Battle that this trio has yet to cover. And our ongoing series. I hope its ongoing. We have at least one more battle to talk about here at historical society. We have two this season and we thank you for for joining us. So as you heard the subject is the battle of chancellorsville. Its hard to say, especially for new york or chancellorsville paul. But before get there, we have to cover a little bit of the terrain. Its a neglected battle in and of itself. It has so many links to what came before and what came after that we wanted to do context. Jim well, if i can with you, the battle was preceded by quite a few months of quiet in the winter of 1862, 63, but things had changed, as i will show you here because in early. 1863 recruitment of africanamericans the union army begins following the emancipation proclamation and legislation. So much has changed just set the scene for us the chronologically. Well one thing that had been going on during winter of 1860 263 was a decline in morale in
Be back at the New York Historical society is very hard to believe there actually is a battle that this trio has yet to cover. And our ongoing series. I hope its ongoing. We have at least one more battle to talk about here at historical society. We have two this season and we thank you for for joining us. So as you heard the subject is the battle of chancellorsville. Its hard to say, especially for new york or chancellorsville paul. But before get there, we have to cover a little bit of the terrain. Its a neglected battle in and of itself. It has so many links to what came before and what came after that we wanted to do context. Jim well, if i can with you, the battle was preceded by quite a few months of quiet in the winter of 1862, 63, but things had changed, as i will show you here because in early. 1863 recruitment of africanamericans the union army begins following the emancipation proclamation and legislation. So much has changed just set the scene for us the chronologically. Wel
Battle that this trio has yet to cover. And our ongoing series. I hope its ongoing. We have at least one more battle to talk about here at historical society. We have two this season and we thank you for for joining us. So as you heard the subject is the battle of chancellorsville. Its hard to say, especially for new york or chancellorsville paul. But before get there, we have to cover a little bit of the terrain. Its a neglected battle in and of itself. It has so many links to what came before and what came after that we wanted to do context. Jim well, if i can with you, the battle was preceded by quite a few months of quiet in the winter of 1862, 63, but things had changed, as i will show you here because in early. 1863 recruitment of africanamericans the union army begins following the emancipation proclamation and legislation. So much has changed just set the scene for us the chronologically. Well one thing that had been going on during winter of 1860 263 was a decline in morale in
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