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Good evening, everyone. Welcome, we are happy youre here tonight, very happy to have Megan Kate Nelson with us with her book the 3cornered war, the union, the consistory and native people in their fight for the rest. This is an engrossing narrative account which shows how the civil war, the indian wars and western expansion were all interconnected. The 1860s were a time of National Conflict which has north and south and the American West was the resource involves letters and diaries, military records and oral histories, and maps from that time. Nelson writes about nine individuals who worked t...

American civil war emirates at the university of virginia and the founding director of our cosponsor john l mal iii studies at university of virginia. And knowing is that gary was about to retire number of years ago and move west ive been writing about every introduction for him in the last few years as if it were the last time wed see him in richmond, i apologize to gary to frying to kick him out of the state every time he speaks. Im very happy to have been wrong in my assumption that garys retirement meant farewell and very surprised he remains a fixture in the commonwealth. Im sure everyone...

Symposium held at the library of virginia in richmond. Our next speaker is john white. John white is an associate professor of american studies at Christopher New Port University in new port news. When i look at johns vida, his academic resume i think of an old graduate School Adviser and im talking about you, jim wittenberg, would say to us when he would come to our offices to find someone to volunteer for a project. Busy people get things done, and we knew we were in for it when dr. Wittenberg talked about that. Jonathan white has to be the busiest young scholar in the field today. Hes not o...

We had have the fortune of having many critical journalists both print and broadcast speak here over the years. The one we head with us tonight had covered six u. S. President s. We will first be introduced to him back in 2002. When they have a handful of other experts to share stories about president reagan and our air force one. Stories we then used to make our experience that much more rich. He is come to other times to discuss copies of his book. Prisoners in the white house. And ultimate insiders. White house photographers. Since he has been covering the white house since 1986 i am sure h...

Pleasure to welcome you tonight for our program. Before we get started, just a couple of quick things. If you have electronic devices, now is a good time to turn them off. As usual in our programs, theres no photography and filming. Also, if youre wondering what all the equipment is, its cspan. So, show you an isis smile and brush your hair, and get ready in case you get a cameo. When we get to the q a part there is a microphone in the back of the room, and will let you know when theres time for that. Just lined up there to ask your questions. And a politically rest of times its always worthwh...