kevin pawlak. so kevin is a historic site manager for prince william county's office of historic preservation. he is also a licensed battlefield guide at antietam national battlefield in harpers ferry national historical park. he's a graduate of shepherd university and has authored six books on the american civil war, including shepherdstown in the civil war, one vast confederate hospital, which really forms the core of what kevin is going to speak about today. now, i will say not part of kevin's official biography, but he undoubtedly knows what's coming. we share two things in common. we both. oh, yeah, like we both obviously have a great passion for history and we are both diehard fans of the buffalo bills. so you for cleveland. so, you know, i'm just saying. so go bills. all right. please join me in welcoming kevin pawlak. for all those who booed the bills. what do you have against a team that has no super. come on. almost an hour, chase. so i'm convinced that's. that's going to be the end of me

kevin pawlak. so kevin is a historic site manager for prince william county's office of historic preservation. he is also a licensed battlefield guide at antietam national battlefield in harpers ferry national historical park. he's a graduate of shepherd university and has authored six books on the american civil war, including shepherdstown in the civil war, one vast confederate hospital, which really forms the core of what kevin is going to speak about today. now, i will say not part of kevin's official biography, but he undoubtedly knows what's coming. we share two things in common. we both. oh, yeah, like we both obviously have a great passion for history and we are both diehard fans of the buffalo bills. so you for cleveland. so, you know, i'm just saying. so go bills. all right. please join me in welcoming kevin pawlak. for all those who booed the bills. what do you have against a team that has no super. come on. almost an hour, chase. so i'm convinced that's. that's going to be the end of me

kevin pawlak. so kevin is a historic site manager for pr

please join me in welcoming kevin pawlak. for all those who booed the bills.e against a team that has no super. come on. almost an hour, chase. so i'm convinced that's. that's going to be the end of me on this world. when the bills win the super bowl. but it's a great pleasure to be here with you all this afternoon and really like to thank jonathan. i can't remember when i first met jonathan. it was probably out of bills fan commiseration group of some sort, but it been great to see what he's done. the mccormack civil war institute. this is actually my first time here at the conference. and jonathan, i've just admired what you've done and doing a great job for your staff and volunteers and students here as well. so kudos to of you for putting on a real great program today. now i'm glad the book raffle happened beforehand because, you know, usually as a store and you don't like to stand between somebody and as the speaker but in a room full of historians i really did not want to stand between all of you and books. so i'm glad that's over with because i'm sure y