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Lee a great general? Who did he beat? Burnside, Hooker, Mcclellan, Pope? All were bad generals. He was bested the moment he met a good general in Meade, and he never won a great offensive battle without stonewall jackson. I implore you to study Napoleon at Austerlitz. The battle is identical in every way to Gettysburg down to the terrain and number of men engaged on each side. Study what Napoleon did, and you will find your great general.
We love coming here, especially on the night where there are Old Time Bands. We also like the Bluegrass music 🎵🎶 because we clog and two step dancing. Thank you all at Lays Hardware. We drive over an hr to come to Lay's. The folks that run Lay's as well as the folks that come to listen to the band and those of us that come to do our heritage dancing, clogging, flat footing buck dancing and two stepping. We love a good night with the Old Time Bands with the fiddle in the band. Come on down and enjoy a good clean atmosphere.
The narrator, professor James I. Robertson Jr. has a pleasant southern drawl and replaces his Rs with Ws, not unlike the way a child does. This is not a complaint but rather the opposite.
It was a civil war a war between north and south It had nothing to do with saving the USA you need to read up on your history just cause it was about slavery you wanted to say something whe you don't know shit sorry for saying this people but people like this is why or country going hell in a handbag willoutlaw is a douchbag
I’m Australian and love these episodes and in particular the late great Dr Robertson. I have had one or two great lecturers throughout my university studies and this gentleman is wonderful to listen to. Wonderful production value too. Thank you!
To state the obvious, Lee tried to invade the North twice, and as soon as he no longer had the help of the citizens to feed him local knowledge of the land, and send him intelligence about the Union army, he got his ass handed to him. As long as he remained in Virginia, where every schoolboy was a scout and every farmer a spy for him, he did okay. Lee might be the most over-rated military man in American history.
I enjoy all the videos your apart of God bless you and your family God bless America and stonewall was a beast. I respect many things about stonewall. Learning history is fun I think more Americans should I think many are lost and only believe what’s told to them Thank you
It’s easy to run down the commanders of the Army of the Potomac but they had the difficult task of taking the fight to the enemy. Lee was fighting a defensive war but every time he had to take the fight to the north he was quickly dispatched. The southern armies never really threatened Washington anywhere like the GAR did multiple times before final victory.
It’s such a pleasure to hear and see these presentations on Robert E Lee. As an Australian, I didn’t take too much of an interest in American history. Two visits stateside disabused me of this! These episodes and my new readings on the Civil War are my bedtime reading and viewing. Thank you!
America you can put some of the blame Ralph Stanley for the election of Barry obammy ,he ran radio advertisements on local radio,I turned the station off . I never listen to any of his music anymore,or the radio station. What a disgrace.
Sadly, James Robertson has passed away, and Jack Davis is in his late 70s. When the great historians of our nation, and my generation, are gone, those who stand in such narrow-minded judgment and spew vitriolic hate toward The South will have their day. From the direction The United States is headed, I predict they will understand, too late, the true meaning and need of "states' rights and fighting for survival of home and family. The two things elemental to the human condition is that 1) history ALWAYS repeats itself, and 2) Human beings NEVER learn from history.
They don't teach history anymore. For one thing, people might find it offensive--which is laughable, why be offended at something you can't even change? More importantly, they don't teach history because it's easier to keep people down when they don't know who they are. This is a sad turn of events and it will only get worse before it gets better.
My sister sent a recipe in for southern Oriental. Her recipe aired last night. She died on October 16 2016. Even though this show is old I cried when her recipe aired. She was proud of her recipe. Thanks for sharing it again.
😂 real and true of the A America experience with the people of color and a great day for all of us hopefully you have a great day of probably be strong and your family are strong
I truly believe Gen Lee's men would have marched to the gates of hell for him. Shoeless, unarmed, starving....they'd of done it. Simply bc he commanded them to.
The story I have heard on this varies. One was that he was afraid of getting the nickname HUG. The other was that it was some clerical error made during his admission to West Point that Grant decided was better to leave alone to get in. In any case "Unconditional Surrender" Grant was a hell of a nickname.
The year is 2024 the 159 anniversary of this amazing week in our nation’s history. It’s a powerful document. Rest in peace Doc. Enjoyed your books and wisdom in a troubling time in our history.
This is a history time capsule in and of itself - i.e. a snapshot of Civil War history in the 90s. The Lost Cause in Civil War history has faded so much since then for the betterment of Civil War history. Thank you Tony Horwitz.
