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At the Community College in new york. Derek has recently earned fame for his brand new book as part of the emerging civil war series. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome derek maxfield. Thank you very much. Im very pleased to be here and talk about my latest project. You know, elmira is, and prisoner war camps in general, have been a surprise me. Ive studied the civil war since, umm, since i was quite young, and, umm, you know, knew the lengths of the tragedy during the civil war, umm, but it was eyeopening to me the extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those fou...

I know of the civil war and their experiences attempting to make it safely to union lines. This talk was part of the Civil War Institute conference at Gettysburg College. Good afternoon again, im p. Carmichael, member of the History Program here at Gettysburg College. Our final talk for this evening or this afternoon is lorien foote. Lorien foote is a professor of history at texas a m university where she teaches on history of reconstruction, 1960 america and reform movements. Loren got her start at university of kansas where she did her undergrad and got her ph. D. At the university of oklaho...

I know of the civil war and their experiences attempting to make it safely to union lines. This talk was part of the Civil War Institute conference at Gettysburg College. Good afternoon again, im p. Carmichael, member of the History Program here at Gettysburg College. Our final talk for this evening or this afternoon is lorien foote. Lorien foote is a professor of history at texas a m university where she teaches on history of reconstruction, 1960 america and reform movements. Loren got her start at university of kansas where she did her undergrad and got her ph. D. At the university of oklaho...

Conversation2027488900. That is for eastern and central time zones. If in the pacific or mountain 88901. Nes, 20274 you can also post questions and comments on our facebook page. Facebook. Com cspanhistory. Mr. Leonard, thank you for joining us this afternoon. Mr. Leonard it is my pleasure to be here. Host lets start with where is andersonville . For someone who is not aware of andersonvilles significance, where does it fall . Mr. Leonard it is important to start with this idea that military prisoners and prisoners of war are often left out of the mainstream telling of the war. Quite frankly, ...

From the disaster at andersonville is the human treatment of p. O. W. S defines our natural identity and reit rates our army values by ensuring dignity and respect is paid to every enemy combatant. Weve also learned how precious freedom is and that freedom always, always has a cost. The cost is paid by men and women, men and women who are willing to endure torture, mall nutrition, loneliness, despair and even death in the pursuit of freedoms cause. History tends to remember the dates. It remembers the battles and the victories. It lauds the winners and it favors grand action or man mental fail...