The Grave of Stonewall Jackson’s Arm.
This oddity is where the severed left arm of Stonewall Jackson lies, the infamous Confederate general. Its near Fredericksburg VA on the Elwood property.
The Mysterious Case of Stonewall Jackson's Left Arm
On this adventure we visit a few different historic sites, each having to do with the same date, but also having it's own unique story to tell. A general, an arm, and a horse, all part of the history of Virginia.
Definitely my most ambition project to date, so enjoy!
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Stonewall Jackson is Shot
Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson (January 21, 1824 -- May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee. His military career includes the Valley Campaign of 1862 and his service as a corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. Confederate pickets accidentally shot him at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863; the general survived with the loss of an arm to amputation. However, he died of complications of pneumonia eight days later. His death was a severe setback for the Confederacy, affecting not only its military prospects, but also the morale of its army and of the general public.
Jackson in death became an icon of Southern heroism and commitment, joining Lee in the pantheon of the Lost Cause.
Military historians consider Jackson to be one of the most gifted tactical commanders in the nation's history. His Valley Campaign and his envelopment of the Union Army right wing at Chancellorsville are studied worldwide even today as examples of innovative and bold leadership. He excelled as well in other battles: the First Battle of Bull Run (where he received his famous nickname Stonewall), Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. Jackson was not universally successful as a commander, however, as displayed by his weak and confused efforts during the Seven Days Battles around Richmond in 1862.
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GPS Address: 9001 plank road, Fredericksburg VA (About 20 feet away from the entrance of Visitor Center at Chancellorsville Battle Historic Site).
General Stonewall Jackson Gods & Generals - LifeLessons from Movies
Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson
January 21, 1824(1824-01-21) May 10, 1863 (aged 39)
General Jackson's Chancellorsville Portrait, taken at a Spotsylvania County farm on April 26, 1863, seven days before his wounding at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Nickname Stonewall, Old Jack, Old Blue Light, Tom Fool
Place of birth Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia)
Place of death Guinea Station, Virginia
Place of burial Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery
Lexington, Virginia
Allegiance United States Army
Confederate States Army
Years of service 184651 (USA)
186163 (CSA)
Rank Major (USA)
Lieutenant General
Commands held Stonewall Brigade
Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Battles/wars Mexican-American War
American Civil War
Great Train Raid of 1861
First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas)
Romney Expedition
Valley Campaign
Battle of Kernstown
Battle of Front Royal
Battle of Winchester (1862)
Battle of Port Republic
Seven Days Battles
Battle of Gaines' Mill
Battle of Savage's Station
Battle of White Oak Swamp
Battle of Malvern Hill
Northern Virginia Campaign
Battle of Cedar Mountain
First Battle of Rappahannock Station
Battle of Manassas Station Ops.
Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas)
Battle of Chantilly
Maryland Campaign
Battle of Harpers Ferry
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville †
Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson (January 21, 1824[1] May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and probably the most well-known Confederate commander after General Robert E. Lee.[2] His military career includes the Valley Campaign of 1862 and his service as a corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. Confederate pickets accidentally shot him at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863, which the general survived, albeit with the loss of an arm to amputation. However, he died of complications of pneumonia eight days later. His death was a severe setback for the Confederacy, affecting not only its military prospects, but also the morale of its army and of the general public.
Military historians consider Jackson to be one of the most gifted tactical commanders in United States history. His Valley Campaign and his envelopment of the Union Army right wing at Chancellorsville are studied worldwide even today as examples of innovative and bold leadership. He excelled as well in other battles: the First Battle of Bull Run (where he received his famous nickname Stonewall), the Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. Jackson was not universally successful as a commander, however, as displayed by his weak and confused efforts during the Seven Days Battles around Richmond in 1862.
Moobob History, Battles of Fredericksburg,Chancellorsville,Wilderness and Spotsylvania
Moobob History goes to the blood heart of the American Civil War. We go around Bloody Angle exactly 150 years after the battle of Spotsylvania was fought. We go to Ellwood to see the grave of Stonewall Jackson's left arm. We go to Fredericksburg to see the stone wall and cemetery. And we go to the Wilderness to see where Longstreet was wounded, in a way similar to Jackson.
The Story of Us Stonewall Edition
The video depicts the battle of Chancellorsville in the American Civil War and the death of General Thomas Stonewall Jackson.
Malvern Hill Battlefield
This is Malvern Hill Battlefield in Richmond, Virginia.
