Chauncey Lecture: The “Other” Valley Campaign
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- čas přidán 18. 10. 2022
- Join award-winning Civil War historian Gary W. Gallagher for the 2022 Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture.
Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early’s 1864 Valley Campaign in the summer and autumn of 1864 reached a decisive climax in the battle of Cedar Creek on October 19. Far less famous than "Stonewall" Jackson’s more limited operations in the Valley during May-June 1862, Early’s featured a series of significant battles against a powerful Union army under Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. This lecture will examine Early and Sheridan as commanders, explore the military, economic, and political impact of the campaign, and assess why Jackson’s campaign looms much larger in historical memory.
Gary W. Gallagher is John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War Emeritus Director, John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History. He is nationally renowned Civil War historian and the author and editor of numerous books and articles. His most recent book, a collection of essays on all aspects of the Civil War, is The Enduring Civil War: Reflections on the Great American Crisis.
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Lecture starts at about 7 minutes.
You've done a public service. Why these guys think their ten minute intros do anything but detract from what the viewer is here for?
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Dr. Gallagher at his usual excellent.
@14:40 ~ I have an uncle, somewhere on my family tree, who was stationed in D.C., where he died of disease. He had immigrated to the Minnesota 5 years earlier from Norway.
@@johnreder4118 ~ It's frustrating, that on the family tree, only a few generations later,
the only information that survives are snippets. It would be interesting to know what outfit your g.g.g.father was drafted into, and where he was stationed. I have the same problem in my family. My dad was stationed on an aircraft carrier during WWII,
and he never told me the name of the ship, and I was too young to know enough to be
curious about it, like I am now, a full grown adult with grey hair.
I lost a tiktak over this lecture! If that’s not a testament to Gallagher’s power to thrill idk what is.
I think he meant to say Lee was older than Early.
Thanx
I wish Dr. Gallagher would have given his ideas on why Sheridan's cavalry was so effective.
Wert gives really good reason: Firepower (Spencer repeaters vs assorted carbines), a massive manpower differential, and mounts (confederate cavalry by this pint lacked serviceable horses and no replacements.
He is so jealous of Shelby Foote!
You say this on every post and still not true. Gallagher’s actually very complimentary of Foote.
Foote isn’t a historian. I can’t imagine a historian being jealous of a novelist.