Civil war virtual symposium, im chris mackowski, editorinchief. Thank you so much for joining us today. Our next speaker i fondly call professor at henry hill, because by day he is a music teacher. No relationship to Daniel Harvey or ambrose powell, dan welch is the secretary of our organization. Hes the coauthor of the book the last road north, i get god to the gettysburg campaign. He works as a historian at Gettysburg National military park. Hes here to talk to us about one of the lesser known but absolutely vital actions of the battle on cops hill. Ladies and gentlemen, dan welch. I want to begin by thanking all my friends and colleagues in emerging civil war. Our symposium cochair, chris mackowski, for having me here today to present to you this often forgotten story of the battle of gettysburg. Over the last 157 years, so many of us are familiar with the stories of Joshua Chamberlain and little round top, pickets charge, cemetery seminary ridge. What is often lost or some of the s
Science and engineering that i realized what i really loved was history, and i was bored in class one day because i forgot my book, which is the downfall of every nerd the, the day you forget your book, and i happened to be in sociology class, and the teacher also taught a civil war class. I started reading, and i thought it was the most fascinating people i read about. What fascinated me, looking at these people dealing with the most claddagh close make moments of their lives the most cataclysmic moments of their lives and the nations life and figuring out how to deal with the situation, far enough to be strange, yet close enough to be familiar at the same time. You get your chance to go to fredericksburg, now as a permanent historian. Could you tell us a little bit about some of the things that you did there . Im not saying in terms of accomplishments, but i think our audience is interested what does it mean to be a part interpreter historian at a place like fredericksburg . It means
There is scope for doing new things out,fleshing so it is great to have new ideas. I appreciate carolines presentation and the audiences questions, so thank you fremont. Next, Historic Site manager Paige Gibbons backus talks about the state of medical knowledge at the beginning of the civil war, including surgical practices and diseases common among the soldiers. She also describes advances later in the war such as sterilization and Reconstructive Surgery that drastically improved a soldiers chance of survival. This talk was part of a symposium on the war in the east hosted by the emerging civil war blog. To the emerging civil war virtual symposium and thank you for joining us online for this years event. I want to give one more shout out to our technical director, chris white, for his help behind the camera today. Ecw cofounder. Thank you, chris. Also thank you to our cocoordinators Kevin Pollock and dan welch, his hard work made todays event possible turn also thank you to our friend
Changed in interpretation. The Gettysburg College Civil War Institute provided the video for this event. Toso, beth i would like start by getting a feel for what led you to Civil War History and the career path you have taken. Beth that is a good question. Most people when you ask them that question who are in this field have these glowing nostalgic memories of being taken to the battlefield as children and that is not my story. My family visited some Historic Sites but not really, not that many. For us, or for me, it was when i got to high school and was considering a lot of careers in science and engineering, but realized what i really loved was history. I just happened to i was boarding class one day because i bored my book i was in class one day because i forgot my book. I picked book off the shelf. The teacher also taught a civil war class. The people i read about were fascinating. That is what fascinated me, these people who were dealing with the most cataclysmic moments of their
Page givens bacchus. Weve been talking about the war in means, but we cannot forget about the aftermath as well. Is a public historian with Prince William county, virginia. About here today to talk the medical field in the civil war. Thank you for having me and thank you for listening and watching these videos. What i will be talking to you about, i will be talking about the fight for life and death in the aftermath of these battles in the american civil war. We have heard a lot of talk about different battles, prison camps, and the aftermath of the in the years and months and days following was, in a sense, a whole other battle. It was a war against disease. Wrote thattorian heroes ofe the unsung and they were treating the dying and wounded after these heroes horrific battles. So it cost over 700,000 casualties. Ultimately we will talk about the good that came out of this battle for life and death. So, i could be talking to you all day about anything and everything with civil war medi