. >> hechlt on the civil war, jennifer weber tells about her book "copperheads", the rise and fall of lincoln's opponents the north this, is part of a conference hosted by shenandoah university's civil war institute. >> there a lot of great things about institute and having the great pleasure to work at shenandoah university and one neat thing about the institute is that historians, there are so many civil historians that publish great work and had times, you never get to meet them and you can only admire them from a war. i've been familiar with jennifer weber's work for years and never had an opportunity to meet her, we're both at a conference this summer but there, but never hadded a chance to connect. so i'm glad that we're able to bring her to shenandoah. are weber is a associate professor at the university of kansas this academic year, she's a visit proing fessor at united states air force academy. the book has been called "copperhead", on sale out this the lobby and a children's book. her current ro jekt describes the rise of a large, powerful government. please join me in welco

. >> hechlt on the civil war, jennifer weber tells about her "copperheads", the rise and fall of lincoln's opponents the north this, is part of a conference hosted by shenandoah university's civil war institute. >> there a lot of great things about institute and having the great pleasure to work at d one doah university an neat thing about the institute historians, there are so many civil historians that nd had great work a times, you never get to meet them and you can only admire war. from a i've been familiar with jennifer

i've been familiar with jennifer weber's work for years and never had an opportunity to meet her, we're both at a conference this summer but there, but never hadded a chance to connect. so i'm glad that we're able to bring her to shenandoah. are weber is a

i've been familiar with jennifer weber's work for years and never had an opportunity to meet her, we're both at a conference this summer but there, but never hadded a chance to connect. so i'm glad that we're able to bring her to shenandoah. are weber is a associate professor at the university of kansas this academic year, she's a visit proing fessor at united states air force academy. the book has been called "copperhead", on sale out this the lobby and a children's book. her current ro jekt describes the rise of a large, owerful government. please join me in welcoming dr. ennifer weber. >> good afternoon, it's to to be here and to see all of you awake, this being after lunch, o i'd like to thank jonathan an his staff. it's a pleasure to be here. i love this part of the country. it's also spring here, which it is not in colorado yet owe i'm enjoying that. putting a conference like this on is a huge amount of work, i'm grateful to jonathan for everything he's done here. so, aim today talking about and hey gave lincoln a run for his money and came los to taking over the democratic party