The western theater of the american civil for the confederates. Failure from the top down. This is james kay jim kay. As we know him. Hes the former president and current board member of the battle of nashville. Theyre great partners with us. They just posted an event last night for our board. And he has been a civil war enthusiast since his youth and is today considered of the foremost historical authorities on the battle of nashville. While an attorney in nashville please dont hold that against him, james pursues his passion for history by contributing to and providing for a number of historical films and books. And were just excited to have him out here today to reinforce what brandon has just showed you about the mapping in the nashville area. Now were going to come up here, learn more about the military maneuvers led by John Bell Hood and his Confederate Army of tennessee. Jim, thanks for being here today. Welcome. Welcome everybody. Were going to blow through a lot of history in
Going to talk about the failure from the top down hoods disaster in tennessee. And that could be the narrative. The western theater of the american civil for the confederates. Failure from the top down. This is james kay jim kay. As we know him. Hes the former president and current board member of the battle of nashville. Theyre great partners with us. They just posted an event last night for our board. And he has been a civil war enthusiast since his youth and is today considered of the foremost historical authorities on the battle of nashville. While an attorney in nashville please dont hold that against him, james pursues his passion for history by contributing to and providing for a number of historical films and books. And were just excited to have him out here today to reinforce what brandon has just showed you about the mapping in the nashville area. Now were going to come up here, learn more about the military maneuvers led by John Bell Hood and his Confederate Army of tennesse
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