holly mayor did a book on hazen's regiment. i haven't gotten it yet but knowing holly and everything i heard of it, it sounds like it's going to be really good. so, you're getting more unit studies out of the revolution, which used to be a civil war thing. so, you're finally getting more and more unit studies. >> we're also seeing someone add a question for blaine but i'm going to add to it. he said future topic could be the race to the dan river after the battle of cal pens. we've seen a lot of southern literature on this southern gambit or to the ends of the earth, ends of the world. why do you think historians are focusing on this race to day end? >> probably because greene was -- he was a masterful -- not a tactician, but an operational commander. i mean, he -- he was amazing for what he did in the south basically leading cornwallis on a long run and let him basically just, you know, take his army on to the rocks in the carolinas. even though the army survived, he ran a good race. and he kept his army intact, which is what

everything from holly and what i've heard of it sounds like it's really good. so that's -- that's a -- you are getting more unit stud he is out of the revolution -- studies out of the revolution. euft to be a civil war thing but now getting more unit studies. >> also -- i'm and a question for blaine but i'm going to add to it. he said a future symposium topic could be the race to dan river after the battle of cowpens. we've seen a lot of southern literature on this southern gambit, or to the ends of the earth, or -- to the ends of the world. why do you think historians are focusing on this -- on this race to the dan? >> probably because green -- he was a masterful -- not a tactician but an operational commander. i mean, he -- he was amazing for what he did in the south. basically leading corn wallis on a long run and let him basically just -- you know, take his army on the rocks in the carolinas even though the army survived. i mean, he ran one hell of a good race. and kept his army intact. which is what washington did on a larger scale. plus in the carolinas,

holly who were actually drinking that night, but at trenton, no, they were prepared and ready, but raoul, you know, like i said, they were not drunk and it's grown from there where it's become a common myth about the battle. let's see. what's the next one? was colonel raul warned the night before that an attack was coming? now, you might have remembered cl story. a loyalist from pennsylvania makes it over to trenton gets a note and has a hand of cards and puts the note in his pocket and doesn't pay attention and the next morning he's killed in the battle and as he's dying he reaches the nothing and only if he had read it he could have prevented this whole disaster -- 60% say yes and 40% say no so this is kind of, you know, was he warned? yes, he was warned. there was -- his superiors were telling him to fortify trenton. they were telling him to get ready for an attack. raul, who performed very ably at the battle of new york actually doesn't build any fortification. he says that he -- you know, he's very overquestion didn't. he says these are a bunch of country clowns and let them come at

holly what were drinking that night. at trenton, they were prepared and ready. rahl, you know, like i said, they were not drunk though. it kind of grows from there, to where it's become a common myth about the battle. the next one, was colonel rall warned the night before an attack was coming? you might have heard this story. there is a story that while washington's men are crossing the delaware, a loyalist from pennsylvania makes it over to trenton, gets a note to rall. rall has a good hand of cards, puts his card in the pocket. next morning he's killed in the battle, and as he's dying, he reaches in his pocket, finds the note. if only he read it, he could have prevented this whole disaster. was that true or not? we're evenly divided here. 60% of you say yes. 40% say no. so this is kind of a, you know, was he warned? yes, he was warned. there was -- his superiors were telling him to fortify trenton. they were telling him to get ready for an attack. rall, who, you know, had performed very ably at the battle of new york, actually, doesn't build any fortifications

i was gonna say i will recommend because my mike was talking about hazen's regiment how holly mayor who did a book back in the 90s called belonging to the army about camp hours. she just wrote a book on hazen's regiment. and i haven't gotten it yet, but knowing how i am from what everything i've heard. i heard of it. it's it's sounds like it's good. it's really good. so that's that's a unit study. you're getting more unit studies out of the revolution which used to be a civil war thing. so you're finally getting to get more and more unit studies. we're also seeing someone add it's a question for blaine, but i'm gonna add to it as a he said a future symposium topic could be the race to the dan river after the battle of cow pens. we've seen a lot of southern literature on this southern gambit or to the ends of the earth or all into the world. why do you think historians are focusing on this on this race to dan? probably could because green green was them. he was a masterful. um not a tactician, but you know an operational commander. i mean he he was amazing for for what he did in the sout

holly pinheiro, an assistant professor of history at augusta university. in the fall, he will be taking up a new position at furman university in south carolina. congratulations on the new job and best of luck there. augusta university, one of the big projects he's worked on is to establish a race and social justice project which included creating an endowed scholarship for students studying black history. he's the author of several articles on black civil war military service and, right now, he's in the final stages of finishing off a book which is going to be published by the university of georgia press next year. definitely one to look out for. it's called the families were, same title as tonight lecture. we are going to get a sneak preview of the book tonight and he's going to speak for about ready to 35 minutes, so we will have plenty of time for questions. you can ask questions through the queue and day -- through the queue -- the q&a box in zoom. dr. new hall and i will steer them toward our guests and we are looking forward to seeing the questions

those are great questions and there's so much there's actually a really wonderful book by a woman named holly tucker called blood works and it's about the history of blood transfusions of that interests you yes, hi. i'm dr. john. well, and i introduce myself to you earlier. i am an infectious disease specialist, but i also have sort of having unique perspective on this because the last 20 years. i've been reenacting union confederate army surgeons. i've actually done many many simulated answers amputations using lynn's listings knife even oh, right? yeah sharp one. but yeah, but i want to say that one of the things that another legacy i would say of lister and my other medical hero as you mentioned was similwise is um the introduction of the rubber gloves into surgery and the reason that's lit listener is indirectly responsible for that is as you know, he introduced the use of carbolic acid for surgeons to to and medical personnel that wash their hands with in surgery well and hopkins in the 1890s, sir, dr. william halstead the father of modern american surgery had his scrub nurse who later b