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This is American History tv only on cspan3. Announcer next, historians John Marszalek and Craig Symonds look at the military rivalry between civil war generals ulysses s. Grant and robert e. Lee, comparing their childhoods, experiences at west point, actions during the mexicanamerican war. The New York Historical society hosted this hourlong discussion. We are thrilled to welcome back three frequent guests of the New York Historical society tonight. John f. Marszalek is the giles distinguished p...

In existence. It still is obviously. He is the author and editor of 60 books related primarily to the civil war, but also 19thcentury southern u. S. History. 60 books. Few, hisse just a first book was a history of the new market campaign, which i still think is a model small battle history 40 years after it was written. I think its one of the best small battle historys ever written on the civil war battle. Biography of john c breckenridge, the general history of the confederacy, a book on the en...

On civil war leadership posted by Longwood University in virginia. Its about an hour. Less weaker of the morning is william jack davis. He is from independence, missouri. He has a bachelors and masters degree from brett sonoma state university. You may know him from civil war times illustrated. Onlys popular civil war magazine. Those with the best years of it. He is the author and editor of 60 books. They are relating primarily to the civil war, but also southern u. S. History. Think about that ...

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Prof. Hess thank you for that generous introduction. I was thinking about it this morning, what made me to this book . Whenever you go to a civil war roundtable and mention the name Braxton Bragg, there is laughter coming up the audience because in some ways, it is almost a joke in some ways. In other ways, as pete says, a cheap joke. And also the question this morning as someone asked of holeck theragg or most divided person of the civil war . And never dawned on me to say the most hated men of...

Into grand success in the academic world. She specializes in the civil war era, and she has written about gender and military affairs and other parts of the mid19th century u. S. History. She served as president of the society of civil war historians, which is a professional organization in our field. And i want to mention three of her books including burying the dead, but not the past, the lost cause, remembering the civil war, which is now the default book to go to on civil war memory. Crater,...

Following the april 1865 surrender to Union General ulysses s. Grant at appomattox. She focuses on the confederates that avoided or escaped, and retreated into the Shenandoah Valley. She discusses general grants concerns that some confederate would fight aguerrilla war. It is part of a conference hosted by the university of virginia. It is just over half hour. Gary our second speaker is caroline e. Janney, who teaches at purdue university. And she is one of uvas former students. She was here and...

Jack davis. And mr. Davis is from independence, missouri. Has a bachelor, masters degree from sonoma state university. And many of you may know him as longtime editor of civil war times illustrated back in, i guess, the 1970s and 1980s when it was really the only popular civil war magazine. Its heyday. The best years that it was in existence. It still is, obviously. But hes the author, editor of 60 books relating to primarily to civil war, but also 19th century history, southern u. S. History. T...

Jack davis. And mr. Davis is from independence, missouri. Has a bachelor, masters degree from sonoma state university. And many of you may know him as longtime editor of civil war times illustrated back in, i guess, the 1970s and 1980s when it was really the only popular civil war magazine. Its heyday. The best years that it was in existence. It still is, obviously. But hes the author, editor of 60 books relating to primarily to civil war, but also 19th century history, southern u. S. History. T...

Jack davis. And mr. Davis is from independence, missouri. Has a bachelor, masters degree from sonoma state university. And many of you may know him as longtime editor of civil war times illustrated back in, i guess, the 1970s and 1980s when it was really the only popular civil war magazine. Its heyday. The best years that it was in existence. It still is, obviously. But hes the author, editor of 60 books relating to primarily to civil war, but also 19th century history, southern u. S. History. T...