Disaster in tennessee. And that could be the narrative. The western theater of the american civil for the confederates. Failure from the top down. This is james kay jim kay. As we know him. Hes the former president and current board member of the battle of nashville. Theyre great partners with us. They just posted an event last night for our board. And he has been a civil war enthusiast since his youth and is today considered of the foremost historical authorities on the battle of nashville. While an attorney in nashville please dont hold that against him, james pursues his passion for history by contributing to and providing for a number of historical films and books. And were just excited to have him out here today to reinforce what brandon has just showed you about the mapping in the nashville area. Now were going to come up here, learn more about the military maneuvers led by John Bell Hood and his Confederate Army of tennessee. Jim, thanks for being here today. Welcome. Welcome ev
Going to talk about the failure from the top down hoods disaster in tennessee. And that could be the narrative. The western theater of the american civil for the confederates. Failure from the top down. This is james kay jim kay. As we know him. Hes the former president and current board member of the battle of nashville. Theyre great partners with us. They just posted an event last night for our board. And he has been a civil war enthusiast since his youth and is today considered of the foremost historical authorities on the battle of nashville. While an attorney in nashville please dont hold that against him, james pursues his passion for history by contributing to and providing for a number of historical films and books. And were just excited to have him out here today to reinforce what brandon has just showed you about the mapping in the nashville area. Now were going to come up here, learn more about the military maneuvers led by John Bell Hood and his Confederate Army of tennesse
Wow, along with these television companies, support c span2 as a public service. I want to welcome you to the 2023 american benefiel trust annual conference here in frankly, tennessee. We really appreciate you all coming out of being a part of this event. The next speaker is going to talk specifically about the battle here at franklin, which is one of the most famous, or infamous, battles of the American Civil War that took place in november 1864. Many of you will travel out to franklin to check out the battlefield site the next couple of days. We will have great historians, as well as aaron jacobson, part of the battle of franklin trust. He wants the carter house, which was the epicenter of the battle at franklin. We are excited to get you out to the battlefield. We know some of you are out here for the first time. We have done a lot of work with our partners out here. To hit that 56,000 acre mark, we had to do a lot of work in places like franklin, nashville, and beyond. The next spe
And our next speaker is going to talk specifically about the battle here at franklin, which is one of the most famous or we appreciate you coming here and being a part of the event and our next speaker is going to talk about specifically about the battle here at franklin printed the most famous or infamous battles of the American People which took place in 1864. You will be out there with some great historians. As well as Eric Jacobson, who is part of the battle of franklin printed places like favela, it really was the epicenter of the battle at franklin. Its first time to be out there at franklin. They have 56,000 acres, they have a lot of places like franklin and nashville. Our next speaker today is Andrew Bledsoe and he had his phd in 2012 and teaches at lehigh in cleveland. The author of citizen officers, the american civil war. A fantastic book. The latest book, the 19 critical decisions that find the battle, he has been a fellow at the u. S. Military academy. The u. S. Army herod
And that could be the narrative. The western theater of the american civil for the confederates. Failure from the top down. This is james kay jim kay. As we know him. Hes the former president and current board member of the battle of nashville. Theyre great partners with us. They just posted an event last night for our board. And he has been a civil war enthusiast since his youth and is today considered of the foremost historical authorities on the battle of nashville. While an attorney in nashville please dont hold that against him, james pursues his passion for history by contributing to and providing for a number of historical films and books. And were just excited to have him out here today to reinforce what brandon has just showed you about the mapping in the nashville area. Now were going to come up here, learn more about the military maneuvers led by John Bell Hood and his Confederate Army of tennessee. Jim, thanks for being here today. Welcome. Welcome everybody. Were going to