They do to continue to promote American History and their work is absolutely invaluable. Our next speaker today is kevin pawlak at antietam, and he has his own battlefield where he oversees the bristol station battlefield and he oversees a civil war hospital area. Kevin is the coauthor of to hazard all the 1862 antietam campaign. Today he will talk about the aftermath of the antietam campaign, it often gets overlooked tying, and set in the larger context, kevin will talk about the Loudoun Valley campaign of 1862. Ladies and gentlemen, kevin pawlak. Well, thank you, chris, for that introduction and thanks to all of you for tuning into our virtual symposium. We hope youll be able to join us next year in 2021 when well be reprising our topic of what was supposed to be this years topic of fallen leaders, but today im going to speak with you about the Loudoun Valley campaign which is a campaign that does not get a lot of study at all in the larger scale of the civil war. I probably wager th
Battlefield. He has his own battlefield where he oversees the brison bristo station battlefield. Kevin is the coauthor of the book to hazard all, a guide to the 1862 antietam campaign. Today he will talk to us a little bit about the aftermath the antietam campaign, the tail and that is often overlooked. He will tie into an earlier talk from today. Set in the larger context, he will talk about the loudoun campaign Loudoun Valley campaign of 1862. Ladies and gentlemen kevin pawlak. Thank you, chris, for that introduction and thank you to all of you for tuning into our virtual symposium. We hope you will be able to join us next year in 2021 we will be reprising our topic of what was supposed to be this years topic a foreign leaders. Today, im going to speak with you about the Loudoun Valley campaign which is a campaign that does not get a lot of study at all unfortunately in the larger scale of the civil war. I would probably wager there are more people in this room that i can count on on
Unlike that of winston churchill, abraham lincolns humor tended toward selfdeprecation. During one of the debates in illinois, the spectator shouted that lincoln was being twofaced. Twofaced, cried lincoln, if i had two faces, do you think i would wear this one . [laughter] his humor was an essential component of his persona. Richard carwardine will explore with us whether his humor might also occasionally have been a handicap. Richard carwardine was educated at Corpus Christi and queens colleges oxford and at the university of california at berkeley. For three decades he taught history at the university of sheffield before being appointed roads professor of American History and institution at Oxford University and a fellow of Saint Catherines college. He was elected president of Corpus Christi college ine au 20 and served in that post until 2016. He is the author of one of the finest modern biographies of the 16th president , lincoln, a life of purpose and power, and lincolns sense of
Good morning. Executiveormer director for thank you for joining us today. Unlike in that post until 2016. He is the author of one of the nest modern incolns sense of humor. Ladies and gentlemen, professor richard carwardine. Morning. Im going to begin with a , familiar toory some of you. The occasion was an evening banquet in illinois. The month was february. The year was 1856. The setting was a convention of republican newspaper editors of decatur. Abraham lincoln was there, and he spoke. He apologized for being an interloper, as he put it, and cast himself as the subject of a story about a man, and i quote, with features the leaders could not call handsome. Writing through the woods he met a lady on horseback. He waited for her to pass but instead she stopped and scrutinized him before saying, well, you are the homeless man i ever saw. Yes, madam, but i cant help it. No, i suppose not, said the lady, but you might stay at. [laughter] and the editor stopped life stopped life in, he sa
Good morning. Executiveormer director for thank you for joining us today. Unlike in that post until 2016. He is the author of one of the nest modern incolns sense of humor. Ladies and gentlemen, professor richard carwardine. Morning. Im going to begin with a , familiar toory some of you. The occasion was an evening banquet in illinois. The month was february. The year was 1856. The setting was a convention of republican newspaper editors of decatur. Abraham lincoln was there, and he spoke. He apologized for being an interloper, as he put it, and cast himself as the subject of a story about a man, and i quote, with features the leaders could not call handsome. Writing through the woods he met a lady on horseback. He waited for her to pass but instead she stopped and scrutinized him before saying, well, you are the homeless man i ever saw. Yes, madam, but i cant help it. No, i suppose not, said the lady, but you might stay at. [laughter] and the editor stopped life stopped life in, he sa