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Peter good afternoon. I am the director of the institute. It is my pleasure to invite aaron sheehandean, the professor of southern studies at lsu. He is professor of southern history as well as civil war and published a number of scholarly works, including a monograph on a book published by the university of virginia. He has done a number of things as well as the editor with myself for civil war america which is published by unc. Aaron came to cwi in 2013. This is your third year at lsu. We will have to note if theres a change in his accent. Do you have a cajun accent now . He is shaking his h...

Did the north conduct the war justly . And you are free to a lot of other work here. Harry wrote a book called upon the altar of nation. Dr. Mcpherson of the nation. Harry stout is a history of American Religion and he called his book a moral history of the civil war. He talked about the just war theory going back to saint augustine. And he talked about the way in which, there are two ways to address the question of a just war. One is the reason for going to war in the first place. He came up with the conclusion that the only legitimate reason the only just reason for going to war was selfdefe...

After roosevelt died, the president who had been president for 12 years, the new president issued a statement of the white house of bereavement recognizing the death of ernie pile, a reporter. He said the nation is saddened by the death of ernie pyle. No man has so well told the story as American Fighting men wanted it told. Theecame the spokesman of ordinary american in arms. To nevers genius obscure men who made them. There were lots of other eulogies. Maybe the best of them was written by a famous poet of the era, randall gerald. We could not help realizing that s work was an aesthetic triu...

Institution, he has spoken here on a number of occasions. Most of you know dr. James mcpherson is the henry davis 86 professor at Princeton University where he has taught history for more than four decades. Here earned his phd at Johns Hopkins university where he studied under the great woodward. Mcpherson is a twotime winner of the which he earned in 1997. And for his 2008 effort, Abraham Lincoln as commanderinchief. His most recent books which we have in the back is the war that forged a nation. Why the civil war still matters. Today, this evening, will be focusing on battle cry of freedom. ...

Pulitzer prize for battle cry of freedom the civil war era. I would like to welcome doctor james mcpherson. He is a longtime friend of the institution, he has spoken here on a number of occasions. Most of you know dr. James mcpherson is the henry davis 86 professor at Princeton University where he has taught history for more than four decades. Here earned his phd at Johns Hopkins university where he studied under the great woodward. Mcpherson is a twotime winner of the which he earned in 1997. And for his 2008 effort, Abraham Lincoln as commanderinchief. His most recent books which we have in ...