Next speaker who so grateful for him coming in and joining us last minute and he is going to continue with our theme of bridges over troubled waters. Weve got ryan quint, whos going to present defending the bridges monocacy, another maine native like our first speaker, ryan quint is a park guide at the fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National military park. He formerly worked at the Richmond National battlefield park, Colonial Williamsburg and George Washington foundation. Ryan has a history degree from the university of mary washington. Hes one of the emerging next generation of civil war historian. Mr. Quint is the author of determined to stand and fight the battle of monocacy, july 9th, 1864. And hes contributed to other several service baby civil war titles. Lets give mr. Quint a warm welcome. Lets see. Well, thanks, everyone, for having me. Wish i was under better circumstance, but i know we all wish peter the best. A couple of quick tests. One, can everyone hear me . Yes. Check.
Next speaker who so grateful for him coming in and joining us last minute and he is going to continue with our theme of bridges over troubled waters. Weve got ryan quint, whos going to present defending the bridges monocacy, another maine native like our first speaker, ryan quint is a park guide at the fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National military park. He formerly worked at the Richmond National battlefield park, Colonial Williamsburg and George Washington foundation. Ryan has a history degree from the university of mary washington. Hes one of the emerging next generation of civil war historian. Mr. Quint is the author of determined to stand and fight the battle of monocacy, july 9th, 1864. And hes contributed to other several service baby civil war titles. Lets give mr. Quint a warm welcome. Lets see. Well, thanks, everyone, for having me. Wish i was under better circumstance, but i know we all wish peter the best. A couple of quick tests. One, can everyone hear me . Yes. Check.
Gary gallagher who wrote . He edited it. Right. Yeah, thats right. Gordon rhea has written several Award Winning books about the american war, including cold harbor the battle, the to the north and a river the battles of spotsylvania courthouse and the road to Yellow Tavern on the petersburg and in the footsteps of grant and lee published in 2021. His most recent book is stephenie swales black Freedom Fighter in the civil war and reconstruction. Mr. Rae is lectured across the country on topics of military history and the civil war era. Hes also appeared multiple times as as historian and presenter on nationwide Television Program teams, including the History Channel channel, Discovery Channel and cspan. Lets give gordon welcome. Well, good day. Im delighted to be here. Finally. Finally, yes. Not just usual travel stuff, but im particularly delighted to be here because i. I dont know how many times ive talked at this symposium, but over the few decades ive been here many times, and it a
And our next speaker is going to talk specifically about the battle here at franklin, which is one of the most famous or we appreciate you coming here and being a part of the event and our next speaker is going to talk about specifically about the battle here at franklin printed the most famous or infamous battles of the American People which took place in 1864. You will be out there with some great historians. As well as Eric Jacobson, who is part of the battle of franklin printed places like favela, it really was the epicenter of the battle at franklin. Its first time to be out there at franklin. They have 56,000 acres, they have a lot of places like franklin and nashville. Our next speaker today is Andrew Bledsoe and he had his phd in 2012 and teaches at lehigh in cleveland. The author of citizen officers, the american civil war. A fantastic book. The latest book, the 19 critical decisions that find the battle, he has been a fellow at the u. S. Military academy. The u. S. Army herod
Theons during mexicanamerican war. The New York Historical society hosted this hourlong discussion. We are thrilled to welcome back three frequent guests of Historical Society tonight. F. Marszalek is the giles distinguished professor of meritus at Mississippi State university, the executive managing editor of the ulysses s. Grant association, written orek has edited numerous acclaimed books memoirsg the personal of ulysses s. Grant released earlier this year and you will store. In our museum craig l. Symonds is the ernest j. King chair at the u. S. Naval newport, rhode island, and Professor Emeritus academy,s. Naval author and editor of several books u. S. Military history, civil war at sea. Monitor, is the director at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at college. In 2008, he was awarded the byional humanities medal president george w. Bush. He is the author or editor of 50 books of lincoln and the era, including winner lammon lincoln prize. I ask if you have a cell phone or