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chris got his start here at fredericksburg, spotsylvania national military park long, long ago when the polish still had horses for cavalry, which i think was last week actually right there. that right now he's the director, the veterans museum for the state of wisconsin. so have more than cheese there. they have veterans, too. and he tells a wide story of the involvement of wisconsinites in the armed services. it's a fantastic museum of the things that he'd like randomly email me, like, hey, look what i today, you know? and it's like, oh, jeez. so it's kind of neat. he's off on an adventure of a lifetime that he was made for. they're they're very lucky to have him up there in wisconsin. and then last but not least, our friend tim smith, who's been gracious enough to stuff cakes and books and answer questions tonight and so i actually want to start by kind of framing the discussion here, the great task before us, which of course comes from the gettysburg. and i want to read this. i had to memorize it like in second grade, like many of you did, i don't i think i remember had to have like
chris got his start here at fredericksburg, spotsylvania national military park long, long ago when the polish still had horses for cavalry, which i think was last week actually right there. that right now he's the director, the veterans museum for the state of wisconsin. so have more than cheese there. they have veterans, too. and he tells a wide story of the involvement of wisconsinites in the armed services. it's a fantastic museum of the things that he'd like randomly email me, like, hey,...
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and you had the defeat of fredericksburg a few weeks earlier.ou defeated the chickasawaw bau to the other two primary union armies and here's maybe not a pretty one but it is a victory in middle tennessee and that is all you need. and so it is extremely important. lincoln would write famously the union commander you gave us a hard victory when we really needed one. >> i will lure the microphone back in this direction for tim. sort of in general the idea of the great task before us. >> i think militarily that means that the war's not done yet. we still have more to do. and we have got to win this thing we have a lot more to add to what these folks have. but being a military historian i think more in terms of the military aspect and as i mentioned before lincoln certainly cannot pinpoint a certain time this battle won the war. it was the beginning of the end. he is looking at this and sink there's a whole lot more to do. and we have to put a bow on this yet. that is the great task. >> is there a key moment in the year of 63 where you as a historia
and you had the defeat of fredericksburg a few weeks earlier.ou defeated the chickasawaw bau to the other two primary union armies and here's maybe not a pretty one but it is a victory in middle tennessee and that is all you need. and so it is extremely important. lincoln would write famously the union commander you gave us a hard victory when we really needed one. >> i will lure the microphone back in this direction for tim. sort of in general the idea of the great task before us....
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i can't think of any except the army, the potomac after fredericksburg. but i you know, it's after gettysburg. it's this traumatic moment in the army, a moment in which these soldiers are thinking deeply, and many are not just thinking deeply, but acting that in deserting. so there is these moments. i don't think there's that kind of moment any union army that i can think of in which these union soldiers who are semi-literate, who probably disgruntled with their situation, but their situation again, is there there's different in terms of the material reality is as well. i mean, all of that factors in so as you can see from my response, i'm going around and around and around and i'd say, did you say there directly at all, well, i should just said is i need to spend some time that before i give you an answer. so that's what i need do. yes, please go ahead. yeah. so my question is, i don't think there's censorship by the military of these letters. were they concerned at all operational security, like, you know, a guy running home, like, hey, we were in north
i can't think of any except the army, the potomac after fredericksburg. but i you know, it's after gettysburg. it's this traumatic moment in the army, a moment in which these soldiers are thinking deeply, and many are not just thinking deeply, but acting that in deserting. so there is these moments. i don't think there's that kind of moment any union army that i can think of in which these union soldiers who are semi-literate, who probably disgruntled with their situation, but their situation...
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there was no railroad at the time between fredericksburg and washington. so, all the supplies coming from washington, the large depot at alexandria, had to come by road. it came down route 1, which is known as the telegraph road at times, more commonly today, the route 1 or emancipation highway. and that area had been hit three times between november and december, three times by wade hampton's calvary, and with some success. stuart assumed it might take a larger force of cavalry , i will have greater success. what he did not realize was that because in the earlier success, [ indescernible ] and they just shipped all the supplies by water. so, there is really nothing that he is going to be able to do. to the scale he is hoping to accomplish. the only wagons moving on route 1 are private settlers wagons. i am sure most of you know, entrepreneurs with the union command to supply by the army for sale. those are the wagons that are still -- they are not coming by military chartered ships, there are still coming down route 1, and that's where he is going to have
there was no railroad at the time between fredericksburg and washington. so, all the supplies coming from washington, the large depot at alexandria, had to come by road. it came down route 1, which is known as the telegraph road at times, more commonly today, the route 1 or emancipation highway. and that area had been hit three times between november and december, three times by wade hampton's calvary, and with some success. stuart assumed it might take a larger force of cavalry , i will have...
