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And a fellow at Christopher Newport university where he serves as the universities prelaw advisor. He is the author of most recently emancipation, the union army, and the reelection of Abraham Lincoln. He is currently at work on the three books including lincolns advice for lawyers, the final voyage, and please join me in welcoming jonathan w. White. [applause] thank you so much for having me. Can you all hear me in the bleacher seats . I love having an opportunity to come to new york city. This is only my third trip. I spent two weeks about eight years ago and i spent two weeks at the New York Historical society. I love going there to do research. I stopped by with my daughter and we had to stop and get a portrait with her by the statue. She has been to more civil war sites that most people see in a lifetime. ....
Written several books and several articles, and ive heard him talk on the treason in the civil war about merriman. In fact, last night i watched him on cspan going over with his class this topic. It was really fun. It was neat to see how he interacted with the students and brought out in them a different opinion of what they had when they first came in, how they learned something from the discussion. And it was fun. And in particular, one of the questions one of the girls asked, with all the interests in merrimans rights, what about the gross treason of the whole situation . It seems like were looking at a little tiny speck, and the whole civil war was treason. So how he dealt with that was pretty good. And he has another book out thats this book. And he has another book out, the one hes going to be talking about today, and im looking forward to hearing about it. The first book is treason, Abraham Lincoln and treason in the civil ....
Emancipation. Next, Jonathan White oargues tht is not necessarily the case. Changes in the military command structure helped engender overwhelming numbers in favor of lincoln. This is part after symposium on the 1864 symposium hosted on the Lincoln Group of d. C. Well, youre in for a treat. Jonathan white, assistant professor of american studies at Christopher Newport university has written several books and several articles, and ive heard him talk on the treason in the civil war about merriman. In fact, last night i watched him on cspan going over with his class this topic. It was really fun. It was neat to see how he interacted with the students and brought out in them a different opinion of what they had when they first came in, how they learned something from the discussion. And it was fun. And in particular, one ....
Was sitting up on the hill and when he saw that happen, he knew he had lost the battle. Without the navy, without the ships to take his army south, there was no point in going on any longer. And so he recalled the army, and the next day they left. And they went back to canada. And the battle was over. He planned to come and fight again in the spring, but, of course, the treaty happened in between and the soldiers, the red coated soldiers were never seen again here in the United States. Abraham lincoln won reelection over Union GeneralGeorge Mcclellan in 1864 with more than 70 of the soldier vote. Some historians have argued that lincolns strong support from soldiers indicated that the troops also agreed with lincolns Greater Mission of emancipation. Next, author a ....