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Associates hosted this 90minute event. Good evening, everyone. Can everyone hear me well . Good. I am mary maclachlan, you the Program Coordinator with the Smithsonian Associates and i would like to welcome all of you tonight to what promises to be a stimulating program on the Union General, William T Shermans marched to the city. March to the sea. Before we begin and i announce our speaker, would like to remind everyone to check their cell phones and make sure they are turned off. And also remind everyone that photos are prohibited during these programs. Lastly, we are delighted to have cspan History Channel filming tonights program. Jeff shaara will take questions at the end of the program an ....
Posted this 90 minute event. Good evening everyone. Can everyone carry while . Good. Im mary mclachlan. Id like to welcome all of you tonight to what promises to be a very stimulating program on the Union General william t sherman. For i begin and i introduce our speaker, id like to remind everyone to check their cell phones and make sure that they are turned off. And also remind everyone that photos are prohibited during Smithsonian Association programs. And lastly, we are delighted to have the cspan History Channel program filming tonight. Jeff shaara will be happy to stay questions at the end of the program. We have mike a mic so cspan can capture your questions. If you will raise your hands we will just wait, if you could, to hold off on asking your questions until you have that microphone in your hand. It i ....
Have the cspan History Channel program filming tonight. Jeff shaara will be happy to take questions at the end of the program. We have microphones so cspan can capture your questions. If you will raise your hands we will just wait, if you could, to hold off on asking your questions until you have that microphone in your hand. It is a pleasure to welcome our speaker jeff shaara to the smithsonian. Jeff was last here with us in 2013 when he presented an Outstanding Program on the battle of vicksburg. Prior to that he was here in 2012 when he presented a program on the battle of shiloh. Jeff shaaras trajectory as one of the most acclaimed writers on it the civil war, the revolutionary war, and world war ii. He holds a degree in criminology from Florida State university. At age 15 he operated a rare coin business, first ....
Good evening everyone. Can everyone hear me well . Good. Im mary mclachlan. Id like to welcome all of you tonight to what promises to be a very stimulating program on the Union General william t. Sherman. Before i begin and i introduce our speaker, id like to remind everyone to check their cell phones and make sure that they are turned off. And also remind everyone that photos are prohibited during Smithsonian Association programs. And lastly, we are delighted to have the cspan History Channel program filming tonight. Jeff shaara will be happy to take questions at the end of the program. We have a mic so cspan can capture your questions. If you will raise your hands we will just wait, if you could, to hold off on asking your questions until you have that microphone in your hand. It is a pleasure to welcome our s ....
American history tv. Next, steven hood, the author of john bell could the rise, fall, and resurrection of a confederate general. Generals weof love to hate. You can watch all of this coverage by visiting our website at www. Cspan. Org history. Join us tomorrow at 9 00 a. M. Eastern for more of the symposium. [crowd noise] im just getting it right to the introduction of our next speaker, who had an odyssey to get here but he is here happily. M. Hood is a distant relative of confederate general john bell put. He is the author of John Bell Hood the rise, fall, and resurrection of a confederate general. And also, the lost papers of confederate general John Bell Hood. President of the Confederate Museum in new orleans. Without further do, sam. [applause] sam hello, and thank you. You mentioned my odyssey. My wife and i mo ....