i'm here to talk about dan welch, who is a very long-time seasonal ranger at gettysburg national park, which is where i had the pleasure of meeting and working with him for a couple of years. he's the coauthor of last road north, co-author of an immediately coming out book on ohio and also the co-editor of the emerging civil war tenth anniversary series that have just recently come out. so with not too much else to say, i want to introduce dan welch who is here to talk about the man we love to hate, john pope, so here's dan welch, the man with too many laughs and not enough free time. [ applause ] >> well, good evening, everyone. one of the things i've not shared with a lot of you is my absolute love of the southern rock band lynyrd skynyrd. [ applause ] i've been very fortunate over the last several years to meet some of the plane crash survivors. i've visited all the graves of those that perished in october 1977. i've heard some wonderful stories from some of their former managers and crew. and one of the stories i heard was, as lynyrd skynyrd was getting very popular as the '70s we

i am here to talk about dan wells, who is a very long time seasonal ranger at gettysburg military park, where is a had the absolute pressure of meeting and working with him for a couple of years. he's also the co-author of the book on the gettysburg campaign, coauthor of the immediately coming out book, and the co-editor of the emerging civil war tent never surrey series, which has just recently come out, one on gettysburg, and one on tele-houma. with not much else to say, i want to introduce dan wells who is here to talk about the man we love to hate, john pope. so here is dan welch, the man with too many laps, and not enough free time. [applause] >> good evening everyone. you know, one of the things that i have not shared with a lot of you as my absolute love of the southern rock band leonard skinner. i have been very fortunate over the last several years, have visited all the graves of those who perished in october 1977. i have heard some wonderful stories from one of their former managers and crew. one of the stories that i have heard is that leonard skinner was getting very popula

i'm here to talk about dan welch, a very long time, seasoned ranger at gettysburg military park where i have the absolute pleasure of meeting and working with him for a couple of years. he is also co-author of last road north, the ecw book on the gettysburg campaign, coauthor of an immediately coming out book on ohio and antietam. and also the co-editor of the "emerging civil war" tenth anniversary series that has just recently come out, one on gettysburg, another on tele-houma and vicksburg. with not too much else to say, i want to introduce dan welch, who will talk about the man we love to hate, john pope. so, here is dan welch, the man with not enough free time. >> [applause] >> good evening everyone. one of the things i've not shared with a lot of you is my absolute love of the southern rock band leonard skin heard. i've been very fortunate to me some of the plane crash survivors and meet those who perished in the raves of october 1977. one of the stories i've heard is that as lynyrd skynyrd was getting popular and their fame was rising, a lot of the acts that they would open four

also the coauthor of the book on the gettysburg campaign, and also the coeditor of the emerging civil war 10th anniversary series, one on gettysburg, one on tolohoma and vicksburg so without too much else to say, introduce dan welsh to talk about the man we all love to hate, dan pope. here he is, the man with too many laughs and not enough free time. >> well, good evening everyone. one of the things i have not shared with a lot of you is my absolute love of the southern rock band lynyrd skynyrd, very fortunate over the last several years to meet the plane crash survivors, visit all the graves of those who perished in 1977, heard the stories from the crew, one thing i heard as they were getting popular, a lot of the acts they would open for would talk to their tour manager and say don't let them close with free bird. we can't top that. and this would be from bands like peter frampton and the rolling stones and now i know exactly the situation they were in trying to follow gary gallagher. but in all honestly, i want to begin tonight by thanking my colleagues, sara, john, eric and all co

