i appreciate that. i can just look at kevin if i need. kevin, you teach, right? in addition to blogging.er, in sorry, pete. blo and so,gg you re used to being front of unruly crowds.g and you may also have some experience with a particularly nerve wracking speaking engagement. one of those engagements wrote you re not quite sure where the subject matter of your talk fits with the event at hand. and then, adding to that, you learn that perhaps, i don t know, c-span is going to broadcast your talk live on television because, hey, you know, live television.ppen this stills, happens apparently. but if you ve done any public ae speaking, you also know that yu moment where a that sense of re calm settles over you. i know that pete knows that because i ve now watched him speak beautifully a number of times in the past couple of days. i just want to let you know, e this s not happening to me right now. and so, without further ado. as many of you may know, on november 29th, 1864, appr
he spends most of his days thinking about the pacific theater of world war ii but his heart will always remain back in 1861, 1860 2, 1863, 1864. marrying his two loves, talking about the navy. [applause] thank you. that is certainly one of the more entertaining introductions i have ever had. i also note that i go second, which is a great thought but that youies the caveat now have had your coffee, you hope will could up, chris has warmed you up but since i am the one guy talking about the navy, this is insurance i don t put you to sleep. what can i say? there will be an open discussion after this. both the union and confederacy knew that 1864 would be the decisive year in the civil war. regardless of how the fighting went on land and sea, by the end of the year the future course of the civil war would he decided. for the confederacy, every effort on land and sea bent towards the cause of victory. the confederate navy this year achieved its peak strength and was certainly ex
some of his career highlights, he served as supervisor out of parryville battlefield, the state park in connecticut kentucky, excuse me. currently he is now with the general macarthur memorial in norfolk. he spends most of his days thinking about the pacific theater of world war ii but his heart will always remain back in 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864. marrying his two loves, talking about the navy. [applause] thank you. that is certainly one of the more entertaining introductions i have ever had. i also note that i go second, which is a great thought but also carries the caveat that you now have had your coffee, you have woken up, chris has warmed you up but since i am the one guy talking about the navy, this is insurance i don t put you to sleep. what can i say? there will be an open discussion after this. both the union and confederacy knew that 1864 would be the decisive year in the civil war. regardless of how the fighting went on land and sea, by the end of the year the fu
bell hood was written history and the u.s. colored troops compared to the sherman marched to the sea. this 90 minute event is part of theseries organized by tennessee sesquicentennial. thank you for attending featuring our same topic of the day, the last campaign in tennessee. , i am the van wes tennessee state historian. and a professor at middle tennessee state university. it was an easy drive over to join this event today. for our expert historians, they have all come quite a way to join and be part of this event. i m appreciative of that. this,y i would like to do so we have plenty of time for questions and comments, i am going to introduce all three speakers now in alphabetical order. come up in that order. ok. be chris speaker will lawson. i have known chris for 30 years. it goes back to his excellent work on frank cheetham, and his confederate division in tennessee s forgotten warriors. 1989.me out in he has been involved with us and then very generous of his time he
tennessee sesquicentennial. thank you for attending this session featuring our same topic of the day, the last campaign in tennessee. my name is van wes, i am the tennessee state historian. and a professor at middle tennessee state university. it was an easy drive over to join this event today. for our expert historians, they have all come quite a way to join and be part of this event. i m appreciative of that. the way i would like to do this, so we have plenty of time for questions and comments, i am going to introduce all three speakers now in alphabetical order. they all come up in that order. ok. our first speaker will be chris lawson. i have known chris for 30 years. it goes back to his excellent work on frank cheetham, and his confederate division in tennessee s forgotten warriors. that came out in 1989. he has been involved with us and been very generous of his time here for different civil war and franklin battlefield symposiums that we have worked with. welcome bac