Okay, were going to go ahead and get started with our final session. Jonathan jones is currently assistant professor in the department of history at the Virginia Military institute, where he teaches courses on the civil era and american medical history. And i will say this is not part of his official bio, but in the fall hell be moving into a position at James Madison university. So be closer and well have opportunities to collaborate more on things. His first book, manuscript opium slavery, the Civil War Veterans and americas first Opioid Crisis, is forthcoming with university of North Carolina press. The book is based on joness dissertation, which received the society of civil war historians 2021 and jay bailey dissertation prize as well as sue ann wise system wide inaugural chancellor, distinguished phd graduate dissertation award in 21 joness research has appeared in the journal of the civil war era, Washington Post and other outlets. He received his ph. D. From Binghamton Universi
The Lincoln Forum continues good morning. My name is Jonathan White and im the vice chair of the Lincoln Forum, and it is a pleasure to introduce caroline janey. Caroline janey is the john l. Now the third professor in this history of the American Civil War at the university of virginia where she also serves as director of the john l. Now the third center for Civil War History where she succeeded her mentor Gary W Gallagher she is the author or editor of seven books and is one of the series editors for the university of North Carolina presses prestigious civil war america series. She has served as the president of the society of civil war historians and is here to talk about her new book ends of war the unfinished fight of lees army after appomattox. Im about 30 pages in and it is riveting. It is a wonderful book and i just this morning saw a brand new review that appeared in todays wall street journal by someone named harold holzer. And he calls it immensely readable and utterly convi
The Lincoln Forum continues good morning. My name is Jonathan White and im the vice chair of the Lincoln Forum, and it is a pleasure to introduce caroline janey. Caroline janey is the john l. Now the third professor in this history of the American Civil War at the university of virginia where she also serves as director of the john l. Now the third center for Civil War History where she succeeded her mentor Gary W Gallagher she is the author or editor of seven books and is one of the series editors for the university of North Carolina presses prestigious civil war america series. She has served as the president of the society of civil war historians and is here to talk about her new book ends of war the unfinished fight of lees army after appomattox. Im about 30 pages in and it is riveting. It is a wonderful book and i just this morning saw a brand new review that appeared in todays wall street journal by someone named harold holzer. And he calls it immensely readable and utterly convi
History,n lectures in William Harris teaches a class about abraham lincoln, the civil war battle of antietam, and the issuing of the emancipation proclamation in 1862. His classes about an hour and 15 minutes. Today, we have pivotd in some ways the point of the war and the pivot point of the entire class. The months when a war to save the union also became a war to end slavery. That took lots of politics and it also took lots of fighting, including the bloodiest single day war, which was the battle of antietam. We will look at that in some depth, but also starting with what happenedof in the first year of the war. July 1861, lincoln and congress both say they are fighting a war for the union. We are not trying to revolutionize the south or end slavery. We want to restore the constitutional relationship between the states. And this is a conservative way to prevent the breakup of a country. Things happened. Contraband as they were called started running away. Here is a whole family that
Day of the war, which was the battle of antietam. We will look at that in some depth, but also starting with reminding you of what happened in the first year of the war. July 1861, lincoln and congress both say we are fighting a war for the union. We are not trying to revolutionize the south or end slavery. We want to restore the constitutional relationship between the states. And the union as they should be. And this is a conservative way to prevent the breakup of a country. But things happened. Contraband as they were called started running away. Here is a whole family that stole a wagon. Some were put to work. Contraband was still property, but it was property the union decided they would keep because it might be useful to the enemy. The runaway slaves had a lot to do with the movement of the war toward emancipation because they presented a really practical problem. What do we do with these people . By the spring of 1862, the antislavery people in congress had gotten to the point of