He is the coauthor of the book the last road north a guide to the Gettysburg Campaign and he works as a historian at Gettysburg National park. Hes here to talk to us about one of the worlds lesser known but vital actions of the battle on corpse hill. Ladies and gentlemen, dan walsh. I want to begin by thanking all my friends and colleagues in the emerging civil war, chris monkowski, chris white at the American Battlefield trust tore having me today to present you this often forgotten story of the battle of gettysburg. Over the last 157 years, so many of us are familiar with the stories of Joshua Chamberlain and Little Round Top, pickets charge, Seminary Ridge, but often what gets lost is some of the stories that would occur on the union armys right flank on july 2nd and july 3rd known as corpse hill. As a monument to honor george green after the battle of gettysburg, illuminary dan sickles would give a dedication speech to this monument that had been dedicated in honor of green and his
They do to continue to promote American History and their work is absolutely invaluable. Our next speaker today is kevin pawlak at antietam, and he has his own battlefield where he oversees the bristol station battlefield and he oversees a civil war hospital area. Kevin is the coauthor of to hazard all the 1862 antietam campaign. Today he will talk about the aftermath of the antietam campaign, it often gets overlooked tying, and set in the larger context, kevin will talk about the Loudoun Valley campaign of 1862. Ladies and gentlemen, kevin pawlak. Well, thank you, chris, for that introduction and thanks to all of you for tuning into our virtual symposium. We hope youll be able to join us next year in 2021 when well be reprising our topic of what was supposed to be this years topic of fallen leaders, but today im going to speak with you about the Loudoun Valley campaign which is a campaign that does not get a lot of study at all in the larger scale of the civil war. I probably wager th
Gettysburg national park. Hes here to talk to us about one of the worlds lesser known but vital actions of the battle on culps hill. Ladies and gentlemen, dan walsh. I want to begin by thanking all my friends and colleagues in the emerging civil war, chris monkowski, kevin pollock, chris white at the American Battlefield trust for having me today to present you this often forgotten story of the battle of gettysburg. Over the last 157 years, so many of us are familiar with the stories of Joshua Chamberlain and Little Round Top, pickets charge, cemetary ridge, Seminary Ridge, but often what gets lost is some of the stories that would occur on the union armys right flank on july 2nd and july 3rd known as culps hill. At the dedication for the monument to honor George Greene after the battle of gettysburg, illuminary dan sickles would give a dedication speech to this monument that had been dedicated in honor of greene and his performance at gettysburg on july 2, 1863. Sickles said, quote, t
Speech in richmond, virginia. Shes codirector for the study of war in society at the university of southern mississippi. She taught at Sam Houston State University which accounts in part for the topic of her program today. Now as you can see in your program, shes fully immersed in the history of mississippi where she led the student and Community Driven study of the mississippi confederate home and launched the civil war governors of mississippi project, a part they areship betwe partnership between the mi mississippi digital library. I should draw your attention to the theme you will hear from the introduction of our speakers, that their role as educators and as mentors of younger students. Dr. Ural is the former president of the Mississippi Historical society and serves on the board of trustees for the society of military history. Too many mississippi in one introduction. The academic journal of war and society and the magazine civil wartime times. As you can see, her scholarship exp
Follow us on twitter at cspancities. Up next, we continue our look at sheridan, wyoming, as we visit a horseshoe maker. As you drive around in here, you can see the culture is mostly its less than based. We dont have very many people. Weve got more horses than people in wyoming, firmly convinced of that. So with western lifestyle and riding horses and rodeos and everything, its anywhere a horse is. This is a big piece in a large puzzle, vets, trainers, and carriers that keep these horses found, motivated, and moving forward in whatever their discipline may be. Without a qualified carrier there to keep your horses feet in mind, youre going to have lameless problems, you wont be able to compete, and most of all your horse wont be able to move. Its a blacksmith, but its a concentrated blacksmith. I had about 16 head of horses that we were training here, and we spend a lot of money. And i had my girlfriend come up and tell me that about this College Program that they had up at sheridan col