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this is the first of two days of live coverage on american history tv. they will take a look at several civil war generals as well as the political prejudice thomas omas nast.rtoonist thma president james buchanan and his inability to stop southern states from seceding during the civil war. all.od morning, you y all. sorry. spent a lot of time in north carolina and virginia. we need to get started with our first session today. it is wonderful to see quite the 8:30 in the morning for a panel on james buchanan, which is that we all know that james buchanan is often overlooked. we are going to remedy that in a moment. i want to introduce our speakers. first is john quist, the tall one standing behind michael birkner. he is a professor of american history teaching classes in 19 century u.s. history and 20th century as well. john has published a very important book entitled the social roots of antebellum reform in alabama and michigan. his co-speaker today is michael birkner. he i
first is john quist, the tall one standing behind michael birkner. history.rofessor of he teaches classes in 19 century u.s. history and 20th century as well. he studied at the university of michigan. a student of james mills important portend. john has published a very important book entitled the social roots of antebellum reform in alabama and michigan. and his co-speaker today is michael birkner. michael is the benjamin franklin professor of liberal arts and professor of history at gettysburg college. many of you might remember that michael was the interim director of the civil war institute. he played a pivotal role in the transition. let me just say, there is not a person on this faculty that i rely more on than michael birkner. he has been indispensable to what i have done here, with my staff has done, and the way we have been able to connect with gettysburg college students. and they are students who adore him. i hear time and time again that michael birkner s class
he is a professor of american history teaching classes in 19 century u.s. history and 20th century as well. john has published a very important book entitled the social roots of antebellum reform in alabama and michigan. his co-speaker today is michael birkner. he is the benjamin franklin professor of liberal arts and professor of history at gettysburg college. many of you might remember that he was the interim director of the civil war institute. he played a pivotal role in the transition. anything that is not a person on this faculty that i rely more on than michael birkner. he has been indispensable to what i have done here, with my staff has done, and the way we withbeen able to connect gettysburg college students. students adore him. i hear time and time again that michael birkner s class on historical message, it is called a boot camp, in the case and the kids come back to me time and time again saying that michael is their favorite professor. he has exceedingly high
previous year. they compare sherman s goals. the new york historical society hosted this hour long event. welcome, it s great to be back in the same seats as we always occupy. for those of you who have come to a number of our sessions. we are promised and we are promising each other that we ll do more in the coming seasons. we have a topic today that we think is one of the best that we ve come up with, it s a neglected civil war story. because of the focus on sherman s march through georgia. there s a little less attention on sherman s other march, which followed the march through georgia. take a look at this scowling man in a fantastic coat, as we begin talking about him. i m going to start with john who as you heard has written two wonderful books about william sherman, and i think we need to know how you can do it in a few minutes his family, his psyche, tell us something about this fellow in the double breasted uniform coat. this picture that you see was taken of sher