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wilderness. is he going to go bushwhacking in the wilderness? you re setting them on fire, g e nice, brooks. brooks is going to speak to us contingencies and circumstances, u.s. grant and the problem of virginia in 1864.ks brooks simpson. s [ applause ] well, good morning, everyone. i d like to first thank the teas at the civil war institute. especially alison and diane as well as peter. i must admit that i feel naked up here without a scarf on. peter s fashion attire will whie understand that reference. while peter recognizes that his adviser gary gallagher made d nc mistakes, my binder did no suchs thi thing. i also thought they would dwell on the sexual practices and fantasies of confederate generals and their historians.n i thoughtab i d tell a little story of my own in this regard. not about me. that s a tmi moment, you ll have to join me on facebook for that one. that several years ago, my wife, cheryle and i went to wife haven, which is the plantation where uly ....
succession.actual soldiers had a delight in destroying the cradle of the confederacy. they use them as bringing the war upon them. i think we have one more question. why did it stop? citieswe not see further earned in the same kind of mercenary manner? withdrew back into virginia and they were occupied. did notticular strategy move forward from that point on. did theire certainly fair share of burning throughout the war. they did not have the opportunity as much in the north. burn parts of town. for a monetary reason? . there were a lot of soldiers. ofy took great joy in our revenge on both sides. field or because these were the houses that a woman whose that at us or that kind of a vengeful action. that was more individually direct did. screeria nigeria. - tenness that resulted in the almost total destruction of his army. remind your children in this by centennial year, when we are the first generation of the americans who have experienced attacks on the conti ....
about 7:00 this morning and were at 7 and not making progress. but the driver was carrying grain at the time. the grain is still in the container and it did not spill over the freeway. their writing and saying possibly until 8:00 this morning until they can clear this. that is the result of traffic is still slow and go. westbound of 580 are still in their driving for seven or 10 m.p.h.. on the right side ivars the three lanes still shutdown s 580 be to the need all those lines to operate the big break. : lots is gone right now. they simply do not have the room to make a u-turn the day will give it a shot. if they cannot to do that they will have to shut down traffic before the next exit to allow the container to be moved safely against traffic. : well the damage has been done for the westbound a rabbit. bell been no chance for at the westbound ride to backup. it is behind the 2 05 and a change. take a look at the beit bridge backed up completely through the mccarthy m ....
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. it s important to have battlefield victories for the north and it s 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, that s going to be ulysses s. grant, the general who won all the battles in the west. and he gives grant a basically a two-part requirement. first, to bring organization, to bring continuity to the union war effort. and secondly, to defeat the army of northern virginia. and grant goes about making it possible to carry out that charge with a vengeance. first he puts together a program, unlike any that the war has yet seen. he realized that up to this point, battles would last a couple of days, and then the armies would pull apart fo ....
casualties in getting to the same place. they maintain great hope lee would triumph. certain that lee and his men would somehow inflict a fatal blow to the north s willingness to fight. in the union army that june, soldiers saw the spires of richmond just eight miles away. union soldiers, too, gained hope from that. but recognized, too, how hard those last eight miles would be. a pennsylvania soldier wrote of the moment, in the prospects, there s a magic influence in the expression as it passes from lip to lip. eight miles from richmond, boys. only eight miles from richmond. what treasure, what a restored peaceful happy in the united country and the a free government can pay for the precious blood that must be shed in the inexpressible sufferings that must be endured before this short distance can be accomplished. that pennsylvanian could not likely have imagined just how painful the answer to that question would be. we hope that you will join us, the staff here at fred ....