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there was no railroad at the time between fredericksburg and washington. all the supplies coming from washington, the large depot in alexandria, they had to come by road. they came down route 1 which is known as the telegraph road at the time. route 1 is now emancipation highway. that area had been hit three times between november and december. it had been hit with some success. steward assume that if i take a larger force and calvary that we have not had, i will have greater success. what he did not realize that because of the earlier success, the federal still had an alternative. they just shipped all of their supplies. there is really nothing that he is going to be able to do here to the scale that he is hoping to accomplish. the only wagons moving out around one are private sellers wagons. i am sure most of you know that there were entrepreneurs of the contract where the union command provide supplies to those that were not provided to the army. those are the wagons that are still not coming by military chartered ships, they are still coming down route
there was no railroad at the time between fredericksburg and washington. all the supplies coming from washington, the large depot in alexandria, they had to come by road. they came down route 1 which is known as the telegraph road at the time. route 1 is now emancipation highway. that area had been hit three times between november and december. it had been hit with some success. steward assume that if i take a larger force and calvary that we have not had, i will have greater success. what he...
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their home stood on this 280 acre property overlooking the rappahannock river, across from fredericksburgrginia, but their comfortable life wouldn't last. his father died when he was 11. he went from having a very stable family life, one in which he could expect greatest privileges of a society to soon being cast adrift. washington had no formal education. in those days, well-to-do families sent their children to england for classical education. but once his father died, he was unable to go to england. he had reading, writing, arithmetic, usually from private tutors. but he didn't receive the same education that his older siblings did. washington got from his childhood a strong sense of the need to be self-reliant. george washington's mother, mary washington, had a very important impact on him. she was quite strong. and i think george washington had that reputation as well. young and full of determination. he knew that if he was going to make anything of his life, it was up to him. he wasn't going inherit some massive estate or a lot of money. and so one thing he could do to earn money an
their home stood on this 280 acre property overlooking the rappahannock river, across from fredericksburgrginia, but their comfortable life wouldn't last. his father died when he was 11. he went from having a very stable family life, one in which he could expect greatest privileges of a society to soon being cast adrift. washington had no formal education. in those days, well-to-do families sent their children to england for classical education. but once his father died, he was unable to go to...
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there was no railroad code at the time between fredericksburg or acquire and washington, so all the supplies coming to washington, the large depot at alexander had to come by road. they came down route one, which is as the telegraph road at the time. more commonly read around one or now emancipation in that area had been hit three times between november and december three times by wade hampton cavalry and with some success. so stuart assumed that if i take a larger force of cavalry. hampton i will have greater what he did not was because of the earlier success, the federal still had an alternative. and they just shipped all their supplies by war. so there's really nothing that he's to be able to do here to the scale he is hoping to accomplish. the only wagons moving in on route one are private settlers, as i'm sure most of you know that we're going to entrepreneurs with an entourage, with a union command to provide supplies to men that were not provided by army for sale. those are the wagons that are still they're not coming by military chartered ships. they're still coming down route one. a
there was no railroad code at the time between fredericksburg or acquire and washington, so all the supplies coming to washington, the large depot at alexander had to come by road. they came down route one, which is as the telegraph road at the time. more commonly read around one or now emancipation in that area had been hit three times between november and december three times by wade hampton cavalry and with some success. so stuart assumed that if i take a larger force of cavalry. hampton i...
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brigade and the civil war and six previous service baity military atlas titles, first bull run, antietam fredericksburg. gettysburg bristow station mine run and the wilderness. his most current book, published earlier this year, is maps of the spotsylvania through cold harbor. so let's welcome dr. godfrey. well, it's great to be here this evening. i have to tell you that i usually get up about 3:00 in the morning. so you can imagine i probably am ready for bed around this time. so if it looks like becoming a pumpkin, understand why i appreciate the the introduction. i guess i didn't include as much as i probably should have, but i am retired like i believe most of the others are this evening. this weekend i spent 40 years in higher education. my doctorate is actually not in history. it's in zoology and i started off as faculty member and then went on and actually went downward. would say i entered the dark of administration and retired as president of the college southern maryland. i'm currently in battlefield guide and a gettysburg town guide, not a battlefield guide, and it's so to see all of my book
brigade and the civil war and six previous service baity military atlas titles, first bull run, antietam fredericksburg. gettysburg bristow station mine run and the wilderness. his most current book, published earlier this year, is maps of the spotsylvania through cold harbor. so let's welcome dr. godfrey. well, it's great to be here this evening. i have to tell you that i usually get up about 3:00 in the morning. so you can imagine i probably am ready for bed around this time. so if it looks...
