i think the reason reason is because of expectations. you know today in politics you would see say there s a presidential campaign. the primary campaign is going on and several candidates are seeking the nomination of one of the parties and they re coming up on one of the nominating the primers the state primary and you ll typically you ll hear some politicians say oh if i finish in the top three, that will be a win that if i to finish in the top three, i ll be very happy or something like that. and of course, he s trying to manage expectations. because if he does that successfully and if people and the press and so forth buy it, yeah top three finishes a win for him and he finishes number two, you know. oh wow, that s great. you know he exceeded expectations. but on the other hand if he doesn t bother to manage expectations or if he s not successful at it doesn t get people to buy it then you know, he finished his second. oh, wow. what a loser. what a defeat for him. he fini
presidential campaign. the primary campaign is going on and several candidates are seeking the nomination of one of the parties and they re coming up on one of the nominating the primers the state primary and you ll typically you ll hear some politicians say oh if i finish in the top three, that will be a win that if i to finish in the top three, i ll be very happy or something like that. and of course, he s trying to manage expectations. because if he does that successfully and if people and the press and so forth buy it, yeah top three finishes a win for him and he finishes number two, you know. oh wow, that s great. you know he exceeded expectations. but on the other hand if he doesn t bother to manage expectations or if he s not successful at it doesn t get people to buy it then you know, he finished his second. oh, wow. what a loser. what a defeat for him. he finished second the thing with this campaign right here. what s called the overlyan campaign grands campaign up t
side had i think this campaign has been more misunderstood and misinterpreted than maybe any other campaign in the civil war. i think the reason reason is because of expectations. you know today in politics you would see say there s a presidential campaign. the primary campaign is going on and several candidates are seeking the nomination of one of the parties and they re coming up on one of the nominating the primers the state primary and you ll typically you ll hear some politicians say oh if i finish in the top three, that will be a win that if i to finish in the top three, i ll be very happy or something like that. and of course, he s trying to manage expectations. because if he does that successfully and if people and the press and so forth buy it, yeah top three finishes a win for him and he finishes number two, you know. oh wow, that s great. you know he exceeded expectations. but on the other hand if he doesn t bother to manage expectations or if he s not successful a
Buying off of him. Chris has been my coauthor. He has been the editor in chief of emerging civil war. He is the face of emerging civil war and without him we would not be here at stephenson ridge. We were not have the great cast of characters that have come up here. And i would not be where i am professionally without chris. For those of you who know me i love what i do and without him i would not be at the civil war trust. I really appreciate his support. Chris is about to speak to you about his book about the battle of North Anna River. Strike them a blow, he will get into that. And this campaign is part of the third battle in the overland 1864 campaign toward richmond and petersburg. Lee and grant and follow the battle the spotsylvania courthouse here on the spotsylvania battlefield. I want to introduce my good friend, the editor in chief of emerging civil war, dr. Chris makowski. [applause] chris im the a face made for radio, i do not know what he is talking about. I am going to mo
Introduction for this gentleman. Chris makowski, dr. Chris makowski, is the editor in chief of the emerging civil war. One of the cofounders, along with myself and another friend of ours. Emerging civil war started six years ago. We celebrated our 6th anniversary. And we have put together a great group of young historians, old historians, emerging voices. A large part of that has to do with chris michalski. Chris is the author of more than a dozen books. Author and coauthor of more than a dozen books. He takes up the entire backside of the book sale area, so make sure you go see his son jackson who is counting all the cash from the books you are buying. Chris has been my coauthor. He has been the editor in chief of emergence of a war. He is the face of emerging civil war and without him we would not be here. We were not have the great cast of characters that have come up here. And i would not be where i am professionally without chris. And for those of you who know me i love what i do