it is such of the civil war past in a new deal era context that nina silber examines in her new book this were eight over fighting the civil war in new deal america. she introduces a new cast of character to the historiography of civil war memory and explores how americans reinterpreted the civil war to meet their own needs during the great depression and world war ii. since completing her training as a historic historian at berkeley go bears sorry i had to do that, she has returned repeatedly to the fertile field of civil war studies to uncover new perspectives for which to engage civil war history. she has documented the gendered dimensions of the war and doctors of the union and gender and the sexual conflict. in the romance of reunion northerners in the south 1865- 1900 she traces the ships of northern sentiment towards the south during the period of reconciliation and the casualties of that reunion. in addition to republication's professor nina silber has a further understanding of the civil war era through her distinguished teaching career at boston university and her contribut

rule is thatto the nina silber and michael burlingame will sign books before their presentations. please make note of that if you would like to have them sign your books. there will be a lunch break from ,2:25, precisely, to 1:45 please take all of your belongings with you as the theater will be open at that time. finally, i want to thank our major donors to the abraham lincoln institute. for their outstanding support, michelle and the university of illinois-springfield. and michael burlingame, david leg, and he lincoln group of the district of columbia. the ever him lincoln institute is a non-for-profit institute that relies on its donations and additionally it is those donations that keep this day free to all of you. anyone wishing to make a donation can go to the ali website www.l incoln-institute.org or hand a check to our board members here today. i would like to introduce the president of the lincoln institute. he is an associate professor of american studies and the author about -- attor eight books about abraham lincoln. welcome, john. [applause] >> thank you, so much. goo