Charles talks about his Book Abraham Lincoln in 1864. National archives hosting this event in 2009 and provided the video. Mr. Flood died in 2014. Today we gather to hear more about his latest book. We celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the 60 resident, there are a bunch an abundance of lectures and books goes is don abraham lincoln. We the author we have with us today has chosen to focus on another year of lincoln, 1864. Everything bearing down on him, the war, the rapidly eroding said public support eroding public support for the more, and a struggle to win a second term. 1864, what happens . Ulysses s grant is brought east to replace the general of the union armies. Some are confederate general raid on washington sends a scare to the union capital. Lincoln himself will proceed to the front to see things from fort stevens. Soon well Valley Campaign in the nation will learn more about will sheridan. All the while his working his way towards atlanta and after capturing that city
we ve got a great speech for our second session this morning. dr. timothy smith is a veteran of the national parks service and currently teaches history at the university of tennessee. in addition to numerous articles and essays, he is the coeditor of 18 books, including champion hill, decisive battle of vicksburg, which won the nonfiction book award from the mississippi arts and letters. you can buy a copy in our bookstore. i am pleased to introduce dr. timothy smith. [applause] thank you. appreciate that. appreciate the opportunity to be here. this is my first time to be here. i am a believer now. you have got a great place here. we are going to talk about the western theater here. vicksburg, champion hill. how many of you have been to vicksburg? i figured that. a good number of you. champion hill is one of those great battlefields, if you have been watching the news, listening to the american battlefield trust, they are doing a lot of work there. the state of mississip
books and letters. you can buy a copy in our bookstore. i am pleased to introduce dr. timothy smith. [applause] thank you. appreciate that. appreciate the opportunity to be here. this is my first time to be here. i am a believer now. .ou have got a great place here we are going to talk about the western theater here. vicksburg, champion hill. how many of you have been to vicksburg? i figured that. a good number of you. champion hill is one of those great battlefields, if you have been watching the news, listening to the american battlefield trust, they are doing a lot of work there. the state of mississippi has just turned over several hundred acres to the national park .ervice a lot going on at champion hill. we are going to talk about that battle in particular. the larger vicksburg campaign just a little bit. i do not have powerpoint either. i am a little old-fashioned. we do have a map, which we will talk about a little bit. i tend to go overboard when i do powerpoint an
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