War history. All at the university of virginia. Thankfully, shes not a hockey buff. I dont believe she is. She said, go caps. What has happened to the American Sports scene . I dont know. I never thought in a civil war conference people would be jawing about hockey. Such is life. A very accomplished scholar. Shes published a number of books, including we mean to be counted, white women and the politics in antebellum virginia. This union, one of my favorite overviews of the 1850s. Published by university of North Carolina press. Victory, defeat and freedom at the end of the civil war, published by oxford. Its an outstanding book. Its a way to look beyond the surrender proceedings and material culture, visual culture. How it resided in american memory. Its outstanding. I cant say enough good things about it. Today, subject of her talk, she published true story of Elizabeth Van lew, a union agent in the heart of the confederacy. [ applause ] i bring you greetings from virginia and im deli
Administration with a concentration on American History from shepherd university. Keith has also served in the United States air force and the Air National Guard for 40 years and recently retired as a colonel with the 167th airlift wing. He lives with his wife cindy in martinsberg, west virginia. Please join me in welcoming keith as he talked about the battle of antietam from the perspective of the soldiers that experienced it firsthand. [ applause ] thank you, kevin. It is great to be with you. I certainly had a very enjoyable drive down here. This is some beautiful country. So what im going to do this evening, the mayor talked about perspective and what im going to share with you are actually two perspectives on the battle of antietam. Since im the opening speaker for three days of antietam information, we thought, kevin and i talked before we came down, it might be good to have a general overview of the maryland campaign. Im going to do a broad brush stroke to have some perspective
Busy people will get things done. We knew we were in for it. He has to be the busiest young scholar in the field today. Hes not only a prolific historian, but more projects on more back burners on the stove than i have ever seen for. A dedicated a dedicated educator he won the 2019 outstanding educator award. I do not know where he finds the time. He has been very generous with what remaining time he has. We are all very grateful. As you can see from your printed programs, the topics of his published works are many and varied with something of a focus on Abraham Lincoln and constitutional history as well. And because he lives in newport news, virginia and had a few extra minutes on his hands, he and Anna Holloway wrote our little monitor the greatest invention of the civil war. I have asked him to speak in a topic that is not even on the printed program, a topic that draws from two other manuscripts he is currently working on today. Ladies and gentlemen, jonathan white. [applause] prof
Imi think of what talking about jen wittenberg. He would find someone to volunteer for a project. Busy people get things done and it. New we were in forc mostwhite has to be the prolific young professor. Won the outstanding faculty award for virginia. He is an active public speaker and a parent of young children. I dont know where john finds the time. Generousn very with our Education Programs to which we are grateful. As you can see from your printed programs, the topics of his varied with a and focus on Abraham Lincoln and legal and constitutional history. He is the coauthor of a book thetled civil education in future of american citizenship. Because he had a few extra minutes, he and ann holloway wrote our monitor. I asked him to speak on a topic i did not put on the printer program. A topic that draws from two other book manuscripts he is currently finishing about Abraham Lincoln and africanamericans. Ladies and gentlemen, jonathan white. [applause] jonathan thank you, john, the in
Our next speaker is he is an associate professor in newport news. When i look at his academic resume, i think of what an old graduate School Advisor talked about, would say to us when he would come into our offices to find someone to volunteer for a project. Busy people will get things done. We knew we were in for it. He has to be the busiest young scholar in the field today. Hes not only a prolific historian, but more projects on more back burners on the stove than i have ever seen for. A dedicated a dedicated educator he won the 2019 outstanding educator award. I do not know where he finds the time. He has been very generous with what remaining time he has. We are all very grateful. As you can see from your printed programs, the topics of his published works are many and varied with something of a focus on Abraham Lincoln and constitutional history as well. And because he lives in newport news, virginia and had a few extra minutes on his hands, he and Anna Holloway wrote our little m