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i'm here to talk about dan welch, a very long time ranger at gettysburg national military park, where i had the pleasure of meeting and working with him for a couple of years. he is also the co-author of the ecw on the gettysburg campaign, coming out immediately on ohio and -- and an anniversary series that has just come out. and so, with not too much else to say, i want to introduce dan welch who is here to talk about, the man we love to hate, john hope. so here is dan welch, the man with too many labs are not enough free time. [applause]. what good evening everyone. one thing i've not shared with you is my love of the southern rock band lynyrd skynyrd. -- i've heard from some of their former managers in crew. and one of the things that i've heard is that as was lynyrd skynyrd getting popular and their fame was rising, a lot of their acts that they would open for talks, they would say, don't let them open with free bird, we can't top that. and so now i know exactly the situation that they were in, trying to follow gary gallagher. but i want to thank my colleagues and all the members

in the historiography and his role in the preservation and he's i've said at the outset if you love gettysburg as much as we do, i think it's important to understand all of the phases of dance sickles his career love him or not hate him or not. love to hate him or hate to love them. so all right with that. i think we're almost out of time. i'm seeing the q in the back of the room. thank you and thanks. at he spent history for more of this date in history post. >> hi, buddy. i am john tracy, a newer member of emerging civil war no small part of the recruitment efforts of the present i am introducing here is dan welch, a very long time seasonal ranger at military park where i have the absolute pleasure of meeting and working with him for a couple of years. he's also co-author of last road north, the book on the gettysburg campaign, co-author of immediately coming up book on ohio and introduce paintballs who's here to talk about the man we love to hate, john pope so here is dan welch, a man with too many class and not enough free time. [laughter] [applause] >> good evening, everyone. one of the t

of the anniversary series that have recently come out, one on gettysburg. so with not too much else to say, i want to introduce dan welch who is here to talk about the man we love to hate, john pope, so here's dan welch, the man with too many lives and not enough free time. >> well, good evening, everyone. one of the things i've not shared with a lot of you is my absolute love of the southern rock band lynyrd skynyrd. [ applause ] i've been very fortunate over the last several years to meet some of the plane crash survivors. i've visited all the graves of those that perished in october 1977. i've heard some wonderful stories from some of their former managers and crew. and one of the stories i heard was, as lynyrd skynyrd was getting very popular as the '70s were wearing on and their fame was rising, a lot of the acts they opened for would talk to their manager and say, don't let them close with "free bird," we can't top that. this would be from bands like peter frampton and the rolling stones. now i know exactly the situation they were in, trying to follow

the coauthor of last road north, book on the gettysburg campaign, coauthor on a an immediately coming out book on antietam and coauthor of the anniversary series. so, with not too much else to say, i want to introduce dan welsh who is here to talk about the man we love to hate, john pope. here is dan welsh the man with too many laughs and not enough free time. >> well good evening, everyone. you know, one of the things i haven't shared with a lot of you is the absolute love of the southern rock band, lynyrd skynyrd, been fortunate to meet some of the plane crash survivors, and heard wonderful stories from former managers and crew and one of the stories i heard was as lynyrd skynyrd was getting popular a lot of the acts they were opening for would talk to the manager and say don't let them close with free bird, we can't top that. and this would be bands like peter frampton and the rolling stones and now i know exactly the situation they were in trying to follow gary gallagher. but in all honestly, i want to begin thanking my colleagues, sara, john, eric and all the members at ecw for t

he's also co-author of last road north, the book on the gettysburg campaign, co-author of immediately coming up book on ohio and introduce paintballs who's here to talk about the man we love to hate, john pope so here is dan welch, a man with too many class and not enough free time. [laughter] [applause] >> good evening, everyone. one of the things i've not shared with a lot of you is my absolute love of the sovereign rock bands leonard skynyrd. [applause] -fortunate to meet some of the plane crash survivors who visited all the graves of those who perished october 1977, i've heard wonderful stories from some of their former managers and group is one of the stories i heard as he was getting popular, 70s wearing on their fame was rising, a lot of acts they would open talk to their manager and say don't let them close with freeburg, who can't top that. this would be from plans like peter and the rolling stones and now i know exactly the situation they were in trying to follow gary gallagher but in all honesty, i want to begin tonight by thinking my colleagues and all the members for thei