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but i don't know of anything that was officially except the army, the potomac after fredericksburg, i started to inspect packages. they came in because many of those packages were not care packages. they were packages that had civilian clothing. so it's a soldier's to the desert. i know that as as as one example and the questions promised. all right. thank you so much. appreciategood morning. thank you guys all for coming. my name is victoria sciancalepore. i'll be moderating and participating in this roundtable session before we begin, i'd to thank the local arrangements, the community and the program committee for their tireless work in organizing. our first in-person meeting in falls years. at this panel, i hope to have an energetic and thought provoking discussion about idea of cyclical themes in history and their impact on us as historians. i'd like to our panelists today in person we have michael cohen serves as, serves as editor, project director for the correspondence of zachary taylor and millard fillmore. he is a research professor in american university's department of gove
but i don't know of anything that was officially except the army, the potomac after fredericksburg, i started to inspect packages. they came in because many of those packages were not care packages. they were packages that had civilian clothing. so it's a soldier's to the desert. i know that as as as one example and the questions promised. all right. thank you so much. appreciategood morning. thank you guys all for coming. my name is victoria sciancalepore. i'll be moderating and participating...
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brigade and the civil war and six previous service baity military atlas titles, first bull run, antietam fredericksburg. gettysburg bristow station mine run and the wilderness. his most current book, published earlier this year, is maps of the spotsylvania through cold harbor. so let's welcome dr. godfrey. well, it's great to be here this evening. i have to tell you that i usually get up about 3:00 in the morning. so you can imagine i probably am ready for bed around this time. so if it looks like becoming a pumpkin, understand why i appreciate the the introduction. i guess i didn't include as much as i probably should have, but i am retired like i believe most of the others are this evening. this weekend i spent 40 years in higher education. my doctorate is actually not in history. it's in zoology and i started off as faculty member and then went on and actually went downward. would say i entered the dark of administration and retired as president of the college southern maryland. i'm currently in battlefield guide and a gettysburg town guide, not a battlefield guide, and it's so to see all of my book
brigade and the civil war and six previous service baity military atlas titles, first bull run, antietam fredericksburg. gettysburg bristow station mine run and the wilderness. his most current book, published earlier this year, is maps of the spotsylvania through cold harbor. so let's welcome dr. godfrey. well, it's great to be here this evening. i have to tell you that i usually get up about 3:00 in the morning. so you can imagine i probably am ready for bed around this time. so if it looks...
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and we talked with gary richard, an english professor at the university of mary washington in fredericksburgnia. here's a little of what he had to say about the life of zora neale hurston. >> she, at least from the academic perspective, will continue to be taught in the foreseeable future. because of that energy, because of documenting a certain type of blac voice and she has a dialogue often so in contras ways with her fellow writers is a person who teaches southern literature and u.s. literature, african-american literature to put hurston and write in dialogue, to have students way out when is advantageous to be overly political, when is it to not be over political? how does one draw attenti to racial injti, gender injustice and other things like that, how does one d iand what are the trade-o those are issues that i think we face in a range of ways in 2023 just as they are doing that back in the 30s. so i think that they remain pertinent and timely and she's just an amazing writer. >> host: now we want to have joined the program carla kaplan with northeastern university. she's a literature
and we talked with gary richard, an english professor at the university of mary washington in fredericksburgnia. here's a little of what he had to say about the life of zora neale hurston. >> she, at least from the academic perspective, will continue to be taught in the foreseeable future. because of that energy, because of documenting a certain type of blac voice and she has a dialogue often so in contras ways with her fellow writers is a person who teaches southern literature and u.s....
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and we talked with gary richard, an english professor at the university of mary washington in fredericksburgnia. here's a little of what he had to say about the life of zora neale hurston. >> she, at least from the academic perspective, will continue to be taught in the foreseeable future. because of that energy, because of documenting a certain typef black voice and she has a dialogue often so in contrasting ways with her fellow writers is a pers who teaches southern literature and u.s. literature, african-american literature to put hurston and write in dialogue, to have students way out when is it advantageous to be overly political, when is it to n b over political? how does one draw attention to racial injustice, gender injustice a oer things like that, how does one do it and what are the trade-offs, those are issues that i think we face in a range of ways in 2023 just as they are doing that back in the 30s. so i think that they remain pertinent and timely and she's just an amazing writer. >> host: now we want to have joined the program carla kaplan with northeastern university. she's a
and we talked with gary richard, an english professor at the university of mary washington in fredericksburgnia. here's a little of what he had to say about the life of zora neale hurston. >> she, at least from the academic perspective, will continue to be taught in the foreseeable future. because of that energy, because of documenting a certain typef black voice and she has a dialogue often so in contrasting ways with her fellow writers is a pers who teaches southern literature and u.s....