5/13/2023 0 Comments A southerners reckoningWant to listen to an audio-only version of this lecture? Listen now on Soundcloud. The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. He graduated from Washington and Lee University and holds a PhD from the Ohio State University. He has published numerous books, articles, and videos on military history, including the award-winning West Point History of the Civil War. He is the Chamberlain Fellow at Hamilton College as well as a New America Fellow. Army for thirty-six years, retiring as a brigadier general. Ty Seidule is Professor Emeritus of History at West Point where he taught for two decades. From a soldier, a scholar, and a southerner, Ty Seidule believes that American history demands a reckoning. From a soldier, a scholar, and a southerner, Ty Seidule believes that American history demands a reckoning. Now, as a retired brigadier general and Professor Emeritus of History at West Point, Ty’s view has radically changed. Army, every part of his life reinforced the Lost Cause myth: that Lee was the greatest man who ever lived, and that the Confederates were underdogs who lost the Civil War with honor. From his southern childhood to his service in the U.S. Lee and Me challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy. In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule's Robert E. On May 5, 2021, Ty Seidule showcased why some of this country’s oldest wounds have never healed. Lee and Me: A Southerners Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause.
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