Comedian by the name of tim sample and he has this great bit where he talks about getting directions and he says you cant get there from here. Ryan is a fell mainer and he has proven that you can get there from here. Ryan comes to you from the great state of maine. He began working here at the Military Park as an San Bernardino then as a seasonal. Hes also a tour guide at ken moore, an Historic House in downtown fredericksburg. The thing im most excited about with ryan and there are many things because he is an absolute rising rock star in the vein of kevin pollak. He said i love this story of monocracy and he started writing about lew wallace and monocracy and he was fascinated by it. And the emerging civil war gave him the opportunity to explore that passion and you could absolutely see it in the way that his research came together, in the way that he told the story and story and hes opened up what is essentially a littleknown bat until a fresh, exciting and especially relevant way s
Most of us know google as a search engine. It actually derives its name from the mathematical term. A one followed by a million zeros. Google is also the number of books that Eric Wittenberg has written. Eric is a nationally renowned speaker and the authority on Union Calvary. Particularly calvary operations in the east. What i like about erics overall has beenbooks is he boldly exploring all sorts of cool things and taking his explorations in meat directions. Work on aonly at manuscript of george meade and has conflict with the joint committee on the war and how that impacted him. Which does not seem like a calvary operation, to me. Yet it makes eric one of the most interesting historians working in the field. Coming from columbus, ohio to talk about his awardwinning book on john buford, Eric Wittenberg. It is always a pleasure to be here and i appreciate the opportunity to visit with you. Nobody wants to be the guy to go right after lunch. It fell upon me. If anybody falls asleep bec
The belligerent countries in the war to impress their ideas upon the passerby. And to make them do things that the government wanted them to do. People regard posters as propaganda but a lot of them were used for other reasons as well. The exhibition that we have here, that we are featuring in memory hall at the National World war i museum and memorial, is showing a variety of posters for many of the Different Countries that produced them during the war. They were not only incredible artwork, many Famous Artists worked on posters, produced posters for the countries during the war, they were also representing the countries, the ideas of the countries, and they represented really what the war meant to the various countries that produced posters. Behind me is a french poster. The french used, not so much patriotic themed, they used a lot of pathos in their posters. We see the child being held by its mother, and the picture of the lost father that is up above, the mother is consoling the c
He is a National Renowned speaker and the authority on union calvary, particularly operations in the east. What i like about his canon of books, he has been boldly exploring all sorts of things and taking his expiration in neat directions. He is working on a mini script about George Gordon meade. It does not necessarily seem like a cavalry operation to me and it makes him one of the most interesting historians working in the field today. Coming to us from columbus, ohio, to talk about his Award Winning book on john buford, eric wittenberg. [applause] wittenberg it is always up pleasure to be here and i appreciate the opportunity to be here today. It is also always nobody wants to be the guy who goes right after lunch. If anybody falls asleep because of the good food, i promise i wont be offended. And bear with me, im not good at standing still. Chris was talking about the fact that i have written a lot of books, i have a bad case of adult add, which also means i have a trouble standing
Defense and how was applied to war. He also describes the attitudes of generals before and after the war. This was hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Ladies and gentlemen. Good afternoon. I am glad thatl, you are not stuck in traffic right now. Im sure some of you have enjoyed that in the past. Im glad to have you here for this event. Introduceivilege to my cofounder and friend. Education manager at the civil war trust, and that basically has turned the civil war into his playground across the country. One tobeen going from the next to the next. He wants to contextualize this symposium. Great defenses of the civil war. We will talk a lot about great title field defenses. Successful, nonsuccessful. We also want you to think about defense in a broader context as well. To help us get our gears turning, it is my pleasure to chrisuce my friend wright. [applause] thank you, everybody. Thank you for coming out to the Fourth Annual civil war symposium. Been fantastic. His wife jenny who is