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Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 6;30 p.m. - Elk's Lodge
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| Dr. George C. Rable - Fredericksburg: The Battlefield and Beyond |
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The Confederate Forces led by General Robert E. Lee, even though greatly outnumbered, inflected
heavy casualties on the Union forces led by General Ambrose E. Burnside during this battle on December 11-15, 1862.
The Confederate victory halted the Union campaign to march on Richmond, the Southern capital.
The presentation focuses on how the significance of this battle extended far beyond the battlefield. It explains how it was a
Confederate victory but also a Union story. After a brief look at the battle, this talk will largely focus on the consequences including
the treatment of the wounded, coming to grips with carnage on such a large scale, and how the news of the battle was conveyed.
The final part of the talk deals with the demoralization in Army of the Potomac and the resilience of the soldiers. Dr. Rable will discuss the far reaching impact of this battle on the Civil War Combatants. Dr. Rable is a prolific author whose books on Civil War era history have received many awards. |
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George C. Rable is the Charles G. Summersell Chair in Southern History at the University of Alabama. A native of Lima, Ohio, he received his B.A from Bluffton College (1972), his M.A from Louisiana State University (1973), and his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University (1978). He taught at Anderson University in Indiana from 1979-1998. He is currently the President of the Society of Civil War Historians. His books include: “Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!” (University of North Carolina Press, 2002), which won the Lincoln Prize, the Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award in American Military History, the Jefferson Davis Award, the Douglas Southall Freeman History Award and was a History Book Club selection; “The Confederate Republic: A Revolution Against Politics” (University of North Carolina Press, 1994), which was a History Book Club selection; “Civil Wars: Women and the Crisis of Southern Nationalism” (University of Illinois Press, 1989), which won the Julia Cherry Spruill Prize and the Jefferson Davis Award; and “But There Was No Peace: The Role of Violence in the Politics of Reconstruction”. (University of Georgia Press, 1984). He is currently writing a book with the working title, "A Religious History of the American Civil War." |
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