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Such a sweeping story . Harold we have tack till objects, images, but probably as you force us to describe this in civil war fashion, ill get that later. The hardest thing is to preserve, you know better than most, for textiles and the objects were going to discuss today, some of them are really extraordinary and n terms of how they survived. Valerie absolutely. And without further ado, lets get to our four things this evening. We have a military button, and a drum. Very interesting, and fashion, maybe, maybe not. But in aggregate, they do tell the story of uniform courage, outfitting the civi...

City. This conversation took place online due to the coronavirus pandemic. The New York Historical society provided a video. Good evening everyone. Im delighted and have the opportunity to talk to my good friend and professional colleague, harold. I want to remind you that you can ask questions anytime during the program by using the q a buttons. We will get to your questions after the conversation. Lets turn our attention to some objects that help us describe the civil war. In the history museum, objects to a lot of heavy lifting and standing in for a larger historical narratives be on the ch...

After our conversation. Lets turn our attention to some objects that help us describe the civil war. In the history museum, does a lot of heavy lifting and stands in for historical narratives, beyond the characteristics that define the object itself. So, lets just talk for a moment about the civil war and 50 objects, which is why this program. Harold, tell us about it and how the objects can help tell the complex story of the civil war. It is extraordinary, really, because when we undertook this project, eight years ago, it was difficult to find just 50 objects, although we think they tell the...

Button at the bottom of your screen. Well get to questions after our conversation. To lets turn our attention some objects that help us describe the civil war. The history museum, objects do a lot of heavy lifting and standing in for a larger historical narrative be the conditions of the objects themselves. Lets talk about this book, the civil war in 50 objects. Tell us about it and how 50 objects can tell the complex story of the civil war. Its extraordinarily when we undertook this project 18 years ago, it was difficult to find just 50 objects although we think they tell the story of the war...

, ranger at Petersburg National battlefield, where we first met as park rangers many, many years ago. He is worked in manassas, vicksburg, and gettysburg. He will tackle the elephant in the room about gettysburg versus vicksburg, which one of these two battles he considers being a native mississippian and having worked at both parks, which he considers to be the biggest turning point. Gettysburg or vicksburg . I will let matt get up here and explain. Matt atkinson. [applause] matt thats what it is. I understand you all had a row last night about something. Right there, right . The most importa...