This Beautiful Day in downtown bridgeport connecticut. It is in fact, barnum news last museum. As we all know he started museum in 1942, this was his last gift not just to the city of bridgeport, really to the Global Community that we serve. Many of you are very familiar with the museum in 2010, we were at a tornado. Thats the kind of stuff that happens to barnum. The year after that it was hurricane i also want to give a huge shadow to the state of connecticut in the delegation who really supported 72 million bonding appropriation because were just about to embark on a major reese doric rehab of that gorgeous Barnum Bailey building from 1993. Thank you. [applause] are congressman has also really been working very hard with us to get to the barn building in the National Register of historic places. I feel like im on the register this. But we are in the process of being reviewed to become a National Historic landmark and that, theres only about 2500 in this country that is a significant
This 45minute talk was part of a daylong conference hosted by the university of virginias center for Civil War History. So we will begin this mornings lecture with gary w. Gallagher. As many of you know, we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to professor gallagher. He was the founding director of the nau center, retired just last spring from uva where he held the john l. Nau chair in Civil War History from 1999 to 2018. He is the author or editor of at least 39 books, including the union war, the american war and most recently civil war places which, too, is in the back, beautiful book, his son will took the photographs and this is an absolute treasure if you havent had a chance to see it yet. So with that id like to welcome gary gallagher. It yet. So with that id like to welcome gary gallagher. Thank you, carrie. We are on a very tight schedule today which carrie has made clear to all of us in the front row, especially steve. Steve asked me to say that he will be signing 8 by 10 gloss
Retired just last spring from uva where he represents Civil War History from 1999 until 2018. He is the author and editor of at least 39 books, including the union war, the american war, and most recently, coedited, civil war places, a beautiful book, his son took the photograph, and this is an absolute treasure if you have not had a chance to see it yet. With that, i would like to welcome gary gallagher. [applause] dr. Gallagher thank you, carrie. We are on a very tight schedule, which all of us are aware of, especially steve cushman. [laughter] dr. Gallagher steve asked me to say he would be signing autographs in the back after his talk. So just keep that in mind. I am delighted to be back for this years signature conference, and i would like to start by thanking carrie and liz for inviting me. This is redundant, will, but will sees to all the details and seamlessly, with amazing good humor. I really appreciate that. Its also fun to see so many friends here. It is like a homecoming,
Sit through one navy talk, but im sure you are. Enjoy it. My friend. Oh, now, chaplain, its good to talk about charleston in 1863. And neal, first analyzes and researching Naval Operations. There are civil war. He was born and raised in new orleans and spent nine years as a u. S. Navy Surface Warfare officer. So he knows wherever he speaks, both in active duty and in the reserves. Neal is a graduate of the university of new orleans. The university of houston, and the university of louisiana. Monroe. He lives in the greater houston area, teaching both lone star college, north harris and coral. Once you senior high school, he is the author of defending the arteries of rebellion confederate Naval Operations in the Mississippi River valley, 1861 1865, and front like devils, the confederate gunboat mccrae and hes. Hes going to talk about both the army and the Navy Operations in the great over the confederacy. The charleston where both services were together and separately. Meyer later conqu
Enjoy it. My friend. Oh, now, chaplain, its good to talk about charleston in 1863. And neal, first analyzes and researching Naval Operations. There are civil war. He was born and raised in new orleans and spent nine years as a u. S. Navy Surface Warfare officer. So he knows wherever he speaks, both in active duty and in the reserves. Neal is a graduate of the university of new orleans. The university of houston, and the university of louisiana. Monroe. He lives in the greater houston area, teaching both lone star college, north harris and coral. Once you senior high school, he is the author of defending the arteries of rebellion confederate Naval Operations in the Mississippi River valley, 1861 1865, and front like devils, the confederate gunboat mccrae and hes. Hes going to talk about both the army and the Navy Operations in the great over the confederacy. The charleston where both services were together and separately. Meyer later conquered the city and and hes got some very interest