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Project. Busy people get things done, and we knew we were in for it when dr. Whittenberg talked about that. Jonathan white has to be the busiest young scholar in the field today. Hes not only a prolific historian, with more projects on the back burners than ive ever seen on the stove before. He won the outstanding faculty award for academic education. Hes a parent of young children, i dont know where john finds the time. Hes been very generous with what remaining time he has from all of that for...

Symposium held at the library of virginia in richmond. Our next speaker is john white. John white is an associate professor of american studies at Christopher New Port University in new port news. When i look at johns vida, his academic resume i think of an old graduate School Adviser and im talking about you, jim wittenberg, would say to us when he would come to our offices to find someone to volunteer for a project. Busy people get things done, and we knew we were in for it when dr. Wittenberg...

So i have the very difficult task of going after gary. I would like to first thank carrie for inviting me and will, for accommodating all of my traveling snafus and being so gracious. And to thank liz baron, who is my former advisor and gary gallagher, who is also a dear mentor of mine, for not only having me here at the conference, but also just for years and years of mentoring. That dont seem to end. I am going to talk about i am going to begin with the battle that gary does not think is impor...

They are barely moving down there. Youre looking at southbound 880. We are in san leandro. These people probably very sorry that they didnt know about this and avoid this area. Northbound still looks okay. Looky loos are not slowing down the traffic, but southbound is what you want to avoid. Look at the video of the scene. Where this happened and why this is happening to these people. There was a shooting on southbound 880. The police got the call about 2 45 this morning that somebody had been s...

Not capable of cordiality. On the confederate side we have only one man with lee, charles marshall. [applause] there are not as many confederates who bear witness and he will be prolific and writing about the surrender scene after the war. One of the challenges of recreating this moment down to the challenge of figuring out who was in the room and what they were thinking was partially the fact that grant wrote that famous memoir of 1885 and he tells us in the memoir how he felt at that moment. L...

Famous memoir of 1885 and he tells us in the memoir how he felt at that moment. Leave it not need such a story. He lived for only another five years after the surrender. Lees views have to be reconstructed from proximate sources, from those close to him , from the way people reacted to him. I will conclude by saying that in the immediate aftermath lee was a very controversial figure. Host dr. Blight thank you so much john. Thank you all for coming this afternoon. You are the loyal diehards. You ...

How is this event organized . How do you know what to do and when . With the signing of the letters of surrender their at the mclean house, how do you know where to be . Tyler the simple answer is you either get told or you have some sort of schedule that you need to follow. Having an accurate timepiece is really important out here. Make sure that your watch is wound and that you know where you are going. Meaning that your act actual watch winds . Tyler yes, it winds by key. Bringing it out now,...

Bringing it out now, other than the physical things how do you maintain the mental sort of mindset of being in 1865 . Tyler especially if im answering the questions of people im not doing whats called first person. Im not pretending like im in 1865. Its a lot easier to relate to people if youre not attending like what is this microphone . Its a lot easier to answer questions. But while were in the field one of the things that keeps you sane is to remember that it was done in the past and if that...

Emergency. Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of two workers who have just been killed on the bart tracks. Candles have replaced the pickle signs outside bart stations today after two workers died this afternoon when they were hit by a bart train. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama dates. It happened just before 2 00 near the walnut creek bart station. You can see the scene from sky 7hd. The two men who died have not been identified, but bart Officials Say both had extensi...

One of the things were best known for is the uss monitor center. That is something we have done in partnership with the National Oceanic and atmospheric association, and it really tells of the uss ironclad monitor that went on to fight the merrimack, otherwise known as the css virginia, in the first battle of ironclad vessels. That happened in 1860 two and this is a fitting place for the center. Was built inor response to the growing confederate threat here. Begins at or see was building an iron...