All right. Anchor i bet you all think the army won the war, right . Well, youre going to have to sit through one navy talk, but im sure you are. Enjoy it. My friend. Oh, now, chaplain, its good to talk about charleston in 1863. And neal, first analyzes and researching Naval Operations. There are civil war. He was born and raised in new orleans and spent nine years as a u. S. Navy Surface Warfare officer. So he knows wherever he speaks, both in active duty and in the reserves. Neal is a graduate of the university of new orleans. The university of houston, and the university of louisiana. Monroe. He lives in the greater houston area, teaching both lone star college, north harris and coral. Once you senior high school, he is the author of defending the arteries of rebellion confederate Naval Operations in the Mississippi River valley, 1861 1865, and front like devils, the confederate gunboat mccrae and hes. Hes going to talk about both the army and the Navy Operations in the great over th
Comes to us from the Macarthur Fund in norfolk virginia. The only thing that is really equitable in the cap thing he is overseeing would be a president ial library. That is a really significant thing. Think about what Douglas Macarthur did during world war ii during the years afterwards. He really shaped the face of the pacific in a way that no one else has. And so that repository of documents and memorabilia and artifacts is really a significant component of the 20th century. That is his day job. By 19 is still in love with the american civil war. He has since gone on to perryville hes got onto the led them inn museum norfolk at the macarthur he still goes to bed at night in dreams about the civil war. Delight toeat introduce to you my great brethren chris kolakowski. I have been introduced many many ways and many many years and consistently the most i encourage you all to come down to norfork and visit the macarthur memorial. Its a fantastic place and i am proud to be leader of the t
World war ii and the years pacificd, he shaped the in a way that no one else has. Documentspository of and artifacts is a significant component. Quite a remarkable shift for me as i understood what chris is up to down there. That is his day job and by night, he is still in love with the american civil war. On to since gone perryville where he was in charge of the battlefield out there. He has gone on to the George Patton museum which landed him at the mccarthy memorial. He still goes to bed at night and dreams about the civil war. [laughter] it is my great delight to introduce to you my great polish. Rethren, chris chris good morning everybody. I have been introduced many ways over many years and consistently , the most interesting the most chuckleinducing introductions come from my polish brother over there. Thank you for that advertisement of the macarthur memorial. I encourage all of you to come down and visit at some point or another. If that professor gig doesnt work out for you,
Our first speaker this morning comes to us from the macarthur memorial in a norfolk, virginia. When i was there visiting this spring. It was my first opportunity to get it down and visit. He said the only thing that is equitable for the type of thing he is overseeing would be a president ial library. That stunned me a little bit. That is a significant thing. If you think about what Douglas Macarthur did during world war ii, afterwards in korea, he really shaped the face of the pacific in a way that no one else has. That repository of documents and memorabilia and artifacts is really a significant component of the 20thcentury. Chris kolakowski is the caretaker of that. It was really quite a remarkable shift for me, as i understood what chris is up to down there. But thats his day job. By night, he is still in love with the american civil war. He got started in fredericksburg in spotsylvania. He has since gone on to perryville, where he was in charge of the battlefield out there. He has
Richmond. Robert e lees army, safety 5000 men, holding the siege line 65,000 men, holding the seas lines. Siege lines. They face the army of the potomac, and an army level headquarters of the shenandoah under philip sheridan. Years, hasor four had a target on its back. It has been a primary or a secondary objective of u. S. Forces in the Eastern Theater since the wars beginning in 1861. It has had more military resources devoted to its capture than any objective the American Forces have her try to capture up to this point in history of the country. The largest army the u. S. Has ever fielded, the army of the potomac, has its objective at richmond. The people of richmond know they have been living with a target on the back. Richmond also is a simple. Is a symbol. I want to talk about that more as we get going. Confederacy,f the also one of the most important industrial cities in the confederacy. Begins, the battle of five forks outside of petersburg, virginia from the Confederate White