Women during shermans march to the sea. Plus a look at jesse james and his actions by the confederacy during the civil war. A panel this morning, of historians discuss the debates surrounding the leadership of George Gordon meade. He is also the author of an acclaimed book. To his left, scott hartwig. He is a longtime supporter and also a retired historian from Gettysburg National park. He has written a book on the battle of antigua. Antietem. To the left of scott is jennifer murray. She is a professor of history at the university of virginia and many of you met and last, we have brooke simpson, who needs no introduction. You do need an introduction . Not everyone on cspan audience knows you. Brooks is a professor of history at arizona state. Lets turn to George Gordon meade. The man who was behind one of the most important victories in American Military history is barely recognized for his role in defeating the army at gettysburg. Meade in fact, saw this coming. December 7, 1863, he w
Want to attack them as a frontal assault. Hoping forrates are a frontal assault. That is an excellent summary. We want to get to the question. Your question is . Meade when he did decide to move, part of his army moved 32 miles in one night. I dont have a question. I just want to bring this up. Thank you very much. Niceve done a very job of summarizing what has been said here. We appreciate your listening and summarizing. We should have had you up here. Go to the back mic. I am from howard county, maryland. Something was mentioned on the panel about civil war armies being indestructible, that meade realized the army of Northern Virginia was indestructible. I have heard that the typical civil war radel is when both parties come together, bang the heck out of each other, dont actually destroy each other, and live to fight another day. If civil war armies could not destroy each other, why is that . Or what does it mean to destroy the enemy in the civil war context . I heard the same thing
Women during shermans march to the sea. Plus a look at jesse james and his actions by the confederacy during the civil war. A panel this morning, of historians discuss the debates surrounding the leadership of George Gordon meade. He is also the author of an acclaimed book. To his left, scott hartwig. He is a longtime supporter and also a retired historian from Gettysburg National park. He has written a book on the battle of antigua. Antietem. To the left of scott is jennifer murray. She is a professor of history at the university of virginia and many of you met and last, we have brooke simpson, who needs no introduction. You do need an introduction . Not everyone on cspan audience knows you. Brooks is a professor of history at arizona state. Lets turn to George Gordon meade. The man who was behind one of the most important victories in American Military history is barely recognized for his role in defeating the army at gettysburg. Meade in fact, saw this coming. December 7, 1863, he w
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
You have a commanding view for miles. On the other side, we have the ocean and over here we have everythingstery of came intoil the earth play. We can see ships moving back and forth. Runnersven see blockade that are too close to fort fisher so we can actually protect. Rom here, men can stand on top and where these trees are now, they have been clearcut for half a mile. You can see the United States Army Soldiers massing to get ready for your attack that would actually come in here. From this vantage point, you have to understand how attractive psychologically this fort actually was. Largest earthwork fortification in the confederacy in the american civil war. It started in 1861. Never truly completed the union forces launched an captureus operation to fort fisher. We have what remains of the fortification, only about 10 from this fort, a mile and a half long, and had 44 differing cannons and was fairly impressive to the point that it was almost psychologically as tough to think about