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Peter carmichael. Member of the History Department at gettysburg college. Also the director of the civil war institute. My pleasure to intrude to professor of she an southern studies at lsu. He did an undergraduate work at northwestern before spending time working in washington dc as a congressional staffer and moved on to the university of virginia, published his dissertation with North Carolina press. Hisfederates fought most recent book published by the calculused of violence, how americans just the civil war became published in 2018. Aaron says lsu is a great place for him. Being in baton rouge and not far from new orleans. A selfproclaimed foodie so he has lots of places to select from in portland but today he will talk to us about his to us about hisnd the important book and the book that has received said, my book is called the calculus of violence, that is the pro ....
Point counterpoint. But i expect that to happen. At any moment. So i have all the questions here. Theyre really good ones. And not surprisingly, there are about four of them that are basically the same, but with a little bit of a twist. And it was a question that i was planning to ask anyway. So what i would like to do is just start over here and one at a time tell me who you think was the most hated general of the war. I think we all pretty much know this answer already. But and well go down the panel with that, and then start back here and say who do you think was the most loved general of the war. Okay . So lets start over here. The most hated general of the war. I get not only that question, but i getting to first. [ laughter ] can you start on that end . So i can kind of deal with the rest of us . Youre on the spot. Okay. Im not seriously i am not dodging when i answer this. I dont hate any of them. I really dont. Anybody of any rank from private to general, any of these guys who ....
Planning on asking anyway, and what i would like to do is start over here. One at a time, tell me who you think was the most hated general of the war . I think we all pretty much know this answer already. We will go down the panel with that, then we will say who you thought was the most loved it general of the war. Lets start over here. The most hated general of the war . I get not only that question, but i get to go first. [laughter] can you start on that end, so i can kind of be like the rest of us. You are on the spot. I am not dodging when i answer this. I dont hate any of them. I really dont. From private to general, got into a harms way , they deserve admiration, some more than others, possibly. [applause] you all can tell i am not the politician type, so i am not saying that just to be evasive, but i really dont. If i have to answer the question, the one that i am most puzzled, if you will, about some of the decisions he made during the war, in fact all of them, would be joe joh ....
Is ok, we are ready to get started, here. Lets get everybody in their seat. Ok, have you got me . No . Well, this is the part of the program that i have been looking forward to the most. The panel discussion. We have some Great Questions here. You will note that i on purpose have separated george and will. [laughter] i am not saying we are doing a pointcounterpoint, but i expect that to happen at any moment. I have all the questions here. The are really good ones. Not surprisingly, there are four of them that are basically the same, but with a little bit of a twist. There was a question i was planning on asking anyway, and what i would like to do is start over here. One at a time, tell me who you think was the most hated it general of the war . Rethink we all pretty much know this answer already. I think we all pretty much know this answer already. Then we will say who you thought was the most loved it general of the war. Lets st ....
Rock stars, like guys, historians, women, weve all heard of, weve seen them on tv, weve read their books. Everybody knows who they are. We talked about them in hush tones and it has been my privilege to be friends with one of those rock stars because truly eric wit bigger is a name that is known by eric wittenberg. Hes known not only for his expertise in the union calvary, many o his knowledge on controversial topics where he is constantly challenging people to reconsider what they think they know. Hes never one to take a position because its popular but he takes because it is well considered, well researched and it is well thought out. And so hes sometimes not so afraid to challenge conventional thinking on things. And its that sense of going for the truth that has always made me admire his work. Tarting out when i first got into the civil war as someone reading books and just thought this guy is fantastic. Hes got 17 books you can read. But as our friendship has grown over the years, ....