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Mr. White is the coauthor of a season of slaughter the battle of Spotsylvania Court house, may 821, 1864. This talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Our first speaker today is a man for whom i hold the utmost respect. Three years ago this again, in fact, we sat on the back porch of a little building next to the stone lodge action shrine and we were thinking, you know, what can we do to help people become more invested in these stories of the civil war . That is were the emerging civil war blog first came to be. Since then, over the past three to a, we have expanded publishing series that we will talk about this afternoon. Of course, the symposium and a number of speaking engagements, as well. We are continuing our outreach to help people become invested in these very important and engaging stories. Historian ander former licensed battlefield guide at gettysburg here he is one of those men who you ....
That we will always find people who are representing that war or pushing back against that experience in a way that will surprise the way that we have interpreted it. Thank you very much. And i will see you all next week. You are watching American History tv. All weekend, every weekend on cspan3. To join the conversation like us on facebook at cspan history. Next on the civil war. Confederate captain henry worse was in henry wirz was in charge of andersonville prison camp where 45,000 soldiers died while being cap there. Law professor Paul Finkelman discusses the trial and execution of henry wirz and the establishment of war crimes as a result of the trial. This was part of the 2014 civil war symposium, hosted by the civil war society. Youre watching American History tv on cspan three. To join the conversation, like ....
His next book will be on the ends of the war, fighting the civil war after the end of appomattox. I am happy to have professor downs join us. I am going to talk about something that is overlooked in all kinds of narratives which is the importance of doing nothing. When congress came back in december of 1865 for many people it looked like they dont find a solution to address reconstruction until march of 1867. Despite things like the 14th amendment, this session can seem like and was critiqued at the time as a donothing session precisely because it didnt determine the end of the war. That it never established terms for war. But i want to flip that on its head and think about why it was so important for them not to establish terms for the end of the war and why doing nothing turned out to mean so much. I was led to this by contemplating the justly celebrated philosopher Jerome Allen Seinfeld known as jerry who said, doing not ....
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