A Yankee Galvanized Yankee with Ben Kemp - Third Thursday Lecture Ep. 1 ...
The Man Who Fought on Both Sides of the Civil War
The American Civil War was a complex affair forcing individuals to make hard
choices. Join Ben Kemp of the U.S. Grant Cottage Historic Site as he shares the
incredibly unusual tale of Hugh Clemons. Find out the circumstances that
brought a man born and raised in the Southern Adirondacks of New York into the
service of the Confederate army and how he eventually ended up on the other
side of the fight. Discover how he was regarded when he returned to the North
after the war and his interesting connection to General U.S. Grant.
This program was part of the 3rd
Annual Third Thursday Lecture series offered by Schoharie Crossing State
Historic site.
Ben Kemp is
the Operations Manager at Ulysses S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site in
Wilton, NY. He was born and raised in
the Saratoga region of New York State and is a living historian, speaker, and
researcher who has been featured on C-Span, PBS, National Park Service
programs, and the 2020 History channel documentary “Grant.” Kemp has been a
staff member at the U.S. Grant Cottage Historic Site since 2014.
Visit Grant
Cottage online: www.grantcottage.org
This program
has been offered for free from Schoharie Crossing. If you’d like to support the
non-profit Friends of Schoharie Crossing, please visit: https://the-friends-of-schoharie-crossing.square.site/
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