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Examines the political climates in the summer of 1864 and explains how lincoln won by a landslide. This is a portion of a symposium hosted by the Lincoln Group of d. C. It is about 50 minutes to read it is about 50 minutes. Good morning. I am pleased to be here this morning and am honored to introduce our next speaker, jennifer weber. Jennifer is an associate professor of history at the university of kansas. Where her specialty, no surprise, is the civil war. Her first book was copperheads for those of you who may not have a copy at home or have read it. And this, of course, is about the Antiw...

We are going to try to get out rather than 30 4 45. Im going to speak in a. Runcated version of my talk both of us are going to be talking about andersonville and the trial of henry wirz. During the civil war, this set of photographs was published. As you can see, all of them are soldiers who have just come back from prisoners of war camps. Looking really like nothing americans had ever seen, and in fact, looking like people that americans or the world with mostly not see again until the end of world war ii when people came out of places like buchenwald and auschwitz. These were truly frighten...

Lectured throughout the country. Lincolns era and the politics of the era, and im sure this morning youre going to enjoy her talk. We heard copperheads referenced a lot this morning and this is the expert. Having heard her talk on the subject several years ago, i know youre going to find this a very interesting and useful subject. So ill turn this over to jennifer. [applause] good morning. Thank you very much for coming out, and id like to thank the lincoln group, and karen needles for inviting me today. Its always a pleasure to be in d. C. So, today im going to be talking about the summer of ...

Civil war symposium, hosted by the u. S. Capitol historical society. Your nest speaker is me your next speaker is me. Having just introduced myself, i will not do it again. I will just say that because of the vagaries of the world of the u. S. Senate, we are going to try to get out of here at 4 30 rather than 4 45. Im going to speak in a truncated version of my talk. So that michael can have the four the full allotted time he has been promised. Both of us are going to be talking about andersonville and the trial of henry wirz. During the civil war, this set of photographs was published. As you...

Used unless the situation is in direct conflict with the u. S. Here is how you can reach out to us. For democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. Independents. For as we consider the question of foreign conflict and that there is a u. S. Role, if any, you can also post on our social media sites. A bit of the result of the poll from politico asking a couple of different questions. Ask, which of the following statements comes closest to your view . When it came to the question of u. S. Military actions should be directory threats to national security, 22 . 10 saying they were not sure. 1 declining...