well, my topic today is on george gordon meade, and meade here at gettysburg. and you know, it's interesting, when you look at all the great works on the gettysburg campaign, sometimes meade seems rather lost in the text. it's particularly true of the treatment meade gets on the first day at gettysburg. it's like he doesn't exist. or he's so passive that he's not worth talking about. and then even on july 2 and july 3, we get much the same kind of treatment of general meade. and so what i thought i would do today is talk to you a little bit about george meade and particularly george meade on july 1. and you might scratch your head and say well, he wasn't even here. he was at headquarters, which were in taunee town, 14 miles south of gettysburg. so why would you talk about him here? well, you'll find out. and let me start by reading to you some short sections from a number of texts with which we're all very familiar about gettysburg. and we'll start with edwin cottington, the dane of gettysburg scholars and his great book on the gettysburg campaign. here's edwar

minutes with author and historian kent masterson brown who will talk about union commander george gordon mead and the gettysburg campaign, until then more on the civil wars c-span city's tour that ooks at cities across america. >> today we are in casco bay, one mile off the mainland shore of portland, maine, and we're on hog island ledge where they built fort gorgeous in 1858 to help defend portland harbor and was completed in 1865 and was built with two sister forts off to the south there, fort prebble in the south and fort scammel on house island and designed to work in conjunction to defend the war. they think it was a civil war fort before it was funded long before civil war and approved by congress as a response to 1812, things that occurred much earlier. gorgeous is a handmade granite fort and if you looked at it from a top view looking down, you'd see a gigantic d. what most people don't realize is fort gorgeous, just like a d, is open in the middle and has this wonderful parade ground and there are people that have grown up here their entire lives and never have been here and think it

finally, and of course this is the most important piece, george gordon meade, still very much at the head of the army of the potomac, the victor of gettysburg, he would chase after robert e. lee and the army of northern virginia. again, between the rapadan and the james. grant's grand strategy, which of course sounded nothing like the one in 1861, 18 62 or 1863, it might have is hired an initial burst of confidence. but again, in a key demonstration of 1864's volatilities, three of these five operations almost immediately met with disaster. instead of marching east, nathaniel banks, the former speaker of the house of representatives from massachusetts who owed his shoulder straps to political patronage, he decided to get himself invested in an ill-fated campaign up the red river in louisiana which climaxed with a colossal federal defeat in a place called mansfield. or sabine's crossroads on april 8,1864. on may 15, siegel met a confederate force under the command of a former united states vice president, john breckenridge who had served under james buchanan. siegel met up with brecke

she is currently working on a biography of george gordon meade.rior to her appointment at lsu, murray taught at the university of virginia and worked as a ranger here at gettysburg national military park for remarkably nine summers. is the author of 18 books, including most recently, "lincoln's mercenaries: economic motivation among union soldiers," due for release by lsu press in november 2018. some of his additional publications include lincolns autocrat, a place called appomattox, and the last depot, which won the lincoln prize as well as the douglas freeman history award. ofis working on a biography fitzjohn porter. bit onng to project a what we are try to accomplish you today -- here today and layout a bit of a foundation. at the very end of joan was magisterial work, "american hero, american myth," she puts a twist on the very famous groucho marx question that he would post on "you bet your life." who is really buried in grant's tomb? she asked is it a democratic hero? is it a butcher general? is it a corrupt politician? and what she is gett

among the topics, george gordon meade, the life of the common civil war soldier and president dwight eisenhower's connection to gettysburg. up first, judith he's berg talks about union -- union soldiers and pornography. she is also the director of the graduate program at villanova. she is the author of either books including civil war sisterhood, the united states cap -- sanitary commission and women's politics in transition. she is also the author it -- author of army at home, women and the civil war on the know are there and -- the northern home front. it is one of the few books that looks the experience of poor women on the northern home front, a topic that bill marvel spoke about yesterday when he gave his lecture on mercenary soldiers. army book is good, it is " at home." recently she is published a book published civil war, by the university of north carolina press. we have the copyright up here. it is worth your time. she is extraordinarily busy, i do not know how she does all that she does. she is the editor of the " journal of the civil war era" part of the society of civil

