Crestcom bank center for military studies. Graggs work on battle of gettysburg won an award for best civil war book that year and his history of fort fisher earned a prestigious fletcher pride award for Civil War History is thats given out yearly from the new york city civil war roundtable. Lets give rod gragg a warm welcome. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you. Pleasure for me to be in a room full of historians and i say that seriously because i have learned, i may write a lot but the folks who really know the civil war are those of you who read a lot. And i appreciate that. Before i begin, if you dont mind i would like to tell you the story about the young history major who decided after he got a bachelors degree in history that probably ought to go get a masters degree in business so he could earn a living. [ laughter ] so he was accepted and enrolled in a distant Prestigious School of business. And wondered soon after he got there if he made the right decision because he failed his f
Tonights event presenting the book black fortunes the story of the first six africanamericans who survived slavery and became millionaires. He will be talking with samuel friedman, so youre in for a really great night. Before i turn things over to them, if you coulding silence or turn off your cell phones, that would be great. We have books for sale at the register. And shomari will be signing over hereafter ward. And we also have here afterward. And we also have fliers for upcoming events. Sam friedman is an awardwinning author, columnist and professor. Hes a professor at columbia, and he used to write for the New York Times. Hes the author of eight acclaimed books, and hes currently at work on his ninth which will be about hubert humphrey, civil rights and the 1948 democratic convention. And hell be speaking with our featured author whos a writer and journalist whos worked for cnn and Good Morning America and has distributed to the columbia journalism review. He was named a bookwriti
Hey, everybody. We are excited to host tonights event presenting the book black fortunes the stories of African Americans who survived slavery and became millionaires and we will be talking with Samuel Freedman and you are in for a great night. Before i turn things over to them if you could silence or turn off your cell phone, that would be great we have books for sale at the register and we will be signing over here afterwards and we also have flyers for Upcoming Events at the register. Our interviewer for this evening is sam freedman and awardwinning author, columnist and professor. Hes a professor at columbia and used to write for the New York Times and is the author of eight acclaimed books and is currently at work on his mind which will be about Hubert Humphrey and he will be speaking with our featured author journalist has worked for cnn and Good Morning America and contributed to the new york news and columbia journalism review. He was named dave fellow at Columbia University an
Southern version you heard a little earlier this semester . What did you think of this . It is slower, somber. Modlin, really deploy really depressing, right . You had folks who are pumped and wanted to fight now. You are seeing more fatigue that has been building up overtime. Okay, that is a really good point. They have been fighting for over three years and it is wearing on people. There is so much death, so many named soldiers, so much loss and destruction and people are getting tired of it. Northern war wariness is gaining momentum in the summer and fall of 1864. We begin to see during this election year, the campaigning starts in the summer and we begin to see the democrats step up their attacks on the lincoln administration. We see them come back and the author says, boldly returns from canada and what are they going to exploit for the election . What are they going to focus on . I think they are going to focus on sort of the emancipation aspect of it. They are trying to get the
Built in 1834 to accommodate annual July-September sessions of the Virginia Supreme Court, control of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Law Library in Lewisburg was deemed important enough to justify a battle that killed 46 men and wounded 254 others during the Civil War.
Today, the 190-year-old two-story brick building is considered of sufficient historical significance to undertake a three-year, $1 million effort to restore it to its original condition and configuration.