1983 Interview Shelby Foote RARE VIDEO Author and Civil War Historian 

His words flow like well written poetry...

It’s like nothing else

In his c span interview he explained that his speaking style is the result of being raised in the Mississippi delta By a black nanny, specifically and the black community, in general

You should hear him talk about baseball, that is poetic

That’s the Old South you hear. They’re story tellers.

Agreed. I recall his comment that the post civil war affected the southern psyche more so than any northerner or US citizen could possibly comprehend: no citizen of this country had ever lost a war. The impact of that knowledge had to have been devastating…

@@mchurch3905 I think it continues a little even today.

It’s in our DNA - the grandsons and granddaughters of Dixie

He made it much more interesting, because he knew more about it than anyone living and he could relate it so well. I think he admired Lincoln the most, and kind of reminds me of him.

Ken Burn’s LOL

He was fantastic. Not a great historian, but someone who generated enormous enthusiasm for Civil War history, leading to so much great scholarly work. Definitely made his mark.

The voice of a true southern gentleman.

What Carver said was right. I wish people today would listen.

When did you get here late 1800's?

I’m from Oklahoma where there are lots of southern people, but I’ve found great people all over our country.

No one should apologize for being who they are.

It’s valuing where you come from and not Being ashamed of where you come from Now whether you are southerner that believes the civil war was about slavery and knows it’s the truth Or you were taught to believe the lost cause It’s pretty much black or white… M

⁠@@jeffcordova9633 It’s always easy to sound so sure of events when you were never there.., nor then! In History, that’s why we have Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources. Of course, Primary or First-Person (those who were there and saw whatever event becomes the ‘Soup du jour’) is always best to resource. As is the case with all large-scale events, the impetus draws from a variety and multitudinous of sources…. There’s a learned and [even more sage] knowledgeable gentleman, who recounts (he’s passed) just what drove the Confederacy’s Secession: “Although there was some opposition to slavery in the country, the government was willing to concede everything the South wanted regarding slavery to keep it in the Union. Given all these facts, the idea that the South seceded to protect slavery is as absurd as the idea that Lincoln fought the war to end slavery. Lincoln himself said in a famous letter after the war began that his sole purpose was to save the Union, and not to either save or end slavery; that if he could save the Union without freeing a single slave, he would. Nothing could be clearer. For decades before the war, the South, through harsh tariffs, had been supplying about 85% of the country's revenue, nearly all of which was being spent in the North to boost its economy, build manufacturing, infrastructure, railroads, canals, etc. With the passage of the 47% Morrill Tariff the final nail was in the coffin. The South did not secede to protect slavery, although certainly they wished to protect it; they seceded over a dispute about unfair taxation, an oppressive Federal government, and the right to separate from that oppression and be governed "by consent" exactly the same issues over which the Founding Fathers fought the Revolutionary War. When a member of Lincoln's cabinet suggested he let the South go in peace, Lincoln famously replied, "Let the South go? Where, then, would we get our revenue!" He then launched a brutal, empirical war to keep the free and sovereign states, by force of arms, in the Union they had created and voluntarily joined, and then voluntarily left. This began his reign of terror.” ~ Dr. Walter E. Williams Professor George Mason Univ.

Absolutely no reason to apologize, and he would definitely be an example.

Gallant men.

He's a racist revisionist. Americans love this propaganda.

Did anyone ever ask him how long he thought slavery would have lasted if the Confederacy had won?

You are scorned for being honest and holding their home and confederate family in reverent memory.

@@yvonneplant9434these redneck revisionist have no integrity

@@joeyhunter842 You are correct. But I think S. Foote would tell you that if you are proud of Confederate heritage then it wouldn't do any good to pay heed to people who want to insult you. It is a shame that holding an honorable reverance for your ancestors is something that people would want to scorn you for. But there is no reason not to hold your head high and proclaim it; the people who don't like you won't suddenly start liking you regardless. Express your emotions freely and the friends and company who stay around you will almost certainly be more beloved to you.

@@yvonneplant9434 Ask the Jews. After all they were the slave owners.

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Refined Southern Gentleman.

You are a very fortunate person. I wish I could’ve met this amazing human being.

I spoke with him and his wife very briefly. They were packing, preparing to travel. Charming people...on an even keel...

I met him AFTER his passing, so there.

Interesting comments about his accent, I would have thought he was from Georgia. I've never heard of this person before, guess the algorithm got it right, he's very interesting and his self deprecation seems a subtle dig at himself as motivation.

This is before Burns' Civil War

He should sound like that he grew up right by Greenville.

Here in the delta everyone sounds like that.

