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In may of 1864, after years of war and a string of reluctant union generals, ulysses grant met general leads forces at the battle of the wilderness. in two days of heavy fighting, the union suffered over 17,000 casualties. at the end of that battle, general grant faced a choice. most assumed he would do what previous union generals had done and retreat. on the evening of may seven, grant began to move. as the fires of the battle still smoldered, grant wrote to the head of the column, he wrote to the intersection of brock road and orange blank road. and they are, as the man of his army watched ...

Malicious. no patriotic american should excuse these threats or be intimidated by them. our great nation, must not be ruled by a mob provoked over social media. [applause] [applause] our duty as citizens of this republic is not only to defend the freedom that has been handed down to us. we also have an obligation to learn from the actions of those who came before. to know the stories of greats and perseverance. and the brave men and women who have built and saved this union. and the lives of these great americans, we find inspiration and purpose. in may, of 1864, after years of war and a strin...

Anti-democratic ideas of january 6th. turn a blind eye. and the parallel, there's a famous moment where lincoln said to mcclellan, a beloved union general who wouldn't take the fight to lee. he basically said to mcclellan, sir, if you're not going to use your army, may i borrow them for a while? so, one feckless union general after another, until grant. and then after grant, sherman. taking total ward of the south. and doing what was required to win that war. here, this is a political battle, and we've seen one republican after another flinch, just like those union generals. in the face of ant...

All elections. america will never be the same. our nation is barreling once again towards crisis, lawsness and violence. no american should support election deniers for any position of genuine responsibility, where their refusal to follow the rule of law will corrupt our future. we also have an obligation to learn from the actions of those who came before. to know the stories of grit and perseverance, of the brave men and women who built and saved this union. in the lives of these great americans, we find inspiration and purpose. in may of 1864, after years of war and a string of reluctant uni...

After a hiatus, Civil War reenactors were back for the 159th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.