I would encourage students, graduate students watching and scholars watching who are interested in panAmerican History as well as the civil war, this is a rich area of inquiry in which there is a lot of that still needs to be done. How did i come to it . Im a little out of my element here an english professor among historians who writes historical fiction but did a lot of Historical Research for my book. For my fictional title, confederados. How does an english professor from appomattox, virginia, come to have an interest in confederados . And the answer is, marriage. [laughter] i married a local gal from Buckingham County who had an ancestor who fought in the civil war in mosbys rangers and who afterward, for various reasons was compelled he was a bachelor, a young guy was compelled to leave the country. Going back to berts comment reconstruction after the surrenders, it is a time of uncertainty. A lot of southerners were concerned, how are we going to be treated . Is it going to be m
And he is one of many renegotiations and not even the last one. The fight has been brutal and very bitter. Asa matthews is a colonel who sees these indian leaders and doksville, oklahoma is gone. Today its a state historic site, an archaeological site. There a couple of markers. Thats june and july that this is happening. There isolated incidents across the south and i will point out a few. One of the most famous units is the orphan brigade and kentucky troops. They are put off and they will march into augusta, georgia in may and spender to union troops in tennessee. And all across the south, you will have small isolated commands learning about the larger events and finding their way to the nearest union forces to surrender. Near weldon, an isolated artillery unit wandered around for a couple of weeks in late april and early may. One soldier wrote they were avoiding the soldier of an october pus. Finally they realized they had nowhere to go and nothing else to do and they will make the
Things turn around at the end ofho the war. Its because of the treatment of a the United States government andnce back the homeland and we settled in oklahoma. They had a chance to end it. Thank you. For those who have more questions for bert he is in the lobby signing his book so you can ask your questions there. You have been watching American History tv. More from the seminar on the closing of the civil war in 1865. Coming up the battles of Sailors Creek and the battle of appomatlox. Later today, the ceremonies marking the 150th anniversary. In april of 1865 confederate general robert e lee met Ulysses S Grant andsz endered his army of Northern Virginia ending introduce our next speaker. Dr. Coles our second speaker is casey clabough. Casey is a professor at Lynchburg College and editor of the james dickey review and is english graduate director. A richmond native who grew up and appomattox county, he has editor of the multivolume best creative nonfiction of the south, texas review
The french is intervening while re inv the french were sdrablthed with confe the civil war. Gettin i dont think any troops were involved in the battle. I think that the confederates were getting supplies across the border immediately before but i am not an expert on how it is. That may have been to smith. I didnt know if it was going. Thank you very much. Genera thank you. Ron wilson. As part of general grants provisions in his tirms that general lee accepted, was it a duplicate role that all the soldiers be kept. 15 of the roles were later printed in volume 15 of the Southern Historical society parchs. Dunkerly were there any roles kept in greensboro or other surrenders. It did disburse and everyone is held together there and couldnt th physically get a wi. Ey i dont think so. The army of the potomac and shermans army they go through union the grand review and demobilevation is pretty organized. The union forces and the balance, is that as chaotic . You get the gist of my question. Ho