Experiment of war, we demand that immediate efforts made for a cessation of hostilities, peace may be restored on the basis of the federal union. What the platform is saying immediately ceasefire negotiation with the south, the only issue, union. Emancipation completely off the table. This then is the two sides. The two sides are drawn, but one very significant thing happens before the general election. The momentum on the field of battle turns. If theres single critical event, it is the fall of atlanta, which had been the object of Union Attention since the spring, fall of atlanta on the second of september. This is immediate greeted with jubilation across the north, and may have been the single thing what turns the tied of the northern opinion. In the election that follows, you see two very queer strategies. If you are a democrat, youre going to emphasize race. What northern democrats are going to do throughout the election of 1864 is constantly remind northern voters this is an unne
Institute. Here is what some of the veterans had to say. Matt is a gentleman who knows more about this battle than any anyr man living, more than man who ever did live. He can tell more of what i did there then i can tell myself. Henry slocum was the commander of the 12th army corps at gettysburg. Acquainted a few months after the battle of gettysburg. I consider him the best authority in this country as regard to detail with that action. Hes sketched every part of the field and is familiar with the holder. Lastly, the kernel of the 33rd in the battle of gettysburg writing to the governor of massachusetts in 1878 rights the kernel i believe knows more about the battle of gettysburg than any officer in it on either side. He was not in the battle of gettysburg. He was not a soldier. Perhaps the most important person gettysburg you may never have heard of. Batchelor. S john why is he important to gettysburg and what was his vision . Bachelder,tigate because you cant understand him unless
Accurately mark the battlefield itself. This hour and 15 minute event is part of the annual summer conference hosted by the Gettysburg College civil war institute. Good evening. Carmichael, professor of history here at Gettysburg College. It is my pleasure this evening to welcome Scott Hardwick. I hope everyone is familiar with them. A longtime historian at Gettysburg National park. During that time, as you will know he has given the American Public fantastic and engaging viewers tours. We are fortunate to have him about. Talk to us we honor scott with the Scott Hardwick fellowship given to four historians from the National Park service. The National Park service sorry to say, they provide very little training for their frontline historians. They have a lot of training money for their superintendents, but not many for their historians. We are ablee that to enable these historians to come here and engage and converse with these dollars, to meet the general public. It is one of the thing
As i got for is the end of the book, there is one story that had to be rich and i didnt want to write about it. I didnt feel a need to write about it. I felt very selfconscious writing about it, but it was about 9 11. If i did not write about it, there wouldve been a big hole in the book. When i started writing about it, it was like the first couple of days i dont remember much. It is all kind of a blur to me. Even when i hook up with guys with me at the time, they say the same thing like they remember something very vividly. I have no recollection. I remember something very vividly they cant remember. So for all of us, the first couple of days with kind of a blur. After that, and i was working 12 hours on, 12 hours off for the next two months. My unit was in the detective bureau, so we got assigned and our job was to remain in. I could write about what i saw and what we did. Those are peoples families, family members and i couldnt write about it. But i think i wrote about my feelings
To the the telegraph department or whether it was the department of war. Obviously, there were secret communications happening. Theres also the story about the confederacy where there was a secret message around cigars that was mishandled. My question is, are there any lessons i think theres lessons in lincolns life. Are there any lyessons that coud be carried over to this issue of communication and the need to have communications be private and confidential . Well, lincoln didnt have emails. But he had telegrams. And that was the internet of its day. And he would go, as anyone who has seen the Lincoln Movie recalls, to the telegraph office, which was located in the department of war right across from the white house where the Old Executive Office building is today. And he would spend a good deal of his time there with secretary of war stanton and receive the latest communication. It was in that office that he wrote the first draft of the emancipation proclamation. I dont believe that