Going up and down either side of the river. On the other side we have the atlantic ocean. And over here, we have complete mastery of any ship for miles around, until the curve of the earth came into play. In this case, we could literally see ships moving back and forth. We could tell how many blockade ships were out in front. We could see blockade runners. So we could actually protect them. From here, men could stand up on top to look in front of the fort and where all these trees have been for now. You could literally see the United States Army Soldiers getting ready for your attack that would come in here. From this vantage point, you can understand how impressionive this fort was this was the largest fortification, Coastal Defense fortification during the confederacy in the civil war. Started in 1861, union forces came, launched an amphibious operation. We have what remains of the fortification, only 10 . This fort was over a mile and a half long, and was pretty impressive to the po
This mornings line up. On my far right you to your left, we have john hennessy, and historian. He is also a the author of an acclaimed book on second bull run. To his left, scott hartwig. He is a long time friend and supporter of cwi and also a historian. Retired historian from Gettysburg National park. He is also written a book on the battle of antietam. It is a two volume study and the second volume will be out in a few years. Excellent. Good. To the left of scott is jennifer murray. Jen murray also cut her teeth as a historian right here at the Gettysburg National park. And she is a professor of history at the university of virginia at wise. And many of you met ken know. He was your advisor at auburn where she completed her dissertation. And last, we have brooks simpson who he just said who needs no introduction. You do need introduction. And everyone, on cspan audience, they know you, brooks. He is a professor of history at Arizona State and his specialty as you know is the preside
Talks already. We all have our favorite great attacks of the war. We could not fit them all in. We repent the panel talk about other great attacks of the war. We have some of the best and brightest joining us tonight. First again, mr. James ogden. [indiscernible] [applause] sitting next to him is. Ur colleague he has worked at Gettysburg National park where he is done the song and dance on the battlefield. [applause] sitting next to dan is chris kolakowski. The other polish prince of the civil war. Chris is the director of the macarthur memorial. If you have a chance to visit norfolk and go to the memorial it is a firstclass operation on , the scale of a president ial library. Here is the man, Douglas Macarthur to shape the world after world war ii. Story is thatand this museum. He is written books on kerry bill. Though. Chris kolakowski. [applause] to his left is the editor of the American Civil War blog. Author or coauthor of emerging civil war series. Dan also has a huge man crush.
We have had a couple of great talks already. Allould not fit the mm in. We have some of the best and brightest joining us tonight. Ames ogden [indiscernible] sitting next to him is christopher kolakowski. Chris is the director of the macarthur memorial. If you have a chance to visit norfolk, it is a firstclass on the scale of a president ial library. [indiscernible] to his left is the editor of the emerging civil war blog. [indiscernible] dan also has a huge man crush [indiscernible] next to dan, Stuart Henderson. He is now one of the leading experts on United States he had the opportunity to march in president obamas inauguration parade. The and gentlemen, Stuart Henderson ladies and gentlemen, Stuart Anderson ladies and gentlemen, Stuart Henderson. Last but not least he has spoken in excess of 250 roundtables. Ladies and gentlemen, chris mackowski. I am going to start with mr. White. I will ask our panelists to upak and then open things for the audience to ask questions. What is the
Experiments which one is the better. But theres never a moment in which grant and lee face exactly the same circumstances with the same resources at hand, and even if there were, youd have to repeat that several times to come up with any kind of meaningful conclusion. From hindsight, i will tell you if the republic were ever in such dire straits that it turned to me to determine who to put in command of the armies, i would probably select grant but, not because i think hes the better general. But because grant is 15 years younger, hes in the best health of his life. Lee feels his health and his strength and his abilities failing him. His vision is not good. He feels bad much of the time. Grant has the emotional support of a magnificent marriage, lee does not. Grant is by nature an optimist. Lee is not. I think all of those factors would argue that grant, all other things being equal, would probably have the better chance of bringing you victories. But of course, thats no guarantee. Tha