Irwin Mcdowell News Today

On Thursday evening, Sept. 22, the Civil War Round Table of Gettysburg heard retired Attorney/Licensed Battlefield Guide Mary Turk-Meena speak to The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War.

i have the opportunity now to do double duty, not only to call you to order, but also to introduce to you the fourth panel of todays program. i would just like to say a word to you about how we designed this whole thing, and how we wound up on this note. nobody has really questioned the idea that most of what we talked about have been battles in virginia, more than half all the activity of the civil war was in virginia, and a good deal of it in that 100 miles between the fall line on t...

where two of the branches placed limits on one branch and the stooulgz constitution survived and the country moved on and its a good lesson for all of us. and its something the kids should know about. they should know about their rights and they should know the constitution is in place to protect them when one of the branches of government oversteps its boundaries. thank you. extensive examples of watergate evidence including documents, oral histories, audio recordings and television...

rely on the one general he knew who could build an army from scratch and so he did. he called mcclellan back. he reorganized the army of the potomac. and he moved subsequent to the battle of second manassas into maryland where lee had taken his army in northern virginia. on the 13th of september, 1862, he came across a marvelous special order 1891 outlining how lee was conducting his campaign. mcclellan has sent this message down to washington, lee has made a gross mistake. i have his ...

in favor of the promotion of george mcclellan to commanding general of the army as opposed to the defeated irwin mcdowell and the aged winfield scott. but as soon as they began to work closely together, friction developed here. stanton was a republican. mcclellan was a -- what was then called a war democrat, someone who was in favor of certainly restoring the union, but not much else. and so they had different political views, different personalities, and stanton did complain, mcclella...

monroe, and the city of san francisco and so forth. so, the crimean experience certainly gave mcclellan as a trained engineer who had also helped with the siege at veracruz, mexico, a better idea the difficulties of siege craft. i dont think it had a direct impact that showed up in textbooks in west point or in manuals for the u.s. army to use in the field just six years later. >> lets go to asheville, north carolina. one more call here for john mountcastle. good afternoon to jay. >> c...

just that. he attacks those federal forces that were in positions south of the river. assuming that those north of the river wouldnt be able to come to the assistance of that portion of the union army to the south. it was not a bad plan, but it was a complex plan and dealing with on-the-job training generals like pete longstreet who managed to get lost with a good segment of the attack force on the 31st of may, it really didnt go long for joe johnston, it took an even nastier turn when...