My book is an exploit edition of the history of the battlefield. The National Park service manages 70 sites that are civil warrelated. The battlefields from gettysburg to antietam to vicksburg to sites time, significantly. If you look at the photograph on the top right, that is an aerial view. The mostne of commercialized areas in the 1940s and 1950s. The image on the left should be familiar to many of you. Perhaps you have the opportunity to go up and the old tower that 1970s. Up in the how the battlefield has been commercialized and how it has changed over time. One of the questions i try to reconcile is what makes gettysburg different . This battlefield is different and antietam. Its different than chickamauga. Its different than perryville. Its different than shiloh. 51,000ttle, producing casualties in three days, is the bloodiest conflict in american history. The man in the slide is a soldier from the fifth massachusetts who was wounded in the fight at gettysburg. His name is john
The making management and memory of Gettysburg National park. Published in 2013 by the university of tennessee press. Biographyworking on a that will hopefully be published by the university of north carolina. She is a veteran faculty member here, many of you have been on her chores which are outstanding. It is our pleasure to welcome jen to speak about her book on the creation of the Gettysburg National park. Thank you. Thank you for that kind introduction. Can you hear me ok . Myyour more excited than 8 00 a. M. Western civilization class. Happy fathers day. I hope my dad is watching this in maryland. Im super excited to talk to you about my book, the history of the Gettysburg National military park. Traditionally when i do this talk it is more of a roundtable. I asked people how many have been to gettysburg and people raise their hands. How many have been to gettysburg . Fielde veterans of this and this conference which is terrific. Time withspend some you this morning talking to yo
Management, and memory of Gettysburg National military park. This hourlong talk was part of the annual summer conference posted by the Gettysburg College civil war institute. Good morning, everyone. Happy fathers day. We are going to open this morning with a a longtime contributor to wi cwi, jen murray. Currently an assistant teaching professor in the department of history at Oklahoma State university. She is, as you know, an expert in the civil war, and a specialist in military history in general. , a full i would say publication resume. Her most important book and most recent is entitled on a great battlefield the making, management, and memories of Gettysburg National park. It was published in 2013 by the university of tennessee press. She is currently working on a biography of general george be published will by the university of North Carolina of North Carolina in the civil war america series. As i mentioned, she is a veteran faculty member here. Many of you have been on her battl
My book is an exploit edition of the history of the battlefield. The National Park service manages 70 sites that are civil warrelated. The battlefields from gettysburg to antietam to vicksburg to sites time, significantly. If you look at the photograph on the top right, that is an aerial view. The mostne of commercialized areas in the 1940s and 1950s. The image on the left should be familiar to many of you. Perhaps you have the opportunity to go up and the old tower that 1970s. Up in the how the battlefield has been commercialized and how it has changed over time. One of the questions i try to reconcile is what makes gettysburg different . This battlefield is different and antietam. Its different than chickamauga. Its different than perryville. Its different than shiloh. 51,000ttle, producing casualties in three days, is the bloodiest conflict in American History. The man in the slide is a soldier from the fifth massachusetts who was wounded in the fight at gettysburg. His name is john
With a longtime contributor to cwi, jen murray. Jen murray is currently an assistant teaching assistant professor in the department of history at Oklahoma State university. She is as you know an expert in the civil war and also a specialist in military history in general. She has i would say a full publication resume. Her most important book and most recent is entitled on a great battlefield the making, management, and memory of get Gettysburg National park. Published in 2013 by the university of tennessee press. She is currently working on a i biography of George Gordon meade which will hopefully be publi published in the civil war america series. She is a veteran faculty member here. Many of you have been on her battlefield tours which are outstanding. Its largely because she cut her teeth as a young historian seasonal here at gettysburg for nine years . For nine years. So it is my pleasure to welcome jen murray who will be speaking about her book on the creation of the Gettysburg Na