@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.
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.
@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.
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.
I think he meant to say Lee was older than Early.
I lost a tiktak over this lecture! If that’s not a testament to Gallagher’s power to thrill idk what is.
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.
@@briansass9534 The Spencer was invented 1860! The 4 years War 750 000 dead instead of 2 years War and less dead!
Thanx
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.