After Charleston and Charlottesville: The Future of Confederate History

The 23rd annual Elizabeth Roller Bottimore Lecture featured historians Dr. Gary W. Gallagher and Dr. Edward L. Ayers.
The ACWM partnered with the University of Richmond's Department of History for the event held on October 18, 2018, at the UR campus.

[@sup8857]

I love to cut off the video and listen to these talks before bed. From the sound of it, Dr. Ayers conducted this interview from inside of his broom closet.

[@TheGazaMethodChannel]

The intro to the 51 min talk was over 8 minutes -oh my goodness.

[@ryangerardcomedy425]

Shame about the sound, but what I love about Gary Gallagher, besides his sardonic sense of humor, is his vitality. I didn't give a damn about the Civil War in my early years. Not enough planes and bombs for me. I had to get older and more mature first. And so when your mind is ready for the story of the War of the Rebellion you definitely want a guy like Gary Gallagher to make you excited. Since I first saw his Teaching Company lectures I have read several books on the war. I'm reading Grant's Memoirs right now. It's interesting to me how a subject as far back as the 1860s can be informing the society even today and be fresh.

[@kristinewiderquist4390]

The conversation was terrific!

[@gregmccarty8476]

I love Professor Gallagher despite his soccer bashing 😊

[@emonokari82]

"Watching soccer is totally fine. So is watching water boil. Boiling water is just more interesting is all." -- Something Gary W. Gallagher Might Say

[@thomasrobisch5701]

Introduction is too long. She spent a lot of time telling us what the lecture is not about.

[@GH-oi2jf]

Thomas robisch - It starts at about 8:14.

[@addisonteague1196]

Starts at 8:10

[@dudeman5303]

I love the video, but you guys should mix the sound a bit. Its really hard to listen to with headphones because of how loud it gets randomly with sudden sounds and popping

[@princeofmoskova]

I was looking forward to this, but the sound is horrible to try and listen to it.

[@johnschuh8616]

After the civil war memorials to Union dead were erected all over the North. In the South the first statues erected had a similar purpose to commemorate the Confederate dead. Proportionately those were far greater than the Union Dead. As for the states of Lee, they were erected at a time when the mood of the country was reconciliation. Who was a more appropriate figure of this than Lee, a man admitted even during the war and even in the North, and who as much as Grant, was a symbol of a gracious loser? I find it interesting, though, are those who are also trying to tear down the reputation of Lincoln..

[@philipwolf3619]

The best

[@bertclements]

Why the freaking hell couldn't you provide better audio!!

[@GH-oi2jf]

Bert Clements - KZbin productions are mostly amateur.

[@hansheintz6392]

Really like these speakers but sound quality makes this useless alas.

[@leftyshawenuph4026]

Everything about the video quality is BAD. I mean, why even upload it?

[@chrisgivens9632]

Not one word mentioned how the north benefited from the south's slavery economic machine and how the north enforced high tariffs on the south, especially on south Carolina years before the war ever started, all they know is slavery. West coast California liberal.

[@GH-oi2jf]

Off topic. You can read about that elsewhere.

[@cliffpage7677]

Terrable audio. Gary Gallager is a Southern polimisist and historical revisionist, who can't get over the slavery being the nexus of the War between the states.

[@pierlombardini8705]

If you cannot record the sound properly spare yourself time and fatigue in uploading something utterly useless

[@kayliehowell8294]

Bunk as usual. I’ll watch soccer

[@herecomesaregular8418]

How would you know if it was bunk or not?