Gets old, my cohost, the man with the best hair and gettysburg, director of the Civil War Institute. Pete carmichael. Pete, good to see you after three minutes. Absolutely. You know me well enough that i would like to believe im a fairly easy going guy and i can take insults coming from any direction, but theres one thing that i appreciate the fact that you played up to my insecurity and thats my hair. You can insult my family, insult my scholarship, but you cannot insult the hair. I agree. I agree. Law my friend is down in richmond. He said you spend way too much money to get your haircut and then you never comment. He made a good point. It works. Its out of laziness, i guess. So we are back and as you all know, this would have been the Civil War Institute here in gettysburg and i just want again to say how much i and others, including my daughters this morning said that they missed a rally together with all the attendees. These are people from all walks of life, and they have a deep
Played up to my insecurity, and it is my hair. You can insult my family, my scholarship, but not there. The hair. I agree. My friend bobby is going down to richmond. Oe says you spend way to much money to get your hair cut and never comb it. We are back. Know, it would have been Civil War Institute day here in gettysburg and i just want to say how much i and others, including my daughters this morning, said they missed gathering with all of these attendees. These are people from all walks of life. They are united in a deep interest and passion for civil war history. They are just super nice people to be around. I cannot stress that enough. I cannot understand how people say, you go to the Civil War Institute as an attendee . You must be a diehard. You are into the tactical minutia and that is with the conference will be about. You can attest to the wide range of interests. We will keep doing it. We will be back, we hope, this time next year. It is hard not to see all of my old friends.
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
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
Was in print. We always kind of gravitated toward each other. I was such a huge fan of her reporting and she was such a respected journalist. But johanna, youve gone on to even greater things. She went on to earn her ph. D. , as you just heard. She is a scholar in residence. Shes done extraordinary historical work and this latest book is just a treat for all of you who havent had a chance to read it yet or peek at it, you are truly in for a treat. So johanna without going any longer on all the prefaces, just why havent you changed in 30 years . [laughter] johanna full disclosure good doctors. [laughter] judy you covered i knew you as a reporter, Los Angeles Times, covering politics. You covered the white house, the state department and conditioning congress. How did you find your way from doing that to being interested in history . Johanna well, actually, i was very happy as a journalist. I loved what i was doing. Can you all hear me . But in late 2008 when the economy was collapsing,