Soldiers how men thought, fought, and survived in civil war armies, this is an hour. It is my honor and pleasure to introduce somebody who at this point probably needs very little introduction to most of you. Peter carmichael is the director of the Civil War Institute and the robert c. Flurer professor of civil war college. He is the writer of essays as well as several books, and the last generation Young Virginians in peace, war and reunion published in 2005. His most recent book the war for the common soldier how men thought, fought and survival in civil war armies was published just last year in 2018 and he is the recent recipient of the 2018 nymas civil war book award from the new York Military affairs symposi symposium. Please welcome peter carmichael. Im not dehydrated, i just have, as you can tell, a little scratchy throat, but i think it will be fine. Can everyone hear me okay . How are we doing . Yes. Okay. Fantastic. Actually, thank you so much for that introduction. The pers
He is an author of many articles and essays, as well as civil war works. The last generations published by unc press. His most recent book was published by unc last year in 2018 and is the recent recipient of the 2018 nymas civil war book award. Please welcome peter carmichael. [ applause ] thank you. Im not dehydrated. I just have a little scratchy throat. I think it will be fine. Can everyone hear me okay . Yes . Okay. Fantastic. Ashley, thank you so much for that introduction. David beam stood on cemetery hill. He surveyed the woods and the fields surrounding gettysburg. He was at that time 26 years old, been a lawyer before the war and a veteran. He was a veteran of fredericksburg. After his battles he wrote his wife. In this letter on july 5th, the first sentence he wrote, declared gettysburg as a great victory that the army had achieved. He then proceeded to describe what his regimen had done that night on july 2nd. Indiana was part of a counter attack that retook cemetery hill,
i d like first to thank our program sponsor aes corporation for their generous support of great lives it is this kind of support that s so crucial in making a serious possible as a public service to our community. now speak of this evening is university of kansas professor. dave tell. author of the 2019 book titled remembering emmett till which will be available for sale and signing in the foyer at the conclusion of tonight s program. dr. tell who has a doctorate from penn state. has one numerous awards for both research and teaching. his research focuses on issues of race memory and the digital humanities since 2014 he has focused in particular on the legacy of the murder of emmett till. in which endeavor he has been a long time partner with emmett till commission of tallahatchie county. his work has a strong public dimension. his scholarship is written for broad public audiences and he has worked extensively with the tel memorial commission to develop resources with which t
university celebration of black history month. i d like first to thank the program sponsor abs corporation for the generous support. it s this kind of support that so crucial and making the series possible as a public service to our community. our speaker this evening is university of kansas professor dave tell, author of the 2019 book titled, remembering emmett till which will be available for sale and signing in the foyer at the conclusion of tonight s program. doctor tell, who has a doctorate from penn state, has one new was around for both research and teaching. his research focuses on issue of race, memory, and the digital humanities. since 2014, he has focused in particular on the legacy of the murder of emmett till. in which he has been a long time partner with emmett till memorial commission of tallahatchie county. his work has a taunt strong public dimensions, scholarship is written for broad public audiences, he s worked extensively with the tally memorial commissio
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