thank you for having me. withdelighted to be here the emerging civil war. let s talk about horseshoe ridge. let me tell you that it s not a horseshoe shaped nor a ridge. more on that later. in september 1863, the union army of a cumberland and confederate army of tennessee came together in north georgia and thought the three-day battle. the second-largest battle of the civil war, 130,000 men. approximately 340,000 casualties confederate army of tennessee out of that. one of the things i found while researching this is that everybody has a different number for the casualties. as noted, it is i a confusing battle. i will give you a brief sketch of the first two days of the battle. september 18, 1863, largely a recovering force action. thank you, derek. you re defining that. there are a lot of parallels with reactions on july 1 at gettysburg. brigades went well. across chickamauga creek for the best part of a full day. they disrupt the confederate battle plan. as a result, the f
what a perfect introduction. thank you. that s great. john and i are delighted to be back here at the lincoln forum. those of you who know us even a little bit will not be surprise today hear last night we had an opportunity to get together and consume some wine. and in the midst of that conversation, fueled by wine we were talking about how we were th terribly jealous of ron chernow whose biography of hamilton inspired a very lucrative musical on broadway. so we thought how appropriate it would be to have joseph e. johnston the musical. [laughter] or william t. sherman the musical or the one that really inspired us was henry wager halek the musical. as you see on the screen here and you ll be delighted to hear, this is not going to be a musical presentation today. instead, alas, it is a tragedy in three acts. act one. on april 17, 1865, which is a full week after lee surrendered to grant at appomattox as we just heard a few moments ago, joseph e. johnston and william t.
he is also the winner of the that particular book won the samuel elliott morrison award. e is the author of lincoln and his admirals which won the lincoln prize in 2009. in recognition of his extraordinary contribution, the naval historicle foundation in 2014 awarded him the congressman duredudly w. knox history award for lifetime achievement. professor john mars lak is william s. giles distinguished professor emeritus of mississippi state university came out of retirement in 2008 and accepted the task of serving as executive director of the uelills sis s grant presidential library and managing editors. he is the tautsdzer of a dozen books. incheweding sherman. and sherman s other war. his honors include an excellence in writing award from the u.s. army historicle oundation. as testament to the high regard in which he is held, several of his students contributed to an editted volume titled, of times and race. ees says inspired. i was honored to have the opportunity to contr
last confederate army at the end of the civil war. welcome to session one of the first symposium. our next speakers are two scholars who are familiar to lincoln forum attendees of longstanding and likely to those who are new to the symposium. professor craig saymonds is the author or editor of nearly two dozen books including the award winning and recently published neptune: the allied invasion of europe and d-day landings, published in 2015. he s also the winner, that particular book won the samuel elliott morrison award for naval literature. and he is the author of lincoln and his admirals, which won the lincoln prize in 2009. in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to the study of naval history, the naval historical foundation in 2014 awarded him the w. knox naval history award for lifetime achievement. professor john marszalek is distinguished professor emeritus of mississippi state university. he came out of retirement in 2008 and accepted the task of ser
sherman and joseph johnston. joseph johnston surrendered the last confederate army at the end of the civil war. welcome to session one of the first symposium. our next speakers are two scholars who are familiar to lincoln forum attendees of longstanding and likely to those who are new to the symposium. professor craig saymonds is the author or editor of nearly two dozen books including the award winning and recently published neptune: the allied invasion of europe and d-day landings, published in 2015. he s also the winner, that particular book won the samuel elliott morrison award for naval literature. and he is the author of lincoln and his admirals, which won the lincoln prize in 2009. in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to the study of naval history, the naval historical foundation in 2014 awarded him the w. knox naval history award for lifetime achievement. professor john marszalek is distinguished professor emeritus of mississippi state university. h