elizabeth varon is the length born w.m. williams, professor of american history at the university of virginia and a member of the executive council of uva's john allen the third center for civil war history. she is an accomplished author has written several books on civil war history and was the recipe at the 2020. gilder lehrman lincoln prize and named one of the wall street journal's best books of 2019 for her book, armies of deliverance. she will be in conversation tonight with dr. gordon jones. gordon jones is a senior military historian here at atlanta history center. among his many includes serving as the chief for cyclorama big picture here at atlanta history center. well, as turning point, our exhibition about the civil war. now, further ado, please join me in welcoming elizabeth varon and gordon jones discussing the book. longstreet the confederate general defied the south. good evening, everybody thanks for being here. thanks to you, claire. thanks to team who's putting thing together. thank you, liz. it's a delig