John Matteson with A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
When:
Tuesday, Mar 23, 2021 6:00p -
7:00p
Tuesday, Mar 23, 2021 6:00p -
7:00p
Where:
Online event
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
History, Virtual & Streaming
Event website:
https://wgbh.zoom.us/webinar/register/2016135970720/WN_l0xaJmRKQP-GtRezkJPOLA
December 1862 drove the United States toward a breaking point. The Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and Northern confidence. As Abraham Lincoln’s government threatened to fracture, this critical moment also tested five extraordinary individuals – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., army chaplain Arthur Fuller, Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, and John Pelham, a West Point cadet on the other side of the national schism. The changes they underwent led to profound repercussions in the country’s law, literature, politics, and popular mythology. Don’t miss hearing about their lives and this new work that interweaves the historic and the personal beautifully and powerfully.
-
SponsoredWBUR Earth Week Events
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2024 goes until 04/26
WBUR CitySpace at The Lavine Broadcast Center
-
SponsoredAffordable Spanish Classes in Boston (in-person and online courses) | BASE
Monday, May 06, 2024 goes until 05/25
Boston Area Spanish Exchange (BASE)
