all donations do help the museum. we are nonprofit, so we do rely on memberships and donations to bring you programs. also, consider being a member. we have information at the house. so, the structure you are sitting in was built around 1844. that is when the house was built. farmers lived and worked here prior to the battle of antietam. the union army took over their property. this structure was a field hospital where hundreds of wounded soldiers were treated by surgeons in the days and weeks following the battle. with us, daniel vermilya to discuss his new book. i will have to read from this because i could not memorize all this. dan is a civil war historian and the author of several books including the battle of kennesaw mountainand james a. garfield and the civil war. he previously worked as a park ranger at antietam national battlefield and he currently works at the eisenhower national historic site in gettysburg, pennsylvania. before i hand it over to dan, c-span is
on memberships and donations to bring you programs. also, consider being a member. structure you are 1844ng in was built around . that is when the fry house was built. farmers lived and worked here prior to the battle of antietam. union army took over their property. the structure was a field hospital where hundreds of wounded soldiers were treated by surgeons in the days and weeks following the battle. us, daniel vermilya to discuss his new book. i will have to read from this because i could not memorize all this. dan is a civil war historian and the author of several books including the battle of james a. mountainand garfield and the civil war. he previously worked as a park field,at the antietam and he currently works at the historicr national site in gettysburg, pennsylvania. before i handed over to dan, c-span is here today. we will have a question and and their answer section. please wait for a member of c-span to ask the question. we will also have a book signing.
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hauled off. is there any other things you would like to get rid of? reporter: the city says it doesn t take personal property or force anyone to move. but david tompkins says when the cameras aren t rolling, things are different. i mean, they re shoving around like ping-pong balls. reporter: in general, does anyone hassle you? nobody asks us to move. they tell us to move. they start taking our stuff. reporter: tompkins is a carpenter who lost his home several years ago. now he offers to build homes on wheels for others on the streets. i ll build one for anyone free. all they ve got to do is ask. reporter: the city estimates some 3,500 people make their home on the streets. my name is rebecca. i m 34. and i ve been out here for about a year. reporter: she lives in a tent under the busy 101 freeway. it was better than being by myself. we have our good days and bad days, i guess. just like normal people. padilla says the others who live on this strip of s
hauled off. is there any other things you would like to get rid of? reporter: the city says it doesn t take personal property or force anyone to move. but david tompkins says when the cameras aren t rolling, things are different. i mean, they re shoving around like ping-pong balls. reporter: in general, does anyone hassle you? nobody asks us to move. they tell us to move. they start taking our stuff. reporter: tompkins is a carpenter who lost his home several years ago. now he offers to build homes on wheels for others on the streets. i ll build one for anyone free. all they ve got to do is ask. reporter: the city estimates some 3,500 people make their home on the streets. my name is rebecca. i m 34. and i ve been out here for about a year. reporter: she lives in a tent under the busy 101 freeway. it was better than being by myself. we have our good days and bad days, i guess. just like normal people. padilla says the others who live on this strip of s