What a treasure your memories are.

educated in racist propaganda

@@borninvincibleDid you even listen to the interview. He spoke reverently of George Washington Carver and how growing up with the despicable pall of slavery around him greatly influenced his development of a writer. Lose the hate. All the best to you and yours.

@@chrisweidner4768 he romanticizes slavers. all of your combined stupidity will never change that.

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It's a dying breed :(

Your welcome. Same here, I could listen to him days on end. I stumbled upon this video while researching him and had to pay $60 to download it. But it was well worth the $$!

@@Joe-ww7ej look I😊

😊 hoop m

I doubt he ever talked about nothing. 😊

Wow!! That is absolutely amazing! Your very lucky.

What did you two talk about? Something I wish I was able to do!

@@AudibleMotion Caught me by complete surprprise . I winged it and told him I loved his commenty he was very amabicle. Didn't keep him long .... never forget it, before cell phones.

Join the club mate. He even said it was a bother when people did that.

During his life, it got to be pretty well known that you could call Mr. Foote, and he was too polite to not talk with you... I remember him saying in an interview that for a time his phone number was in the Memphis phone book, and a fellow once called him when he had just made himself some supper and his pork chop got ice cold before he could get the guy off the line...lol

A good translation of…

We don't think very much of Mr. Burns down South.

@@randolphkersey5155 Because of some of his work?

Stars in their courses, his account of the Gettysburg campaign is available on RU-vid at: ru-vid.com/group/PLeJsDKQv5O_WHrlVTGLTWmTgyaS1xDsaW&si=_qTUyzSzIKAJcZSy

Love an inkwell, used them in school. Great character builders.

@@shirleyashanti3031, Unless you're a ink-smudging _lefty_ (as in, left-handed).

David swift I honestly believe they wish that southerners would just disappear because no matter what is done to us like the country boy, the southerner DOES SURVIVE!

@@lsusantitus7319 You just stopped short of proclaiming "the South shall rise again." Did I read that w/contempt based upon the vitriol & rhetoric of the New Conservatives hypocrisy aka. TRUMP the Redeemer.?

No misunderstands I meant against this harsh climate of hatred his southern gentility is missed a lot by some

​@@ronlee6590You're more obsessed with Trump than anyone.

I know. He really did make the Civil War series so special.

They aren't missing. They need to speak up.

I am a Northerner but I agree with the man on many points. I had ancestors in the war but it would be interesting to see what the country looked like today if the South had won.

​@@MrTruckerf I used to think it was an awful thing when contemplated but in light of the last couple of decades I'm not so sure I was right. I say this having a ggggrandfather who was with Jackson in the Valley, 60th Ga. God damn Ewell and Longstreet ... "If Jackson hadn't died and been in command of a corps...".

@@jcksnghst Or Clebourne brought in from the West...

Proud as lucifer?

@@thatONEmachine yes, there has been no more pride in one than the pride of Lucifer.

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@@jcksnghst He's from North Carolina, and has written 5 books, but I don't think he'd like his name splashed on YT...

@@Jreb1865 understandable...I just hope his knowledge is shared...I miss so many of the greatest generation I was raised by ...

@@jcksnghst It has. His books are terrific reference works on Southern pottery, specifically NC pottery. There's a big hint...lol

Me, too---66 here.

Collecting old southern diaries is a hobby of mine. I own no copy that even mentions anything racial or differences between races. People were just making their way through life and were smart enough to know that they needed to build their communities.

It was Nathan Forrest

@@TheOldSchool1975General Forrest went by Bedford.

@@karenbartlett1307 All the more reason to use "Nathan".

❤️ they showed off his sparkly blue eyes!❤️

In a rhythm of bounce in a southern draw

He's a racist revisionist. It doesn't take much more than half a brain and an ounce of integrity to know this, but that's asking a lot considering how uneducated Americans are and how they are easily manipulated.

No in fact he's in concordance

Well this woke community member thinks very highly of Mr Foote. Especially even more as a historian myself. What a foolish statement to make sir. 🤦🏽

Totally agree with you!

Burns' "Civil War" was all from the Northern, "Lincolnite" viewpoint. Shelby Foote is a Southerner and his viewpoint is Southern.

The Nazis had great orators too along with great camera angles & footage. Very intelligent leaders giving riveting speeches BUT they were still Nazis. Tradition Tradition Tradition

​@@RT-tn3pu Nazis are a lot like the Union Army.

He wasn't an historian, he was a novelist.

I think we could call him A historian

@@aprilredfordeby4667 An historian has a Ph.D. in history. But Mr. Foote as a novelist I find to be more informed, accurate, and far more interesting than most historians.

He’s the best! A person doesn’t need to hold any sort of degree to be a historian.

​@@aprilredfordeby4667 apparently Karen is one of those who think one needs a degree to be anything.

Thanks!