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American history offer. His word john adams, john republicanism an obstacle to stand before us was published by a Massachusetts Historical Society in 2014. His his book length study on the general james long straight performances battle of gettysburg was public this year but Macfarlane Press currently he lives in marilyn with his wife and children without any further introduction, i would like you to present you to mr. Cory pfarr thank you very much. Thanks to the Gettysburg Heritage Center for ...

Youd like to congratulate all of you who voted for the virginia ham sandwich as the sandwich of the year. I had one of them, and mine was not the deciding vote, i want you to know. Our next speaker is robert c. Kenzer. Bob is the William Benford vest chair of history at the university richmond, where he has taught for almost 25 years. For most of those year he has been the ally for the lecture series which we do each year jointly with the university of richmond in september. Like will green, bob...

Recipient. Next robert kenzer nominates Abraham Lincoln, citing lincolns influence in the amendment that eradicated slavery in the oustu. S. This is about 45 minutes. Youd like to congratulate all of you who voted for the virginia ham sandwich as the sandwich of the year. I had one of them, and mine was not the deciding vote, i want you to know. Our next speaker is robert c. Kenzer. Bob is the William Benford vest chair of history at the university richmond, where he has taught for almost 25 yea...

University richmond, where he has taught for almost 25 years. For most of those year he has been the ally for the lecture series which we do each year jointly with the university of richmond in september. Like will green, bob has a bill cooper connection. Bill studied under the late david donnel at john hopkins university. Bob was also a david donnel student, although a few years later at harvard university. He teaches a wide variety of classes for the university of richmond, including several o...

Years has been civil war widows. He is currently researching a biography of a britishborn civil war widow, Elizabeth Louisa knights harris. Please help me welcome bob kenzer to the podium. [ applause ] before i begin my talk, i have a question for everyone in the audience. I want to do a little poll. How many of you this is the fifth of the five talks youve been it toto. I know one gentleman. Maybe half of you have been to all five. Okay. How many have been to four . Including this one obviously...

rely on the one general he knew who could build an army from scratch and so he did. he called mcclellan back. he reorganized the army of the potomac. and he moved subsequent to the battle of second manassas into maryland where lee had taken his army in northern virginia. on the 13th of september, 1862, he came across a marvelous special order 1891 outlining how lee was conducting his campaign. mcclellan has sent this message down to washington, lee has made a gross mistake. i have his ...

the field at williamsburg. they all had a lot to learn. as the union forces followed up on that success at williamsburg and followed joe johnstons forces retreating up the peninsula, they encountered one of the rainiest months of may on record. and they struggled with maps, u.s. army topographic service maps that bore little if any relation to reality. mcclellan received a note from colonel george stoneman whose cavalry found him at new kent courthouse on the 10th of may. solomon says,...

forces up the york river toward west point to seize an advanced logistical base and then he sent other forces out towards williamsburg on the 5th of may those forces collided with confederate rear guard, people like longstreet, hill. and all of the union army held the field at williamsburg at the end of the day as the sun was going down and mcclellan could send another dispatch to washington in which he says among all of my generals, hancock was superb. winfield scott hancock was super...

other enclaves along the coast of texas. but his main job in the remainder of 1862 was to strengthen the blockade. he wanted to move against mobile. but for reasons beyond his control the government put off that and kept putting it off until of course the summer of 1864. >> were right on time which is always wonderful. [ applause ] >> you know, one of the great joys of being associated with this symposium is that we give historians their choice of who to nominate. ill never forget when...

>> yes, sir, theres one more. >> will you comment on what jackson thought about the jefferson davis during 1862 and possibly vice versa? >> what thomas jackson thought of jefferson davis in 1862. jackson had a low opinion of davis. there are a number of episodes that make that abundantly clear. jacksons world view was that thing were supposed to run according to the manual. and davis not only had accepted way out of channels complaints about jackson during the romney campaign, that not...