please join me in welcoming john buchanan. (applause) >> i should start by thanking the society for letting me speak in this historic venue and calcium atwood and thank you chelsea. (applause) so, wow what to do about the south? the last major engagement of the north was a battle of mount men and 1778. after that, they still may with the british and the thinking of the southern campaign in 1976 and for various reasons decided to turn self. at the tail end of 1778, a british assault force went between sun up and sundown became masters of savannah. and the new year, they marched about 1000 british and provincial regulars who marched a country all the way to augustine of 170 miles. now, they british commander in chief and he's florida and georgia and major general augustine prevail had an expedition to open the back country that made loyalty and those loyal moratory who failed the test. these 6000 loyalist fighting, 1100 to 1500 showed and they were disappointed. they expected allies and not one appeared. for those another reason

buchanan. in 1860, breckinridge runs for president. he will be one of the four candidates, lincoln, john bill, john breckinridge, and stephen douglas. breckinridge is running on a democratic ticket. his campaign managers come up with a platform he doesn't necessarily agree with. well, breckinridge loses the president's initial election and lincoln -- presidential election and lincoln takes office. kentucky appoints breckinridge as their senator, and the day he steps down from being a vice president, he takes his oath to be senator for kentucky. in the senate, he is not on fire for secession. he is more interested in keeping kentucky neutral. however, things start spiraling out of his control. 1861, his son, has run off and join the confederate army, and through a series of events, breckinridge runs to the confederacy and will fight with the confederacy as a naval officer during the remainder of the war. , he foughtw market it shiloh, baton rouge, jackson, and others. messages that start cloth the campaign are very interesting. here is the one robert e lee sends to breckinridge on may 1,