Jackson's Valley Campaign | Wikipedia audio article
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Jackson's Valley Campaign
00:02:35 1 Background
00:06:02 2 Opposing forces
00:06:11 2.1 Confederate
00:08:29 2.2 Union
00:10:46 3 Initial movements
00:13:23 4 Valley Campaign
00:13:32 4.1 Kernstown (March 23, 1862)
00:17:52 4.2 Retreating from the Valley (March 24 – May 7)
00:22:41 4.3 McDowell (May 8)
00:25:35 4.4 Conflicting orders (May 10–22)
00:27:45 4.5 Front Royal (May 23)
00:31:28 4.6 Winchester (May 25)
00:35:44 4.7 Union armies pursue Jackson
00:41:43 4.8 Cross Keys (June 8)
00:44:42 4.9 Port Republic (June 9)
00:48:11 5 Aftermath
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Jackson's Valley Campaign, also known as the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, was Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson's spring 1862 campaign through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia during the American Civil War. Employing audacity and rapid, unpredictable movements on interior lines, Jackson's 17,000 men marched 646 miles (1,040 km) in 48 days and won several minor battles as they successfully engaged three Union armies (52,000 men), preventing them from reinforcing the Union offensive against Richmond.Jackson suffered a tactical defeat (his sole defeat of the war) at the First Battle of Kernstown (March 23, 1862) against Col. Nathan Kimball (part of Union Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army), but it proved to be a strategic Confederate victory because President Abraham Lincoln reinforced the Union's Valley forces with troops that had originally been designated for the Peninsula Campaign against Richmond. On May 8, after more than a month of skirmishing with Banks, Jackson moved deceptively to the west of the Valley and drove back elements of Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont's army in the Battle of McDowell, preventing a potential combination of the two Union armies against him. Jackson then headed down the Valley once again to confront Banks. Concealing his movement in the Luray Valley, Jackson joined forces with Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell and captured the Federal garrison at Front Royal on May 23, causing Banks to retreat to the north. On May 25, in the First Battle of Winchester, Jackson defeated Banks and pursued him until the Union Army crossed the Potomac River into Maryland.
Bringing in Union reinforcements from eastern Virginia, Brig. Gen. James Shields recaptured Front Royal and planned to link up with Frémont in Strasburg. Jackson was now threatened by three small Union armies. Withdrawing up the Valley from Winchester, Jackson was pursued by Frémont and Shields. On June 8, Ewell defeated Frémont in the Battle of Cross Keys and on the following day, crossed the North River to join forces with Jackson to defeat Shields in the Battle of Port Republic, bringing the campaign to a close.
Jackson followed up his successful campaign by forced marches to join Gen. Robert E. Lee for the Seven Days Battles outside Richmond. His audacious campaign elevated him to the position of the most famous general in the Confederacy (until this reputation was later supplanted by Lee) and has been studied ever since by military organizations around the world.
A. P. Hill | Wikipedia audio article
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A. P. Hill
00:01:16 1 Early life and education
00:03:34 2 Career
00:04:23 2.1 American Civil War
00:04:33 2.1.1 Early months
00:05:18 2.1.2 Light Division
00:10:18 2.1.3 Third Corps commander
00:14:00 2.2 Death
00:15:26 3 Analysis
00:17:27 4 Legacy
00:18:16 5 In popular culture
00:18:43 6 See also
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Ambrose Powell Hill, Jr. (November 9, 1825 – April 2, 1865) was a Confederate general who was killed in the American Civil War. He is usually referred to as A.P. Hill, to differentiate him from another, unrelated Confederate general, Daniel Harvey Hill.
A native Virginian, Hill was a career United States Army officer who had fought in the Mexican–American War and Seminole Wars prior to joining the Confederacy. After the start of the American Civil War, he gained early fame as the commander of the Light Division in the Seven Days Battles and became one of Stonewall Jackson's ablest subordinates, distinguishing himself in the 1862 battles of Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg.
Following Jackson's death in May 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Hill was promoted to lieutenant general and commanded the Third Corps of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, which he led in the Gettysburg Campaign and the fall campaigns of 1863. His command of the corps in 1864–65 was interrupted on multiple occasions by illness, from which he did not return until just before the end of the war, when he was killed during the Union Army's offensive at the Third Battle of Petersburg.
Tribute To General J.E.B. Stuart
Major General J. E. B. Stuart (Library of Congress)
James Ewell Brown Stuart, known to friends and fellow servicemen as Jeb, came from an acclaimed military lineage. His great grandfather, Major Alexander Stuart, commanded a regiment in the Revolutionary War, and his father Archibald Stuart fought in the War of 1812 before serving as a Commonwealth and U.S. Representative. He attended Emory and Henry College and then West Point, where he graduated 13th of 46 in 1854. West Point was also where he first met and befriended Robert E. Lee.
