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Been going on for some three years. Massive casualties and losses. Tremendous disaffection in the north with the war. It looked like it would go on forever. Abraham lincoln, of course, is up for reelection. Its important to have battlefield victories for the north and its important to win battles in virginia. Virginia is still the preserve of robert e. Lee and the storied army of Northern Virginia. So lincoln brings east his best general, thats going to be ulysses s. Grant, the general who won a...

To a pleasant day agenda. Its called political correctness. Its nonsense. You cannot alter the past. You can only learn from it. And believe me, history is the best teacher any of you will ever have. So we have to look back to see where were going, and there is no other guide. So today we look back at the wilderness. We look back with all with reverence and installation. What those men in the north and south gave we all share. We must treasure those sacrifices always as being among our richest p...

Another. Lee basically takes a waiting game. What is grant going to do. Grant is going to move one way or the other. Lee is uncertain. So he for fits the initiative to his opponent. This is unlike the lee that we usually see. But in this instance he has no choice. He sends his cavalry out past each ends of his lines sort of to act as a trip wire to let him know where the federals are coming from and then waits. The army was commanded by general George Gordon lee, the hero of gettysburg, mead at ...

Nevertheless, while other Union Commanders were failing, grant had climbed steadily up the military ladder with resounding victories, stretching from fort henry in 1862, through vicksburg to Missionary Ridge in 1863. He was clearly the norths man of the hour. When lincoln ordered an east early in 1864 to take command of all federal forces. The somewhere near 500,000 combat ready soldiers grant would have authority over the largest post any american officer had ever led. The new Lieutenant Genera...

Stymied. Lee is any a powerful position and grant cant break through. What does he do . Maneuvers. He pulled the army of the potomac ought of the wilderness and goes to the spotseslvania courthouse and then lee has to come out from the wilderness and fight him on opened ground. This is a tactical maneuver aimed at pulling lee from his strong entrenchmentes. The army of the potomac shifts south, a drama take point in the war because up to this point, whatever Union Generals had been trounced in t...

U. S. Army Educational Center and the entire staff of the u. S. Army heritage and Educational Center, and the u. S. Army war college, welcome to the third lecture of our series. The u. S. Army war college sponsors the series to provide an historical dimension to the exercise of generalship, strategic leadership, and war fighting institutions of power. We would like to extend a warm thank you to the Army Heritage Center Foundation for their support and everything we do. Please be aware that the b...

Minds of each commanding general. He argues that the siege was unique in military history and discusses how the conflict brought about the end of the war. This talk is about an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the director of the u. S. Army Educational Center and the entire staff of the u. S. Army heritage and Educational Center, and the u. S. Army war college, welcome to the third lecture of our series. The u. S. Army war college sponsors the series to provide an historical dimension to...

Strategic leadership, and war fighting institutions of power. We would like to extend a warm thank you to the Army Heritage Center Foundation for their support and everything we do. Please be aware that the book for tonight is on sale in the gift shop, and we will have a book signing directly after the lecture. All proceeds go to the foundation to support the growth of the Army Heritage and education center. Our speaker is dr. Richard somers. He is a native of indiana and obtained his bachelors ...

New years day on the cspan networks. Here are some of our featured year programs. 10 00 a. M. Eastern, the a qmn washington ideas forum. Energy conservation with david 4t tr t hahp hc crane. Orum. Business magnate t. Boone pickens. Rvnate t. Cake love owner warren brown. Fa ÷rren bro and inventor dean cayman. At 4 00 p. M. Eastern the p. M. Eas Brooklyn Historical Society Holds a conversation on race. Then at 8 00 p. M. Eastern from. Easter the explorers club, apollo seven astronaut Walt Cunnin...

Before noon eastern, author hector tobar on the 33 men that were buried in a chilean mine. And at 3 00 p. M. Eastern Richard Norton smith on the life of nelson rockefeller. Then at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Former investigative correspondent for cbs news Sharyl Attkisson on her experiences reporting on the obama administration. New years day on American History tv on cspan3, at 10 00 a. M. Eastern Juanita Abernathy on her experiences and the role of women in the civil rights movement. At 4 00 p. M. , ...