Civil War Historian WEBCAST

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The Pritzker Military Library and the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop
present Civil War Night!
EDWIN BEARSS Historian Emeritus, U.S. National Park Service Speaking about his long awaited new book FIELDS OF HONOR Pivotal Battles of the Civil War
Thursday, June 22nd
Pritzker Military Library, 610 N. Fairbanks Court, Chicago 5:00 p.m. - Complimentary Reception 6:00 p.m. - Presentation and LIVE WEB CAST
To make a reservation, call the Library at 312.587.0234 Few historians have ever captured the drama, excitement, and tragedy of the War Between the States quite like Edwin Bearss. The acclaimed "Homer of the Civil War" has won a huge, devoted following with his extraordinary battlefield tours and eloquent soliloquies about the heroes, scoundrels, and little-known moments of a conflict that still fascinates America. Antietam, Shiloh, Chickamauga, Gettysburg: these hallowed battles and more than a dozen more come alive as never before, rich with human interest and colorful detail culled from a lifetime of study. Illustrated with detailed maps and archival images, this 448-page volume commemorates the 140th anniversary of the war's end with a unique narrative of its most critical battles, translating Bearss' inimitable delivery into print. As he guides readers from the first shots at Fort Sumter to Gettysburg's bloody fields to the dignified surrender at Appomattox, his engagingly plainspoken but expert account demonstrates why he stands beside Shelby Foote, James McPherson, and Ken Burns in the front rank of modern chroniclers of the Civil War, as the Pulitzer Prize-winning McPherson himself points out in his admiring introduction. Edwin C. Bearss is the America's premier battlefield historian. The former Chief Historian of the National Park Service and its current historian emeritus, Bearss leads tours of America's battlefields more than 300 days per year. A tireless advocate for preservation of Civil War battlefield sites, he has testified before Congress on numerous occasions. He is on the board of directors of the Civil War Preservation Trust and has been honored by nearly every group in the United States that supports Civil War education and preservation.

Go to http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/ On the homepage there is a link under the Upcoming Events section called "Find Out More". You have to register, I believe, in order to watch the webcast. Registration is free. The webcast begins at 6PM Central Time US. That's 6 hours behind London, 7 hrs behind Berlin, 9 hrs behind Moscow and 15 hrs behind Melbourne.