To wage war. And watchrtifacts more American History tv next week while congress is in recess. Be an primetime monday through friday at 8 00 p. M. Featuring watergate, 40 years. War,xt on the civil Emmanuel Dabney of Petersburg National battlefield discusses u. S. Colored troops. Ing, unions of tunnel forces blew up a mine to create a gap in the defenses. He discusses while the attack ended in a failure and why the colored troops were unjustly blamed. This part of the Gettysburg College Civil War Institute annual conference. It is about one hour. [applause] a good morning. You, we willrn hear language that we think its repulsive. I will not cut it out and stop we will get started. In june 1860 four, after failing to defeat Robert E Lees army, ulysses as grant ulysses s. Grant and a portion of the army of. Petersburg in 1850 was the second largest city with a population of 18,266 folks. Thead been referred to as rockies city. Forur railroads radiated. The Petersburg Railroad which ran s
Providers and the people trying to deliver that media to the consumer. Whene in 11 Playing Field it comes to those kind of negotiations. Senators, monday night at 8 00 eastern on the communicators. Next on the civil war, Emmanuel Dabney of Petersburg National battlefield discusses the role of u. S. Colored troops. After weeks of tunneling, union forces blew up a mine to create a gap in the defenses. He discusses why the attack ended in a failure and why the colored troops were unjustly blamed. This event was part of the Gettysburg College Civil War Institute annual conference. It is about one hour. [applause] good morning. I will prewarn you, we will hear language that we find repulsive. I will not cut it out. We will get started. In june 1864, after failing to defeat Robert E Lees army, ulysses s. Grant and a portion of the army of james pulled away and began the Movement Toward petersburg to begin the attack, petersburg in 1850 was the second largest city with a population of 18,266
Are spending much time at all training for the crater. I think it gets back to how we tend to want to remember this story. The story of the black Union Soldier is front and center. I couldnt be happier about that. I think theres been a danger in the way the story has been pushed over the last few years. It is the moral narrative of our civil war memory. We want to correct for forgetting about them for so long. I think we tend to gloss over some of the darker sides of black soldiers. I dont think were comfortable talking about black soldiers massacrering others. That doesnt fit into our minds right now. I think we want to believe if those black regiments had been allowed to lead the assault that would have been it. We can imagine black soldiers charging over brandfield hill into petersberg. Thats a very soothing image. Anyone who has studied civil war battles, theres nothing that goes as planned. Is there any surprise given this massive detonation. No one can really predict what it will
The line in defense of our nation is the 1 i want to be apart of. Thats the 1 im proud to be apart of so the next time you see that brand new private or lieutenant, no that they were among that our society had to offer. They had more ability and potential than most of their peers and they still chose to put that uniform on and to help the sacrifices that come with it. They are tomorrows generals and command sergeant majors. They are the future of our nation. I thank you again for the honor of being here to stand in this hollow ground with all of you and to remember this chapter in our history and the people who lived in it and people who died in it. Have a great day. God bless america. [ applause ] our benediction this morning will be given by reverend rick gre greenwood. I fail to mention with pastor lions are gillfield. Both churches represented here this morning were war time congregations here in petersberg. Again, this morning our benediction reverend greenwood. May god the earth
Eligible population, dont even meet the basic requirements to get into todays army. 99 of todays recruits have a High School Diploma or equivalent. An era where 79 of High School Students graduate. Thats 21 times lower rate of dropouts than the national average. Overall, todays recruits are healthier, more physically fit than the vast majority of peers and must adhere to zero tolerance policy on drugs and criminal issues. It is actually statistically easy tosh gier to get into coll enlist, not become an officer, but enlist in the army. Life of a soldiers no secret to them. They join knowing they will endure hard times then will endure sacrifice. They will be charged to keep us safe. The few that make the cut to get in, are willing to make that sacrifice, they are not always easy to find. If it was easy to find, we one need an entire command to recruiting. Those that get in, those that make the cut to get in and make the next cut, to get through training and into a unit, they become par