Have accumulated and theyve led to this really distorted view of both men. But today well be talking about Braxton Bragg. Earl has written a fantastic biography of Braxton Bragg, i believe we have kolpi copies of volume as well. Earls going to speak to us today about a topic. Im pleased to see were not going to hear crickets here because the topic is Braxton Bragg who is the butt of all jokes and of course civil war historians. Not a particularly humorous crew. It is my pleasure to welcome earl hess. [ applause ] thank you very much. Thank you, pete, very much, for that generous introduction. Thinking about it this morning, what made me do this book, and i think it really is what pete mentioned. That whenever you go to a civil war roundtable and mention the name Braxton Bragg, theres a titter of laughter coming up from the audience. Because he in some ways is kind of almost a joke. In some ways. In other ways, as pete says, a cheap joke. And also the question this morning that someone
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2016. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer a a savannah guthriee live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. And gd morning. Welcome to today. Im savannah guthrie. We have willie in for matt this week. A lot of people are talking about the new poll. And if it holds up it is a real shift in the ce. A l of eyebrows raised. 28 for ted cruz moving into first place over donald trump. This is a different story than what is told by many other National Polls where trump had a big lead. We have a new poll for South Carolina to talk about. Our top story, president obama month. Ron allen is on white house duty this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter the white house is expected to announce the sometime later today. It has been just over a year since mr. Obama said he would begin normalizing relations. Many critics are saying it is much too soon to reward the castro regime. A Senior Administration official telling nbc news that president obama will visit cuba in march marking the first ti
I appreciate that. I can just look at kevin if i need. Kevin, you teach, right . In addition to blogging. Er, in sorry, pete. Blo and so,gg youre used to being front of unruly crowds. G and you may also have some experience with a particularly nerve wracking speaking engagement. One of those engagements wrote youre not quite sure where the subject matter of your talk fits with the event at hand. And then, adding to that, you learn that perhaps, i dont know, cspan is going to broadcast your talk live on television because, hey, you know, live television. Ppen this stills, happens apparently. But if youve done any public ae speaking, you also know that yu moment where a that sense of re calm settles over you. I know that pete knows that because ive now watched him speak beautifully a number of times in the past couple of days. I just want to let you know, e thiss not happening to me right now. And so, without further ado. As many of you may know, on november 29th, 1864, approximately 700
Washington journal is live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Next on American History tv, Brian Craig Miller of Emporia State University discusses confederate general John Bell Hoods campaign into tennessee in the fall of 1864, resulting in the almost total destruction of his army. This event is from the Gettysburg College Civil War Institutes annual summer conference that took place in june. Its about an hour and 15 minutes. Good afternoon. Im peter carmichael, the director of the Civil War Institute. Also professor of history here at Gettysburg College. Its my pleasure to introduce Brian Craig Miller. Brian is associate professor and associate chair of history at Emporia State University in eastern kansas. He teaches a variety of courses in 19th century u. S. , including the civil war, of course. He is the author of several books. John bell hood and the fight for civil war memory published by the university of tennessee. And he has recently edited a punishment on the nation an iowa sol