Lexington. I do not know whether ending with mark means we are ending with a southerner or a northerner. He went to berkeley for his phd. Or one of those famous border states. I lectured in kentucky in many times and i learned that kentucky seceded after appomattox and became a confederate state. Before that, it was the United States. In a sense, that is the complexity of the history we have been dealing with. When the 13th amendment was being considered, the delegates from the house and kentucky tried to get an exemption to the 13th amendment. They did not do so. Mark is working on two books, one on Andrew Johnsons impeachment and another on gilded age politics. Imd am delighted that he has come to join us and tell us about Andrew Johnson. Thank you. Most kind of you. Thank you for giving me a chance for giving me the half hour i have. We were asked and advised that we should treat this talk the way we would teaching a class as opposed to reading a paper. In my case, that is dangerous
Battle that this trio has yet to cover. And our ongoing series. I hope its ongoing. We have at least one more battle to talk about here at historical society. We have two this season and we thank you for for joining us. So as you heard the subject is the battle of chancellorsville. Its hard to say, especially for new york or chancellorsville paul. But before get there, we have to cover a little bit of the terrain. Its a neglected battle in and of itself. It has so many links to what came before and what came after that we wanted to do context. Jim well, if i can with you, the battle was preceded by quite a few months of quiet in the winter of 1862, 63, but things had changed, as i will show you here because in early. 1863 recruitment of africanamericans the union army begins following the emancipation proclamation and legislation. So much has changed just set the scene for us the chronologically. Well one thing that had been going on during winter of 1860 263 was a decline in morale in
Be back at the New York Historical society is very hard to believe there actually is a battle that this trio has yet to cover. And our ongoing series. I hope its ongoing. We have at least one more battle to talk about here at historical society. We have two this season and we thank you for for joining us. So as you heard the subject is the battle of chancellorsville. Its hard to say, especially for new york or chancellorsville paul. But before get there, we have to cover a little bit of the terrain. Its a neglected battle in and of itself. It has so many links to what came before and what came after that we wanted to do context. Jim well, if i can with you, the battle was preceded by quite a few months of quiet in the winter of 1862, 63, but things had changed, as i will show you here because in early. 1863 recruitment of africanamericans the union army begins following the emancipation proclamation and legislation. So much has changed just set the scene for us the chronologically. Wel
Battle that this trio has yet to cover. And our ongoing series. I hope its ongoing. We have at least one more battle to talk about here at historical society. We have two this season and we thank you for for joining us. So as you heard the subject is the battle of chancellorsville. Its hard to say, especially for new york or chancellorsville paul. But before get there, we have to cover a little bit of the terrain. Its a neglected battle in and of itself. It has so many links to what came before and what came after that we wanted to do context. Jim well, if i can with you, the battle was preceded by quite a few months of quiet in the winter of 1862, 63, but things had changed, as i will show you here because in early. 1863 recruitment of africanamericans the union army begins following the emancipation proclamation and legislation. So much has changed just set the scene for us the chronologically. Well one thing that had been going on during winter of 1860 263 was a decline in morale in
Next year. She has been an important part of us launching the book series. She has a fantastic book of her own, aside with this really collection. She will talk a little bit about the book during our q a. It is a fantastic story. It is about people just like us who decided they need to do their part to defend liberties country. And it puts a fantastic spin on that notion. Without further ado i present my friend and colleague. [applause] kelly thank you all for coming. Thank you to chris, for putting together this wonderful program. I am looking for to the three days we had together. I would like to second year thank you to the staff and , people for this wonderful i got wonderful place. I got to sit outside on the porch earlier today. We are very lucky to be here. I want to give background. I was in the early stages of doing some research on a project. I wanted to look at the Recruitment Practices for the United States colored troops. They were the black men that fought for the union d