Can take petersburg, cut the supply line to the army in Northern Virginia, and finally defeat lee. The union plan works like clock work. Sheridan heads off on his raid. It will end disastrously at the battle of torrian station, but it serves its purpose for the time. And on the morning of the 13th of june, lee and his men look across and discover that the union earth works are empty. Grant once again has managed to pull his army away without lee figuring out what had happened. The union army swings south, down to the james river. Grant intends to cross. But lee does not understand what grant means to do. Lee thinks that what grant might be preparing to do is to swing back toward Richmond North of the james river. So lee stays here at cold harbor, sends some of his soldiers to the south, but doesnt do a major shift, because, again, hes uncertain as to what grant will do. Well, as you civil war historians know, by june 15th, union forces are attacking at petersburg. Lee is now alerted to
Land. Our success in this Campaign Must ensure the integrity of the United States by the final overthrow of the rebellion. Success will give a new life to our country, and a new faith to the stability of free government to the world. It will also determine the next presidency as certainly as if the votes were counted. But if we fail in this campaign, that failure will be the greatest disaster in modern history. Upon general grant there now concentrates the deepest interest with which the world ever watched the actions of a single soldier. He is the foremost man in the greatest contest of the age. When the nation and the world wanted to know how the civil war was going, they looked to virginia. That spring, robert e. Lee and his army shone clearly as the confederacys greatest hope. Ulysses s. Grant had come east to manage the armies in virginia, but ulysses s. Grant had never met robert e. Lee in battle. At Charlottesville A charlottesville newspaper editor wrote in april, the conflict
Of people thought we should have never gotten involved and should never get involved again. But you cant always choose your fights. Host that was a terrific last question and wonderful discussion. We all want to thank you margaret, for coming and visiting us and a stimulating talk. Come again please. Thank you. [applause] which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] announcer every sunday, you can learn from leading historians about president s and first ladies, their policies and legacies. To watch any of our programs or check our schedule, visit cspan. Org history. You are watching American History tv all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Announcer on cspan3 we complement coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and Public Affairs events. On weekends, cspan3 is home to American History tv with programs that tell our nations story including six unique series. The civil war
Showing and then on the weekend it is home to u. S. History tv including the civil war anniversary, american artifacts, touring to find out what artifacts reveal about americas past. The presidency, looking at the legacies of our commanders in chief. And our new series, real america, featuring educational films from the 30s through the 70s. Cspan created by the cable industry and funded by your local provider. Like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Announcer you are watching American History tv. We are live at Longwood University for day to of the closing of the civil war seminar. That is after schroeder of the park service introducing the panel. Patrick the price includes the meals, lunch and dinner and the hotel has breakfast. If you are interested, it is on the website, the foundation website, or there are paper forms outside where you can fill it in and mail it into the friends group. Also on the tables is the Event Schedule for the 150th anniversary of appomattox courthouse
There was a nash a natural entity to bring in goods and people to go into texas and the middle part of the United States. The industry. The availability of ports and the easy access from the gulf of mexico. And it really created an entire community that followed for 100 years. As the 19th Century Maritime world changed, the ships became larger and their cargo became much larger. But what became important for galveston is that it was bringing in all of the cotton from the central part of the state and some of the other states around us and shipping it out of here. So, as that shipping became so important they needed to get bigger vessels in here, and closer into the harbor in order to load them up with this cargo, cotton. By the late 19th century, cotton was the largest and most common thing shipped out of the port of galveston. And it was the thing that created the wealth for the city and the wealth of the state of texas for a long time. Oil really was not it was a 20th century activit