the wisconsin veterans museum provided this video. welcome, everyone, and good evening. thank you for joining us. my name is kevin. i am curator of history at the wisconsin veterans museum and welcome to the museum s curator conversations. it s a virtual program that we started that was meant to really make history approachable in a conversational way because, after all, what is history but stories? stories that are meant to be told and retold and shared. and that s really the point of history. often, history is seen or seen as a very passive passive activity. it s something that you study. but in reality, history is is the discussion that comes from those studies. and so, i welcome our opportunity to chat. for those of you that have joined us before, you know that chris and i have a tendency to enjoy these programs. we we ll feed off of each other, and almost like you re viewing us as if we were in the office and having a conversation about whatever topic comes up
eisenhower, john kennedy, and ronald reagan. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. you re watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation s past. american history tv on c-span3, created by america s cable television companies and today we re brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. next a group of scholars discusses how the civil war press depicted soldier experiences, exploring how information was transmitted and the scope of reporting. they talk about soldiers writing to editors of their hometown newspapers, the role of abolitionist papers, and lack of material on mexico-american combatants, and how the war-time press portrayed women. this session is part of an annual symposium on the 19th century press and the civil war, hosted by the university of tennessee at chattanooga. the school provided the video. hello. my name is david sachsman, and i m the west chair
our is called calmer commemorating the soldier. i want to introduce you first to the moderator who would then take over the session, they moderator is katrina jake quinn who is at slippery rock university, department had. and is working on editing a book called the soldier and the this session consists of papers that will be changed into book chapters for that book. they are all new, they are all set for this upcoming book. so katrina quinn. thank you doctor. in our memories, the civil war was characterized by famous generals, bloody battles, political divisions, and for journalism historians, oppress keen to capture the story for the readers. but for the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and sweetheart of the era, the most urgent story to be told was the fate of the soldier. their soldier. in the southern part of tricky county, alabama nine miles from the georgia line lies fragmented. this is where paris casey was born on a wednesday on november of 1839. he likely gre
the 19th century press, the civil war and free expression. this year via zoom, commemorating the soldier. i want to introduce you first to the moderator who will then take over the session. the moderator is katrinaj. quinn who is at slippery rock university department head and is working on editing the book called the soldier and the civil war press. this session consists of papers that will be changed into book chapters for that book. so they re all new. they re all set for this upcoming book. so, ktarina quinn. thank you, dr. sachsman. in our memories the civil war was characterized by famous generals, bloody battles, political divisions and for journalism historians, a press keen to capture these stories for the readers. but to the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and sweethearts of the era, the most urgent story to be told was the fate of the soldier, their soldier. in the southern part of cherokee county, alabama, nine miles from the georgia line lies frog mountai
this year via zoom. the first is called commemorating the soldier. i want to introduce you first to the moderator, who will take over the session. the moderator is katrina quinn. at slippery rock university, , she is working on editing about called, soldier and the civil war press. papersssion consists of into bookbe changed chapters for that book. , all set forll new this upcoming book. katrina quinn. katrina: thank you, dr. sachsen dr. saxman. in our memories, the civil war was characterized by generals, bloody battles, political divisions. fraternal is him historians and for journalism historians, press keen to capture the stories for readers. but for the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and sweethearts of the era, the most urgent story to be told was the fate of the soldier, there soldier. their soldier. ischerokee county, alabama, a mountain, where paris casey 1839.rn in farm,w up on the family and fishing for bass here on the shores of terrapin creek, until one