Of the Newyork Historical Society top of the articles in the joint publication. A civil war in 50. Objects they risks they discuss objects civil war technicality, includings will secret war codes. The new york Historical Society provided the video. So harold, weve been talking in the series about the power of objects being touchstones and historical event, being conduits to understanding the past. Its a thrill and extort a experience being historian in new york historian and working along these treasures and using them in my exhibitions. Lets talk about a second for the inspiration for this program a civil war in 50 objects. I can 50 objects tells such a sweeping . Story we so after cells that question often when we were whittling down the list and it was so much to choose from. I guess the way we did it as i recall, his first we discussed the medium of the object. We wanted, photographs paintings, objects, relics and then we wanted to represent every year of the civil war. First year
We used to ask ourselves that question. First we discussed the medium of the object. We wanted photographs, paintings, documents, relics, and then we wanted to represent every year of the civil war, 1851 to 1865. By the time we sifted through the criteria, we thought we had 50 objects out there that met those requirements. It was truly an embarrassment and it was hard to whittle them down, for sure. [laughter] that is definitely true. Tonight we will be discussing two objects that are considered technology during the civil war. You can see the images of those. We have one from 1861 and a half model of the monitor of 1862. Lets consider the two part object. This is in the papers of Alexander Robert chisholm, bert born in 1834, died 1910. He was a stockbroker, a merchant, a railroad investor, and he died during the gilded age in new york city where he had grown up. Theis youth, he served on confederate side of the civil war. Can you tell us about his background . Carolina born in south ,
The battle of mobile bay in august of 1864, and the leadership roles of Union Rear Admiral David Farragut and confederate admiral Franklin Buchanan. It closed one of the last major ports. The victory, coupled with the gave a boost to president abraham lincolns bid for reelection just a couple of months later. The Mariners Museum host this 45 minute event. [applause] john there is an unseen battlefield in every human breast where to opposing forces me to and where they seldom rest. The battle of mobile bay is actually the story of a contest between the two highest ranking naval officers in the civil war, and franklint buchanan. If you think of two opposing wills, that is what you have the battle of mobile bay. First, i want to talk about who these characters are. Start with Franklin Buchanan, since he was on one of our ironclads here in Hampton Roads. Franklin buchanan was born on seven on september 17, 1800 in baltimore, maryland. His father was founder of the Maryland Medical Society
Victory and closed one of the confederacys last major ports. The victory, coupled with the fall of atlanta gave a boost to president abraham lincolns bid for reelection just a couple of months later. The Mariners Museum host this 45 minute event. [applause] john there is an unseen battlefield in every human breast where two opposing forces me to and where they seldom rest. The battle of mobile bay is actually the story of a contest between the two highest ranking naval officers in the civil war, David Farragut and Franklin Buchanan. If you think of two opposing wills, that is what you have happening at the battle of mobile bay. First, i want to talk about who these characters are. First lets start with Franklin Buchanan, since he was on one of our ironclads here in Hampton Roads. Franklin buchanan was born on september 17, 1800 in baltimore, maryland. His father was founder of the Maryland Medical Society and his grandfather was a signer of the declaration of independence. He comes fro
First lets start with Franklin Buchanan, since he was on one of our ironclads here in Hampton Roads. Franklin buchanan was born on september 17, 1800 in baltimore, maryland. His father the was founder of the Maryland Medical Society and his grandfather was a signer of the declaration of independence. So he comes from a wellheeled family. He will become a midshipment at age 15 in 1815 and will serve with distinction by 1844. He will be promoted to captain, and he will be named the first superintendent of the United States Naval Academy in annapolis. He is the founder in many ways of that school. In 1847 he will resign from that post so he can serve actively in the mexican war, which again he does with distinction, gaining the attention of flag officer matthew galbreith perry. Perry will assign buchanan as flag captain and commander of perrys flagship when he takes his fleet to open japan. It is said buchanan was the first naval officer to step foot in japan. Let me tell you about buchan