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Of the key moments of the american civil war. They were in chattanooga for their 33rd annual meeting of the society of the army of the cumberland. That army had fought in march across middle tennessee in 1863, climbing mountains and reversing rivers before fighting confederate armies at chickamauga creek, in the greatest battle in the western theater of the war. In the minds of these veterans, chickamauga was not a union defeat, but rather the battle for the capture and permanent possession of the city where they were meeting, chattanooga. That capture of chattanooga eventually led to the capture of atlanta and the Union Victory in the war. At the Third Session of the meeting, an unexpected topic came up. A statue for the man who led the army of the cumberland during its most important battles in the campaign. Major general Wil ....
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General thank you to the museum of the confederacy. And thank you to cspan. I want to start by reading from an introductory chapter of my book. Just to kind of set things up. A group of veterans gathered in chattanooga, tennessee, in one of the key moments of the american civil war, they were in chattanooga for their 33rd annual meeting of the society of the army of the cumberland. That army had fought in march across middle tennessee in 1863, climbing mountains and reversing rivers before fighting confederate armies at chickamauga creek, in the greatest battle in the western theater of the war. In the minds of these veterans, chickamauga was not a union defeat, but rather the battle for the capture and permanent possession of the city where they were meeting, chattanooga. That capture of chattanooga eventually led to the capture of atlanta and the Union Victory in the war. At the ....
A group of veterans gathered in chattanooga, tennessee, and one of the key moments of the american civil war, they were in chattanooga for their 33rd annual meeting of the society of the army of the cumberland. That army had fought in march across middle tennessee in 1863, climbing mountains and reversing rivers before fighting confederate armies at chickamauga creek, in the greatest battle in the western theater of the war. In the minds of these veterans, chickamauga was not a union defeat, but rather the battle for the capture and permanent possession of the city where they were meeting, chattanooga. That capture of chattanooga eventually led to the capture of atlanta and the Union Victory in the war. At the Third Session of the meeting, an unexpected topic came up. A statue for the man who led the army of the cumberland during its most important battles in the campaign. Majo ....
And Michael Kozak who helped negotiate the treaties. It features a 1978 address from are carter on the panama canal. First David Mccullough, he discusses the history of the construction and answers viewers questions. The path between the seas it traces the early days of the panama canal. Good evening, mr. Mccullough. Let me ask you first, why do you have a picture of jules burn in your book it was the idea that almost anything in the world miraculous and progressive could be accomplished through the miracles of modern medicine, science and technology. He was a great friend of the builder of the suez canal. It was the spirit that they would move on to panama. And that this was the wave of the future and that they would simply repeat their success in this very different part of the world. Forgetting that panama was a vastly different terrain and topography and climate, everyth ....