i am peter carmichael, professor of history at gettysburg college. it is my pleasure to introduce rauthamer. theis a professor at university of massachusetts-amherst. her first book i have right in front of me -- her first book

i'm peter carmichael, professor of history at gettysburg college, and the director of the civil war institute. it's my pleasure to introduce barbara krauthamer, barbara is associate professor of history at the university of massachusetts at amherst where she teaches courses on antebellum u.s. history, slavery, emancipation and native american history. her first book, i have in front of me. her first book entitled "box slaves, indian 345masters, slavery, emancipation and citizenship in the native american south." quite a title. published by the university of north carolina press. this book details the untold story of enslavement by cocktile and chickasaw ind januarys in the 18th and 19th centuries and barbara co-authored a photographic history of slavery, emancipation and freedom published in 2013, published by temple university press, and it is also for sale in our bookstore. tonight she will be speaking about her recent work and the talk is entitled "envisioning emancipation: black americans and the end of slavery." please welcome barbara. [ applause ] >> come on up. >> thank you! thanks. we

i'm peter carmichael, i am the director of the civil war

i'm peter carmichael, professor of history at gettysburg college, and the director of the civil war institute. it is my pleasure to introduce barbara krauthamer, barbara is associate professor of history

good afternoon i am peter carmichael.ere at gettysburg college.

i am peter carmichael. i'm the director of the civil war institute.introduce the speakers for our conversation or panel on the return of the confederacy. -- from the confederacy. those of you who are part of the audience, you can be the conversation. we are course twitter, chas been ready. cwi2016.

i'm peter carmichael. i am a professor of history at gettysburg college and also the director of the civil war institute. it's my pleasure this evening to be moderator and panelist for this session on the anatomy of a lost cause. joining me, to my immediate right is keith bohannon.

. >> good afternoon, i'm peter carmichael, professor of history here at geties berg college. it is my pleasure to introduce our panelists this afternoon, conversation on lessons learned by the u.s. military. so let me first introduce our panelists. i will begin with jennifer murray, who of course is on my far right. jennifer is assistant professor of history at the university of virginia,er

. >> good evening, i'm peter carmichael. i'm the director of the civil war institute.s my pleasure to introduce barbara krauthamer. she's an associate professor of history at the university of massachusetts at amherst where she teachings courses on u.s. history,

i am peter carmichael, professor of history at gettysburg college. it is my pleasure to introduce rauthamer. theis a professor at university of massachusetts-amherst. her first book i have right in front of me -- her first book entitled "black slaves, indian masters, slavery, emancipation, and citizenship in the native ." quite a title. published by the university of north carolina press. this book details the untold story of enslavement by choctaw and chickasaw indians in the 18th and 19th century. arbara has also co-authored book on slavery, emancipation and freedom published by temple university press, and it is also for sale in our bookstore. tonight, she will be speaking about her recent work and the talk is entitled "envisioning : black americans and the end of slavery." please welcome barbara. [laughter] professor krauthamer: hello, good evening. thank you for staying this late into the night. thank you, peter, for the invitation and the introduction, who has managed to make everything happen seamlessly from massachusetts to gettysburg. book i

i'm peter carmichael, professor of history here at gettysburg college. it's my pleasure to introduce barbara krauthamer. she's associate professor of history at the university of massachusetts at amherst where she teaches courses on antebellum u.s. history, epans pags, a -- emancipation, native american history. her first book black slaves, slavery, emancipation and citizenship in the native american south. that's quite a title. published by the university of north carolina press. this book details the untold story of the enslavement of indians in the 18th and 19th centuries. barbara has also co-authored a photographic history of slavery emancipation and freedom publ h published in 2013, published by temple university press, and it is also for sale in our bookstore. tonight she will be speaking about her recent work and the talk is entitled envisioning emancipation, black americans, and the end of slavery. please welcome barbara. >>> hello. good evening. thank you for staying this late into the night. thank you for staying awake. thank you, peter, for th

