Natl Archives -- Panel -- Decision Making in the Civil War (w/James McPherson, Craig Symonds, and John Marszalek):
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- Description of Pictures: Decision Making in the American Civil War: Three noted historians and authors discuss decision making in the American Civil War. John F. Marszalek, professor emeritus of history at Mississippi State University, analyzes the command decisions and differing perspectives of the generals, particularly Henry Wager Halleck and William Tecumseh Sherman. Craig Symonds, professor of history at the U.S. Naval Academy, looks at Abraham Lincoln and his admirals. James McPherson, professor emeritus of history at Princeton University, examines Lincoln and his generals.
Introductions were provided by Daniel Rulli, Education Specialist, National Archives and Records Administration.
Opening remarks were provided by Robert S Willard, President, Abraham Lincoln Institute.
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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- NADM_051019_008.JPG: Left to right: John Marszalek, Craig Symonds, James McPherson
- NADM_051019_019.JPG: James McPherson. Professor Emeritus of History at Princeton University. Author of a bunch of books including the Pulitzer Prize winning "Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era" (1988).
- NADM_051019_044.JPG: Daniel Rulli, Education Specialist, National Archives
- NADM_051019_048.JPG: Bob Willard is president of the Abraham Lincoln Institute and admits to a life-long fixation on Lincoln. He's worked with the Government Printing Office, the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), Mead Data Central, Inc. (now named LexisNexis), and Vice President, Government Relations of the Information Industry Association. He served as an Army officer in Korea, Vietnam, and the Pentagon.
- NADM_051019_111.JPG: Craig L. Symonds is a leading Civil War and naval historian who taught for more than thirty years at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland; the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island; and Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, England. His ten books include the award-winning biographies Joseph E. Johnston: A Civil War Biography; Stonewall of the West: Patrick Cleburne and the Civil War; and Confederate Admiral: The Life and Wars of Franklin Buchanan, plus The Naval Institute Historical Atlas of the U.S. Navy and A Battlefield Atlas of the Civil War.
- NADM_051019_162.JPG: John F. Marszalek: Formerly a professor at the University of Mississippi, his 1993 work, "Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order," was a finalist for the Lincoln Prize, considered the most prestigious award for Civil War books. His most recent publication, "Commander of All Lincoln's Armies: A Life of General Henry W. Halleck," (2004) focuses on the puzzling career of a senior Union officer who was a commanding general longer than anyone else in the four-year conflict, but whose legacy subsequently fell into somewhat of an historical vacuum.
- NADM_051019_202.JPG: Craig Symonds
- NADM_051019_206.JPG: James McPherson
- NADM_051019_210.JPG: John Marszalek, Craig Symonds, and James McPherson
- NADM_051019_212.JPG: Bob Willard
- NADM_051019_241.JPG: James McPherson
- NADM_051019_290.JPG: Bob Willard
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