Now, we have to start with the two leading protagonists at the battle of Missionary Ridge in chattanooga. Of course, Ulysses Grant. Hiram Ulysses Grant actually. Was a rising star as a general. Had not really lost a battle yet during the war, and eventually he goes on to further greatness. On the other side you have braxton bragg. Although the story might be a little bit apocryphal, apparently as lieutenant in, during the seminole wars, he became the acting commissary officer. The story is he wrote a request to the commissary officer himself for supplies. As a commissary officer, he turned them down. He sent another request that was turned down again, so went to the captain of the regiment and said, i reached an impasse, what should i do . The captain said, bragg, you have argued with every officer in the army, and now you are arguing with yourself. Request denied. So, braxton bragg, we had a symposium two years ago, of generals you love to hate. It was very interesting to me he was no
1863. The we have to start with two leading protagonists at the battle of Missionary Ridge in chattanooga. Of course, Ulysses Grant. Iram Ulysses Grant actually. A rising star as a general. Had not really lost a battle yet during the war, and eventually he goes on to further greatness. On the other side you have braxton bragg. Although the story might be a little bit apocryphal, apparently as lieutenant in, wars, hee seminole became the acting commissary officer. Requesty is he wrote a to the commissary officer himself for supplies. As a commissary officer, he turned them down. He sent another request that was turned down again, so went to the captain of the regiment and said, i reached an impasse, what should i do . Youcaptain said, bragg, have argued with every officer in the army, and now you are arguing with yourself. Request denied. So, braxton bragg, we had a symposium two years ago, of generals you love to hate. It was very interesting to me he was not picked. There could not po
The civil war photography. He is the Vice President of the center for civil war photography, hes been a licensed battlefield guide for 25 years, hes appeared on numerous productions shown on the bbc, cspan, Pennsylvania Cable Network and on history. He works full time as the chief historian of the American Battlefield trust. Without any further interruptions or excuse me introduction, i now present to you my friend, garry adelman. Thanks, tammy. Hello, everybody. All right, this isnt easy, doing the whole civil war in such a short period of time. Well see if i get it done in 49 minu49 minutes or 53, whatever it takes. Good luck for those of you that like to take notes. The seeds of the civil war are sewn in the constitution and soon after, slaves are partly a person, for some purposes theyre a person, sometimes theyre not a person. You have north and south starting to look at each other differently. You have the southerners look to the north and though they speak the same language, the
Albany. He spent his career preserving military history with the National Park service, new york state government. Rensselaer. Civil War Preservation trust. Kentucky state parks and u. S. Arm. Hes written books on various aspects of military leadership from 1775 to the present. Published to books with the civil war at perryville and stone river and Tullahoma Campaigns and studied the 1941 and 42 entitled last day in bataan released in 2016. In september of 2016 the arm published his volume on virginia campaigns as part of the series on the civil war. Last year at this event friday night i bought this book and i spent all night reading it. Highly recommended. Last about chris he is a great researcher, he knows an amazing amount of almost anything military, havent writer and, most importantly he is a really good guy who will share anything with you which i think is the most important thing. He is also getting ready to get married. So without further ado, chris kolakowski. [applause] good
Gettysburg College Annual summer conference. It is my pleasure this afternoon to introduce earl hess. Earl is the stuart w. Mcclelland chair in history at Lincoln Memorial university in tennessee. He is the author of more than 20 books. I have a long list here. Actually, one of my favorite books of earls. One of earls books i read in graduate school and is one of the finest and one of the very first books to explore soldier motivation and ideology. It is an outstanding book. But he has done any others that include pickets charge, a book on field fortifications. A book on Braxton Bragg as well. A lot of people dont love Braxton Bragg. Im not sure you will love him after you read earls book, but it is a fair and well researched, deeply analytical look at that controversial general. Earl has won a number of awards, including the tom watson price for his book on civil war tactics, something he will be speaking about today. And i should note, this book fighting for atlanta, is published by