Weve got a great speech for our second session this morning. Dr. Timothy smith is a veteran of the National Parks service and currently teaches history at the university of tennessee. In addition to numerous articles and essays, he is the coeditor of 18 books, including Champion Hill, decisive battle of vicksburg, which won the Nonfiction Book award from the mississippi arts and letters. You can buy a copy in our bookstore. I am pleased to introduce dr. Timothy smith. [applause] thank you. Appreciate that. Appreciate the opportunity to be here. This is my first time to be here. I am a believer now. You have got a great place here. We are going to talk about the western theater here. Vicksburg, Champion Hill. How many of you have been to vicksburg . I figured that. A good number of you. Champion hill is one of those great battlefields, if you have been watching the news, listening to the American Battlefield trust, they are doing a lot of work there. The state of mississippi has just tu
Nonfiction become award from the mississippi utah letters. S and he has a book out and you can our bookstore at battlefield center. Introduce to dr. Timothy smith. [applause] i appreciate the opportunity to here. I have always heard about the time. And this is my first i heard how nice it was and im a believer now. A great place here and i appreciate the invitation to here. We will truck about the western talk about ing to vicksburg, Champion Hill. To vicksburg . Been how many to Champion Hill . Not as many. A good number. Champion hill is one of those fields and watching the news and listen to the Civil War Trust they tlefield are doing a lot of work there. The state of mississippi just several Hundred Acres to the National Park a unit of the Vicksburg National Military Park going on this at Champion Hill. We will talk about that battle the larger r, Vicksburg Campaign just a little bit. A power point either. Im a little bit old fashioned. Do have a map of Champion Hill that we will t
Books and letters. You can buy a copy in our bookstore. I am pleased to introduce dr. Timothy smith. [applause] thank you. Appreciate that. Appreciate the opportunity to be here. This is my first time to be here. I am a believer now. Ou have got a great place here we are going to talk about the western theater here. Vicksburg, Champion Hill. How many of you have been to vicksburg . I figured that. A good number of you. Champion hill is one of those great battlefields, if you have been watching the news, listening to the American Battlefield trust, they are doing a lot of work there. The state of mississippi has just turned over several Hundred Acres to the national park. Ervice a lot going on at Champion Hill. We are going to talk about that battle in particular. The larger Vicksburg Campaign just a little bit. I do not have powerpoint either. I am a little oldfashioned. We do have a map, which we will talk about a little bit. I tend to go overboard when i do powerpoint and completely
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All Confederate infantry units currently in the mod are listed below and in Part 2 of the Confederate infantry guide, providing players with an organized resource to quickly reference their historical backgrounds, their appearance, the weapons they are.