History from the Indiana University of pennsylvania. His pennsylvania certification as secondary education is also from Indiana University of pennsylvania. Holds a masters degree in Library Science from the university of pittsburgh and he is currently the director of the albert e. Lee library at Waynesburg University where he is an adjunct professor. He is the author the Gettysburg Campaign guide, a study guide two volume. His he is say a point of no return is part of the turning points election, it is on the 1864 president ial election and the doom of the confederacy. A walking tour and brief introduction to civil war medicine is what hes currently working on and is forthcoming later this year in 2018. In 2016 he received permission from the Pennsylvania Historical Museum commission to create a memorial marker for lettermans childhood home. This marker was dedicated on november 11th of 2017. Since 1993 he has reenacted in the American Civil War as a federal infantry man, medical servi
If you like American History tv, keep up with us during the week on twitter and youtube. Learn what happened this day in history and see preview clips of upcoming programs. Follow us at cspan history. Next on lectures in history, andrew slap of East Tennessee State University teaches a class on Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and the constitution. He compares how both president s have been upholding or disregarding the constitution, and whether their reputations match their actions in office. Good morning. Thank you all for coming. Today we are transitioning in the course from civil war to reconstruction. Because of that, it is a good point in this course to talk about a big issue that goes throughout the civil war era, that we need to look at in the antebellum and the civil war and reconstruction to understand. That is the United States institution. Whether things historians have been asking for generations about the constitution and the civil war era, basic questions as to what degre
The Lincoln Forum symposium hosted the event. Good good morning morning my name is, my name Jonathan White and is jonathan im vice chair of white and im vice the lincoln chair of the Lincoln Forum. Our form. Our next next speaker this speaker this morning is morning Elizabeth Elizabeth are farran. She is williams professor of American History and varon. Associate director of the john shes the associate l now the third center for director Civil War History of the museum of civil War University of virginia. History at the University Author of of virginia. Shes the five book books author of five books that probe that probably important important issues from issues of the sectional the american conflict from the revolution to the civil American Revolution to the war. Her masterful civil war. Her masterful biography, biography, southern southern leaning, yankees by the lady yankees spy, true story of a true story of Elizabeth Van lou a union agent a union agent in in the heart of the the he
Revolution to the civil war. Her masterful biography, southern lady, yankee spy, a union agent in the heart of the confederacy is published by hartford press. Peoples choice award. Today she will speak to us about her new book, armys of deliverance a new history of the civil war published by oxford. Some guy named Harold Holzer called the book, quote, highly original and sweeping new study. I had the good fortune to hear liz speak on this subject a few weeks ago in hampton rhodes, virginia, and im so glad to have her here at the forum to speak to us. Please join me in welcoming elizabeth varon. [ applause ] all right. Can everyone hear me . Yes . Good. All right. In his first wartime message to congress, delivered on july 4th, 1861, Abraham Lincoln casts succession as a duped and cowed the south into submission. After drugging the public mind for 30 years ago lincoln put it, seccessionists had relied on conversion to bring good men to take up arms against the government. Theres much re
Late. Hello there this is Art International from moscow is just 12 pm here this monday well welcome to the program with me kevin no it was slightly new show julian place for you for the time being ill be here with my colleagues will be here every day at this time to update you on the latest in a full 30 minute world news round up all 1st the new measures are being implemented across the Moscow Region to contain the spread of covert 19 residents aged over 65 and people with Chronic Health conditions are being told to stay at home russia says there are now 438 known infections nationwide here but theres been 71. 00 new cases in the past 24 hours all of them here in moscow this is a broad though about the relatively small official figures at this time our Senior Correspondent laura goes to of looks at the numbers and why theyre low right now. How ohio how of this too few infected in russia why hasnt the pandemic hit russia why arent there more infected and that is a question you hear more