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Welcome everyone. Good evening. I want to thank you all for joining us tonight. On the evening of general and president Ulysses S Grants 200th birthday. This historic milestone comes at a time when grant star is rising. Ulysses s grante is being commemorated and proclamations and other special messages issued by states across the nation the District Of Columbia and living us president s. We have included in our dinner programs. Just one of the proclamations from grants birth state of ohio and al...

General thank you to the museum of the confederacy. And thank you to cspan. I want to start by reading from an introductory chapter of my book. Just to kind of set things up. A group of veterans gathered in chattanooga, tennessee, in one of the key moments of the american civil war, they were in chattanooga for their 33rd annual meeting of the society of the army of the cumberland. That army had fought in march across middle tennessee in 1863, climbing mountains and reversing rivers before fight...

Overnight company worked to the union became human char liberation. Million slaves as a bec symbolam of hope. Rly 4 million that hope or freedom has finally realized the 13th amendment to the constitution which abolished slavery any place under u. S. Of jurisdictiotn. Abolished slavery in the u. S. Jurisdiction. These landmark documents they are filled the documents that tell the story of the emancipation of the individual level. From a black soldier to the life that shows the difficulties are g...

Over new years in 9100 people visited this building to visit the original emancipates san proclamation some stood in line and hours to read the words declaring slaves and states of the rebellion shall be then it henceforth and forever free to see Abraham Lincolns signature. Although it did not end slavery in america is a fundamentally changed the character of the war. Overnight a war to preserve the union became liberation and nearly 4 million slaves it was a symbol of hope. Hope of freedom was ...

A group of veterans gathered in chattanooga, tennessee, and one of the key moments of the american civil war, they were in chattanooga for their 33rd annual meeting of the society of the army of the cumberland. That army had fought in march across middle tennessee in 1863, climbing mountains and reversing rivers before fighting confederate armies at chickamauga creek, in the greatest battle in the western theater of the war. In the minds of these veterans, chickamauga was not a union defeat, but...

My good friend James Mcpherson. There comes a time in every soldiers career where therell be a sorrowful duty to perform. That duty today belongs to me. I have brought home the fallen body of my commander and my dearest friend. Major general James Mcpherson. Home to his grandmother, mother, family and to his friends. Mac and i met in tennessee and formed an instant friendship. Two young men from ohio whose personal lives and military careers were similar in nature. When general mcpherson was pro...

I begin with a word of invitation. Father in heaven, we, to this place tonight not to celebrate war, but to celebrate sacrifice, loyalty, bravery, and the things that have happened in our history to make as the great nation we are today. Lessons ofn from the history. May we not repeat the lessons that divide us, but may we repeat those lessons that make us strong. Tonight, dear lord, i thank you for the National Parks service and their hard work in bringing this event to our community, our state...

Militaristic to the legislative with a panel that includes a Pulitzer Prizewinning historian annette gordonreed and james mike pearson. Its about one hour and 20 minutes. Over the new years weekend 9100 people visited the abuilding for the proclamation. Some were sitting by for hours for the time to read the words forever free and to see Abraham Lincolns signature. Although it didnt end slavery in america it fundamentally changed the character of the war. Overnight the union became a war for hum...

And after the war. Some talk of choosing a name tabare as a free person and others describe the long searches to reunite their families. Milestones denied to and enslaved population, marriage, going to school now become popular for free people and our tremendous holdings that contains stories of the struggles and achievements. Historians on the panel looked at the records and as other Research Institutions and the investigations we are lucky to have them with us tonight. Leading the discussion t...

Several weeks after the Appomattox surrender, over 100 casualties occurred at a showdown in Texas. It was a battle that didn't have to happen.