Use and access to coffee during the warld. Jake wynn and kyle dalton compared union and confederate soldiers and take questions via chat. The National Museum of civil war medicine provided this video. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us on this new program were trying out. Were having a morning conversation over coffee. Im kyle dalton, the membership and development coordinator. And im jake wynn. Im the director of interpretation for the National Museum of civil war medicine and the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office and time in washington, d. C. And im in frederick, maryland, know. To our main location, the cardi building. Were happy for you joining us this morning, especially for those on the west coast. Today were talking about coffee. So ive got my cup of joe right here in the appropriately branded mug. And i see you have yours there. Yes, im supporting George Mason University today. We support education. So my coffee, you could see it behind me here, it is new mexico p
Publication. Discussing objects relating to soldiers uniforms. This took place online and the New York Historical society provide d the video. So now, civil war fashion. And to help us understand the past as a historian at New York Historical, i work alongside these treasures every day and it is my great privilege to use them in exhibitions as well. But harold, lets tell our audience about the inspiration for our program, the book, civil war in 50 objects. How can only 50 objects tell such a sweeping story . We used to ask ourselves that question often when we were whittling down the list and there was so much to choose from. The hardest things to preserve are textiles. Some are really extraordinary in terms of how they survived. Absolutely. We have a uniform. Some military buttons. Foot locker and a drum. Very interesting. Fashion, maybe, maybe not. But in aggregate, they tell the story of uniform courage outfitting the civil war soldier. Lets start with this uniform. So, surviving un