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A class on civil war memory and how people in the north and south have interpreted the conflict from immediate post war era to the present day. The class is about one hour and 15 minutes. Professor gallagher here we are for the last class this semester. Were going to move into the aftermath of the war, as you know. We spent all semester looking at various aspects of this conflict, and right from the beginning i alerted you one of the themes in this class was going to be the tension between history and memory. We talked about it on the first day of class have reiterated as , weve gone along, an...

Various aspects of this conflicts. Right from the beginning i alerted you one of the themes in this class was going to be the tension between history and memory. We talked about it on the first day of class, have reiterated it as weve gone along. Here we are finally at the end where were going to focus on memory for our last class. Theres no better event in United States history to talk about how powerful testimony pending memories of what happened in the past can be. Theres nothing remotely equal to it in the civil war. Passions get up quickly when people remember civil war. Been watching tha...

In American History with 23,000 casualties between two size and ended in the unions strategic victory. This 40 minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Our next speaker is one of the great emerging voices and the entire field. Ien i first met kevin pollack thought, this is one of those guys that is going to be a rock star. I hear when i travel across the country, we have to get more young people involved. If we need a poster child for getting young folks and involved with the civil war, kevin pollak is it. He is getting marri...

American history tv. Next, steven hood, the author of john bell could the rise, fall, and resurrection of a confederate general. Generals weof love to hate. You can watch all of this coverage by visiting our website at www. Cspan. Org history. Join us tomorrow at 9 00 a. M. Eastern for more of the symposium. [crowd noise] im just getting it right to the introduction of our next speaker, who had an odyssey to get here but he is here happily. M. Hood is a distant relative of confederate general john bell put. He is the author of John Bell Hood the rise, fall, and resurrection of a confederate ge...

Civil war military history is on lifesupport. Nobody cares about the civil war after the centennial. Push back. Olitely so in largeon i do part is because of the emerging civil war. And all that it is done in a remarkable space of five or six years. I hope this weekend can be a celebration of those efforts. The rugged spine of marylands South Mountain. Outnumbered soldiers saw to to stem the tide of federal offenses. If successful it would defeat and already divided confederate lee and finish off robert e s first invasion of the north. And three mountain passes almost unrivaled interest city. ...