In his U.S. service, Stuart was involved in several Indian conflicts, the “Bleeding Kansas” incident at the Kansas-Missouri border, and was sent by Lee to crush John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry.
Stuart resigned from the United States army in May of 1861 to join the Confederacy following Virginia’s secession, despite his father in law choosing to remain in the US Army for the engagement. He was assigned to report to Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, who promoted him to Colonel early on and assigned him to command cavalry units of the Army of the Shenandoah. He led his regiment in the First Battle of Bull Run, where the Union Army’s early success was undone in part because of Stuart’s routing, forcing their retreat back to Washington DC. Soon thereafter, he began commanding all the cavalry brigades for the Army of Northern Virginia in March of 1862.
Stuart was a master of reconnaissance missions, and twice made daring exploits, first in the Peninsula Campaign and again at Antietam. In the Northern Virginia Campaign, he was promoted to major general after he executed successful raids at Catlett’s Station and Rappahannock River, and then performed great defensive strategy at the Battle of Fredericksburg. After the mortal wounding Jackson during the battle of Chancellorsville, Stuart temporarily assumed command of Jackson's Second Corps and was influential in exploiting the success of his predecessor's famous flank attack.
In spite of Stuart's brilliant reputation (or perhaps because of it), his performance during the Gettysburg Campaign has been the subject much debate and controversy. Prior to 1863 the Federal mounted arm had been repeatedly embarrassed by Stuart's seemingly invincible cavaliers. But as the war entered its third summer, that perception would begin to change. At Brandy Station, despite holding the field for the South, Stuart failed to detect the movements of the Union cavalry that would eventually instigate the attack. Just a month later, Stuart’s cavalry fell out of touch with headquarters in the days leading up to Gettysburg, and left Lee and his fellow commanding officers with little to no intelligence in unfamiliar enemy territory. Stuart finally arrived late on the second day and the following day was repulsed by Union cavalry gaining no ground there.
Stuart fought his final battle on the outskirts of Richmond on May 11, 1864. The Confederate cavalry was working feverishly to deny Gen. Philip Sheridan's Federal horsemen from gaining entry into the Confederate capital. Stuart's men were able to check the Yankee advance but at a terrible cost. The Confederate cavalry chief was shot by a dismounted Michigan trooper with a pistol, and the wound proved fatal. He died the day after the battle, May 12, 1864 and was buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.
The papers of J.E.B. Stuart.
Arkansas in the American Civil War | Wikipedia audio article
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Arkansas in the American Civil War
00:01:31 1 Background
00:03:42 2 The secession crisis
00:04:51 2.1 Seizure of the Federal Arsenal at Little Rock
00:07:07 2.2 The first Convention on Secession
00:09:19 2.3 Reaction to the attack on Fort Sumter
00:10:25 2.4 Arkansas leaves the Union
00:11:36 2.5 Organizing for war
00:13:27 3 Confederate units
00:14:56 4 Major campaigns
00:15:05 4.1 1861
00:17:38 4.2 1862
00:28:36 4.3 1863
00:32:42 4.4 1864
00:36:04 4.5 1865
00:38:48 5 Battles in Arkansas
00:39:05 6 Notable Confederate leaders from Arkansas
00:39:42 7 Notable Union leaders from Arkansas
00:40:35 8 The Peace Society
00:41:34 9 Restoration to Union
00:42:11 10 Image gallery
00:42:20 11 See also
00:42:44 12 Notes
00:42:52 12.1 Footnotes
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During the American Civil War, Arkansas was a Confederate state, though it had initially voted to remain in the Union. Following the capture of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Abraham Lincoln called for troops from every Union state to put down the rebellion, and Arkansas and several other states seceded. For the rest of the war, Arkansas played a major role in controlling the vital Mississippi River and neighboring states, including Tennessee and Missouri.
It raised 48 infantry regiments, 20 artillery batteries, and over 20 cavalry regiments for the Confederacy, mostly serving in the Western Theater, though the 3d Arkansas Infantry Regiment served with distinction in the Army of Northern Virginia. Major General Patrick Cleburne was the state's most notable military leader. The state also raised four infantry regiments, four cavalry regiments and one artillery battery for the Union. Finally there were six infantry regiments and one artillery battery of United States Colored Troops raised in Arkansas.