therefore, peter carmichael without his scarf indicated wish and not talk about issues of inevitability. what you're indicating here is that like it or not, respecting the right of confederates to save face at the end of the war simply promoted a spirit of resistance, and on the other hand, not to disregard that imperative, what in fact embittered confederates even more. so, this does open up the question of then what kind of war termination strategy would have led to a much more compliant ex-confederate citizenry -- during reconstruction? mr. silkenat: sure. i think confederates responded, if you look at individual soldiers, they responded to surrender at appomattox, they responded in different ways. you look at lee's army in the days before appomattox, some of them, because they determined the war is over and they worried about what happened -- some of them lee was saying, i do not want to surrender. i want to join johnson's army and continue to fight. if you look at what happened in texas, a part of kirby smith's army says, even though also surrendering, we are not going to surrender

i'm peter carmichael, i am the director of the civil war institute at gettysburg college, also a professor of history, also here at gettysburg. it is my pleasure to introduce mark summers. mark summers is the thomas d.

therefore, peter carmichael, without his scarf, indicated that we shouldn't talk about issues of inevitability, that there are all these other choices. but what you are indicating here in fact is that, like it or not, respecting the right of confederates to save face at the end of the war simply promoted a spirit of resistance. and on the other hand, to disregard that imperative would in fact have embittered confederates even more. so this does open up the question of, well, then what kind of war termination strategy would have led to a much more compliant ex-confederate citizenry when it came to the objectives of the conflict realized during reconstruction? >> sure. you know i think confederates responded, if you look at the individual soldiers, they responded to surrender in different ways. if you look at lee's army, in the days before the surrender, some of them leave because they determine the war is over and they are worried about what happens were they to surrender. some say i don't want to surrender, i'm going to somehow make it to texas and continue to fight. if you look at what happen

i am peter carmichael. >> i am the director of the civil rights institute at gettysburg college. i am also a professor of history here at gettysburg. it is my pleasure to introduce mark summers. mark summers is the thomas d clark professor of history at the university of kentucky, where he teaches courses in political history. he is the author of numerous books including "rum, romanticism, and rebellion," as well as -- this book examined. a dangerous stir fear, paranoia and the making of reconstruction. most recently, dr. summers published this book, "the ordeal of reunion," and it is already sold out in our bookstore behind you. there will be more copies coming. this volume is a volume that needs to stand alongside eric boehner's classic reconstruction. it is that important of a book. mark summers has the task to frame the reconstruction era for us. he is going to raise the big questions of this period, and it is my pleasure to introduce professor summers. [applause] dr. summers. dr. summers: thank you very much, peter, and thank you very much, allison, for the great work that y

peter carmichael, member of the history department here at gettysburg college. i am also director of the civil war institute. it is my pleasure to welcome you to the panel discussion on reconstructing southern womanhood. i will introduce our panelists beginning of my far right -- judy,ing on my far right, a professor of history at villanova university, where she teaches a range of courses of 19th century u.s. history, civil war, women's history, the history of childhood, and reconstruction. i have had an opportunity to meet many of judy students. they are outstanding. she brings them here every year to gettysburg. i have had a fantastic time with judy out in the battlefield. she is a well-established scholar. she has published a number of books and articles. the book that has probably gotten the most acclaim is , sisterhood,il war and women's politics in transition. " and just recently, she has assumed the editorship of the journal of the civil war era. it is a fantastic journal out of penn state, also published by the university of north carolina press, and cer

i am peter carmichael. i'm the director of the civil war institute. it is my privilege and pleasure to introduce the speakers for our conversation or panel on the return of the confederacy. -- from the confederacy. those of you who are part of the audience, you can be the conversation. we are course twitter, chas been ready. cwi2016. let me go ahead and introduce our panelists. to my far right, david, who teaches a range of courses on civil war and southern history, reconstruction and civil war. this first book is an excellent moment of despair, suicide, divorce, and debt in civil war era north carolina. next to david is james brumar. he recently assumed the directorship of shepherd university's george tyler center for the study of civil war. shepherd university, as many of you know, is just across the potomac river, and, of course, just in west virginia. he also is an assistant professor of history in the university history department. he's published a number of articles. he's done field studies for the national parks service and he's just on the cus

