Mr. Orrison good afternoon. I get the privilege of introducing a really good friend. Drew and i have been arguing over the past two days, what i should do in this introduction. I will just read what you sent me. [laughter] mr. Orrison it is kind of funny, actually. Drew gruber as the executive director of civil war trails, lives in williamsburg with his wife kate, their two cats, he enjoys reading, oysters, brown liquor and peace and quiet. Drew gruber. [applause] time, i am at this going to introduce my coauthor, doug crenshaw, who is going to lecture about williamsburg today. [laughter] mr. Gruber i sat down last night to review notes, and i couldnt help but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday. It caused me to rewrite the whole thing. Thanks, ryan. Forgotten battles is a cool thing and i was going to open with a quote and then i thought about it, we have a morbid fascination with body count, only big, bloody battles are important. Then Richard Lewis yesterday said s
Scholarship recipients from last year. Correct . She came here and enjoyed herself, im sure. Patrick is the author of the land shall be day loosed in blood, a new history of nat turners revolt published by Oxford University press. It is one of the finest books i have read on southern history in a long time. It is a book i assigned to my undergraduates in this spring, and as we all know, undergraduates are tough customers when it comes to books. They absolutely enjoyed mr. Breens scholarship and especially his writing. It is a bold book, important book, and one thing patrick and i talked about, it is just a shame that one can go to southampton county today where turners revolt took place and you will see some state signage, but you will have no way of taking a driving tour to see the sites related to that important revolt. It truly is shocking. Patrick is trying to do his part and bring more awareness and audiences likeat us who go to battlefields, i suspect if we had the opportunity, w
Host good afternoon. I get the privilege of introducing a good friend. Drew and i have been arguing over the past two days, what i should do in this introduction. I will just read what you sent me. It is best [laughter] it is kind of funny, actually. Gruber as the executive director of civil war trails, lives in williamsburg with his wife kate, their two cats, he enjoys reading, oysters, brown liquor and peace and quiet. Drew gruber. [applause] going tor i am introduce my coauthor, doug crenshaw, who is going to lecture about williamsburg today. [laughter] i sat down last night to review notes, and i couldnt think couldnt help but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday. It caused me to rewrite the whole thing. Thanks, ryan. Forgotten battles is a cool thing and i was going to open with a quote and then i thought about it, we have a morbid fascination with body count, only big, bloody battles are important. Then Richard Lewis said last from, the guy who falls dysentery, t
High School Scholarship recipient from last year. She came here and enjoyed herself, im sure. Patrick is the author of the land shall be day loosed in blood, a new history of nat turners revolt published by Oxford University press. It is one of the finest books i have read on southern history in a long time. It is a book i assigned to my undergraduates in this spring, and undergraduate are tough customers when it comes to books. Mr. Absolutely enjoyed breens scholarship and writing. Important book, and one thing patrick and i talked about, it is just a shame that one can go to southampton county today were turners revolt took place and you will but you state signage, will have no way of taking a driving tour to see the sites related to that important revolt. It truly is shocking. Patrick has tried to do his part and bring more awareness and attention, so audiences like us to go to battlefields, i suspect if we had the opportunity, we would take a bus to southampton county to look at th
Aaron is a native of michigan not far from lansing, did his undergraduate work at northwestern before spending time working in washington, d. C. And moved on to the university of virginia where he studied under gary gallagher. Book is entitled why confederates fought family and nation in civil war virginia. His most recent book, published by harvard, titled calculus of violence how americans fought the civil war. Just again published in 2018. Aaron, lsu is a great place for him. Aaron is a self proclaimed foody so has lots of places to select from in new orleans but today well talk about his book, which has received two recent awards including the Jefferson Davis award from formerly the museum of the confederacy, now the American Civil War museum in richmond. Lets welcome aaron sheehandean. [applause] prof. Sheehandean good morning. Thank you all. I will start by saying happy fathers day to everyone in the audience. Its a weird thing to spend sunday morning talking about violence, but