2018 Winter Lecture Series - “The movement was south.” General Grant and the Overland Campaign 

I disagree with your statement Mr. Heiser. You said Grant wanted to obtain an appointment at West Point. I've read his memoirs and I was assured by his own words that Ulysses wanted nothing to do with West Point. He said that we was content for some calamity accident to happen that would prevent his going to West Point.

He’s a great lecturer & researcher. Bravo!

Determination and Morale…as a retired Army SGM with time in 2 RGR Bn and a certain SMU ,having a Commander that pushes you forward to final Victory is what your soldiers want…all the sacrifices will not be in vain….cheers

John is, quite simply, the best! Thanks GNMP and thanks, John!

Nowhere near as much fun to watch when you can't see the slides - it helps keep my attention. Hope they come back.

Could it get any better than this? I doubt it.

'You have to wonder what is he thinking? What is he thinking at that moment? Because after two weeks of heavy fighting the Army of the Potomac has suffered almost 20.000 casualities, in this heavy fighting more troops are coming in but he still cannot get a hold of Lee long enough just to beat him to a pulp. And now he's got to keep moving, keep moving south. It goes right back to the adage of how - what Grant thought. He had been thwarted at Todd's Tavern between Spotsylvania Court House and the Wilderness because baggage waggons got in their way, blocked the road, infantry could not get to Spotsylvania in time - the Confederates arrived first and he even wrote later in 1885 in his memoirs that accidents often decide the of the battle. It's accidents that will decide one way or the other - that you are the victor or you're defeted. I think he carries that philosophy throughout the war.' [...] He is concentrating at this point on 'I've got to get a hold of Lee - I'm gonna find Lee and never let go of him. You also have to wonder what is Lee thinking? What is Robert E. Lee thinking, May 21st, 1864 as again the Army of the Potomac is packing their bags, slinging their knapsacks and trying to march around his flank again? What is Lee thinking of this guy? He can't figure this one out. He's not like all the others. He is not one to accept defeat and walk away from the battlefield with defeat on his shoulders. He is actually the winner.' What a creative mind, should be a novellist, frankly.

Good lecture, thanks

Good talk and well supports the idea of the Overland Campaign as a turning point in the war. The video would be improved if the accompanying slides could be shown.

Confederates were fighting to preserve and expand African American slavery. Read Confederate Vice President Alexander Stevens "Cornerstone Speech" made in March of 1861.

Why did you guys leave out the slides?? Must be a new cameraman. That is 2 lectures in a row now that have not shown the slides.

Excellent presentation. Thank you.

Thank you

Gotta say I was surprised by some of the errors in this, like making up a middle name for grant, and saying he “didn’t like” certain occupations he had instead of stating that he failed at them.

Thank you.

Just a suggestion: you can hear the man talk, no matter where the camera is pointing. You can only see the maps and lists of information in the slide show, if the camera is pointed at the screen. Maybe you can learn from that, IDK Thanks for all your vids NPSGettysburg!

I love you guys, but how about showing us the screen!

Lee was prisoner to protecting Richmond Petersburg and the railroad networks

Grant did not want to go to west point. His father pushed him.

Will the NPS ever get decent cameraman/woman... EVER???

Videography here is an epic failure by the NPS

Why bother with the slides if all you show is speaker and lecture. Waste of time

Army of the Uh tomic

I generally appreciate presentations by GettysburgNPS. But unless you had a deep understanding of these events, this was unwatchable. All they showed was a guy walking around. Why no showing of slides? I had to quit halfway through.

Lee and Jackson drank? BS

Buell saved Grants butt at Pittsburgh Landing. determination of Grant and Sherman? nonsense you just lost me.