In American History with 23,000 casualties between two size and ended in the unions strategic victory. This 40 minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Our next speaker is one of the great emerging voices and the entire field. Ien i first met kevin pollack thought, this is one of those guys that is going to be a rock star. I hear when i travel across the country, we have to get more young people involved. If we need a poster child for getting young folks and involved with the civil war, kevin pollak is it. He is getting married in just a couple weeks. As you know, that will be a major life shift for him. Kevin is the license battlefield guide at the Antietam Battlefield. He is coauthor of an upcoming book or the emerging civil war. About the maryland campaign. Us aboutng to talk to what he considers to be a great defense, robert e. Lee at 8 p. M. It is my pleasure to introduce kevin pollak. [applause] kevin good morni
Member of the department of history here at uva and was also dean of arts and sciences here at uva. Hes the incoming president of the organization of american historians, which is the biggest professional organization for people who do what most of us do in our scholarly lives. He is now a historian of both the American South and the civil war. He, as with everyone else that you have heard today, has published very widely. I will mention just three of his books again. Thats my rule. Promise of a new south life after reconstruction, which was a major examination of the post civil war south. Second title is in the presence of mine enemies, war in the heart of america, 18591863. Theres a sequel to that book. I will not read the title because it is not out yet. The third one is what caused the civil war, reflections on the south and other history. The lastrnoon, and has slot of the day when we have been here a long time, and he will explore how the valley allows us to engage with some of t
Taste of it. Tle but we are going to see a lot more of it. All kinds of things going on in your home. Communicators monday night at 8 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. Journals washington live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. Coming up monday, a discussion of how the Republican Health care reform legislation might plans. Employer and a discussion of the week ahead for congress and the white house. Be sure to watch cspans washington journal, live at 7 a. M. Eastern monday morning. Join the discussion. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Public Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or sublet provider. And welcome back. Gettysburg with our civil war conference in pennsylvania. And while we waited for todays final speaker, a reminder, you can watch all of our Conference Coverage any time by visiting our website, www. Cspan. Org history, and there you can find schedule and view all of our progra
Schedule and view all of our programs and their entirety. Carmichael hello again. I am pete carmichael, the director of the civil war institute. Our final speaker is lorien foote. Lorien foote is a professor of history at texas a m university. The aggies. Where she teaches courses on Civil War History and reconstruction, 19thcentury american, and reform movements. Lorien got her start at the university of kansas where you did your undergrad and got her phd at the university of oklahoma. Her second book published in 2010, the gentleman and the roughs manhood, honor, and violence in the union army is one of my favorites on the soldier experience. Did fantastic research. She dug into the National Archives and looked at courtmartial records which had really been underutilized until lorien got a hold of them. Superb book. And david brooks, a columnist for the New York Times you got a lot of praise from david brooks in his editorial. Well worth reading. Fantastic work. Her second book the ya
Silver prize for best first book on the civil war and she is currently conducting a biographical study of jubal a. Early. Welcome Kathryn Shively meier. [applause] you forr meier thank having me. Im delighted to be here. I think you will see some connections between my talk on talksearly as the earlier you heard on richard taylor. Confederate general jubal a. Was one of the most influential losers in American History. Known for a petulant personality, early lost the Shenandoah Valley to Philip Sheridan in 1864, contributing to the overall confederate defeats. Seized control of the historical narrative to substantially redeem his reputation and position himself as chief authority on robert e. Lees army of Northern Virginia when lee died. Jubal earned866, accolades from northern and Southern Newspapers for his proficiency as a general and the cherry historian. By 1869, a former confederate general proclaimed early nearer to the hearts of the southern people than any other man. The story