I have known our next speaker for quite some time. I remember probably decade or so ago sitting on a bus going from Gettysburg College to the shenandoah, talking about next projects, our next speaker has been a great friend of me and institute and a great supporter of our journal of the Shenandoah Valley during the civil era. So it gives me great pleasure to introduce Brian Matthew jordan. Bryant is associate professor of Civil War History and chair of the department of history at houston state university. Hes the author or editor. Six books on the civil war era, including marching home Union Veterans and their unending civil war, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history in 2016. His more 100 reviews, articles and essays have appeared in scholarly journals edited volumes and popular magazines, so without further please join me in welcoming Brian Matthew jordan. Well, thank you so much jonathan, for that introduction. Thanks for the invitation to participate in this wonder
I have known our next speaker for quite some time. I remember probably decade or so ago sitting on a bus going from Gettysburg College to the shenandoah, talking about next projects, our i have no now next speaker for quite some time. Remember probably a decade or so ago sitting on a bus, going from Gettysburg College to the Shenandoah Valley talking about next projects. Our next speaker has been a great friend of me and the institute, and a great supporter of our journal of the Central Valley during the civil war era. So, it gives me great pleasure to introduce Brian Matthew jordan. Brian is associate professor of Civil War History and chair of the department of history at sam houston state university. Hes the author or editor of six books on the civil war era, including marching home, Union Veterans and their unending civil war, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history in 2016. His more than 100 reviews, articles, have appeared in scholarly journals, and in volumes and
I have known our next speaker for quite some time. I remember probably decade or so ago sitting on a bus going from Gettysburg College to the shenandoah, talking about next projects, our next speaker has been a great friend of me and institute and a great supporter of our journal of the Shenandoah Valley during the civil era. So it gives me great pleasure to introduce Brian Matthew jordan. Bryant is associate professor of Civil War History and chair of the department of history i have known our next speaker for some time. I remember getting on a bus. It gives me great pleasure to introduce Brian Matthew jordan. Brian is associate professor and chair of the department of history at sam houston state university. He is the author or editor of six books on the civil war era, including marching home, Union Veterans, and their unending civil war, which was a Pulitzer Prize nominee in 2016. His reviews of articles and essays have appeared in general volumes and popular magazines. Please join
I have known our next speaker for quite some time. I remember probably decade or so ago sitting on a bus going from Gettysburg College to the shenandoah, talking about next projects, our next speaker has been a great friend of me and institute and a great supporter of our journal of the Shenandoah Valley during the civil era. So it gives me great pleasure to introduce Brian Matthew jordan. Bryant is associate professor of Civil War History and chair of the department of history at houston state university. Hes the author or editor. Six books on the civil war era, including marching home Union Veterans and their unending civil war, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history in 2016. His more 100 reviews, articles and essays have appeared in scholarly journals edited volumes and popular magazines, so without further please join me in welcoming Brian Matthew jordan. Well, thank you so much jonathan, for that introduction. Thanks for the invitation to participate in this wonder
The object that surround us here in this Beautiful Museum are lovingly and superbly conserved as if they were all made yesterday or teleported a regular from every age of the past into our present. Even in the greatest rural cemeteries like this one, the Allegheny Cemetery in pittsburgh, the passage and pressure of time are everywhere visible. The residues of past eras coat the graves and factory smoke and coal dust. The stone and metal erode. Slabs tilt and sometimes fall into the ground. By the way, this is not what every grade in the elegant what every grave in the Allegheny Cemetery looks like. Images dissolve before our eyes and the names of the dead, the whole reason for this above ground apparatus, even these often disappear. As Oliver Wendell holmes wrote about his local graveyard in cambridge, massachusetts it slowly disappears. The mosses creek, the gravestones the mosses creep, the gravestones lean. The decaying gravestones have age value. Triggering metaphysical ruminations