Youd like to congratulate all of you who voted for the virginia ham sandwich as the sandwich of the year. I had one of them, and mine was not the deciding vote, i want you to know. Our next speaker is robert c. Kenzer. Bob is the William Benford vest chair of history at the university richmond, where he has taught for almost 25 years. For most of those year he has been the ally for the lecture series which we do each year jointly with the university of richmond in september. Like will green, bob has a bill cooper connection. Bill studied under the late david donnel at john hopkins university. Bob was also a david donnel student, although a few years later at harvard university. He teaches a wide variety of classes for the university of richmond, including several on aspects of the civil war in film. His Research Interest for many years has been civil war widows. He is currently researching a biography of a britishborn civil war widow, Elizabeth Louisa knights harris. Please help me wel
Guerilla warfare tactics saved them. This is just under 40 minutes. Hes boyd professor of history in Louisiana State university. He served on the board of trustees and on the National Advisory board of the American Civil War center. Hes a two time recipient of the Jefferson Davis award for the best book published on the era of the civil war. He thus had a long and close relationship with both of the institutions that are now the American Civil War museum. Despite being a native south carolinan who spent his life in louisiana well call him an honorary richlander. If you looked down you would have seen a granite marker. This walk honors william j. Cooper junior. All of us on the staff get asked all the time, what book should i read. Given the fact theres only about 80,000 of them out there the choice is easy. Ill tell you one book you should read and its on sale outside is bills new book now we have war upon us. It gives insight to the several months before the opening of the civil war.
Recipient. Next robert kenzer nominates Abraham Lincoln, citing lincolns influence in the amendment that eradicated slavery in the oustu. S. This is about 45 minutes. Youd like to congratulate all of you who voted for the virginia ham sandwich as the sandwich of the year. I had one of them, and mine was not the deciding vote, i want you to know. Our next speaker is robert c. Kenzer. Bob is the William Benford vest chair of history at the university richmond, where he has taught for almost 25 years. For most of those year he has been the ally for the lecture series which we do each year jointly with the university of richmond in september. Like will green, bob has a bill cooper connection. Bill studied under the late david donnel at john hopkins university. Bob was also a david donnel student, although a few years later at harvard university. He teaches a wide variety of classes for the university of richmond, including several on aspects of the civil war in film. His Research Interest
Despite being a native south carolinan who spent his life in louisiana well call him an honorary richlander. If you looked down you would have seen a granite marker. This walk honors william j. Cooper junior. All of us on the staff get asked all the time, what book should i read. Given the fact theres only about 80,000 of them out there the choice is easy. Ill tell you one book you should read and its on sale outside is bills new book now we have war upon us. It gives insight to the several months before the opening of the civil war. Its a great addition to anyones bookshelf. Its my pleasure to introduce mr. William j. Cooper junior. [ applause ] im certainly pleased to be here. I need to start with a couple of disclaimers. Im really grateful for wades play my book, i didnt pay him. Also, i did not pay for the walk thats got my name on it. I didnt have to do that thankfully. Weve just heard about the real importance of freed men and a beautiful talk. Im going to try to persuade you tha