Now, we have to start with the two leading protagonists at the battle of Missionary Ridge in chattanooga. Of course, Ulysses Grant. Hiram Ulysses Grant actually. Was a rising star as a general. Had not really lost a battle yet during the war, and eventually he goes on to further greatness. On the other side you have braxton bragg. Although the story might be a little bit apocryphal, apparently as lieutenant in, during the seminole wars, he became the acting commissary officer. The story is he wrote a request to the commissary officer himself for supplies. As a commissary officer, he turned them down. He sent another request that was turned down again, so went to the captain of the regiment and said, i reached an impasse, what should i do . The captain said, bragg, you have argued with every officer in the army, and now you are arguing with yourself. Request denied. So, braxton bragg, we had a symposium two years ago, of generals you love to hate. It was very interesting to me he was no
here we are, finally at the end, where we re going to focus on memory for our last class. there s no better event in united states history to talk about how powerful contending memories of something that happened in the past can be. there s simply nothing remotely equal to it i think in the civil war, passions get up quickly when people remember the civil war, and then watching that in charlottesville in the last year and a half in the debates over the equestrian statue of r.e. lee. we ll talk at the end when i get to the war today about some of the resonances of the war in our current american situation and the ways in which the different streams of memory put in places by the wartime generation, either do or do not remain with us now. my real focus today is going to be on how the wartime generation remembered the war. and i m going to focus on four great interpretive traditions that came out of the wartime generation, thrived for many decades thereafter, and in differing de
immediate post war era to today. this is about one hour and 15 minutes. here we are for the last class this semester. we re going to move into the aftermath of the war, as you know. we spent all semester looking at various aspects of this conflict. right from the beginning i alerted you one of the themes in this class was going to be the tension between history and memory. we talked about it on the first day of class. have reiterated as we ve gone along. here we are finally at the end where we re going to focus on memory for our last class. there s no better event in the united states history to talk about how powerful contending memories of something that happened in the pass can be. there s simply nothing remotely equal to it, i think, than the civil war. passions get up quickly when people remember the civil war. been watching that in charlottesville over the last year and a half in the debates over the statute the r.e. lee downtown. i ll talk at the end, when i get to t
immediate post war era to today. this is about one hour and 15 minutes. here we are for the last class this semester. we re going to move into the aftermath of the war, as you know. we spent all semester looking at various aspects of this conflict. right from the beginning i alerted you one of the themes in this class was going to be the tension between history and memory. we talked about it on the first day of class. have reiterated as we ve gone along. here we are finally at the end where we re going to focus on memory for our last class. there s no better event in the united states history to talk about how powerful contending memories of something that happened in the pass can be. there s simply nothing remotely equal to it, i think, than the civil war. passions get up quickly when people remember the civil war. been watching that in charlottesville over the last year and a half in the debates over the statute the r.e. lee downtown. i ll talk at the end, when i get to t
c. span 2 s book tv. up next more from our lectures in history series. this see vent features university of virginia professor teaching a class on civil war memory and how people in the north and south have inter pretded the conflict from immediate post war era to today. this is about one hour and 15 minutes. here we are for the last class this semester. we re going to move into the aftermath of the war, as you know. we spent all semester looking at various aspects of this conflict. right from the beginning i alerted you one of the themes in this class was going to be the tension between history and memory. we talked about it on the first day of class. have reiterated as we ve gone along. here we are finally at the end where we re going to focus on memory for our last class. there s no better event in the united states history to talk about how powerful contending memories of something that happened in the pass can be. there s simply nothing remotely equal to it, i think