program, katrina quinn, who, along with all these panelists, is working on a book called the soldier in the civil war press. ms. quinn: thank you, dr. sachsman. i am excited to be here this morning with my colleagues to talk about how the civil war press commemorated the civil war soldier. harris casey, from frog hail, alabama left his family farm to in the fall of 1861 to fight for the confederacy. his unit was known as the cherokee rangers, and they would see action in major engagements such as murphreesboro. like 95,000 other soldiers of the confederacy and 110,000 soldiers of the union, harris met his fate on the battlefield. but unlike many soldiers cut down in battle, somehow harris was brought back to his family home, and this is where he is buried, on his family s land, the very place he ran and played as a child. 700 miles away, jonathan colegrove, from the banks of potato creek in pennsylvania, also left his family farm in the fall of 1861. his unit, the pennsylva
by the university of tennessee. the school provided this video. hi, i m david sacks, at the university of tennessee at chatham. we are here at the 28th annual evening of the symposium on the 19th century press, the civil war and free om of expression. this morning s panel is called, commemorating the soldier. meaning the civil war soldier. and i write to introduce you to the moderator of the program. katrina from the university who, along with all these panelists, he s working on a book called the soldier in the civil war press. so katrina. thank you doctor sacks men. i m excited to be here this morning with some of my colleagues to talk about the way that the civil war press commemorated the individual soldier. paris casey, from farm hill alabama, from the waters of terrebonne creek, loved his family farm in the fall of 1960 modified for the confederacy. his unit, was known as the cherokee rangers. and they would see action in major engagements, such as like 95,000 oth
along with all these panelists, is working on a book called the in the civil war press. ms. quinn: thank you, dr. sachs meant dr. sachsman. i m here with my colleagues to talk about how the civil war press commemorated the civil war soldier. casey left his family farm to fight for the confederacy. his unit was known as the cherokee rangers, and they would see action in major engagements such as murphreesboro. like 95 thousand other soldiers of the confederacy and 110,000 soldiers of the union, harris met his fate on the battlefield. but unlike many soldiers cut down in battle, somehow, he was brought back to his family home, and this is where he is buried, family s land, the very place he ran and played as a child. jonathan colegrove from pennsylvania also left his family farm in the fall of 1861. his unit is the 57 pennsylvania infantry unit and would also see engagement.e he took part in the battles of bull run and gettysburg where he was wounded on july 2, 1863. but li
deliberations at the party conventions. abe lincoln won the presidency over three other candidates with just under 40% of the popular vote. the class is about an hour and 15 minutes. all right, so we got lincoln s ancestors over here. we got them born, we got them moved around, we got them elected to office, we got them married. it s time to elect him president. today, we are going to look at the election of 1860, and using the term, everybody s a second choice at the national convention that year in 1860. a lincoln supporter send a wire that said, i think he is going to win the nomination, he is the second choice of everybody. well, lincoln himself had a line, my name is new in the field. and i suppose i m not the first choice of a very great many. our policy then is to give no offense to others, leave them in a mood to come to us, if they shall be compelled to give up their first love. i know, a kind of gets you right there. giving up your first love. okay, so the themes
for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. museums closed, churches no longer allowed to hold indoor services. a curfew forcing nonessential businesses to close. a new round of restrictions is taking effect in san francisco and san mateo counties. good evening and thank you so much for joining us. i m dion lim. it is a re-opening rollback. san francisco and san mateo county have moved to the purple tier today. the curfew we mentioned kicks in tomorrow night, and in the bay area only marin county remains in the less restrictive red tier. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard joins us live from golden gate park in san francisco where the ferris wheel and museum are now closed. cornell, it seems like they just reopened not too long ago. reporter: you re right about that. so many people caught off guard, diane. surprised to see their favorite attractions temporarily closed due to new purple tier restrictions including indoor worship. you teach us to love the things of he