coming up next, brian greg miller -- brian craig miller. >> he teaches a variety of courses in the 19th century u.s. he is the author of many books. he has recently edited the punishment on 19thpunishment -a the nation, and i was soldier enters the civil war -- iowa soldier enters the civil war. recent book will be released by the university of georgia. he is also the book review editor for one of the main journals in our field. he will be speaking about re

coming up next, brian greg miller -- brian craig miller. >> he teaches a variety of courses in the 19th century u.s. he is the author of many books. he has recently edited the punishment on 19thpunishment -a the nation, and i was soldier enters the civil war -- iowa soldier enters the civil war. recent book will be released by the university of georgia. he is also the book review editor for one of the main journals in our field. he will be speaking about remembering the destruction of an army. welcome, brian. [applause] >> thank you very much to everyone here at the civil war friendte in to my dear for that very kind introduction. it is nice to be here this afternoon. you look like a very happy vibrant crowd after lunch. you are probably the army of tennessee at the beginning of this campaign more so at the end . in january of 1865, john bell hood visited with mary chesnut and the family of his recent love interest. as he sat with the preston family in conversation, stories filled the room pertaining to the civil war. he mourns the loss of so many dead, described the battles as armyt, a

coming up this afternoon, at 2 p.m., brian craig miller of emporia state university will speak on john ford -- john hoods tennessee campaign. and then the focus is the confederate burning of chambersburg pennsylvania, with megan cate nelson of brown university. and at 6:00 p.m. eastern time tonight, you can watch the entire days live coverage of this conference at gettysburg. now from our lectures and history series, the aches you into the college classroom. -- series that takes you into the college classroom, george main -- george mason university's christopher hamner explained how things like patriotism, money, and ideology initially factored into young men's decisions to enlist into combat. this class is about one hour, 10 minutes. >> good morning. we have taken a top-down look at this middle part of the war. today i want to change our focus, moving back to the individual soldiers. let's start with an image we have seen here for a couple times. this is an artist rendition of one of the charges made by the army of the potomac at the 1862 battle of fredericksburg. at the top, that low