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Welcome everyone. Good evening. I want to thank you all for joining us tonight. On the evening of general and president Ulysses S Grants 200th birthday. This historic milestone comes at a time when grant star is rising. Ulysses s grante is being commemorated and proclamations and other special messages issued by states across the nation the District Of Columbia and living us president s. We have included in our dinner programs. Just one of the proclamations from grants birth state of ohio and all president ial messages that were available at the time of printing. What stands out in these messa...

General thank you to the museum of the confederacy. And thank you to cspan. I want to start by reading from an introductory chapter of my book. Just to kind of set things up. A group of veterans gathered in chattanooga, tennessee, in one of the key moments of the american civil war, they were in chattanooga for their 33rd annual meeting of the society of the army of the cumberland. That army had fought in march across middle tennessee in 1863, climbing mountains and reversing rivers before fighting confederate armies at chickamauga creek, in the greatest battle in the western theater of the wa...

Overnight company worked to the union became human char liberation. Million slaves as a bec symbolam of hope. Rly 4 million that hope or freedom has finally realized the 13th amendment to the constitution which abolished slavery any place under u. S. Of jurisdictiotn. Abolished slavery in the u. S. Jurisdiction. These landmark documents they are filled the documents that tell the story of the emancipation of the individual level. From a black soldier to the life that shows the difficulties are great yet i look forward to a brighter day. When she as president lincoln issue was free sadly the an...

Over new years in 9100 people visited this building to visit the original emancipates san proclamation some stood in line and hours to read the words declaring slaves and states of the rebellion shall be then it henceforth and forever free to see Abraham Lincolns signature. Although it did not end slavery in america is a fundamentally changed the character of the war. Overnight a war to preserve the union became liberation and nearly 4 million slaves it was a symbol of hope. Hope of freedom was realized in the 13th amendment of the constitution that abolished slavery in the u. S. Jurisdiction....

A group of veterans gathered in chattanooga, tennessee, and one of the key moments of the american civil war, they were in chattanooga for their 33rd annual meeting of the society of the army of the cumberland. That army had fought in march across middle tennessee in 1863, climbing mountains and reversing rivers before fighting confederate armies at chickamauga creek, in the greatest battle in the western theater of the war. In the minds of these veterans, chickamauga was not a union defeat, but rather the battle for the capture and permanent possession of the city where they were meeting, cha...