Women during shermans march to the sea. Plus a look at jesse james and his actions by the confederacy during the civil war. A panel this morning, of historians discuss the debates surrounding the leadership of George Gordon meade. He is also the author of an acclaimed book. To his left, scott hartwig. He is a longtime supporter and also a retired historian from Gettysburg National park. He has written a book on the battle of antigua. Antietem. To the left of scott is jennifer murray. She is a professor of history at the university of virginia and many of you met and last, we have brooke simpson, who needs no introduction. You do need an introduction . Not everyone on cspan audience knows you. Brooks is a professor of history at arizona state. Lets turn to George Gordon meade. The man who was behind one of the most important victories in American Military history is barely recognized for his role in defeating the army at gettysburg. Meade in fact, saw this coming. December 7, 1863, he w
Want to attack them as a frontal assault. Hoping forrates are a frontal assault. That is an excellent summary. We want to get to the question. Your question is . Meade when he did decide to move, part of his army moved 32 miles in one night. I dont have a question. I just want to bring this up. Thank you very much. Niceve done a very job of summarizing what has been said here. We appreciate your listening and summarizing. We should have had you up here. Go to the back mic. I am from howard county, maryland. Something was mentioned on the panel about civil war armies being indestructible, that meade realized the army of Northern Virginia was indestructible. I have heard that the typical civil war radel is when both parties come together, bang the heck out of each other, dont actually destroy each other, and live to fight another day. If civil war armies could not destroy each other, why is that . Or what does it mean to destroy the enemy in the civil war context . I heard the same thing
Women during shermans march to the sea. Plus a look at jesse james and his actions by the confederacy during the civil war. A panel this morning, of historians discuss the debates surrounding the leadership of George Gordon meade. He is also the author of an acclaimed book. To his left, scott hartwig. He is a longtime supporter and also a retired historian from Gettysburg National park. He has written a book on the battle of antigua. Antietem. To the left of scott is jennifer murray. She is a professor of history at the university of virginia and many of you met and last, we have brooke simpson, who needs no introduction. You do need an introduction . Not everyone on cspan audience knows you. Brooks is a professor of history at arizona state. Lets turn to George Gordon meade. The man who was behind one of the most important victories in American Military history is barely recognized for his role in defeating the army at gettysburg. Meade in fact, saw this coming. December 7, 1863, he w
1837. It has stashed of 1937. Its got the gyros and all this other stuff. Primarily, the crew is 18 and 19yearolds. Trip at fortur fisher. It was the first line of defense against the union troops. Right now we are on the top of the sixth traverse of fort fisher. From this point you can get a good understanding of the strategic importance of this fortification. You look over there and there is the river. You have a commanding view of everything. You have a commanding view for miles. On the other side, we have the ocean and over here we have complete mastery of everything around until the earth came into play. We can see ships moving back and forth. We can see how many blockade ships from the u. S. Navy were out front. We can even see blockade runners that are too close to fort fisher so we can actually protect. From here, men can stand on top. And where these trees are now, they have been clearcut for half a mile. You can see the United States Army Soldiers massing to get ready for you