our next speaker is one of the great emerging voices in the entire field. when i first met kevin pollock, i thought this is one of those guys who s going to be a rock star. in fact, he already is. if we need a poster child for getting young folks involved with the civil war, kevin pollock is it. although kevin s about to grow up in a really quick way, he s getting married in just a couple of weeks. kevin is a licensed battlefield guide of the antiantietam battlefield. good morning, everyone. thank you to chris for that very humbling introduction, and thank you for being here at my bachelor party. i think we might have state virginia state record for largest bachelor party in history. it s about to get a little crazy, if you will, talking about robert e. lee at the battle of antietam. even during last year s symposium when an e-mail was sent out asking for great topic ideas for great defenses of the civil war, there was a little caveat left in the e-mail that allowed us to,
guide at the antietam battlefield. he is the education director for the nose bye heritage and is coming up as orator with rob orrison about the maryland campaign. he is expected to talk to us about what he figures to be a great defense, robert e. lee at antietam. it s my pleasure to introduce one of the great emerging voices in the field, kevin pawlak. [ applause ] well, good morning, everyone! thank you to chris for that very humbling introduction, and thank you all for being here at my bachelor party. i think we might set virginia s state record for the largest bachelor party in all of history, so we ll see what we can do. it s about to get crazy in here, if you will, talking about robert e. lee at the battle of antietam. even before last year s symposium, when an e-mail was sent out to all the members of emerging civil war asking for topic ideas for great defenses of the civil war, there was a little bit of a caveat left in the e-mail that allowed us to think outside of
he s about to growth newspaper a quick way, he s getting married in a couple of weeks that will be a major life shift for him. kevin is a licensed battlefield guide at the antietam battlefield. and he s co-author of an upcoming book for the emerging civil war series about the maryland campaign. he s going to talk to us a little bit about what he considers to be a great defense, robert e. lee at antietam. it s my pleasure to introduce one of the great emerging voices in the field, kevin pollock. 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 virginia state record for the largest bachelor party in all of state history. it s about to get a little crazy in here. talking about robert e. lee at the battle of antietam. even before last year s symposium when a letter was sent out asking for topic ideas for great defenses of the civil war there was a caveat left in the email that a
after the union victory in the civil war battle in maryland, president lincoln issued the emancipation prok cla mags, freeing slaves in the south. up next a conversation on the 1862 battle. our next speaker is one of the great emerging voices in the entire field. when i first met kevin pollock, i thought this is one of those guys who is going to be a rock star. he already is. i hear when i travel across the country to roundtables we ve got to get more young people involved. if we need a poster child for getting young folks involved with the civil war, kevin pollock is it. he s about to grow up in a quick way, he s getting married in a couple of weeks that will be a major life shift for him. kevin is a licensed battlefield guide at the antietam battlefield. he s the education director and he s co-author of an upcoming book for the emerging civil war series about the maryland campaign. he s going to talk to us a little bit about what he considers to be a great defense, robert
kevin is a licensed battlefield guide at the antietam battlefield. and he s co-author of an upcoming book for the emerging civil war series about the maryland campaign. he s going to talk to us a little bit about what he considers to be a great defense, robert e. lee at antietam. it s my pleasure to introduce one of the great emerging voices in the field, kevin pollock. 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 virginia state record for the largest bachelor party in all of state history. it s about to get a little crazy in here. talking about robert e. lee at the battle of antietam. even before last year s symposium when a letter was sent out asking for topic ideas for great defenses of the civil war there was a caveat left in the email that allowed us to quote think outside of the box. and the topic that i propose is the one that i m proposing or presenting to you no