General Hood in Tennessee
Historian James Kay discussed Confederate General John Bell Hood’s defeat at the Battle of Franklin in Tennessee in 1864. The American Battlefield trust hosted this event.
433 viewsHistorian James Kay discussed Confederate General John Bell Hood’s defeat at the Battle of Franklin in Tennessee in 1864. The American Battlefield trust hosted this event.
433 viewsAuthor Andrew Bledsoe talked about decisions made by Confederate and Union commanders at the 1864 Battle of Franklin in Tennessee and how those tactical strategies led to one of the worst di…
404 viewsSarah Kay Bierle, managing editor of the “Emerging Civil War” blog, talked about Confederate artillery officer John Pelham and the Battle of Kelly’s Ford in Virginia. John Pelham died shortl…
1,113 viewsChris Mackowski is the author of Grant’s Last Battle: The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. He talked about his book, which recounts Grant’s life post-presidency, includ…
784 viewsMany historians consider the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville to be Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory. Facing a Union Army more than twice the size of his own, Lee divided …
1,194 viewsThe Wheatfield was a 20-acre parcel on the Rose farm at Gettysburg and the site of intense fighting on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Author Kristopher White discussed the confu…
1,671 viewsChris Mackowski, author of Strike Them a Blow: Battle Along the North Anna River, talked about General Robert E. Lee’s North Anna River defense. This talk was a part of a symposium on the “G…
1,280 viewsKristopher White talked about the views of early American military theorists on battle defense and how it was applied during the Civil War. He also spoke about how generals defended their ac…
959 viewsChris Mackowski talked about the May 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, which pitted Ulysses S. Grant and his Union forces against Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Vi…
2,388 viewsKristopher White talked about Confederate General James Longstreet’s counterattack during the May 1864 Battle of the Wilderness in northern Virginia. Mr. White described the aims of both the…
1,705 viewsHistorians talked about great attacks of the Civil War. They discussed what factors should be considered in evaluating engagements and which battles had the most military or symbolic signifi…
1,491 viewsPublic historians and authors talked about the obstacles and successes of remembering the Civil War on its 150th anniversary, and how it compared to earlier anniversary celebrations. They de…
1,410 viewsKristopher White talked about the way Union and Confederate commanders attempted a variety of innovations in the final year of the U.S. Civil War. Mr. White is the co-author of Season of Sla…
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