The presenter describes the Battle of Shiloh and the events that led to the creation of this site as a historic spot of land. He also addresses the question of what it means to be “Southern”, the importance of tradition, the closeness to the soil of our ancestors that other secions of the country don’t necessarily have and the formation of the unique Southern culture.
Speakers Expertise:
H. Grady Howell is a Civil War author and historian and has published twenty-two works covering Mississippi and the Civil War. He holds both B.A. and M.A. degrees in History from Southeastern Louisiana University as well as diplomas in Archive from the National Archives (Washington, D.C.) and Emory University-Georgia Department of Archives and History (Atlanta, GA).
