All right. Good evening. Im peter carmichael. I am a professor of history at Gettysburg College and also the director of the civil war institute. Its my pleasure this evening to be moderator and panelist for this session on the anatomy of a lost cause. Joining me, to my immediate right is keith bohannon. Keith is an assistant professor of history at west georgia university. Keith has very long experience in the historical profession. He started off as a seasonal historian, actually as a volunteer at kennesaw National Military park when he was a teenager. A teenager. And during that time, he also did Extensive Research in georgia archives. There simply is not another person who knows more about georgia during the civil war than keith bohannon. He finished his ph. D. At penn state, started under Gary Gallagher, who then moved on to the university of West Virginia and then mark nealy was keiths adviser. To the right of keith is katy meier. Daty is an assistant professor. She just received
Pennsylvanians cares at all, at least in terms of the slave, was defending fugitive slaves and taking no fee. If im mott mistaken in the 1838 Constitutional Convention when pennsylvania decided to take the right of voting away from blacks who until then had that right, there was only one member who refused to sign that constitution and that was Thaddeus Stevens. The father of the Public School system of pennsylvania, the great voice for equality and the great commoner. He is a man who deserves great credit and great honor and i dont have to tell you as well that Thaddeus Stevens when he died in 1868 would tell a reporter the great pity of my life is i have lived long and so uselessly. For he believed then that reconstruction would not be able to survive. The commitment was not there. When this man died we had him buried in the back church yards. He said i reside here in this quiet spot, not from a desire of seclusion, but finding that every other cemetery makes a bar on the basis of ra
University. Keith has long experience in the historical profession. He started off as a seasonal historian, actually as a volunteer at kennesaw National Military park when he was a teenager. A teenager. And during that time, he also did Extensive Research in georgia archives. There simply is not another person who knows more about georgia during the civil war than keith bohannon. He finished his ph. D. At penn state, started under Gary Gallagher, who then moved on to the university of West Virginia and then mark nealy was keiths adviser. To the right of keith is katy meier. She is an assistant professor she just received her promotion excuse me, i just said assistant, i meant to say associate professor at virginia commonwealth university. Katy is a graduate or i should say a student of Gary Gallagher at the university of virginia, where she completed her dissertation, became a book called natures civil war and its published by university of North Carolina press. If any of you have any
New school, people going back to school. You look fabulous over there by the away. Back to school today for a lot of kids youre right about that. It is going to be absolutely gorgeous. The temperature right now is 65 degrees in boston. The dew point is in the mid50s so its much more comfortable. The wind is from the northwest. So the drier air has worked into the region. We are in the 50s in some of the suburbs. Even 48 in plymouth right n and then 60s from provincetown back down to chatham. 61 on nantucket. Clear skies. Sunshine. Going to be the story today from start to finish. And there will be a few clouds that mix in at times. So your planner goes this way. Bright and cool. Sunrise at 6 0008. Were top out at around 80 on the coast. 82 through the interior with a sunset at 7 0021. I am tracking a couple of thursday. Details on that in just a few. We start with a developing story from New Hampshire this morning. A concord man drowns while trying to save four children. This happened
Chinas president has started his visit to the United States by saying beijing remains committed to financial reforms and an open economy. He told business lead nurse seattle that bay jinx wants to deepen investment ties, he also spoke about the controversial issue of cyber security. Translator the International Community on the basis of Mutual Respect and Mutual Trust Must Work Together to build a peaceful, secure, and open cyberspace. China is ready to set up a highlevel joint dialogue mechanism with the United States on fighting cyber crimes. Alan scheffler has more now from seattle. Reporter chinese president ping is headed for washington, d. C. In highlevel talks with president obama. His First Official state visit to the u. S. , hell meet with members of the congress and first spent three days in the seattle area, former washington governor gary lock served as u. N. Ambassador to china under president obama. Between our two countries flow almost one 1 2 billion dollars of services