War era Study Program and did graduate work in university of pennsylvania where he focused on the history of religion. He holds a master of divinity degree. His roster of publications is so long im not going to try to read them all to you. You can go to his website to get a full accounting of not only his publications but oerjt sail ient elements of other saileint elements of hig biography. Im going to offer five books i think is pertinent. The first is called Abraham Lincoln published by william b in 1998 and the first of allen lincolns prizes. Lincolns emancipation pags proclamation end of slavery in america. Publish in 2004 brought his second lincoln prize. Lincoln and douglas the debates that define america. 2008. Some reason didnt win the lincoln prize. Faithful lightening new history of the civil war and reconstruction came out from Oxford University press in 2012 and the 5th title i will mention is is gettiesburg the last invasion published in 2013 which brought a third lincoln
Our next speaker will be speaking on the battle of Wilsons Creek. That is kristen pawlak. In 2014 she graduated from Gettysburg College with a bachelor of arts degrees in civil war studies. She has worked for the misery Civil War Museum in st. Louis, the American Battlefield trust, and the Gettysburg College special collections. She currently serves on the board of directors for the marine scholarship foundation. She is working on her first book in the emerging civil war series on the battle of wills and creek. Please join me wilson creek. Please join me in welcoming kristen pawlak. All right. Thank you to all of you. Thank you to emerging civil war. It is such an honor to speak to you all about the battle of Wilsons Creek which was fought in 1861 in a corner of southeastern southwestern missouri, my home state. The subtitle of this presentation is called this means war i want to start off, kind of setting the stage and also talking a little bit about what we mean by this means war. I
War blog. Its an hour. Our next speaker will be speaking on the battle of Wilsons Creek. Shes a native of missouri and specializes in the trans mississippi west. Kristen received her master of arts from Webster University in Nonprofit Leadership in may of 2018. Previously she has worked for the Missouri Civil War Museum in st. Louis and the Gettysburg College special collections. Kristen is working on her first book as part of the emerging civil war series. Please join me in welcoming kristen pollack. [ applause ] all right. First of all, thank you to everyone here. Thank you to emerging civil war for having me out this evening. This is an honor to be able to speak to you all about the battle of Wilsons Creek which was fought on august the 10 sou of missouri, which is my native state. Tonights presentation is actually entitled this means war, the forgotten battle of Wilsons Creek. I want to start off kind of setting the stage and also talking a little bit about what we mean by this mea
Directors for the marine scholarship foundation. She is working on her first book in the emerging civil war series on the battle of wills and creek. Please join me wilson creek. Please join me in welcoming kristen pawlak. All right. Thank you to all of you. Thank you to emerging civil war. It is such an honor to speak to you all about the battle of Wilsons Creek which was fought in 1861 in a corner of southeastern southwestern missouri, my home state. The subtitle of this presentation is called this means war the battle of Wilsons Creek. I want to take us back to june 11 of 1861 in st. Louis, missouri to the hotel which is just downtown at one of the Nicest Hotels in the 20th century. Six of the most important early world early World Leaders met there. You have Nathaniel Lyon, his aid e, francis p. Blair, and for the secessionist leaders, you have major Clayborn Jackson, governor jacksons aide. They come to keep the peace if possible. They are there to prevent the outbreak of war in mi
Profession, you need to get men to want to do the job because the payee inevitably will go up. [laughter] if you want to explore our nations past, every weekend on cspan3. Next on the civil war, Kristen Pawlak talked about the battle of Wilsons Creek, fought between union and Confederate Forces in southwest missouri in august 1861. She explained that the conflict, while not widely known, is significant because it was the first major battle west of the mississippi river. This talk was a part of a symposium on forgotten battles of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Our next speaker will be speaking on the battle of Wilsons Creek. Pawlak. Kristen graduated from Gettysburg College with a bachelor of arts degrees in civil war studies. She has worked for the misery Civil War Museum in st. Louis, the American Battlefield trust, and the Gettysburg College special collections. She currently serves on the board of directors for the marine scholarship foundation. She is working