Lecture: Knoxville's Civil War Legacy, Dr. Earl Hess
Channel: McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture
Date: 2012-11-30

The lecture, "Knoxville's Civil War Legacy: Losing, Preserving, Recovering and Recreating Battle Landscapes," given by Dr. Earl Hess as part of the McClung Museum's Civil War Lecture Series in 2012 to mark the Knox Area Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission's on-going efforts to bring the story of Knoxville's complicated history to our community.

Dr. Earl Hess of Lincoln Memorial University is known and respected nationwide as a leading expert in Civil War history. The author of over twelve books, 23 articles and 100 book reviews, his latest work is entitled The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee. Published by University of Tennessee Press, this extremely well organized and precisely illustrated book is a great asset to our understanding of local history. Top-notch research and writing applied to the complicated subject of East Tennessee's under appreciated contributions and sacrifices during the Civil War, have produced an academic success and a surprisingly good read in one volume.