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    Union Soldiers Confront the Dead at Antietam

    Sam Houston State University professor Brian Matthew Jordan talked about how Union soldiers confronted the thousands of dead men and horses after the 1862 Battle of Antietam. This talk was p…

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    Lives of Civil War Veterans

    Brian Matthew Jordan and Evan Rothera are the co-editors of The War Went On: Reconsidering the Lives of Civil War Veterans, a collection of essays by 15 scholars which the editors said they …

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    Honoring U.S. Veterans Since the Revolutionary War

    The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati hosted a panel discussion that examined the experiences of U.S. veterans since the Revolutionary War era. Veterans Affairs …

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    1864 Civil War Overland Campaign

    Sam Houston State University professor Brian Matthew Jordan taught a class about the Civil War’s Overland Campaign, which took place in Virginia in 1864 and pitted Union forces under Ulysses…

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    Panel Discussion on Controversial Generals of the Civil War

    Historians answered audience questions about Civil War generals, including which ones have been the most loved and hated through history. They also talked about which generals had the best a…

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    Union General Benjamin Butler

    Professor Brian Matthew Jordan talked about Union General Benjamin Butler, who became known in the South as the “Beast” for his stern actions as military governor after the fall of New Orlea…

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    Civil War Defenses Roundtable

    Historians explored the idea of “Civil War defenses” from a variety of angles. They talked about military defenses, generals who defended their reputations, and the inability of soldiers to …

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    Battle of South Mountain

    Brian Matthew Jordan talked about the September 1862 Battle of South Mountain, fought during Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s first invasion of the North and in the lead-up to the Battle …

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    Civil War Defenses

    Kristopher White talked about the views of early American military theorists on battle defense and how it was applied during the Civil War. He also spoke about how generals defended their ac…

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    Civil War Battlefield Trauma

    Civil War scholars gave a historical perspective on the physical and mental trauma suffered by soldiers fighting the bloodiest war in American history.*More than 625,000 Americans died in th…

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    C-SPAN 25th Anniversary Essay Winner

    Brian Matthew Jordan, a C-SPAN 25th anniversary essay contest winner, was interviewed via telephone from Tallmadge, Ohio. He read his essay, and talked about his love of presidential history…

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