Her that ill share. But she came to me because Gary Gallagher recommended her. Now, i dont know about you, but gary is a credible civil war source to me. You know, he generally knows what hes talking about when it comes to the war. And he said to me, this woman is gangbusters. She is on fire. And if you think about all the students that gary has mentored over the years, for him to give a particular endorsement like that to one of them, really spoke volumes. And i saw that myself in the work that i read from cecily when she first started doing guest posts for us. Like this woman, she can write. Shes got smart things to say. Shes insightful. This is fantastic. And its really been wonderful role as the editor in chief to watch her journey with emerging civil war as kind of this young, upcoming, brilliant, bright star. And to see her star rise as it has. And so this past year, she was named emerging civil wars news chief historian. And so its really kind of exciting for me to be able to br
Cecily zander and ive got a little bio here and it says important official things about her that ill share. But she came to me because Gary Gallagher recommended her. Now, i dont know about you, but gary is a credible civil war source to me. You know, he generally knows what hes talking about when it comes to the war. And he said to me, this woman is gangbusters. She is on fire. And if you think about all the students that gary has mentored over the years, for him to give a particular endorsement like that to one of them, really spoke volumes. And i saw that myself in the work that i read from cecily when she first started doing guest posts for us. Like this woman, she can write. Shes got smart things to say. Shes insightful. This is fantastic. And its really been wonderful role as the editor in chief to watch her journey with emerging civil war as kind of this young, upcoming, brilliant, bright star. And to see her star rise as it has. And so this past year, she was named emerging civ
book that year and confederate goliath earned the prestigious award for civil war history given out yearly from the new york city civil war roundtable. let s give rod gragg a warm welcome. [applause] rod: thank you. rod: thank you. it is a pleasure for me to be in a room full of historians and i say that seriously because i have learned that i may write a lot but the folks who really know the civil war are those of you who read a lot. and i appreciate that. before i begin, if you don t mind, i d like to tell you the story about the young history major who decided after he got a bachelor s degree in history, he probably ought to get a masters degree in business so he could earn a living. [laughter] rod: so he was accepted, enrolled in a distant prestigious school of business and wondered soon after he got there if he made the right decision because he failed his first exam and so did everyone in the class. now, the professor was notoriously irascible, he came in after the ex
At the unite naval academy, but he told me that his retirement failed, that he was no good at it at all. So he is now the distinguished professor at the United States Naval War College in new port, rhode island. He has written several books about the civil war. His books received the lincoln prize and the Abraham Lincoln book award. He also has just or actually done a biography of joe john so. Thats what his was about today. Lets walk joe simons. He was the a man who lacked the moral will to commit troops to battle unless he could be absolutely certain of victory unless the circumstances never obtained he seldom if ever sought battle at all. Johnston does have his defenders. It made it impossible to defend it any where and the confederate president s tendency to promote and protect personal favorites and therefore also made a contribution to confederate. Because johnson favored acting on the defensive and concentrating on a few vital points. His vurks that view was the more realistic o
Raffles going on. At your table youve been given a note card that we would like you to write down a question for our panel this afternoon. If you have a question for them. And what i will do, i will take out the most objectionable ones. And then well proceed from there. But so if you find that and if youve got a question, then write it down and well ask our wonderful speakers today. Weve also, at the break were going to bring in my staff and were going to have a chance to acknowledge them. And then our Panel Discussion is after lunch at 1 00. So that will be the end of our day. I really like our speakers presentation title today, mission impossible, rethinking george b. Mcclel an. After this conference i think its more impossibler to do that. But dr. George rable, professor at the university of alabama where he held the care of southern history. He is the author of of a book that won the 2003 lincoln prize and was the choice outstanding academic title. His most recent book is damn yank