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[please stand by] [please stand by] [please stand by] 3372 children. 57 children. Unlike most wars in this case, refugees are running towards the. Ine they were giving birth out of slavery because it was meaningful, even though it was even birth in a war zone. It was often ugly, against fence posts, women finding whatever they could to cut on the local court straight cut umbilical cords. They need to bury the placenta, so they looking for places to do that and they are determined to do that even...

In 1861. It started in these refugee camps. Im going to start with two stories. The first one might be familiar. The story of how the contraband decision got handed down. It happened Important Role virginia. Baker,ownsend, James Shepherd mallory get a boat where the union just arrived. There are confederates all around and these gentlemen had been building confederate fortifications for their master. They knew they were about to go to North Carolina and would be leaving their families and they d...

Werent they foreign country . That is what he said. You say you are a foreign country. I guess u. S. Laws dont apply to you. So he said, im confiscating these three men as contraband property of war. They were used in service of the confederacy. Now they are union property. He even gave the confederate soldier a receipt. So what is contraband . This spreads incredibly quickly. Through newspapers rub the north. All of a sudden you see minstrel shows of the contraband. It becomes a now, part of co...

Were moving for and if you dont believe in that you have no business supporting anyone other than George Mclelland and the democratic ticket. If you are a republican, in 1864, youre going to do everything you can to deflect the emphasis on race. You cannot win the election defined in terms of racial equality. You must win the election if youre going to win at all, defining the issue in terms of union. So what the republicans are going to stress above all is the disloyalty of the Democratic Party...

Emancipation. Its important to us. Because when we think about a reunified United States in the aftermath of civil war, what conclusion must we draw. Clearly, a large majority of the American Free population was not enthusiastic about emancipation. And to come back to a final theme that has been the bedrock of this course throughout, in a democratic society, where a large majority holds a particular value, that is inconsistent with the interest of minority, theres not much reason to be optimisti...

Experiment of war, we demand that immediate efforts made for a cessation of hostilities, peace may be restored on the basis of the federal union. What the platform is saying immediately ceasefire negotiation with the south, the only issue, union. Emancipation completely off the table. This then is the two sides. The two sides are drawn, but one very significant thing happens before the general election. The momentum on the field of battle turns. If theres single critical event, it is the fall of...

Institute. Here is what some of the veterans had to say. Matt is a gentleman who knows more about this battle than any anyr man living, more than man who ever did live. He can tell more of what i did there then i can tell myself. Henry slocum was the commander of the 12th army corps at gettysburg. Acquainted a few months after the battle of gettysburg. I consider him the best authority in this country as regard to detail with that action. Hes sketched every part of the field and is familiar with...

Accurately mark the battlefield itself. This hour and 15 minute event is part of the annual summer conference hosted by the Gettysburg College civil war institute. Good evening. Carmichael, professor of history here at Gettysburg College. It is my pleasure this evening to welcome Scott Hardwick. I hope everyone is familiar with them. A longtime historian at Gettysburg National park. During that time, as you will know he has given the American Public fantastic and engaging viewers tours. We are f...

As i got for is the end of the book, there is one story that had to be rich and i didnt want to write about it. I didnt feel a need to write about it. I felt very selfconscious writing about it, but it was about 9 11. If i did not write about it, there wouldve been a big hole in the book. When i started writing about it, it was like the first couple of days i dont remember much. It is all kind of a blur to me. Even when i hook up with guys with me at the time, they say the same thing like they r...

To the the telegraph department or whether it was the department of war. Obviously, there were secret communications happening. Theres also the story about the confederacy where there was a secret message around cigars that was mishandled. My question is, are there any lessons i think theres lessons in lincolns life. Are there any lyessons that coud be carried over to this issue of communication and the need to have communications be private and confidential . Well, lincoln didnt have emails. Bu...