From elmira, new york, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, derek maxfield. Derek thank you very much. Im very pleased to be here and talk about my latest project. Hellmira and prisoner over cams prisoner of war camps in general have been quite a surprise to me. I have studied the civil war since i was quite young and new the length of the tragedy during the civil war. But it was eyeopening to me the extent of the home and italian crisis that unfolded over the course of those for bloody years. The extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those four bloody years. 500,000 incarcerated in total. And, although we understand that this is a small number of casualties considering the total number of casualties during the civil war, over 750,000 now we believe, when we consider that we could have done better. Both north and south. When you consider that this was in our power to make lives for those who were incarcerated better. It is really quite disappointing. And i
The revolutionary war era. Mark is a delightful historian. I wish i could get him to laugh on q. His most on cue. His most distinctive feature is is left. Were delighted to have him speak on the first shots of the civil war at fort sumter. Mark . Mark thank you very much for that introduction, chris, and its a pleasure to be able to speak at this symposium for the emerging civil war. We would love to have done it in person, but being able to do it digitally like this is a wonderful way to do it, as well. But yeah, as chris mentioned, my main passion is the American Revolutionary war. But i worked for the National Park service, and we take care of a lot of important civil war sites. I actually started my career with the National Park service as an intern down at fort sumter in charleston, South Carolina. I worked there for about a year, in charleston, South Carolina, if youve never been, its a beautiful town. Theres a lot of history, revolutionary war history, but most people associate
That was built in the 1730s, about 40 years before there was any such thing as the United States of america. Pennsylvania was a british colony. This was its capital building. Capitol building. They would make laws for pennsylvania and each of the 13 colonies has its own government. These are the issues in a lot of ways that will lead to the creation of the United States, most of which will happen in this room, because the colonies , as time goes forward, or at least many people in the Political Class of these colonies will start to grow , dissatisfied with the way the British Government is treating them, is affecting their lives locally, and one of the other side issues is americans living in the colonies do not get to vote in british elections. So when the parliament in london makes laws for americans, the most famous being various taxes you get to learn about in school, we will say this is taxation without representation. It is that idea you are not getting the voice. Thomas jefferso
Ifill is about one hour. Matthew we are in a building 1730s, 48ilt in the years before there was any such thing as the United States pennsylvania was a british colony. This was its Capital Building. They would make laws for pennsylvania and each of the 13 colonies has its own government. These are the issues in a lot of ways that will lead to the creation of the United States, most of which will happen in this room, because the colonies starte goes forward will to grow dissatisfied with the way the British Government is treating them, is affecting their lives locally. One of the other side issues is americans living in the colonies do not get to vote in british elections. When the parliament in london makes laws for americans, the most famous being various taxes you learned about in school, we will say this is taxation without representation. It is that idea you are not getting the voice. Thomas jefferson would write that government existing with the consent of the governed and america
Revolutionary war. Mark malloy is a historian with the National Park service and he is like, what can i do this revolutionary war . I said, this is the civil war. We decided we would let him talk about fort sumter because it is as close as we can get to the revolutionary war era. Asay that because mark is delightful historian, wonderful guy, wish i could get him to laugh on cue. [laughter] his most distinctive feature is his laugh. We are delighted to have him come here today to speak about the first shots of the civil war at fort sumter. Mark . Mark thank you so much for that introduction, chris. It is a pleasure to be able to speak at this symposium for the emerging civil war. We would love to have done in person, but being able to do it digitally is a wonderful way to do it as well. Mentioned my main passion is the American Revolutionary war. Work for the National Park service and we take care of a lot of important civil war sites. I started my career with the National Park service