of many biographers promising studies of the hero of gettysburg -- not joshua chamberlain -- george gordon meade. , should in five years people do the work they promised to do, to have my bookshelves afterng with meade study much like the now grown with books about alexander hamilton -- no, ulysses s. grant , the musical. it's going to be a grand biographer nowadays. it was not always that way, trust me. i bear my scars. but grant himself would have complained he had insufficient support for his plan in terms of the people he had to count upon. be until 1864 before grant got his way in terms of some subordinate commanders. when grant committed to an overland campaign, which continued with fighting -- they wouldmind achieve some sort of success to endorse lincoln's election -- he wrote, i like your persistence, but could you lose a few men fewer in doing so? lincoln said after photos couldg need a general who confront the awful arithmetic of combat that is disastrous. if you fought a battle of itdericksburg every week, would give john hennessy nothing more to do -- and he needs to do that because

on union troops and pornography, followed by author kent masterson brown on union commander george gordon meade at the battle of gettysburg. and at 3:35, former pamplin historical park director wil greene on the battle of the crater during the siege of petering burgs. our coverage continues sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern with new york historical society's jonathan lande on desertion of african-american troops during the civil war. at 10:15, arizona state university's brooks simpson on president abraham lincoln and his relationship with his commanding generals, george mcclellan and ulysses s. grant. then, elizabeth varon of the university of virginia on elizabeth van lew, who operated a spy ring out of richmond. watch this weekend on american history tv. on c-span3. >>> the c-span bus is in alaska this week for the 38th stop of our 50 capitals tour. we're in juneau with the help of cable partner gci. >> we're thrilled that c-span, one of the longtime programming partners, has chosen to visit alaska for the first time in 22 years as part of its 50 capital and cities tour. so, big shout out to c-span

university's judith giesberg on union troops and pornography followed by kent masterson brown and george gordon mead at the battle of gettysburg. and later, historical park director, wilson greene, on the battle of the crater during the siege of petersburg. our coverage continues sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern with new york historical society's jonathan landy on desertion of african-american troops during the civil war. at 10:15, arizona state university's brook simpson on president abraham lincoln and his relationship with his commanding generals, george mcclellan and euless s. grant. and elizabeth varon on elizabeth van lou who operated a spy ring out of richmond. watch this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >>> the c-span bus is in alaska this week for the 38th stop of our 50 capitals tour. we're in juno with the help of our cable partner, gci. >> we're thrilled that c-span, one of the long-time programming partners, has chosen to visit alaska for the first time in 22 years. as part of its 50 capital and cities tour. so big shoutout to c-span. [ cheers and applause ] so for decades, gci has

followed by the author kent masterson brown on george gordon meade. and later at 3:15, the former his, toal director on the battle of the crater during the siege of petersburg. our coverage continues with jonathan lande on desertion in the african-american troops during war. and then at 2:45, elizabeth varon of the university of virginia on elizabeth van lew who operated a spy ring out of richmond. watch this week on american history tv on c-span3. >>> the c-span bus is in alaska this week for the 38th stop of our 50 capitals tour. we're in juneau with the help of our cable partner. >> we're thrilled that c-span, one of the long time partners, has chosen to visit alaska for the first anaheim 22 years as part of its 50 capitals and cities tour. a big shout out to c-span. so for decades, gci has offered c-span to customers because we believe in the network mission to open to unfiltered trusted media resource, and gci supports the effort to inform and educate the nation on politics, history and current events. now, gci and the cable companies around the

university's judith giesberg on union troops and pornography followed by kent master son brown on george gordon meade at the battle of gettysburg. later wilson greene on the battle of the crater during the siege of petersburg. our coverage continues sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern with new york historical associate's jonathan lande on dis ergs among african-american troops during the civil war. at 10:15 arizona state university's brooks simpson or president lincoln and his relationship with george mcclel land and ulysses grant. then elizabeth varon on elizabeth van lew who separated a spy ring out of richmond. watch this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3. this afternoon president trump speaks about immigration and border security. we will have live coverage beginning at 2:30 eastern on c-span, also on c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> president trump's pick to lead the veterans' affairs department robert wilke will testify on wednesday. live coverage begins at 230 poik p.m. on c-span 3. you can also with the free c-span radio app. >>> earlier this month the senate agriculture

eastern with villanova professor east burke followed by an author regarding george gordon mean at the that george gordon meade at the battle of gettysburg. and wilson green on the battle of the crater during the siege of petersburg. our coverage continues sunday at nymex :00 a.m. eastern with new york historica