Sam hello, and thank you. You mentioned my odyssey. My wife and i moved to myrtle beach, south carolina, five days ago. And if you think it is bad when the Airlines Lose your luggage, we werent able to move into the so we arere buying living out of boxes and crates and things. It sounds strange to say i drove up from south carolina. Im used to driving down here. I have been looking forward to this for several reasons. Theis, when the theme of symposium is generals you love , i dont have to worry about what peoples expectations are. , ended a fan of John Bell Hood even though i am not as closely related as the name implies. I am a collateral descendent. I think i am a second cousin. Grandfather,s andrew hood, comes off a different branch, but i am a big ,an of general hood because like most people i am a big fan of an underdog. Fan ofm also a huge people who are not around to defend themselves, and they deserve a defense. I, for probably 20 years, have been researching general hood. And
Relative of confederate general John Bell Hood. He is the author of John Bell Hood the rise, fall, and resurrection of a confederate general. And the lost papers of , confederate general John Bell Hood. With an undivided interest in and past history, president of the board of directors of the confederate Morrill Hall Museum in new orleans. Without further do, sam. [applause] hello, and thank you. You mentioned my odyssey. My wife and i moved to myrtle beach, South Carolina, five days ago. [laughter] and if you think it is bad when the Airlines Lose your luggage, anyway we werent able to move , into the house we are buying so we are living out of boxes and crates and things. I drove appear to up here. It sounds strange to say i drove up from South Carolina. Im used to driving down there. This is i have been looking forward to this for several reasons. One is when the theme of the symposium is generals you love to hate, i dont have to worry about what peoples expectations are. Well, beca
And, the lost papers of confederate general John Bell Hood. With an undivided interest in Civil War History, and past president of the board of directors of the confederate Morrill Hall Museum in new orleans. Without further do, sam. [applause] hello, and thank you. You mentioned my odyssey. My wife and i moved to myrtle beach, South Carolina, five days ago. [laughter] and if you think it is bad when the Airlines Lose your luggage, anyway, we werent able to move into the house we are buying so we are living out of boxes and crates and things. I drove up here. It sounds strange to say i drove up from South Carolina. Im used to driving down there. This is i have been looking forward to this for several reasons. One is when the theme of the symposium is generals you love to hate, i dont have to worry about what peoples expectations are. Well, because i am a big fan of John Bell Hood, even though i am not as closely related as the name implies. You are probably wondering. I am a collateral
Tennessee sesquicentennial. Thank you for attending this session featuring our same topic of the day, the last campaign in tennessee. My name is van wes, i am the Tennessee State historian. And a professor at middle Tennessee State university. It was an easy drive over to join this event today. For our expert historians, they have all come quite a way to join and be part of this event. Im appreciative of that. The way i would like to do this, so we have plenty of time for questions and comments, i am going to introduce all three speakers now in alphabetical order. They all come up in that order. Ok. Our first speaker will be chris lawson. I have known chris for 30 years. It goes back to his excellent work on frank cheetham, and his confederate division in tennessees forgotten warriors. That came out in 1989. He has been involved with us and been very generous of his time here for different civil war and Franklin Battlefield symposiums that we have worked with. Welcome back. Our second
Bell hood was written history and the u. S. Colored troops compared to the sherman marched to the sea. This 90 minute event is part of theseries organized by tennessee sesquicentennial. Thank you for attending featuring our same topic of the day, the last campaign in tennessee. , i am the van wes Tennessee State historian. And a professor at middle Tennessee State university. It was an easy drive over to join this event today. For our expert historians, they have all come quite a way to join and be part of this event. Im appreciative of that. This,y i would like to do so we have plenty of time for questions and comments, i am going to introduce all three speakers now in alphabetical order. Come up in that order. Ok. Be chris speaker will lawson. I have known chris for 30 years. It goes back to his excellent work on frank cheetham, and his confederate division in tennessees forgotten warriors. 1989. Me out in he has been involved with us and then very generous of his time here for diffe