Numerous skirmishes as well as several significant battles were fought in Arkansas, including the Battle of Pea Ridge in March 1862, a decisive one for the Trans-Mississippi Theater which ensured Union control of northern Arkansas. The state capitol at Little Rock was captured in 1863. By the end of the war, programs such as the draft, high taxes, and martial law had led to a decline in enthusiasm for the Confederate cause. Arkansas was officially readmitted to the Union in 1868.
John Pelham (officer)
John Pelham was an artillery officer who served with the Confederate cavalry under J.E.B. Stuart during the American Civil War. Dubbed The Gallant Pelham for his military prowess and personal courage, Pelham revolutionized the usage of light artillery as a mobile arm of the cavalry.
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James Longstreet | Wikipedia audio article
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James Longstreet
00:03:25 1 Early life and career
00:08:19 2 Mexican-American War
00:09:28 3 Subsequent activities
00:11:54 4 American Civil War
00:12:04 4.1 First Bull Run
00:16:10 4.2 Family tragedy and Peninsula
00:21:13 4.3 Second Bull Run
00:26:58 4.4 Antietam and Fredericksburg
00:31:14 4.5 Suffolk
00:33:59 4.6 Gettysburg
00:34:07 4.6.1 Campaign plans
00:38:03 4.6.2 July 1–2
00:42:52 4.6.3 July 3
00:46:15 4.7 Chickamauga
00:50:16 4.8 Tennessee
00:55:43 4.9 Wilderness to Appomattox
01:00:16 5 Postbellum life
01:07:18 6 Legacy
01:07:27 6.1 Historical reputation
01:11:33 6.2 In memoriam
01:12:58 7 In popular culture
01:14:49 8 See also
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James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904) was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his Old War Horse. He served under Lee as a corps commander for many of the famous battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater, and briefly with Braxton Bragg in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater.
After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Longstreet served in the Mexican–American War. He was wounded in the thigh at the Battle of Chapultepec, and afterward married his first wife, Louise Garland. Throughout the 1850s, he served on frontier duty in the American Southwest. In June 1861, Longstreet resigned his U.S. Army commission and joined the Confederate Army. He commanded Confederate troops during an early victory at Blackburn's Ford in July and played a minor role at the First Battle of Bull Run.
Longstreet's talents as a general made significant contributions to several important Confederate victories, mostly in the Eastern Theater as one of Robert E. Lee's chief subordinates in the Army of Northern Virginia. He performed poorly at Seven Pines by accidentally marching his men down the wrong road, causing them to be late in arrival. He played an important role in the success of the Seven Days Battles in the summer of 1862. Longstreet led a devastating counterattack that routed the Union army at Second Bull Run in August. His men held their ground in defensive roles at Antietam and Fredericksburg. Longstreet's most controversial service was at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, where he openly disagreed with General Lee on the tactics to be employed and reluctantly supervised several attacks on Union forces, including the disastrous Pickett's Charge. Afterwards, Longstreet was, at his own request, sent to the Western Theater to fight under Braxton Bragg, where his troops launched a ferocious assault on the Union lines at Chickamauga, which carried the day. Afterwards, his performance in semiautonomous command during the Knoxville Campaign resulted in a Confederate defeat. Longstreet's tenure in the Western Theater was marred by his central role in numerous conflicts amongst important Confederate generals. Unhappy serving under Bragg, Longstreet and his men were sent back to Lee. He ably commanded troops during the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864, where he was seriously wounded by friendly fire. He later returned to the field, serving under Lee in the Siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign.
He enjoyed a successful post-war career working for the U.S. government as a diplomat, civil servant, and administrator. His conversion to the Republican Party and his cooperation with his old friend, President Ulysses S. Grant, as well as critical comments he wrote in his memoirs about General Lee's wartime performance, made him anathema to many of his former Confederate colleagues. His reputation in the South further suffered when he led African-American militia against the anti-Reconstruction White League at the Battle of Liberty Place in 1874. Authors of the Lost Cause movement focused on Longstreet's actions at Gettysburg as a primary reason for the Confederacy's loss ...
