north carolina. his unit sees extensive combat at south mountain as well as at antietam. he maintains a small pocket diary over the course of his wartime service until he himself is killed. here is what he writes today, a fierce engagement followed all the day, those by infantry and artillery. soon in the morning, firing commenced and very soon, our regiment was under fire, wounding and killing many of our brave boys. he then goes on and offers a very thorough description of the battle that he tends with this phrase sun- i often look at the and long for the days to come when the firing would cease. here is a man who in many ways is undone by this conflict, like hundreds of thousands of other soldiers, desperate in the most fierce combat for that day to come to some sort of conclusion end.d or there is heightened emotional expression and palpable uncertainty threaded through kelvins words and what i would argue and will argue and what you are reading is how core ele
battle itself we re going to , deal with the idea of visual representation and memory. in some ways, it deals with the broader core themes of the class, so today s lecture is a bit of a departure from what we have done thus far. i want to start with a vignette from one soldier, a private, calvin leach. he is a soldier in the first north carolina. his unit sees extensive combat at south mountain as well as at antietam. he maintains a small pocket diary over the course of his wartime service until he himself is killed. in discussing the events, here is what he writes. today, a fierce engagement followed all the day, those by infantry and artillery. our brigade was first in. in the morning, firing commenced and very soon, our regiment was under fire, wounding and killing many of our brave boys. he then goes on and offers a very thorough description of the battle that he tends with this phrase. i often look at the sun and long for the days to come when the firing would cease.
battle itself, we will deal with the topic of visual representation and the idea of memory. in some ways, it relates to the broader core themes of this class. today s lecture is a bit of a depression it interfaces with that we will talk about over the course of the semester. i want to start with a vignette from a private trade private. he is a soldier in the first carolina. these unit sees extensive combat. he maintains a small pocket diary over the course of his wartime service until he is carol killed in 1864. discussing the end events of 1862, here s what he writes. today, a fierce engagement followed all the day. both by infantry and artillery. our brigade was first in. the firinging, commenced. our regiment was under fire. the balls wounding and killing many of our boys. he goes on with a thorough description of the battle that begins with an incredibly pointed phrase. andten look at the sun longed for night to come so the firing would cease. is undone by who thi
history and when edward sent me the dawn of victory it was pristine. i have never said that about a man new script. i get paid to help dekrurbgtconstruct people s writing. it was a fantastic telling of a story that is often overlooked. it is so under rated and edward dust a magnificent job of doing justice to an incredible phase of the civil war the make it or break it point. as he will share with us it is the breaking point that leads to the end. without further ado i would like to introduce my friend mr. edward alexander. edward: thank you very much for that kind introduction, chris, and to all my colleagues at emerging civil war for putting on a fantastic symposium that i hope everyone has enjoyed so far. it is a privilege to talk to this group and thanks to all of you. we would not be here just talking we might be here talking to an empty room but it is great to have such a wonderful turnout to explore the great attacks of the civil war. i believe and this will be a ver
afternoon. scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible. it s 68 at the lakefront. 60 in lansing. satellite and radar composite shows we are dry. all those plans. maybe outdoor cooking and yard work are possible. to that early there is a chance of rain after lunch time. 78 degrees at noon. 5:00 p.m. we are at the degrees. a cold front comes through it should pick up some thunderstorms by 9:00 p.m.. chance of showers and storms. 73. today s official high crimes up to 83 degrees. tomorrow we expect temperatures to fall down to the east. once a week 75. a very nice easy start so far for the holiday. all construction has been cancelled. no heavy volume. we do have some work downtown 18th blocked off for some cta reconstruction but that sit on the hot spot. we will bring you another update as to get them. a man was killed and a teenager was injured in a shooting in the east garfield park neighborhood. it happened just after eight last night in the 33-hundred block of west