number five, tecumseh was the most important indian leader of the war. it's a tough sell convincing people that he wasn't the most prominent indian of the war. he built the western confederacy that emerged about the time of tipacanoe, and fought these various tribes. until tecumseh's death at the battle of the thams in october of 1813 when the confederacy collapsed. i would argue that his brother was the more important of the western indians. his brother beginning in 1805 forged a religious movement that only around 1811 did tecumseh build a military alliance on top of that religious movement. without that religious movement, i don't think tecumseh could have forged that indian alliance. moreover, up until tipacanoe, really until the end of 1811, tecumseh was typically referred to as the prophet's brother. he was considered a decidedly secondary character. his brother was deemed the dominant indian in the old northwest. beyond that, a star did not burn brightly for very long. he arrived sometime in late 1811, and by october of 1813, less than two years l

number five, tecumseh was the most important indian leader. it's a tough sell convincing people he wasn't the most prominent indian of war. he built the confederacy about the time of tip pi canoe and these tribes were alive during the war until tecumseh's death until 1813 when the confederacy collapsed. i would argue his brother was the more important of the indians. his brother beginning in 1805 forged a religious movement that only around 1811 did tecumseh build a military alliance on top of that military movement. without that movement, i don't think tecumseh could have forged that indian alliance. more over, up until tippicanoe, tecumseh was referred to as the prophet's brother. his star did not burn brightly for long. he merged after tip canoe and by october, less than two years later he was dead on the battlefield of the towns. i think the great john norton who served with the british was more important. he made sure that they remained loyal and he thought it was the battle on the niagara front. that was a more important and the front fu

on june 10, 1862, william tecumseh sherman wrote his wife, i think the mississippi, the great artery of america and whatever power holds it, holds the continent. a little later, in 1863, he would say, the valley of the mississippi is america. a little wonder that sherman pronounced shiloh one of the most important victories that has ever occurred on this continent. he also considered it the turning point that made possible all our western campaigns. new orleans author, george washington kabld dramatically captured the decisiveness of the clash and the emotion of the day when he famously wrote, the south never smiled again after shiloh. shiloh stands in a class by itself. >>> very well said by these fine distinguished historians. a pleasure to be here and indeed thank you all for coming. i am going to talk a little bit about some new information about the battle that has developed recently. the battle of shiloh has long been known as the pearl harbor of the american civil war. millions of words have been written about the battle over the span of more than 150 years. incredibly, it wou

american citizens and the way they behaved at the river raisin, when they looked the other way when tecumseh and his men came in and slaughtered all the prisoners who were lying there waiting to be transported? >> well, you tell me what he did to the french inhabitants of detroit because i don't have any information that he treated them bad. >> well, i, this is in wofford's book. book on judge augustus woodward, who was a hero to the french because he was the only remaining representative of the united states government. everybody else left with hall. hall was just the wrong man, the wrong time and the wrong place and he left where all the other judges and the other appointed officials and woodward insisted that brock follow the rules of war, which was that you feed the civilian population and brock said, what do i care about the french? let them starve. less people to feed. i don't have enough food to feed my own men. and judge woodward insisted that he do that because he had a lot of the indians to break into the french houses and steal their cattle and their food they had. he didn't stop

the chief of the army is william tecumseh sherman and the chief of the armies in the west is phil sheridan. all these names will be familiar to you. this is who was running thing. the years 1871. these guys who had unleashed the greatest war machine in american history, world history. nothing close to it. were looking at this tribe that was sitting there holding up everything. in 1871 these guys -- one of the reasons the comanches were still there is the civil war took the attention away from the plane's. in 1871 that attention was no longer focused by the war reconstruction. now we could look and see what we were going to do about the comanche problem. quanah was 20 years old at the time and the leader of the most remote and hostile and aloof of all the comanche banneds in the panhandle where amarillo is. they ran amazing bunch. they were in power because they kept away from the white man. they have attracted very few diseases. they had 15,000 horses. they traded -- one way they kept away from the white man is they traded with these guys who actually operate out of new mexico and they wer

grant and william tecumseh sherman and also phil sheridan all of these names are familiar. and these are the men who were running things. 1871, they unleashed the greatest war machine in american history. looking at this tribe that was sitting there holding up everything. 1871 these guys said, one of the reasons the comanches were still there as i point* out is the civil war took the attention away from the planes. 1871 that attention was no longer focused on the war or reconstructions but now look to see what we will do about the comanche problem. quanah parker was 21 years old the leader of the most remote and most hostile bands in the panhandle by low becker amarillo texas. they were an amazing bunch. they kept away from the white man contracted very few of the disease is. 15,000 horses, they traded with men who operated out of new mexico. you see them in movies as a rough bunch. so grant and sherman decide they have been death so they center colonel mackenzie down, and he wrote rues career parallels custer. so they send mackenzie 600 bluecoats ride out and they will get

grant and william tecumseh sherman and also phil sheridan all of these names are familiar. and these are the men who were running things. 1871, they unleashed the greatest war machine in american history. looking at this tribe that was sitting there holding up everything. 1871 these guys said, one of the reasons the comanches were still there as i point* out is the civil war took the attention away from the planes. 1871 that attention was no longer focused on the war or reconstructions but now look to see what we will do about the comanche problem. quanah parker was 21 years old the leader of the most remote and most hostile bands in the panhandle by low becker amarillo texas. they were an amazing bunch. they kept away from the white man contracted very few of the disease is. 15,000 horses, they traded with men who operated out of new mexico. you see them in movies as a rough bunch. so grant and sherman decide they have been death so they center colonel mackenzie down, and he wrote rues career parallels custer. so they send mackenzie 600 bluecoats ride out and they will get