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Civil war. Today is the 100th anniversary that the first u. S. Troops went into line in france during world war i im happy to introduce our next speaker. Currently serving as the chief historian and chief interpretation at fredericks berg. John has worked for the nps for 25 years. He is the author of a great book. The first battle of manassas. As well as the probably the definitive book on second manassas, return to bull run. I have to start with this, this is not a gratuitous praising of my tea...

Fears of lasting damage. Our phone lines are open at 2027488001 for republicans and 2027488000 for democrats. Youre an independent, 2027488002. Send us a tweet. Well read it cspanwj or join in on the conversation. Many already have at facebook. Com cspan. And good sunday. Thanks very much for being with us on a very busy sunday morning. We want to begin with the front page story of the Washington Post and the reporting of develin barren and phillip instructor. Rucker. It has repeatedly come unde...

Tammy welcome. My name is tammy myers. And i am the president here at the gettysburg heritage center. For those of you not familiar with the gettysburg heritage center, we are an interactive museum. We value education, community, and preservation. Based upon our value system, we have developed a museum that is a collaborative effort with the adams county historical society, civil war trust, land conservancy of adams county, and Evergreen Cemetery association and center for civil war photography....

Foreign policy, what would it include . Guest there is an informal and formal one. The formal one, America First but not america alone. The informal one i used was, well, it is not an accident we marines in the administration. Three of them, the chairman, the chief of staff of the president , and the actual secretary of defense, they are marines from the same Marine Corps Division and they have a motto, which is no better friend, no worse enemy. I think that is pretty good. If you want to Bumper...

Successful, crediting him with several key decisions and maneuvers that played a major role in the union victory. The Gettysburg Heritage Center is the host of this 40 minute discussion. Tammy welcome. My name is tammy myers. And i am the president here at the Gettysburg Heritage Center. For those of you not familiar with the Gettysburg Heritage Center, we are an interactive museum. We value education, community, and preservation. Based upon our value system, we have developed a museum that is a...

Until you are on the ground, you do not understand the war. His encyclopedic knowledge is grounded in all the time he has spent there. The wilderness is particularly tricky. T is quite developed once upon a time, it was about as impenetrable as you can find. It is one of the most confusing battles you can imagine. To shed a little ironic, introduce my friend and colleague. Kristopher totally full of it. That is why i love him so much. , at thestart off today National Park service, i was the guy ...

Stir things appear after lunch, we are going to talk about the campaign as we get going. Man who hass a shown me the inside and out of the wilderness batters battlefield. Starting things off, we are here at spotsylvania talking about the Overland Campaign and i am pleased to introduce a man who has shown me the ins and outs of the wilderness battle. Kris familiarity is routed to the fact that he has spent so much time on the ground. Until you are on the ground, you do not understand the war. His...

[applause] good morning, all. Thank you for having me. You have heard about the big guns from wayne and jim. When i would like to speak about s first plan for victory at gettysburg, at least one part of it. And the fighting on july 3 in the morning there went on for seven straight hours, some of the longest sustained fighting at gettysburg and amost in the whole war, but relatively unvisited area of the field. Focus was largely on july 2, decisive leadership on the union right, small unit , name...

Ye linear deposit of hardware and nails and buttons and coins and actu actually the deposits of artifacts out there were so dense and we found glass ware and ceramics and based on the date range of them, i was fairly certain at that time that we had identified the site of the slave quarters associated with it. We did not have any funding for archeo logical research. What we are looking at is what we call structure b or the six of the structure laid out in a row. The way it manifests itself is a ...

Really just sort of scratched the surface out here, and theres a lot more information potential with this site. Its very unique, particularly for this area, the midatlantic region. You dont typically see slavery being practiced on the scale that it was being practiced here at leramie taj. I think i mentioned that 90 slaves is roughly 10 times the number of enslaved individuals you would have expected to be living here. So thats an extremely unusual circumstance for this area. You know, like i sa...