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She curated several exhibitions and has authored several articles that appeared in prolog magazine. The quarterly publication of the national archives. Traces, publication of the International Society and several Online Publications and blogs. Shes currently working on a book on africanamerican civil war surgeons, please join me in welcoming jalal newmark. [ applause ]. Hi and good evening and thank you for that nice introduction. I want to thank jake for the opportunity and the invitation to come talk to about this subject about africanamericans who served as nurses and surgeons during the civil war. The story of africanamerican medical personnel that serve during the civil war is often a neglected part of Civil War History and theres been little written on the subject. The history of civil war medicine often overlook the participation and contributions that africanamericans made between 1861 and 1865. There are few personal accounts of black surgeons, nurses and hospital workers that
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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,
Out. Someone reported hearing gunshots inside building one. Thats the iconic building for this facility with the tower. Now, everyone on the ground of the sprawling campus was ordered to shelter in place and teams from the military began a systemic search of building one, assisted by some Montgomery County police teams as well. Now, all 20 stories had to be searched. As you might imagine that did not happen quickly. It took almost four hours for shermgt in place to be the allclear being given. It turned out to be nothing, but no one is criticizing the person who made the call, as we hear from Montgomery County Police Captain paul starks. Given the times we live in and this facility we wanted to ensure that while we didnt have any indication at the time, except for the call, we want to be able to set up a perimeter and make things safe for the thousands of people on this campus. Reporter now, one of the things that did happen is all nonemergency applications and nonemergency appointment