On october 7th the reports back to richmond and rights to le suggesting he is ready to come back, but at least with the army of Northern Virginia, lee wanted a more vigorous person to take charge. He never recovered the use of his right arm. At this point because of the bullet exiting through his throat he cannot speak. Lee is having none of that. On october 17, he orders long streak to return and resume command of the first core of the army of virginia. North of the james river. Lee is going to take charge of the defenses around petersburg itself. By march 29th, the siege petersburg has been going on since june 18 of 1864. At this point it runs 37 miles. His last the outside railroad is going to be controlled by Confederate Forces at five forks. April 1st of 1865, union troops were captured at five forks to the south. At that point, lee has no option but to evacuate richmond in petersburg. Longstreet leaves petersburg about 7 00 that night. Within two hours, he has his first troops fr
Park. My name is ranger smith and ill be with you this afternoon for the second of our mid winter talks, this one specifically on james at appomattox. Yet is famous quote of not of theborn the battle wilderness, 1864. He reports back to richmond and suggests he is ready to come back from active duty but that at least with the army of northern virginia, lee might want a more vigorous person. Is mostly recovering from his wounds. He will never recover the use of his right arm. Of the bullet exiting his throat he cannot speak above a whisper. Lee is having none of that. On october 17, he orders long street to return and resume command of the first army of northern virginia. And all of the confederate defenses north of the james river. Fromstreet has everything bermuda 100 toward sycamore harmony. Heatley will take charge of the defenses run petersburg. Lee will take charge of the defenses around petersburg. By march 29, the siege of petersburg has been going on since june of 1864 and lees
Multiple states in different districts, making the logistical response very complex. In regards to how complex this response is, i do feel the progress is being made. Let me be clear; we understand there is a lot of work left to do. The power will be out for multiple days, if not weeks, in some areas, because of the storm in texas. I realize we have a long way to us the secretary will update in a minute on how we are doing that. Issuese redistribution taking place. To goot just being able to a gas station and get gas, they cannot generate power. How do we mitigate these problems in the future . The other thing, support services, whether they are it is medical facilities, its a challenging event. America needs to understand, over 200,000 people were likely shelter in this event. 110,000 people still remaining. Thats a tremendous effort by the whole community. Its not just fema. Its working through our state partners and the whole community. Folks they help those folks out, help them fin
War a authoril talks about his book justice at the appomattox. Describes robert e. Lee and ulysses s. Grant leading to the surrender of the army of virginia in 18 55. The gettysburg Heritage Foundation hosted this talk that is just under one hour. That is great pleasure get to introduce ralph peters. For those of you unfamiliar with ralph he is a prizewinning bestselling author of a wide range of books from his civil war novels to strategic analysts. As a former enlisted man with extensive overseas experience he is currently a fox news analyst. Analysis he has covered topics from africa to iraq. For a wide range of newspapers and magazines. Began withhich gettysburg, the valley of the shadow, the dam at petersburg and will conclude with justice at appomattox which will be released on august 29. He will all caps to see the initial copy of this. We do have Copies Available over labor day weekend. I apologize that this is not released until the end of august. You will have a opportunity t
West africa to iraq and has written on security and Global Affairs for a wide range of newspapers and magazines. Book,itical acclaimed which began with gettysburg, the value of the shadow, richmond, the dam at petersburg and will conclude with justice at conclude with judgment at appomattox, will be released on august 29. It will have a better cover. Yes, it will have a better cover. [laughter] you all will see a special advanced copy. We do have Copies Available over labor day weekend. I apologize that this is not released until the end of august. There will be opportunities to get signed copies. We are really grateful to have you back here, ralph. Thank you. He has been coming here since he is one of our favorites we 2013, havent the heritage center. Ralph thank you. [applause] ralph let me get my regular microphone back. It is great to be back. Everyone knows that this is a special place. Gettysburg is, and it is certainly a haunted place. Whenever i go here i get excited and i want