduction. Can everyone hear me okay . Okay, perfect. Raise it up a little, perfect. There we go, much better and deeper sounding. Thank you again, everyone for being here. Mom, we are on tv, that is exciting. I have always been interested in the aftermath of the civil war. Ive alw
2023 American Battlefield trust annual conference here in franklin, tennessee. We really appreciate you all coming out here and being a part of this event. And our next speaker is going to talk specifically about the battle here at franklin, which is one of the most famous or infamous battles of the American Civil War, which took place in november of 1864. Many of you will be traveling out to franklin to check out that battlefield site over the next few days. Youll be out there with some great historians, including my boss, gary edelman, as well as Eric Jacobson, who is part of the battle of franklin trust. Eric runs the Historic Sites out there, places like carton, rip avila and of course, the carter house, where really was the epicenter of the battle there at franklin. So were excited to get you out to the battlefield. We know that this is some of your first times to be out here at franklin and at the American Battlefield trust annual conference. And weve done a lot of work with our
2023 American Battlefield trust annual conference here in franklin, tennessee. We really appreciate you all coming out here and being a part of this event. And our next speaker is going to talk specifically about the battle here at franklin, which is one of the most famous or infamous battles of the American Civil War, which took place in november of 1864. Many of you will be traveling out to franklin to check out that battlefield site over the next few days. Youll be out there with some great historians, including my boss, gary edelman, as well as Eric Jacobson, who is part of the battle of franklin trust. Eric runs the Historic Sites out there, places like carton, rip avila and of course, the carter house, where really was the epicenter of the battle there at franklin. So were excited to get you out to the battlefield. We know that this is some of your first times to be out here at franklin and at the American Battlefield trust annual conference. And weve done a lot of work with our
The Television Companies and more. Including cox. This evening. Were happy to welcome dr. Rit cox, alongside these Television Companies support c span 2 is a public service. This evening, we are happy to welcome dr. Rita roberts, a professor of history, studies at the Nathaniel Stephenson chair history of biography at Scripps College in california. She teaches courses on the history of united states, 21st century africanAmerican History, black intellectuals and politics of race and modern civil rights movement. She holds a masters degree and phd in history from the university of california, burke. She will be discussing the book, this evening, its on the screen here. I cannot wait to call you my wife. All right. Africanamerican letters of love, family and the civil war era. This book illuminates the struggles of africanamericans who spent the civil war tractable their families to get through letters family members exchanged. Despite harsh laws against literacy and the practices of sepa
Wow, along with these television companies, support c span2 as a public service. I want to welcome you to the 2023 american benefiel trust annual conference here in frankly, tennessee. We really appreciate you all coming out of being a part of this event. The next speaker is going to talk specifically about the battle here at franklin, which is one of the most famous, or infamous, battles of the American Civil War that took place in november 1864. Many of you will travel out to franklin to check out the battlefield site the next couple of days. We will have great historians, as well as aaron jacobson, part of the battle of franklin trust. He wants the carter house, which was the epicenter of the battle at franklin. We are excited to get you out to the battlefield. We know some of you are out here for the first time. We have done a lot of work with our partners out here. To hit that 56,000 acre mark, we had to do a lot of work in places like franklin, nashville, and beyond. The next spe