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Buying off of him. Chris has been my coauthor. He has been the editor in chief of emerging civil war. He is the face of emerging civil war and without him we would not be here at stephenson ridge. We were not have the great cast of characters that have come up here. And i would not be where i am professionally without chris. For those of you who know me i love what i do and without him i would not be at the civil war trust. I really appreciate his support. Chris is about to speak to you about his book about the battle of North Anna River. Strike them a blow, he will get into that. And this campaign is part of the third battle in the overland 1864 campaign toward richmond and petersburg. Lee and grant and follow the battle the spotsylvania courthouse here on the spotsylvania battlefield. I want to introduce my good friend, the editor in chief of emerging civil war, dr. Chris makowski. [applause] chris im the a face made for radio ....
Introduction for this gentleman. Chris makowski, dr. Chris makowski, is the editor in chief of the emerging civil war. One of the cofounders, along with myself and another friend of ours. Emerging civil war started six years ago. We celebrated our 6th anniversary. And we have put together a great group of young historians, old historians, emerging voices. A large part of that has to do with chris michalski. Chris is the author of more than a dozen books. Author and coauthor of more than a dozen books. He takes up the entire backside of the book sale area, so make sure you go see his son jackson who is counting all the cash from the books you are buying. Chris has been my coauthor. He has been the editor in chief of emergence of a war. He is the face of emerging civil war and without him we would not be here. We were not have the great cast of characters that have come up here. And i would not be where i am professionally without chris. And for those of you who know me i love what i do ....
Introduction for this gentleman. Chris makowski, dr. Chris makowski, is the editor in chief of the emerging civil war. One of the cofounders, along with myself and another friend of ours. Emerging civil war started six years ago. We celebrated our 6th anniversary. And we have put together a great group of young historians, old historians, emerging voices. A large part of that has to do with chris michalski. Chris is the author of more than a dozen books. Author and coauthor of more than a dozen books. He takes up the entire backside of the book sale area, so make sure you go see his son jackson who is counting all the cash from the books you are buying. Chris has been my coauthor. He has been the editor in chief of emergence of a war. He is the face of emerging civil war and without him we would not be here. We were not have the great cast of characters that have come up here. And i would not be where i am professionally without chris. And for those of you who know me i love what i do ....
Casualties in getting to the same place. They maintain great hope lee would triumph. Certain that lee and his men would somehow inflict a fatal blow to the norths willingness to fight. In the union army that june, soldiers saw the spires of richmond just eight miles away. Union soldiers, too, gained hope from that. But recognized, too, how hard those last eight miles would be. A pennsylvania soldier wrote of the moment, in the prospects, theres a magic influence in the expression as it passes from lip to lip. Eight miles from richmond, boys. Only eight miles from richmond. What treasure, what a restored peaceful happy in the United Country and the a free government can pay for the precious blood that must be shed in the inexpressible sufferings that must be endured before this short distance can be accomplished. That pennsylvanian could not likely have imagined just how painful the answer to that question would be. We hope that yo ....