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member of the department of history here at uva and was also dean of arts and sciences here at uva. he s the incoming president of the organization of american historians, which is the biggest professional organization for people who do what most of us do in our scholarly lives. he is now a historian of both the american south and the civil war. he, as with everyone else that you have heard today, has published very widely. i will mention just three of his books again. that s my rule. promise of a new south: life after reconstruction, which was a major examination of the post civil war south. second title is in the presence of mine enemies, war in the heart of america, 1859-1863. there s a sequel to that book. i will not read the title because it is not out yet. the third one is what caused the civil war, reflections on the south and other history. the lastrnoon, and has slot of the day when we have been here a long time, and he will explore how the valley allows us to ....
feel i should add was chaired department of history at uva. he began life as a specialist in the american south. he gravitated toward the civil war. he is now the historian of both the american south and the civil war. published very widely. it was a major re-examine of the post-civil war south. it was the first since the landmark book from the early 1950 s. he is just finished the sequel to that but it i am not going to read the title because it is an out yet. the third is what caused the civil war, reflections on the south. dayas the last slot of the when we ve been here for a long time. he is going to explore how the war in the valley allows us to engage with some of the larger themes of the war. [applause] thanks to all of you. i hope you partook of the coffee in the back. i was at uva for 27 years. the work i am talking to you about again before this building began. the library was here. to uvaalways be grateful for allowing that to be created in for sustaining i ....
for civil war history. it s just under 40 minutes. see if there is something from the audience first, and if there was not, we will pick it up from up here. if anyone has questions, just raise your hand. here come the mike bearers. my question is really for anyone who feels compelled to answer it. used theus sherman .abor code and confiscation act i m curious if sheridan did the same. did he use any sort of legal justifications, or was it simply a soldier obeying orders from grant? and i m curious if residents of chambersburg and western maryland have a sort of popular collective memory about their sort of tragedy. i ll talk about that part later. after my colleagues and the first question. one of the interesting things i think the significance of the lieber code is more post-civil war. there s no reference in anything grant wrote or in any of the papers of ulysses s. grant to the lieber code. nothing. and i assure you, sherman did not care about it at all eit ....
university of virginia center or civil war history. it s just under 40 minutes. see if there is something from the audience first, and if there was not, we will pick it up from up here. if anyone has questions, just raise your hand. here come the mike bearers. my question is really for anyone who feels compelled to answer it. i m curious sherman used the labor code and confiscation act. i m curious if sheridan did the same. did he use any sort of legal justifications, or was it simply a soldier obeying orders from grant? and i m curious if residents of chambersburg and western maryland have a sort of popular collective memory about their sort of tragedy. i ll talk about that part later. after my colleagues and he first question. one of the interesting hings i think the significance of the lieber code is more post-civil war. there s no reference in anything grant wrote or in any of the papers of ulysses s. grant to the lieber code. nothing. and i assure you, ....
[applause] thank you, glenn. i d also like to thank carlene and pauline, all the hudson library team. it s been great meeting some of you in the audience too. i ve had a really wonderful visit here. it s great to be back home in ohio, you know it s good to shake off inside the beltway every now and then. you know? washington right? as we heard george custer was from 80 miles south of here. if you have a chance, you can go visit him. also grant sherman sheridan all have ohio roots one way or another, either born or raised here. as a friend from mississippi said, you have a lot of bloody bastards from your state. [laughter] i guess it depends on what side you re on, but [laughter] anyway. one question i get about my book the real custer, is why is that the title? what makes your book the real custer ? there are a lot of custer books. i think the easiest way to answer that question is to say that s what the publisher wanted. [laughter] so okay, that s the title. but ....