The conclusion of the savanna campaign had a couple questions questions,political which he did not want to deal with, and a couple of military, after it was agreed he would be permitted to move to the north and go straight into South Carolina. There were repercussions for that on the confederate side and the folks on the Southern Side would begin to react to that. Of course, even as sherman was leaving atlanta, there were folks on the confederate side that reacted to what was going on. One of them, something of an alert fellow, general beauregard, reacted and saw what was on the way. And of course, technology is always a curse in here. There we go. Boss insses with his richmond, samuel cooper, reports of general wheeler indicate sherman is about to move. Probably heading to charleston or savannah. There are a great many variables sherman can take when he begins to head north or south from atlanta. A junction may be formed with the enemys fleet. I would advise all available forces which
First we are going to talk about general william t. Sherman and what he did in 1865, at least the first stage of his campaign in 1865 when he left the state of georgia and began to move north into South Carolina. He built up a little bit of a base at the conclusion of that campaign and began to talk about heading north. The conclusion of the savanna campaign had a couple questions behind it, political questions, which he did not want to deal with, and a couple of military, after it was agreed he would be permitted to move to the north and go straight into South Carolina. There were repercussions for that on the confederate side and the folks on the Southern Side would begin to react to that. Of course, even as sherman was leaving atlanta, there were folks on the confederate side that reacted to what was going on. One of them, something of an alert fellow, general beauregard, reacted and saw what was on the way. And of course, technology is always a curse in here. There we go. He discus
Controversial, emotional, and something we need to talk about. And from time to time when ive done this panel with friends and colleagues, ive called it on or off their pedestals. The debate over statues, memory and meaning. And i discussed this topic maybe twice or three times with edna medford and it is evolving even between us as we proceed over a year and a half. And its a pleasure to welcome not only edna medford, but also liz varon and Gary Gallagher to join the discussion. Of 1728 confederate memorials in 22 states and the district of columbia, 110 have been removed in the past few years. And three new ones have been built. So its good to have the opportunity to take a snapshot. At best, it will be a snapshot. And i think that we all have to agree that however we feel about art, iconography, memorials, icons, history, american heroes and american villains alike, that the controversy over statues and memorials not only tributes to confederates in the south, but also to those, for
That is the lack of conservation ethic and the culture of our society. All parts of it are important. I received a germination of this kind of ethic in this country. Ive been talking for almost 35 years around the country, every up manyd somebody comes of them are teachers. They have a strong ethical concept. High school kids coming up whose parents are more sensitive teaching them. I see the germination of an ethic that will say that if we intruding someplace, what are the consequences . Had any ordinary commonsense in the politics of would not have practically destroyed the everglades by diverting the water and so forth. Destroyed halfve the wetlands of the country, areidizing crops that already in surplus to the wetlands and drain grow more. We would not have polluted the rivers and so forth. A society outelop thehe young folks here, society that demands to know and asks the question, what are the consequences of our actions and if they are negative, we just will not do it. Compared
Drew gruber as the executive director of civil war trails, lives in williamsburg with his wife kate, their two cats, he enjoys reading, oysters, brown liquor and peace and quiet. Drew gruber. [applause] [laughter] [applause] i am going to introduce my coauthor, doug crenshaw, who is going to lecture about williamsburg today. [laughter] i sat down last night to review notes, and i couldnt think couldnt help but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday. It caused me to rewrite the whole thing. Thanks, ryan. Forgotten battles is a cool thing and i was going to open with a quote and then i thought about it, we have a morbid fascination with body count, only big, bloody battles are important. Then Richard Lewis said last night, the guy who falls from dysentery, that is his forgotten battle and certainly his familys forgotten battle. At the one guy on picket one night by himself on a cold day who is shut down, that is probably his most important battle. So i am going to open wit