publishing in august 2017, and he also he and his son, lee, are editing an autobiography written by his father and lee s grandfather. with that, i would like to introduce mr. robert k. sutton. [ applause ]. goblod morning. good morning. i can t tell you how excited i am to be here. this is i mean, i m sitting here with goose bumps while i m hearing the names of the victims of kwantrel s raid because i just wrote about many of them, and you actually hear their names in this setting. it s really quite moving. before i get going here, my wife and my son came with me. they re in the back row. and two of my oldest, oldest, oldest friends from california. and i m going to tell you, we were all like 5 years old when we got acquainted sit ong the second row, nick and harry so, this is a really special day for me. one of the things that interested me in this topic was that my great i have to say sometimes you have trouble keeping track of the great great great greats, but
the national battlefield park. he has published a number of articles and reviews on various history topics. one of his primary interests as chief historian and as superintendent at mannasas was leading the emphasis on expanding the interpretation of the civil war for assessment. dr. sutton is currently serving as a consultant to the american battle monuments commission, assisting commission staff in developing interpretive programs to commemorate the centennial of world war i, and he s currently working on a book on world war i aimed at middle school children. dr. sutton has continued teaching, he teaches courses in the johns hopkins program on the senior adult program on civil war in the american west. he will be the resident historian for viking ocean cruises as well. dr. sutton also has written a book on the civil war era in kansas published by sky horse publishing in august 2017, and he and his son lee are editing an autobiography written by his father and lee s grandfath
best faculties in the country dealing with the civil war era. there are a number of his colleagues that are well known, and bill is right at the top of that list as a teacher at penn state. he received all of his degrees, his bachelor, master, and phd at penn state university. i first met him 28 years ago when he was not an academic. he was a newspaper editor, i believe. after having a career in the newspapers and journalism he decided he wanted to devote his life to studying and teaching history. we are all the better for it. he is the author of many, many books. i just want to mention a couple. with malice toward some, his in 2014.ok published virginia s private war, a wonderful book. cities of the dead, published by the university of north carolina press. and he was the founding editor of one of the best journals that deal with our period of history, the journal of the civil war era. that is also published by the university of north carolina press. bill s topic is pu
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