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At the Community College in new york. Derek has recently earned fame for his brand new book as part of the emerging civil war series. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome derek maxfield. Thank you very much. Im very pleased to be here and talk about my latest project. You know, elmira is, and prisoner war camps in general, have been a surprise me. Ive studied the civil war since, umm, since i was quite young, and, umm, you know, knew the lengths of the tragedy during the civil war, umm, but it w...

I know of the civil war and their experiences attempting to make it safely to union lines. This talk was part of the Civil War Institute conference at Gettysburg College. Good afternoon again, im p. Carmichael, member of the History Program here at Gettysburg College. Our final talk for this evening or this afternoon is lorien foote. Lorien foote is a professor of history at texas a m university where she teaches on history of reconstruction, 1960 america and reform movements. Loren got her star...

I know of the civil war and their experiences attempting to make it safely to union lines. This talk was part of the Civil War Institute conference at Gettysburg College. Good afternoon again, im p. Carmichael, member of the History Program here at Gettysburg College. Our final talk for this evening or this afternoon is lorien foote. Lorien foote is a professor of history at texas a m university where she teaches on history of reconstruction, 1960 america and reform movements. Loren got her star...

Conversation2027488900. That is for eastern and central time zones. If in the pacific or mountain 88901. Nes, 20274 you can also post questions and comments on our facebook page. Facebook. Com cspanhistory. Mr. Leonard, thank you for joining us this afternoon. Mr. Leonard it is my pleasure to be here. Host lets start with where is andersonville . For someone who is not aware of andersonvilles significance, where does it fall . Mr. Leonard it is important to start with this idea that military pri...

From the disaster at andersonville is the human treatment of p. O. W. S defines our natural identity and reit rates our army values by ensuring dignity and respect is paid to every enemy combatant. Weve also learned how precious freedom is and that freedom always, always has a cost. The cost is paid by men and women, men and women who are willing to endure torture, mall nutrition, loneliness, despair and even death in the pursuit of freedoms cause. History tends to remember the dates. It remembe...

Professor discusses the legacy of the confederate capital henry wirz to his arrest for war crimes. The professor argues that his trial was framed in the context of slavery, but it has changed in 20th century events. This is an hourlong portion of the 2014 civil war symposium hosted by the u. S. Capitol Historical Society. I want to thank my fellow symposium members. I think they really set high standards to try to wrap things up. I am going to try to wrap things up quickly and to keep things ene...

And i like to talk a lot. Prisoner of war slows me down a little bit. Civil war prisons and prisoners of war fall outside of the traditional heroic narrative of the war. And looking into this story, in a sense, that requires one to dive deeply into the wreckage of the war, the consequences of the war. And, again, you lose objectivity very quickly the longer you stay down in the wreckage of the war. Andersonville is the most famous of the military prisons. Its a long way from the rest of the civi...

Accounts of the horrors within the prison. This is part of the Gettysburg Institute annual summer conference. It is about an hour. [applause] the conference last year, you know, i circumstances conspired so that i was a fleeting head on the screen and im very pleased this morning to actually be present and projecting images of prisoner of war camps and military prisons on the screen instead of me. I dont think i represent well that big. Im going to negotiate a very, very dangerous set of rapids ...

Capitol Historical Society. I want to thank my fellow symposium members. I think they really set high standards to try to wrap things up. I am going to try to wrap things up quickly and to keep rings energetic with images. I want to thank the Historical Society for posting this. That is the hanging of henry on november 10, 1865. If you want answers to your questions about wirz you should go to andersonville on november isof any year, because that the day they remember him and honor him. Tony hor...

In 20th century events. This is hosted by the u. S. Capitol Historical Society. I want to thank my fellow symposium members. I think they really set high standards to try to wrap things up. I am going to try to wrap things up quickly and to keep rings things energetic with images. I want to thank the Historical Society for posting this. That is the hanging of henry wirz on november 10, 1865. If you want answers to your questions about wirz you should go to andersonville on november 10 of any yea...