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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Confederados 20150315

[applause] for those who have more questions, he will be in the lobby signing his books. You can ask questions. One thing to keep in mind, there were also native americans that did fight in the union army as well. Particularly from minnesota. And yesterday we talked about ely parker, who drafted the terms at appomattox. Bert has several books, the confederate surrender at greensboro no turning back. And then, his talk was about to to the bitter end. People only say i would like to buy a book for my friend. They love the civil war but i do not know what books they have. They do not have this book, i guarantee it. It came in just as we were loading up the van to bring it too long with. To longwood. Just off the press. You can find books and answer questions. Mark bradley, yesterday, our last speaker sign some of his books. This astounding close, blue coats, tar heels. If you buy 50 of books, they give you a nice bag. You get the bag otherwise for 2. 95. Were live with American History tv

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Confederados 20150316

Some local trouble. Through a mutual acquaintance discovered that there were virginians who were traveling to brazil. In fact, this was not a virginia phenomenon. It was something that was happening throughout the south. The reason for it was that, at least in the case of brazil, it has been advertised in newspapers in places like new orleans, atlanta, charleston all over, by brazilian officials. The idea was that brazil, being an enormous country, it is still an enormous country, needed further development of its interior. Its government officials thought, what better immigrants to have then these confederates who have advanced agricultural knowledge compared to a lot of other perspective immigrants. Obviously, are not happy with how things are going at home. So they essentially were given land grants to come to brazil. So that is the reasoning behind it. Just to bring home berrtts point, i would like to read something briefly called its from the virginia magazine of history and biogr

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Confederados 20150316

I would encourage students, graduate students watching and scholars watching who are interested in panAmerican History as well as the civil war, this is a rich area of inquiry in which there is a lot of that still needs to be done. How did i come to it . Im a little out of my element here an english professor among historians who writes historical fiction but did a lot of Historical Research for my book. For my fictional title, confederados. How does an english professor from appomattox, virginia, come to have an interest in confederados . And the answer is, marriage. [laughter] i married a local gal from Buckingham County who had an ancestor who fought in the civil war in mosbys rangers and who afterward, for various reasons was compelled he was a bachelor, a young guy was compelled to leave the country. Going back to berts comment reconstruction after the surrenders, it is a time of uncertainty. A lot of southerners were concerned, how are we going to be treated . Is it going to be m

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