attention and enables students to get away from what s unfolding now. the theme of his conference. very big changes and questions about the relationship between capitalism and democracy that has changed overtime. that changes really because of human agency. not because of some forces. it happens because of choices and especially political choices that are there. thanks for joining us here and the annual meeting and organization of historians. thank you. . now more from this year s annual meeting from the organization of american historians and the council of public history. they recently met in milwaukee, wisconsin. we speak with the chief historian who told us about the park s efforts to interpret historical sites. this is about 15 minutes. american history tv is at the annual meeting of the organization of american historians in milwaukee and joining us is the national parks reference historian, chief historian robert sutton. what brings you to this meeting other th
would be this grimsley saddle holste holsters, belt, scabbard and sword carried by major john mcferrin, who was in the 70th ohio infantry serving in sherman s division, assigned to ralph bucklin s brigade. so that would have been on his horse as he participated in the battle. 70th saw significant action. but he would be dead in october 1862 from fever. the majority of the artillery rounds all have provenance to shiloh, recovered through the years from the battlefield, representative of the types of explosive rounds or solid shot utilized here. about half of grant s artillery was rifled artillery. smooth bore. the confederates predominantly smooth bore artillery, about 85%. two gunboats in play at the battle of shiloh. u.s. tyler and lexington. wooden gunboats, in fact. large eight-inchuns and 32-pounders. served well in defense of the left of grant s last line. and then they fired salvos into the confederate-held camps throughout the night of the 6th on into the morning of th
make a better way for your family. a lot of towns make oklahoma unique, over 30 odd settlements of black towns in this state, what would occur, relatives would pool their resources together and say we got a community, we got a school. now let s incorporate and form a black town, an all black town, like langston, red bird, lima. uniqueness of oklahoma, old black town experience. but land ownership, keep in mind same time frame, mississippi, alabama, some parts of texas, arkansas, louisiana, georgia you were a share cropper. couldn t own land. couldn t own land. a lot of times that was the foundation of could you vote. couldn t vote, you couldn t represent your people of authority in terms of government. so land ownership was the backbone, the foundation of social progress. reverend jones was born a slave in tennessee. around 1856 or so. just a kid. so he was about roughly nine or so once emancipation took place. and he he migrated to oklahoma, muskogee area. he became an ordai