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Hosted the talk. Thank you for that brief introduction. I know everyone appreciates that. Welcome to georgia. I know many of you are traveling and are in our state probably for the first time. We specially ordered this weather for you. I know you have been on battlefields and im glad it has cooperated and we have been able to provide you with a great experience. We hope you will come back. I want to thank the Shenandoah Valley battlefields association for asking me to speak about somebody and something i have no idea when i started hitting my phd would become such an important part of my life....

To provide you with a great experience. I am delighted you are in our state and hope you will come back. I want to thank the Shenandoah Valley battlefields association for asking me to speak about somebody and something i had no idea when i started hitting my phd would become such an important part of my life. I cannot get away from general sherman. The more i talk about it, the more people will be to talk more about it. I will have to change topics at some point and move into another area, but he is a fascinating person. And a fascinating topic. I am also delighted to see so many folks here. ...

Were moving for and if you dont believe in that you have no business supporting anyone other than George Mclelland and the democratic ticket. If you are a republican, in 1864, youre going to do everything you can to deflect the emphasis on race. You cannot win the election defined in terms of racial equality. You must win the election if youre going to win at all, defining the issue in terms of union. So what the republicans are going to stress above all is the disloyalty of the Democratic Party. Theyre going to link the Democratic Party with the south. Theyre going to emphasize the Democratic...

Emancipation. Its important to us. Because when we think about a reunified United States in the aftermath of civil war, what conclusion must we draw. Clearly, a large majority of the American Free population was not enthusiastic about emancipation. And to come back to a final theme that has been the bedrock of this course throughout, in a democratic society, where a large majority holds a particular value, that is inconsistent with the interest of minority, theres not much reason to be optimistic for the rights of that minority. Remember James Madison had said if majority be united by a common...

Experiment of war, we demand that immediate efforts made for a cessation of hostilities, peace may be restored on the basis of the federal union. What the platform is saying immediately ceasefire negotiation with the south, the only issue, union. Emancipation completely off the table. This then is the two sides. The two sides are drawn, but one very significant thing happens before the general election. The momentum on the field of battle turns. If theres single critical event, it is the fall of atlanta, which had been the object of Union Attention since the spring, fall of atlanta on the seco...