Generals and i am glenn panelists took ill go ahead and introduce our panelists for you and you have longer biographies of these people in your packets. But i thought id go ahead and introduce people anyway. And to my immediate right is. Ken. No. He is the drawn of southern history at auburn here received his doctorate. Doctorate from, the university of illinois. American civil war. He is currently writing about the idea and the realities of Abraham Lincoln as a commander in chief to his right Harold Holzer who all of you im sure know already and he has authored or all this and more last night, so only add that he serves today as the Jonathan Fenton director of the roosevelt how Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute and new Yorks Hunter College and next we have craig already been intrd to you, but for those who may have missed the program he was on. Hes a professor history emeritus. Weve got a lot of old guys. Except for except for andy down at the. Who is the future of history. But
Welcome to this session, which is a debate we think on the topic of lincoln and his generals and i am Glenn Lafantasie from Professor Emeritus from Western Kentucky University wrti and Bowling Green and we have with us this morning a distinguished panel i, i regret to say that one of our we have pa with us this morning a distinguished panel. I regret to say that one of our panelists took ill. Lori and foot will not be joining us this morning, but she is at home recuperating with many regrets that she cannot be here. But let me go ahead and introduce our panelists. And you have longer biographies of these people in your packets. But i thought i would go ahead and introduce people anyway. To my immediate right is cadan no. He is the professor of southern history at or burn university. He received his doctorate from the university of illinois. His most recent book is the howling storm weather, climate, and the american civil war. He is currently writing about the reality of Abraham Lincol
The theme of this years event is ordinary people, extraordinary times. Historians explore how the war affected a Diverse Group of american people. The event is cohosted by the library of virginia, university of Virginia Center for Civil War History, and the American Civil War museum. In the first session, james robertson, Virginia Tech history professor emeritus, and the author or editor of more than 20 books will give a talk titled civil war echoes from the common folk. But first, the director of the center for Civil War History at the university of virginia will welcome the audience. This is live coverage on American History tv on cspan3. Good morning, im Gary Gallagher and i very pleased to welcome all of you this morning. To our symposium titled ordinary people, extraordinary times. I do this and welcome you on behalf of the library of virginia, the American Civil War the center for Civil War History at the university of virginia. Treadway, they library and would perform this task,
Negro soldier toca the film was directed by arguably the top director in hollywood at the time. In the film they covered africanamerican military service in this country from the 1770s to world war ii. There was no mention, no image of a single soldier or sailor. 10 of the union army. African made of 1 of the northern population. Highest awarded but not a single mention. Why . The story was indeed a lost story. There was active suppression of the story. When we talk about who suppress the story he will hear it was the lost cause. Theres a southern Propaganda Campaign but sought to make it appear that the war was not fought over slavery and a part of it was suppressing the africanamerican story. If it was the southerners and the lost cause, i do not think they could cap get out of that. Ar Department Film this is from our elite universities. A lost story. They were suppressing the story. It was won by a union, a team of persons of africanamerican descent. Theres a plus, not an or. Thats
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