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Adjacent to the cemetery location is eric leonard, the chief of the historical site. He will be with us for the next hour to talk about the history of andersonville and why does consider the most notorious site of the civil war. We are joining our phone line so you can join the conversation. If you want to join the conversation, 2027488900. That is for eastern and central time zones. If in the pacific or Mountain Time zones, 2027488901. You can also post questions and comments on our facebook pa...

Brotherhood. I know that with his persistence without his persistence, we would have never known this tale , nor how his existence on this earth created a family of future soldiers. Being o invention of the anon did researchmillers through the National Archives to uncover archives to pay a portrait of his ancestor. Like a puzzle, piece after piece, perfectly placed, these facts and figures help contribute to our now intimate, and personal, glimpse into a shared National History that comes direct...

Different. It is a valor and honor. Those concepts take a different form here. And many respects, in a standard guess, they are prisoners of war, and then you move right back to the battles. Often, and addressing the story, there is an and knowledge of that, and then no detail, and you move on. Andersonville has a name brand recognition. The public often doesnt know any of the details beyond the name and that something unusual took place there. Host lets start with the basics. When was it built ...

There is about 1200 letters between them. That is a lot. And if you think about it, will we ever know as much about modernday american political leaders as we know about those people in the late 18th century . It seems weird. I think we want no less. Unless all the emails between hillary and bill find our way not get a raise, if you will , if you will. Sed [laughter] and it is distinctive in its candor and intimacy. Dolly and James Madison had a great relationship, they are together all the time...

And that speaks to the two of them in quite frankly not the flattering ways. With the army does the work of using the captured records, the death records that they have with them, with that expedition, hos dorance atwater, he served as a clerk in the prison hospital, and he was one of the halfdozen boys who were keeping the death register, other records of the hospital complex. So, for one of the bravest acts of conscience in the entire civil war. In midaugust 1864, when 100 men are dying a day,...

The deadline. So andersonville is also a place of great contradiction. In some of the northern prisons, it is a ditch or a line of posts where at night they put candle lanterns on. A line that if you cross you are going to get shot at is the sort of thing which soon shouldnt have any ambiguity. Host the next call is mike from california. You are on with our guest, eric leonard. Caller yes, thank you for the programming. I have kind of a twofold question. Firstly, i want to know what happened to ...

Twopart lecture. Ok, here is where we are going today. Were going to take a look at the courtship of abigail and our first chance to talk about the correspondence which is the basis of our course and historical understanding of the relationship. There is about 1200 letters between them. That is a lot. It, willu think about we ever know as much about modernday american political leaders as we know about those people in the late 18th century question mar it seem . It seems weird. I think we want n...

Professor gordon i think you were speaking of the common point of how men came to terms with the decisions they made. Again, with my work on the 16th, theres one particular soldier who, in his diary, theres one section where he is extremely critical of men that took these paroles or it again, to work in the cookhouse or work in the hospital. Some of them worked as shoemakers, which was a highly valued trade for the confederacy. They wanted help making shoes. He was extremely angry and bitter abo...

And brings you archival coverage of the campaign trail. Starting on november 8, join us for the road to the white house rewind, every sunday at 10 00 eastern and continuing through the election. Here on American History tv. Next, a seminar on the early years of the revolutionary war. Is part one of a twopart lecture. Ellis ok, here is where we are going today. Were going to take a look at the courtship of abigail and john, our first chance to talk about the correspondence which , is the basis of...

Being regarded as key figures. In preserving cultural artifacts. The Wilson Center hosted this event. Its a little under 90 minutes. In recent years, scholars and the general public have learned about the exploits of american curators and Museum Officials in world war ii whos mission was to save the endangered art treasures in europe. I would note the work of the nicholas, robert edsalls remarkable efforts to recover the Monuments Foundation and of course the 2014 George Clooney film. All curato...