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
Our library provides access to our collection which has 14 million manuscript pages and among other things we also do programs for academics we also host exhibitions which is entitled voices from the boston massacre this is to experience the ramifications of the events not only to talk about john adams that the citizens of boston and how this moment of violence impacted their lives our speaker for the entire American Revolution his new book the will of the people explores towns and cities looks at the Continental Army and those that fought from the battle lines to send troops and weapons to support the collapse a long time friend of the Historical Society professor of law and governance at the library of congress in the founding director at northwestern university. Teaching American History at yale and is the author of a number of books recently including George Washingtons journey and marketplace of revolution and frequent contributor the time supplement thank you please help me to we
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Good afternoon. And welcome, everyone fireworks the audience and everyone watching live online. Im dylan croup and im an intern at the Young Americans foundation. [applause] Young Americas Foundation trains conservative youth from across the country to promote conservative values. Through campus activism initiatives and conferences and campus lectures. The conservative force and called a key pillar of the conservative movement by politico. The annual in educate americas youth is undeniable. And today i also have the honor of announcing my favorite speaker, dirt dr. Burt folsom. I first heard him peek at the conference and one of the many reason its started a chapter on my campus and i became a history professor myself. As a native of lincoln, next, dr. Folsom received hip his ph. D from the university of pittsburgh. Over the four deck takes he had taught u. S. History at murray state university, northwood universe, hillsdale congress and Kennesaw State university. The Charles Cline pro