Richard S. Ewell | Wikipedia audio article
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Richard S. Ewell
00:00:28 1 Early life and career
00:02:22 2 Civil War
00:04:57 2.1 With Stonewall Jackson
00:08:10 2.2 Gettysburg and controversy
00:12:31 2.3 Overland Campaign and Richmond
00:15:16 3 Postbellum life
00:16:14 4 In popular media
00:17:16 5 See also
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- Socrates
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Richard Stoddert Ewell (February 8, 1817 – January 25, 1872) was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He achieved fame as a senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee and fought effectively through much of the war, but his legacy has been clouded by controversies over his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg and at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
The Truth About the Confederacy in the United States (FULL Version)
Jeffery Robinson, the ACLU’s top racial justice expert, discusses the dark history of Confederate symbols across the country and outlines what we can do to learn from our past and combat systemic racism.
Furled and Unfurled: A History of the Confederate Battle Flag at Gettysburg (Lecture)
Few symbols are as recognizable or as controversial as the Confederate battle flag. From the men who carried it into battle, to its incorporation into monuments and memorials, the flag is inextricably linked with the battlefield of Gettysburg. Discover the compelling and controversial history of the flag at Gettysburg, and the on-going debate over its meaning and message.
When Georgia Howled: Sherman on the March
FOR 37 WEEKS IN 1864, GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN MADE GEORGIA HIS BATTLEGROUND. Georgia Public Broadcasting and the Atlanta History Center have partnered to produce the gripping new documentary “When Georgia Howled: Sherman on the March,” premiering Thursday, September 10 at 8 p.m. on GPB Television. The program is the companion documentary to their Emmy-winning collaboration 37 Weeks: Sherman on the March,” a series of 90-second segments that premiered in April 2014 and commemorated the 150th anniversary of Sherman’s 1864 march into Georgia. IT WAS 37 WEEKS THAT WOULD DETERMINE THE FATE OF A NATION.
ROBERT E. LEE - WikiVidi Documentary
Robert Edward Lee was an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a top army commander of the Confederate States of America. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865. A son of Revolutionary War officer Henry Light Horse Harry Lee III, Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years. During this time, he served throughout the United States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War, and served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. When Virginia declared its secession from the Union in April 1861, Lee chose to follow his home state, despite his desire for the country to remain intact and an offer of a senior Union command. During the first year of the Civil War, Lee served as a senior military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Once he took command of the main field ...
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00:04:26: Early life and career
00:09:17: Military engineer career
00:14:07: Marriage and family
00:15:46: Mexican–American War
00:18:19: Early 1850s: West Point and Texas
00:19:50: Late 1850s: Arlington plantation and the Custis slaves
00:21:56: The Norris case
00:27:51: Lee's views on race and slavery
00:33:33: Harpers Ferry and Texas, 1859–61
00:33:53: Harpers Ferry
00:34:54: Texas
00:36:24: Civil War
00:39:08: Early role
00:42:08: Commander, Army of Northern Virginia (June 1862-June 1863)
00:47:42: Battle of Gettysburg
00:50:53: Ulysses S. Grant and the Union offensive
00:52:26: General-in-chief
00:54:21: Summaries of Lee's Civil War battles
00:54:34: Postbellum life
00:58:42: President Johnson's amnesty pardons
00:59:47: Postwar politics
01:05:18: Illness and death
01:06:40: Legacy
01:11:27: Monuments, memorials and commemorations
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Robert E Lee Biography: A Remarkable Military Career
Robert E. Lee - today, the mere mention of his name is enough to arouse passionate debate. In his time, he was loved and respected by both the Confederate Army and the Southern people. Curiously, following the Civil War, this high admiration carried over to include the people of the North, and Lee become a cherished figure for all Americans. During the war, when Abraham Lincoln looked at a picture of Lee, he remarked that a man with such a compassionate countenance had to be a ‘good man.’ But the war to which he devoted his every fiber broke him, if not in spirit, certainly in body and he was only to outlive the conflict by five years.
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The Civil War and Reconstruction (HIST 119)
This lecture probes the reasons for confederate defeat and union victory. Professor Blight begins with an elucidation of the loss of will thesis, which suggests that it was a lack of conviction on the home front that assured confederate defeat, before offering another of other popular explanations for northern victory: industrial capacity, political leadership, military leadership, international diplomacy, a pre-existing political culture, and emancipation. Blight warns, however, that we cannot forget the battlefield, and, to this end, concludes his lecture with a discussion of the decisive Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in July of 1863.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction
08:10 - Chapter 2. Resources, Leadership, Diplomacy: Why The North Won
22:16 - Chapter 3. Frail Nationalism? The Loss-of-Will Theory on Why the South Lost
30:42 - Chapter 4. The Bloody Battle of Gettysburg
44:41 - Chapter 5. Union Victory at Vicksburg and Conclusion
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