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Im director of the Virginia Center for civil war studies. It was my job one of my jobs to split these nine talks into three different sessions one for each week and the theme the kind of sub theme i came up with for this week is manpower and horsepower, which sounds kind of weird. That was the best way i could come up with the separate these topics out, but youre gonna hear three really excellent talks on that theme tonight. Each speaker is gonna speak for about 15 minutes so felly short presentations and thats gonna leave us plenty of time for questions and discussion at the end and you can t...

Each speaker is gonna speak for about 15 minutes so felly short presentations and thats gonna leave us plenty of time for questions and discussion at the end and you can type your questions into the q a box at any time throughout the evening and we will respond to those later after all. He talks have taken place. So were looking forward to hearing your questions and feedback very much. Thats part of the excitement for us going into this evening. Our first speaker tonight is going to be dr. Caroline wood newhall, and shes very well known around here because she works as the postdoctoral fellow ...

Introduce this mornings for speaker, and its my distinct honor to introduce this mornings first speaker, dr. Peter carmichael, but former professor of history from the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. He received his ph. D. From penn state college. Studying under gary w. Gallagher, and then we are all familiar, im sure. Professor Peter Carmichael went on to teach at western carolina university. And the university of North Carolina at greensboro, West Virginia university. [laughs] his academic interests include 19th century american history, reconstruction, southern history, and cultu...

Come up with the separate these topics out, but youre gonna hear three really excellent talks on that theme tonight. Each speaker is gonna speak for about 15 minutes so felly short presentations and thats gonna leave us plenty of time for questions and discussion at the end and you can type your questions into the q a box at any time throughout the evening and we will respond to those later after all. He talks have taken place. So were looking forward to hearing your questions and feedback very much. Thats part of the excitement for us going into this evening. Our first speaker tonight is goin...

I want to thank quail ridge books for inviting me back and all you people coming out to hear about general Phil Sheridan, who, of the leaders at the war, he i the least know, the others being uhis see s. Grant and william, tecumseh, sherman. These generals appeared on postage stamps honoring great commanders. Sheridan is on grants left. This is appropriate because, by the time the civil war ended, sheridan was sometimes referred as to the left hand of grant. He was ten years younger than grant and sherman. He was a dynamo. Inspired his men with his intensity and by his personal leadership. He ...