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Good afternoon, everyone. Joining uso much for for the American Civil War symposium. Ordinary people, extraordinary times. T up on our roster where she received the 2016 great teacher award. She taught previously at the state of at the university of new york in the state of albany. She received her phd studying under dr. And dr. Gallagher. Dr. Taylor is a member of the board of editors of the journal of southern history and advisor editor for the civil war monitor magazine and coeditor of the university of Georgia Press is on civil war series. Her current book project of the manyy thousands of men and women and children who fled slavery during the civil war and examined how their day to day experiences shaped the way emancipation unfolded in the United States. Book derived from her dissertation provided family in the civil war. In 2005. Published that book is the topic of her program today. I present to you dr. Amy morel taylor. It is indeed a real pleasure to be back here in virginia,
You all read a primary source document written by a woman who purchase spitted in the civil war, luisa may alcott who worked as a nurse. We will start off our class today by looking at possible at hospital sketches, which all of you should have available to you. Out and ready to see. The big question that we are posing and investigating today, is how did womens volunteerism shape the choices they make joined the civil war, and how did that volunteerism, affects the outcome of the civil war . [it is really two questions] those are our overarching questions. So we start with Louisa May Alcott, and her hospital sketches, published during the war. T was serialized and published americans who read magazines it was published in could read about her experiences in the civil war era hospital. So, i would like to hear your thoughts about this account of civil war hospitals. What makes you think about Louisa May Alcott . I will scoot this down so we can look at her while were talking about her.
Much of mr. Berrys last work took place here. Richard stamm is the author of the castle. We met our tour guide in the crypt. This is about 40 minutes. I am steve berry. I am here with. Richard stamm richard stamm. Has a cool job, he looks after this stuff in the building. A really interesting plays that is where it all started, the smithsonian was stored in by admin started by a man named james smithson. He was just a guy who had an interest in science at the time. Had 500,000 when he died and he left it to his nephew. His nephew had been married and had kids, life would be great, but he died childless. The provision said the money would go to washington, d. C. To found at the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. That is what the language says. Here is the meet part. Neat part. He had never set foot in america. Why did he leave a half Million Dollars to place he never set a foot in . To this day, nobody knows. The gas is he was somewhat bitter. The guest