. >> next on the civil war, scott hardwick, the former supervisory had saurian at gettysburg national military park talks about the lead up to the september 1862 battle of antietam, and abraham lincoln announcing that emancipation proclamation after the battle. this talk was part of a symposium posted by an emerging civil war blog. scott: what an introduction for an introduction. first off, i do serve as the executive director for civil war trails, and i get to work for all of you. it is absolutely true. the program grows at the grassroots level. it is individuals like you who may have an idea and want a spot marked to the world, you come to us.

welcome scott hardwick. [applause] scott: if you have to drive around northern virginia and your job, my hat goes off to you. you know what i am talking about. he worked for me. i clearly failed. [laughter] when i came in here and i heard top 10.had to list the with this crowd, i was like this is going to be -- you can't win. everybody has their own argument . i think he did a great job. i have no problem with gettysburg being 11. we all have our own opinions on these things. tonight, in my part of this, we will talk about the antietam campaign. the prussian military theorist carl von clausewitz once said that war is politics by other means. it may say extreme means. 1862,ryland campaign of you can almost pick any campaign of the war, this campaign in particular is infused with politics. not just on one side, on both sides. intend to do is look at this campaign and talk about five topics associated with it. for me to go through the whole campaign, that's a seminar, not a talk. we are going to talk about emanc