. > next scott hartwig former supervisory historian at gettysburg national military park talks aboutead up to 1862 battle of preliminary emancipation proclamation after the battle. symposium by the the emerging civil war blog. what an introduction for an introduction. first i will say that i do serve executive director for civil war trails and it is an honor beca

join me in welcoming scott hartwig. if you have to drive around northern virginia in your job my hat goes off to you. you know what i'm talking about. and, burt worked for me. failed.ly [laughter] you, : no, i have to tell u when i came in here and heard the list of top 10 with this crowd i was like oh my to be -- you oing can't win in a top 10. be has ot win because their own argument. think burt did a great job so i have no problem with gettysburg being 11, nine, eight. all have our own opinions on these things. of this, we y part will talk about the antietam and a theorist once war is politics by other means. you might say extreme means. maryland campaign of 1862 or antietam campaign you could of the ick any campaign war but this one in particular politics, not h just on one side, on both sides. what i intend to do is talk t this campaign and about five topics associated with the campaignment for me to campaign ishe whole a seminar, not a talk. emancipation bout in the maryland campaign. invade maryland? the armies o