Welcome to this session, which is a debate we think on the topic of lincoln and his generals and i am Glenn Lafantasie from Professor Emeritus from Western Kentucky University wrti and Bowling Green and we have with us this morning a distinguished panel i, i regret to say that one of our panelists took ill and lauren foote will not be joining us this morning. But shes at home recuperating fighting with many regrets that cant be here. But let me go ahead and introduce our panelists for you and you have longer biographies of these people in your packets. But i thought id go ahead and introduce people anyway. And to my immediate right is. Ken. No. He is the drawn of southern history at auburn here received his doctorate. Doctorate from, the university of illinois. His most recent book is, the howling storm, whether and the american civil war. He is currently writing about the idea and the realities of Abraham Lincoln as a commander in chief to his right Harold Holzer who all of you im sur
Battle that this trio has yet to cover. And our ongoing series. I hope its ongoing. We have at least one more battle to talk about here at historical society. We have two this season and we thank you for for joining us. So as you heard the subject is the battle of chancellorsville. Its hard to say, especially for new york or chancellorsville paul. But before get there, we have to cover a little bit of the terrain. Its a neglected battle in and of itself. It has so many links to what came before and what came after that we wanted to do context. Jim well, if i can with you, the battle was preceded by quite a few months of quiet in the winter of 1862, 63, but things had changed, as i will show you here because in early. 1863 recruitment of africanamericans the union army begins following the emancipation proclamation and legislation. So much has changed just set the scene for us the chronologically. Well one thing that had been going on during winter of 1860 263 was a decline in morale in
Be back at the New York Historical society is very hard to believe there actually is a battle that this trio has yet to cover. And our ongoing series. I hope its ongoing. We have at least one more battle to talk about here at historical society. We have two this season and we thank you for for joining us. So as you heard the subject is the battle of chancellorsville. Its hard to say, especially for new york or chancellorsville paul. But before get there, we have to cover a little bit of the terrain. Its a neglected battle in and of itself. It has so many links to what came before and what came after that we wanted to do context. Jim well, if i can with you, the battle was preceded by quite a few months of quiet in the winter of 1862, 63, but things had changed, as i will show you here because in early. 1863 recruitment of africanamericans the union army begins following the emancipation proclamation and legislation. So much has changed just set the scene for us the chronologically. Wel
Battle that this trio has yet to cover. And our ongoing series. I hope its ongoing. We have at least one more battle to talk about here at historical society. We have two this season and we thank you for for joining us. So as you heard the subject is the battle of chancellorsville. Its hard to say, especially for new york or chancellorsville paul. But before get there, we have to cover a little bit of the terrain. Its a neglected battle in and of itself. It has so many links to what came before and what came after that we wanted to do context. Jim well, if i can with you, the battle was preceded by quite a few months of quiet in the winter of 1862, 63, but things had changed, as i will show you here because in early. 1863 recruitment of africanamericans the union army begins following the emancipation proclamation and legislation. So much has changed just set the scene for us the chronologically. Well one thing that had been going on during winter of 1860 263 was a decline in morale in
The point where he gives positive orders. Do what i want, but theres always tension and we see that tension not just with mcclellan, but we see it with burnside side, we see it with hooker. And although tend to gloss over it, i think we see it with grant as well. So there. Well, youve conveniently welcome to this session, which provided a segue way by mentioning grant and andy, i is a debate we think on the wonder about some of your topic of lincoln and his thoughts because youre youre working on a book project that generals and i am glenn that involves lincoln and grant. Lafantasie from professor yeah. Thank you glenn. Emeritus from western kentucky and most important i should say that this a distinct privilege to be sitting on a panel with university wrti and Bowling Green and we have with us this historians who. Morning a distinguished panel i, ive long had the great esteem for and their books have been i regret to say that one of our really formative, shaping my own thinking. So th