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Battle of franklin. He came to the United States in 1850 and later enlisted in the Confederate Army where he rose through the rank of major eventually proposing to emancipate slaves in order to enlist them in the confederate party. This is part of a series organized by the tennessee civil war sesquicentennial commission. I will use my big voice to get everyone rounded back up for the next part of the program here today. In franklin, talking about the battle of franklin, the battle of nashville, and what this final campaign that we have talked about has meant to tennessee, southern history and american history. Thanks for coming out. Because it is sort of like introducing a rock star. You have had the wellknown acts and all the front acts, and i82 have the special event with our next speaker. Damien shields is an engaging young scholar. Hes an archaeologist by trade. A histor ....
Hes an archaeologist by trade historian by emotion. Lets not just have the false divide between archaeology and history, and pretend that objects and place dont matter. It is just some words on a piece of paper. It is all evidence of how history unfolded and impact on us today. Yesterday was a great pleasure of mine. I picked up mr. Shields. We went over. He did a seminar for my graduate students. He dazzled everyone. Rivert over to stones National Battlefield and i managed to not lose him totally. We got over to franklin just in time. It was dusk. The perfect time to take a man who has studied often. Cleburne so we a uniquemeans opportunity to have a perspective and learn from a perspective that sometimes we dont take in here in tennessee. We have civil war historians aplenty. Sometimes you can shake a tree and a bunch will hold down. Ll down. Fa we are blessed and honored to have damien shields among us today. Fanfare, bec ....
Damien shields as you will find out, is an engaging young scholar. He is an archaeologist i trade. He is an historian by emotion and he gets the way you have to do all of those things. Lets not just have the false divide between archaeology and history, and pretend that objects and place dont matter. It is just some words on a piece of paper. It is all evidence of how history unfolded and impact on us today. Yesterday was a great pleasure of mine. I picked up mr. Shields. We went over. He did a seminar for my graduate students. He dazzled everyone. We went over to Stones River National battlefield and i managed to not lose him totally. We got over to franklin just in time. It was dusk. The perfect time to take a man who has studied Patrick Cleburne so often. All of this means we a unique opportunity to have a perspective and learn from a perspective that sometimes we ....