Podcasts about hampton roads peace conference

Nikolai DiPippa, Clinton School Director of Public Programs, sat down with James Conroy, who has been a trial lawyer in Boston for over 30 years, having first pursued a public affairs career in Washington, D.C. as a House and Senate press secretary, speechwriter, and chief of staff. In his first book, Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865, Conroy explores the most critical meeting of the Civil War. He describes in great detail what happened when leaders from both sides came together in the only presidential peace mission in America’s wartime history to try and end the hostilities. Ultimately failing to come to an agreement, the War would drag on for two more months. Conroy argues that the failure of the Hampton Roads Conference shaped the course of American history and the future of America’s wars to come.

Chuck Morse is joined in the first hour by James B. Conroy, author of "Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865 Website: http://www.jamesbconroy.com/ In the second hour Chuck is joined by Cause of Action Executive Director Dan Epstein in a talk about whether IRS Agent Lois Lerner's lost emails constitute a violation of federal law. Link to Daily Caller article: http://dailycaller.com/2014/07/05/watchdog-irs-obstructed-congress-when-it-lost-lois-lerners-emails/

James B. Conroy, author of "Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865."

James B. Conroy, author of "Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865."

James B. Conroy, author of "Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865."

James B. Conroy, author of "Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865."

James B. Conroy, author of Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865.

On September 13, 2012, Arthur T. Downey delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Civil War Lawyers: Constitutional Questions and Courtroom Dramas." Lawyers dominated public life during the first third of American history, and many who were prominent during the Civil War era had tried cases with and against each other before the conflict. The key members of Lincoln's cabinet were all lawyers, as were many diplomatic appointees and the five men who tried to end the war at the Hampton Roads Peace Conference in February 1865. "Civil War Lawyers" is a book not just for lawyers. It examines the dramatic issues and courtroom theatrics that played their parts in the story of how the nation divided and went to war against itself. Arthur T. Downey has taught at Georgetown University Law Center and is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia.(Introduction by Paul Levengood)

On September 13, 2012, Arthur T. Downey delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Civil War Lawyers: Constitutional Questions and Courtroom Dramas." Lawyers dominated public life during the first third of American history, and many who were prominent during the Civil War era had tried cases with and against each other before the conflict. The key members of Lincoln's cabinet were all lawyers, as were many diplomatic appointees and the five men who tried to end the war at the Hampton Roads Peace Conference in February 1865. "Civil War Lawyers" is a book not just for lawyers. It examines the dramatic issues and courtroom theatrics that played their parts in the story of how the nation divided and went to war against itself. Arthur T. Downey has taught at Georgetown University Law Center and is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia.(Introduction by Paul Levengood) The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.