>> good afternoon, i'm peter carmichael, professor of history here at gettysburg college. it is my pleasure to introduce our panelists this afternoon, conversation on lessons learned by the u.s. military. so let me first introduce our panelists. i will begin with jennifer murray, who of course is on my far right. jennifer is assistant professor of history at the university of virginia, her research explores the relationship between warfare and the creation of historical memory with particular emphasis on the preservation of battle fields. her first book on a great battlefield, the making, management, and memory of gettysburg national military park earned the 2014 award for contributions to historical understandings of the gettysburg campaign. many of you in the audience have benefited from her superb tours. she is working on a geography of general gordon meade which i hope will be published by the university of north carolina press. ian isherwood to the left of jen, he is the assistant director of the civil war institute at gettysburg college for a few more months. he has

good afternoon i am peter carmichael. i am a history has her -- professor here at gettysburg college. it is my privilege and pleasure to introduce our panel on the return of the confederate century. who are part of our life c-span audience, you can actually be part of this conversation. twitter at #cwi2016. let me go ahead and introduce our panelists. right, david, who is of americanlecturer history at the university of edinburgh in scotland. he teaches a range of civil war and southern history. his first book is in one published by the university of carolina press entitled " moments of despair, suicide, divorce, and debt in civil war era north carolina." next to david is james. james recently assumed instructors up -- instructor university shepherd civil war. it is not far from the battle of antietam. he is also assistant professor of history. he has published a number of studies foritled the national park service. he is on because of releasing his first book for publication at the university of carolina press. jason phi

i'm peter carmichael, i am the director of the civil war institute at gettysburg college, i'm also a professor of history, also here at gettysburg. it is my pleasure to introduce mark summers. mark summers is the thomas d. clark professor of history at the university of kentucky where he teaches courses in 19th century u.s. history and political history. he is the author of numerous books including rum, romanticism and rebellion, the making of a president in 1884, as well as a dangerous stir, fear, paranoia and the making of reconstruction. this book was a groundbreaking monograph. it was one that examined the overlooked role of fear and emotions in reconstruction politics. most recently, dr. summers published this book, "the ordeal of reunion" and it is already sold out in our bookstore, just behind you. there will be more copies coming. this volume, which is part of the university of north carolina littlefield series, it is, what i think, a volume that needs to stand alongside eric foner's classic reconstruction. it's that important of a book. mark summers, this evening, he has the

i'm peter carmichael. i am a professor of history at gettysburg college and also the director of the civil war institute. it's my pleasure this evening to be moderator and panelist for this session on the anatomy of a lost cause. joining me, to my immediate right is keith bohannon. keith is an assistant professor of history at west georgia university. keith has long experience in the historical profession. he started off as a seasonal historian, actually as a volunteer at kennesaw national military park when he was a teenager. a teenager. and during that time, he also did extensive research in georgia archives. there simply is not another person who knows more about georgia during the civil war than keith bohannon. he finished his ph.d. at penn state, started under gary gallagher, who then moved on to the university of west virginia and then mark nealy was keith's adviser. to the right of keith is kat katy meier. she is an assistant professor -- i meant to say associate professor at virginia commonwealth u

i am peter carmichael. >> i am the director of the civil rights institute at gettysburg college. i am also a professor of history here at gettysburg. it is my pleasure to introduce mark summers. mark summers is the thomas d clark professor of history at the university of kentucky, where he teaches courses in political history. he is the author of numerous books including "rum,

peter carmichael, member of the history department here at gettysburg college. i am also director of the civil war institute. it is my pleasure to welcome you to the panel discussion on reconstructing southern womanhood. i will introduce our panelists beginning of my far right -- judy,ing on my far right, a professor of history at villanova univers

please stand by please stand by >> good afternoon, i'm peter carmichael, professor of history here at gettysburg college. it is my pleasure to introduce our panelists this afternoon, conversation on lessons learned by the u.s. military. so let me first introduce our panelists. i will begin with jennifer murray, who of course is on my far right. jennifer is assistant professor of history at the university of virginia, her research explores the relationship between warfare and the creation of historical memory with particular emphasis on the preservation of battle fields. her first book on a great battlefield, the making, management, and memory of gettysburg national military park earned the 2014 award for contributions to historical understandings of the gettysburg campaign.