we had george mcclellan and robert e. lee, and stonewall jackson and longstreet, joe hooker, they were here. but this place was a battle that was fought by the privates and the corporals and the sergeants. they were the ones who stood in line and faced the fire of their enemy and still went forward. some of them never left. they lost their lives here that day. and everybody who was here, their lives were changed. this is the place that changed america. >> narrator: beyond its bloody statistics, antietam changed the course of the civil war. >> thomas g. clemens, historian: the invasion in september of 1862 into maryland is, i think, the turning point of the entire civil war. lee's offensive into maryland is literally part of a thousand mile front of confederate advancement. what he believes ipossible in september of 1862 is nothing less than southern independence. >> narrator: the quiet farmland around sharpsburg had no strategic importance, but it did have defensible ridges. the two armies positioned themselves across from ea

gr and robert e. lee one of scott's engineers and had been, and the whole roster of junior oicers who become generals i the u.s. civil war. you get a ll of that on the mexican side, but, most of them cut their teeth a little later. the three reasons the united states, if you can state won the war, i'm not thature it did. but the oz organization and the weakness on the mexican side and second the superiority of the u.s. field artillery which was the best in the world at that time. and look at the devastation it wreaked on both sides in the civil war and the third was these west point graduates who were field and company grade officers, and the generals wer all incompetent, whether they were politically appointed or not. because ones who had been theron, with careers were moth eaten old relics of the war of 1812. and really not up to this. they got themselves mired in politics, taylor especially. about, something west pointeders learned a lesn from this. politic and military service don't mix. and high didn

there's the cross, right below the robert e. lee house. what a view that is.at edict apparently as he writes in the book about crying, patrick. did you -- were you able to hold that in? were you a noncrier. >> no. it didn't work for very long with me. and i will tell you, as you've had me on a show before talking about my depression and addiction issues with work that i did with my father on mental health parody, my father was very good at overcoming his old traditional sense of, you know, not talking about your feelings, not really expressing a lot of emotions. when he came to recognize my challenges and know that this was something that was serious, where 54 million americans are being discriminated against because of the shame and stigma associated with people with addiction disorders and mental illness, he was there as open as he could have ever been with his heart. and whatever old-fashion sense a person of his generation brought to it, it changed because of his own experience, having -- being a father to me. i love him to death for it. >> larry: teddy, w

grantas a the tenet down there and to comfit shman was in california and robert e. lee was one of scott poche engineers and had been and this whole roster of junior officers who become generals and u.s. civil r so you get a little of that on the mexican side but most of them came little later. the three reasons the united states, ifou could s it won the war, i am not really sure it did, but the weakness of the mexican side and secondly the superiority of the united states field artillery which was the best in the world at that time afd looked at the devastation it wreaked on both sides in the civil war. the third was these west pnt graduates who will field company ade officers. the generals rolling confident, whether they were politically appointed or not because the ones thatad been in the army in careers were mock the terralex of the war of 1812, really not up to this. they got themselves mired in politics. that is something west pointers learned lesson from this, politics and military service don't mix. he politically interfered with the army is safety of american li

grant was a lieutenant down there, sherman was in california, robert e. lee was one of scott's engineers, and this whole roster of junior officers who become generals in the u.s. civil war. so you get a little of that on the mexican side, but most of them cut their teeth a little later. the three reasons the united states, if you could say it won the war -- i'm not sure it did -- but just the disorganization and weakness of the mexican side. second was the superiority of the united states field artillery which is the best in the world at that time. and look at the devastation it wreaked on both be sides in the civil war. and the third was these west point graduates who were field and company-grade officers. the generals were all incompetents. whether they were politically appointed or not. because the ones who had been in the armies, had careers, were moth-eaten old relics of the war of 1812. really not up to this. they got themselves mired in politics, taylor especially. that's something west pointers learned a lesson mr. this, politics and military service

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