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War, is the war in 1864. Good morning. If you could all take a seat, please. I am pete carmichael, professor of history here at gettysburg college. I am also the director of the civil war institute. It is my pleasure this morning to introduce brooks simpson, the Asu Foundation professor of history at Arizona State university. He is a historian of 19th century america. The american presidency as well as the civil war and reconstruction. He has written extensively about ulysses s. Grant. He is the author of let us have peace . S grant and the politics of reconstruction, released in 1991. He is a...

Sometimes they destroyed their own cities as a defensive strategy. Hampton, virginia, arts of atlanta, and most of richmonds Business District got the torch as the confederates evacuated the cities, retreating before overwhelmingly large union army. The thought was that they would destroy their own war material before the unions inventing armies could get at it. The confederates also burned some towns and cities in the offensive maneuvers. During the 1862 and 1863 campaigns into maryland and pennsylvania, during cavalry raids on Southern Union is towns, and during guerrilla campaigns in the bo...

Was more than just a state of mind, although it seems to take up space rentfree in the minds of many union civil and military leaders. The majoria was obstacle facing Union Military strategy for two reasons. The state contended the confederate capital, richmond, virginia, which soon became an obsessive point of attack for union planters. And because that capital was defended by none other than robert e lee and his army of Northern Virginia, the largest fighting force the confederacy had to offer, led by its most brilliant commander. Richmond,ons, lee and transfixed Union Military planners. The...

Here at gettysburg college. It is my pleasure to welcome nelson. Kate she is a writer, historian, and cultural critic. She has taught at multiple in situations like cal state fullerton, harvard, and most recently at brown university. She is now based in lincoln, massachusetts. She writes regularly for the New York Times union blog, for isvil war times, and she the author of a very important book called ruined nations. She has a piece in weirding the war. She brings a muchneeded cultural perspective to the study of civil war, the marriage between military history and cultural history. It has be...

Own cities as a defensive strategy. Hampton, virginia, arts of atlanta, and most of richmonds Business District got the torch as the confederates evacuated the cities, retreating before overwhelmingly large union army. The thought was that they would destroy their own war material before the unions inventing armies could get at it. The confederates also burned some towns and cities in the offensive maneuvers. During the 1862 and 1863 campaigns into maryland and pennsylvania, during cavalry raids on Southern Union is towns, and during guerrilla campaigns in the border region. The burning of cha...