Monthly Archives: August 2014
The Battle for Little Round Top
Here’s Ranger Chuck Teague presenting a battle walk on Little Round Top.
The Reconstruction Era
Here’s Professor Gregory Downs of the City College of New York lecturing on the Reconstruction Era. He has a couple of misstatements [Harpers Ferry is not Manassas], but overall not too bad. http://www.c-span.org/video/?315826-1/reconstruction-era
Black Politics in Civil War Washington
Here’s Kate Masur on how Elizabeth Keckley and William Slade were active in black political groups in Washington, DC during the Civil War. She sheds a fascinating light on a topic few talk about. http://www.c-span.org/video/?316221-1/black-politics-civil-war-washington
Rethinking Appomattox
Here’s an excellent discussion and presentation with Elizabeth Varon of the University of Virginia on Appomattox and the different ideas of what it represented. http://www.c-span.org/video/?316113-1/ahtv-rethinking-appomattox
These Honored Dead
Here’s a discussion of the PBS documentary based on Drew Gilpin Faust’s book of the same name. The panel consists of Ric Burns, filmmaker, Drew Gilpin Faust, author, and Admiral Mike Mullen, retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The discussion was held November 18, 2013 at the Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center.
Did Lee Say This?
Robert E. Lee, it is claimed, once said that, when asked who was the best Union general he faced, said, “most emphatically ‘McCellan by all odds.’ ” This is in Robert E. Lee Jr.’s book, Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee, on page 416. It’s in a section dealing with a conversation General […]
Kevin Levin at the Crater Sesquicentennial
From the description of the video: “Kevin Levin, author of Remembering the Battle of the Crater: War as Murder, talked about the importance of the U.S. Civil War battle. The Battle of the Crater took place on July 30, 1864 in Petersburg, Virginia.” http://www.c-span.org/video/?320681-1/battle-crater
Gary Gallagher and James McPherson Discuss the War Presidents
Here’s a discussion between Gary Gallagher and James McPherson on Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as war presidents. Hat tip to Kevin Levin
Nature’s Civil War
Here’s Kathryn Shively Meier of Virginia Commonwealth University giving a lecture dealing with environmental history and the Civil War. Hat tip to Kevin Levin.
Manassas Sesquicentennial
Here’s a keynote address Professor Robertson gave in Manassas, Virginia at a Sesquicentennial Luncheon held at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in 2011.
Student of the American Civil War 
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