Monthly Archives: February 2023
2022 Lincoln Forum – Salmon Chase
Here’s Walter Stahr at the 2022 Lincoln Forum giving an excellent presentation on Salmon P. Chase. The video’s description reads, “Author Walter Stahr discussed Salmon Chase, President Lincoln’s Secretary of the Treasury and his rival for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1860. The Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, hosted this event.” https://www.c-span.org/video/?524209-4/2022-lincoln-forum-salmon-chase
Matt Atkinson: Robert E. Lee The Antebellum Years. 2023 Gettysburg Winter Lecture Series
Here’s Matt Atkinson giving, as usual, an outstanding presetation a part of the Gettysburg National Military Park’s Winter Lecture Series. This is about R. E. Lee’s life before the Civil War. The video’s description reads, “Matt first describes Lee’s ancestry, including a pretty detailed description of the life of his father Harry ‘Light Horse’ Lee. […]
Ways and Means
This book by Roger Lowenstein discusses how the two sides financed the Civil War. While the subtitle mentions only Lincoln and his cabinet and the book concentrates on the United States effort, the book also covers confederate finance attempts. Lowenstein necessarily has to touch on political and military aspects of the conflict. When he does, […]
George Washington Parke Custis
Here’s author Charles Clark giving a presentation on George Washington Parke Custis, who was Robert E. Lee’s father-in-law. The video’s description reads, “Author Charles Clarke talked about George Washington Parke Custis who was raised at Mount Vernon and whose life bridged from the American Revolution to the Civil War. This program was hosted by the […]
National Museum of the Civil War Soldier – Missionary Ridge
In this excellent presentation from Pamplin Park, James Ogden, the historian at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, discusses Missionary Ridge. The video’s description reads, “Historian James Ogden discussed the 1863 Civil War Battle of Missionary Ridge, including Union soldiers’ spontaneous charge uphill into Confederate fire to capture a seemingly impregnable position. The National Museum […]
National Museum of the Civil War Soldier – Five Forks
Here is Dr. Michael McCarthy giving a presentation at Pamplin Park on the battle of Five Forks. The video’s description reads, “Historian Michael McCarthy discussed the decisive Union victory at the Civil War Battle of Five Forks. The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia, hosted this event.” https://www.c-span.org/video/?523791-2/national-museum-civil-war-soldier-forks
Civil War Field Artillery
This fact-filled book by Professor Earl Hess is a study of the field artillery of both the United States and the confederates. He writes, “The Civil War witnessed the creation of the largest, most powerful force of field artillery yet to appear in the Western Hemisphere. Combining the Union and Confederate artillery arms, the total […]
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