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Years after the war, that is filled with literary inventions. I suspect that is one of his many literary inventions. Its true that soldiers of the army of the potomac had done that before in earlier battles. This would be in november of 1863. But theres no evidence that it actually happened here at cold harbor. But everybody knew it was going to be a fierce and terrible day. 4 30 a. M. , the signal gun goes off, and this huge union monolith heaves forward. Or parts of it do. Thats the sad thing about the battle of cold harbor. Down on the lower end of the battlefield, general hancocks second c...

Stymied. Lee is any a powerful position and grant cant break through. What does he do . Maneuvers. He pulled the army of the potomac ought of the wilderness and goes to the spotseslvania courthouse and then lee has to come out from the wilderness and fight him on opened ground. This is a tactical maneuver aimed at pulling lee from his strong entrenchmentes. The army of the potomac shifts south, a drama take point in the war because up to this point, whatever Union Generals had been trounced in the battle as bad as lee had defeated grant and in the wilderness they always retreated but grant mov...

Good evening. It is my pleasure to welcome you to cedar creek and Belle Grove National Historical park. It has been a very busy day here havee anniversary events unfolded. But now it is time to pause and take a moment to reflect on the magnitude of what happened here 150 years ago. To set the stage for this ceremony, i would like to welcome superintendent jim nort hrup to say a few words. [applause] well, good evening. Norty said, my name is jim hrup. It is my great privilege to serve as the superintendent. Im here to join with amy and ou r hosts to welcome you and thank you for coming to this...

But now it is time to pause and take a moment to reflect on the magnitude of what happened here 150 years ago. To set the stage for this commemoration ceremony, i would like to welcome superintendent jim northrup to say a few words. [applause] well, good evening. As amy said, my name is jim northup. It is my great privilege to serve as the superintendent. Im here to join with amy and our hosts to welcome you and thank you for coming to this very important element in the 150th anniversary events here at cedar creek. Amidst all the activity that is taking place around us, we are gathered at this...

Coming up next on American History tv, the National Archives posts independent researcher john emond as he reads letters from civil war soldiers, placing the letters in the context of the war as well as the soldiers daily lives, defined by personal hardship disease, and death. This is about one hour and 20 minutes. I think we are all settled in. Welcome. I work in the National Archives. I work i welcome you to this program. We have an ongoing lecture series to teach you about the records of the National Archives and how to use them for historical research. We are pleased to have john emond her...