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What were going to do today, ladies and gentlemen, is were going to do robert e. Lee in the postwar years. And my coworker, when they were upstairs before we came down, asked me if this was going to be a beatification, which never hit me, but it might, because i am a big fan of robert e. Lee. What im hoping to do, among others, besides give you a timeline as to what robert e. Lee did in the postwar years, which i think is obviously the most often overlooked portion of his life, because the civil war is always going to be first and foremost. The other main theme of this lecture, im going to try...

Park. My name is ranger smith and ill be with you this afternoon for the second of our mid winter talks, this one specifically on james at appomattox. Yet is famous quote of not of theborn the battle wilderness, 1864. He reports back to richmond and suggests he is ready to come back from active duty but that at least with the army of northern virginia, lee might want a more vigorous person. Is mostly recovering from his wounds. He will never recover the use of his right arm. Of the bullet exiting his throat he cannot speak above a whisper. Lee is having none of that. On october 17, he orders l...

Caroline journey is editor of the book our first speaker is dr. Caroline janney. Dr. Janney is professor of American Civil War and the john l mau center for history at the university of virginia. She was a historian also at purdue university, an active lecturer, as you might imagine. She is coeditor at the North Carolina lecture presses civil war story, has published five books, some of them listed on your program. Civil war reunion and the limits of reconciliation. She edited petersburg, appomattox, the ending of the war in virginia, and another not on the list. Her talk today is we will not ...

Our first speaker of the afternoon is dr. Caroline jenny. Dr. Jeannie is the john l noll, and i pronouncing it correctly . Professor of American Civil War and director of the john l now, i will get it right, silver personal history and university of virginia. She is a graduate from uaa, worked at the National Park service as a historian, an active lecture as you might imagine, winner of a number of different teaching awards. She is coeditor of the university of, and oppresses American Civil War series, past president of the Society Civil war historians, published five books, have them listed o...

Our first speaker of the day, dr. Lauren thompson, who is the samuel heading damien and charles samuel, professor of Early American History at Mckendree University near saint louis. She also serves as the director of ethnic and gender studies as shes the author of a terrific book, which is what prompted me to invite her for this weekend for our theme the information war the book is called friendly enemies soldier throughout the american civil war. I wanted to make sure we had that experience of the everyday soldier the way they received and shared consume information during the war and dr. Tho...