Their money towards large monuments and proconfederate. Propaganda his class is about 50 minutes. Professor miller april the 12th, 1865, was the surrender date. Robert e. Lee, Ulysses Grant had signed the official document a few days earlier. On that day, the confederate Soldiers Left in the army in Northern Virginia went on this long process of walking up, turning over the regimental flag. Packing their guns. You can imagine that gun was part of your identity for the last few years of the war, now being turned over to the victors in the United States army and traveling home. Going away. Going back to where you came from. John julie was one of the soldiers who did not surrender. He went with the confederate government when Jefferson Davis evacuated richmond and headed west. Along the way, as he escaped into the carolinas, he was seeing a lot of signs the war was coming to a horrific conclusion. He wrote along fences, abandoned muskets of struggling soldiers. Some were broken, that othe
Be sure to watch cspans washington journal beginning at 7 00 eastern on friday morning. Join the discussion. Next on American History tv, historians discuss general shermans march flew georgia. After that, historian dennis fry talks about the impact of john browns raid in the 1860 goals. The New York Historical society hosted this hour long event. Welcome, its great to be back in the same seats as we always occupy. For those of you who have come to a number of our sessions. We are promised and we are promising each other that well do more in the coming seasons. We have a topic today that we think is one of the best that weve come up with, its a neglected civil war story. Because of the focus on shermans march through georgia. Theres a little less attention on shermans other march, which followed the march through georgia. Take a look at this scowling man in a fantastic coat, as we begin talking about him. Im going to start with john who as you heard has written two wonderful books abou
Entries to actually tell us what all of this means in the grand scope of things. The other thing is that some confederates we can say well, we can go to the pension files, these documents when confederate soldiers will fill out documents to get money and prospects which we will talk about in a few minutes but those files in many ways are incomplete. They are also hidden from public view. In fact, some states actually still have medical seals on these documents because they contain private details. Medical details, about family members that you dont want necessarily to go public. So for the veterans who came home psychologically disturbed, some of them turned to alcohol abuse, some to drug abuse, particularly opium. We also see some contemplate and actually commit suicide. Bill hicks is one of these guys. He was described as the pristine man if you will, colossus in form. He lost a leg in the battle of shilo in 1862. He came home to a law practice that seemed promising but wasnt that gr
Williams comes to William Tecumseh sherman. Part by ourped in good friends. Evening, mr. Oconnell, who received his degrees from the university of virginia, which is where i first met bob as a fellow graduate didnt ask a student. Obviously, many years ago. [laughter] in fact, Lyndon Johnson was president of the united state. These emphasize to students that this was Lyndon Johnson, not andrew johnson. [laughter] [applause] case, bob has fashioned a very distinguished career, including 30 years with the intelligence community, where he held significant assignments, including arms therol and a member of ,elegation on the disarmament and he has also taught to 2004. He was in monterey, california. A prolific scholar and writer, the author of several works, one novel and histories. , fierceof those patriot the tangled lives of William Tecumseh sherman, a New York Times bestseller. Of it was also the recipient a 2015 award for excellence in civil war biography. At the time of its publication
Previous year. They compare shermans goals. The New York Historical society hosted this hour long event. Welcome, its great to be back in the same seats as we always occupy. For those of you who have come to a number of our sessions. We are promised and we are promising each other that well do more in the coming seasons. We have a topic today that we think is one of the best that weve come up with, its a neglected civil war story. Because of the focus on shermans march through georgia. Theres a little less attention on shermans other march, which followed the march through georgia. Take a look at this scowling man in a fantastic coat, as we begin talking about him. Im going to start with john who as you heard has written two wonderful books about william sherman, and i think we need to know how you can do it in a few minutes his family, his psyche, tell us something about this fellow in the double breasted uniform coat. This picture that you see was taken of sherman and he didnt want t