"Course no. 8557." 24 lectures, ca. 30 min. each, 6 lectures per DVD. Lectures delivered by Professor Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia.
Contents:
Part 1: disc 1. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia -- The making of a Confederate general -- Lee's year of fabled victories -- Lee from Gettysburg to Appomattox -- Was Lee an old-fashioned general? -- The making of the mighty "Stonewall" Jackson -- disc 2. Stonewall Jackson as Lee's "right arm" -- James Longstreet's road to prominence -- Longstreet's later Confederate career -- The rise of Jubal Anderson Early -- Early's path to defeat -- "Jeb" Stuart as soldier and showman -- Part 2: disc 3: One promotion too many-- A. P. Hill -- Forced from center stage-- Richard S. Ewell -- A straight-ahead fighter-- John Bell Hood -- Could Robert E. Lee make hard decisions? -- The problem of attrition -- Younger officers I-- Robert Emmett Rodes -- disc 4. Younger officers II-- Stephen Dodson Ramseur -- Younger officers III-- John Brown Gordon -- Younger officers IV-- Edward Porter Alexander -- Gifted but flawed-- J.E. Johnston and Beauregard -- Drama and failure-- Magruder and Pickett -- Before the bar of history-- the Lost Cause.
Summary:
A look at Lee and many of the top generals during the years of the Confederacy. Professor Gallagher analyses the generalship of Lee and 13 other generals. The lectures also focus on some younger officers who rose through the ranks as well as Jackson, Longstreet and Early.
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