Part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war. , on xp kurt is one of the great emerging voices in the field. When i travel all across the country, i hear you to get more young people involved. If we need a poster child, kevin pollak is it. Hes getting married in a couple weeks. I will be a major life shift for it. He is the education director for the Mosby Heritage area and coauthor of an upcoming civil war book series about the maryland campaign. He will talk with us a bit about what he considers to be a great defense robert e lee at , antietam. My pleasure is to introduce one of the great emerging voices in the field, kevin pollak. [applause] kevin good morning, everyone. Thank you to chris for that humbling introduction and thank you all for being here at my Bachelor Party. I think we might set a Virginia State record for the largest Bachelor Party in all of history. It is about to get crazy, if you will. Talking about robert at the battle of antietam. Even before last yea
In American History with 23,000 casualties between two size and ended in the unions strategic victory. This 40 minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Our next speaker is one of the great emerging voices and the entire field. Ien i first met kevin pollack thought, this is one of those guys that is going to be a rock star. I hear when i travel across the country, we have to get more young people involved. If we need a poster child for getting young folks and involved with the civil war, kevin pollak is it. He is getting married in just a couple weeks. As you know, that will be a major life shift for him. Kevin is the license battlefield guide at the Antietam Battlefield. He is coauthor of an upcoming book or the emerging civil war. About the maryland campaign. Us aboutng to talk to what he considers to be a great defense, robert e. Lee at 8 p. M. It is my pleasure to introduce kevin pollak. [applause] kevin good morni
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