Monthly Archives: June 2022
Ulysses Grant Bicentennial Dinner
Here is video from the dinner commemorating the 200th birthday of Ulysses S. Grant. It features a conversation between David Petraeus, Ronald C. White, and Ron Chernow. Frankly, I think it would have been much better had the conversation been between Frank Scaturro and Brooks Simpson, with those other three gentlemen in the audience. The […]
Conversation with Historian Joanne Freeman
This is an outstanding conversation between Christy Coleman and Professor Joanne Freeman. All students of history can benefit from the information in this conversation. The video’s description reads, “Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation executive director Christy Coleman talked with historian Joanne Freeman about her scholarship on Alexander Hamilton and violence in Congress during the 19th century. This program […]
Don’t Give an Inch
This book by Chris Mackowski, Kristopher White, and Daniel Davis is another in the excellent “Emerging Civil War” series, this one a continuation of the examination of the battle of Gettysburg. This particular book focuses on July 2, 1863, the second day of the battle. Like all the other books in the series, the book […]
NCWM Lessons in History with Garry Adelman “Rocky Bulwarks, The Attack and Def. of Gburg’s Boulders”
Here’s Garry Adelman at the National Civil War Museum discussing some of the geology of Gettysburg and how it affected the battle. The video’s description reads, “Garry Adelman, Chief Historian of the American Battlefield Trust, presents ‘Rocky Bulwarks: The Attack and Defense of Gettysburg’s Boulder-Strewn Slopes.’ Gettysburg’s diabase boulders have delighted photographers from 1863 until […]
Fight Like the Devil
This book by Chris Mackowski, Kristopher White, and Daniel Davis is an introduction to the action on July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg. This is part of the excellent “Emerging Civil War” series of books. Like the other books in the series it contains a tour of the battlefield as well as excellent maps and illustrations […]
Lincoln’s Generals
This book of essays edited by Professor Gabor Boritt seeks to analyze the relationships between Abraham Lincoln and five of his top generals. As Professor Boritt tells us, “This book takes a hard look at the interaction of five leading generals with their Civil War commander-in-chief. The choice of the five lieutenants no doubt colors […]
These Honored Dead
This book by Dr. Thomas A. Desjardin is a study of memory through the lens of Gettysburg. He tells us, “The truth about Gettysburg is buried beneath layer upon layer of flawed human memory and our attempt to fashion our past into something that makes our present a little easier to live in. The idea […]
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