minds of each commanding general. he argues that the siege was unique in military history and discusses how the conflict brought about the end of the war. this talk is about an hour. ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the director of the u.s. army educational center and the entire staff of the u.s. army heritage and educational center, and the u.s. army war college, welcome to the third lecture of our series. the u.s. army war college sponsors the series to provide an historical dimension to the exercise of generalship, strategic leadership, and war fighting institutions of power. we would like to extend a warm thank you to the army heritage center foundation for their support and everything we do. please be aware that the book for tonight is on sale in the gift shop, and we will have a book signing directly after the lecture. all proceeds go to the foundation to support the growth of the army the army heritage and education center. our speaker is dr. richard somers. he i
u.s. army educational center and the entire staff of the u.s. army heritage and educational center, and the u.s. army war college, welcome to the third lecture of our series. the u.s. army war college sponsors the series to provide an historical dimension to the exercise of generalship, strategic leadership, and war fighting institutions of power. we would like to extend a warm thank you to the army heritage center foundation for their support and everything we do. please be aware that the book for tonight is on sale in the gift shop, and we will have a book signing directly after the lecture. all proceeds go to the foundation to support the growth of the army heritage and education center. our speaker is dr. richard somers. he is a native of indiana and obtained his bachelor s degree in history from the carleton college in northfield, minnesota. he earned his doctorate in history at rice university in 1970. the u.s. army employed him right here at carlisle barracks, making h
strategic leadership, and war fighting institutions of power. we would like to extend a warm thank you to the army heritage center foundation for their support and everything we do. please be aware that the book for tonight is on sale in the gift shop, and we will have a book signing directly after the lecture. all proceeds go to the foundation to support the growth of the army heritage and education center. our speaker is dr. richard somers. he is a native of indiana and obtained his bachelor s degree in history from the carleton college in northfield, minnesota. he earned his doctorate in history at rice university in 1970. the u.s. army employed him right here at carlisle barracks, making him the last chartered member of the organization to be hired. he held the position until 1997 and served in various capacities until his retirement in 2014. the doctor was a professor of military history in 2007 and 2008 and continues to teach courses at the u.s. army war college. he has
okay. the question was, how forrest and hood related to each other at the springhill situation, is that what i understand? and nashville. and nashville. well, in regard to franklin, certainly, forrest did not agree with hood s decision to attack there. back at springhill, it seems to me that forrest was never fully clear about hood allegedly wanting to block the pike, and instead was coming in and attacking the union troops that were marshaled there, maybe some 6500, rather than trying to concentrate on blocking the pike. i think there s misunderstanding certainly between hood and forrest at springhill. i don t know that that particularly affected what happened the next day at franklin. i think that probably forrest just disagreed totally with the idea of a frontal attack, a frontal assault at franklin and, of course, wanted to try and blank the federals out of their position. i think another interesting point is that what happened in the nashville circumstances, forr