service. the gma is dedicated to the preservation of grant s tomb, closed for most of this year due to the pandemic. thankfully we can still further the cause of historical education through online programs like this. tonight s topic is particularly appropriate because this year marks the 200th anniversary of sherman s birth. in march of 1864, as he was on the verge of taking command of the entire union army after almost three years of civil war, general grant wrote a letter to general sherman to assign credit for the promotion. towrote, what i want is express my thanks to you and mcpherson as the men to whom a bove all others i feel indebted. sherman for his part would achieve his own level of national and international fame by the end of that year. their partnership on the battlefield and personal relationship between the two civil war leaders is a rich topic. who better to discuss it than our speakers tonight? once again we are honored to have back a military giant of ou
nonprofit that was organized during the 1990 s as the successor to the group of the same name that originally knelt and tilt and administered grant s tomb until it was built anded administered grant s tomb until it was transferred to the national park service. we can still further the cause of historical education through online programs like this. appropriatepic is because this year marks the 200th anniversary of grant s birthday. general grant wrote a letter to general sherman to assign credit for his promotion. mywrote i want to express thanks to you and general mcpherson as the men to whom above all others i feel indebted for whatever i have had of success. sherman for his part would achieve his own level love international fame by the end of that year level of international fame by the end of that year. the relationship between the two civil war leaders is a rich topic and who better to discuss it then our speakers tonight. we are honored to have back a of our
slavery and jefferson life have changed over recent decades. watch friday beginning at eight eastern and enjoy american history tv this weekend every weekend on c-span three. up next on the civil war, a story and harold holder and valerie perry of the new york historical society talk about artifacts featured in their joint publication the civil war and 50 objects. in this program they discuss objects at the end of the war, and president likens assassination. this conversation took place on line in the new york historical society provided the video. good evening and welcome to the eighth and final episode of history our. tonight s topic is saving the union and ending the civil war at the battlefield and at the ballot box. as usual and i want to remind you which is being recorded will last 45 minutes. this includes 15 minutes for questions and answers. please submit your questions via the cuban a function on your resume screen at any time during the. top we will respond to as
histori historians talk about artifacts featured in their joint publication, the civil war in 50 objects. in this program they discuss items related to the end of the war and president abraham lincoln s assassination. this conversation took place online, and the new york historical society provided the video. good evening and welcome to the eighth and final episode of the history hour. tonight s topic is saving the union and ending the civil war at the battlefield and the ballot box. as always i want to remind you that tonight s program which is being recorded will last approximately 45 minutes. this includes 15 minutes for questions and answers. please submit your questions via the q&a function on your zoom screen at any time during the talk. we will respond to as many as possible during the final part of the program. and now, saving the union and ending the civil war. so our series has argued that an aggregate objects and documents have the singular power to convey a narr
that tonight s program, which is being recorded, will last approximately 45 minutes. this includes 15 minutes for questions and answers. please submit your questions via the q&a function on your zoom screen at any time during the talk. we will respond to as many as possible during the final part of the program. and now, saving the union and ending the civil war. so our series has argued that in aggregate, objects and documents have the singular power to convey a sweeping historical narrative, in our case, the story of the civil war. so harold, now looking back on the book, which inspired the series, the civil war and 50 objects, are there any objects or documents among the plethora of choices we had in new york historic s collection that you wish we had been able to include? oh, from the book? i would say we covered the waterfront pretty well in terms of diversifying the choices. i guess a couple of regrets for time reasons was the handwritten diary of george templeton