I know of the civil war and their experiences attempting to make it safely to union lines. This talk was part of the Civil War Institute conference at Gettysburg College. Good afternoon again, im p. Carmichael, member of the History Program here at Gettysburg College. Our final talk for this evening or this afternoon is lorien foote. Lorien foote is a professor of history at texas a m university where she teaches on history of reconstruction, 1960 america and reform movements. Loren got her start at university of kansas where she did her undergrad and got her ph. D. At the university of oklahoma. Her second book published in 2010, the gentlemen in the roughs, manhood honor and violence in the union army. One of my favorites on the soldier experience. Lorien did fantastic research. She dug in the National Archives and looked at Court Marshal records which had been underutilized until lorien got ahold of them. David brooks the klummist from the New York Times mentioned in fact you got a
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Burning in the North Carolina mountains. Dry conditions once again hampering efforts to get those flames under control. Despite the wind cotainment lines are Holding Strong near the party rock fire. Its now 36percent contained. Have been issued. But People Living near that fire are asked to stay vigilant. Meanwhile. Two new fires broke out last night in mcdowell county. Crews are going doortodoor there to notify residents of potential danger. And a fire in Wilkes County has been contained after burning 67 acres. And heres a feel good story. A woman forced to evacuate due to the fires in lake lure found a wonderful suprise when she came home. She discovered firefighters had taken down her American Flag from her flag pol behind her glass door for protection. She posted this picture to facebook and so far its been shared over 41 thousand times. Its been twelve days since the electionand the race for governor is still up in the air. Many democrats are calling on governor mccrory to concede
Celebrate the death of fidel castro. Many people in that community fled the castro regime in cuba. Nowpeople happening nowpeople taking to the streets of little havanna in miam celebrate the death of fidel castro. Many people in that community fled the castro regime in cuba. Castro died last night at the age of 90 sparking reaction from all over the world. Castro was the leader of the rebel army. He embraced sovietstyle communism and defied the power of 10 us president s during his halfcentury rule over the island nation. Castro handed over powers to his younger brother in 2006 when he experienced health problems. But never returned to power. Flags were flying at half staff in cuba today. But a different cubans celebrated in the streets. President obama, Whose Administration is working to Whose Administration is working to restablish relations with the island nation, saying quote, the cuban people must know that they have a friend and partner in the United States of america. His succes
Overturned logging truck, north of exit 65, Union Harmony grove, not seeing any significant delays but we have a crew on the way to the scene and let you know the situation there when we get more in. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. Christine thank you, chris. On your side investigating a shortage of Police Officers in two community in Gaston County. The Sheriffs Office is pitching in to cover the gaps. Mark davenport live with this story, so mark, explain why not everyone is happy with the decision. Reporter christine, some people are worried the Gaston County deputies wont be compensated for the amount of time they are working in. Working double time on their off days, incurring overtime. But we spoke to Gaston County sheriff Alan Cloninger and he says his deputies are being taken care of. Cloninger told wbtv he got a call from two local police departments, first it was from belmont, thennrom stanley, both cloninger jumped i