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Date: 0805 Start Time: 7 a.m. Show Length: 60 minutes Channel: History Channel Unknown Civil War
Subtitle: Frassanito: Battlefield Photography Then & Now
An examination of Civil War photography has historian William Frassanito visiting battlefield sites along with a wet-plate photographer to recreate shots and discuss the process.
Subtitle: Kentucky Civil War Hospital
One segment features a look at a Civil War hospital being transformed into a home.
Date: 0806 Start Time: 12 p.m. Show Length: 3 hours Channel: C-Span 2 Book TV
Subtitle: Gary Gallagher
Civil War historian Gary Gallagher makes a live appearance, discussing his books and other topics and taking calls from viewers.
Date: 0808 Start Time: 7 a.m. Show Length: 60 minutes Channel: History Channel Civil War Journal
Subtitle: Battlefield Medicine
A report on battlefield medicine and how Civil War physicians dealt with disease and infections which claimed more lives that wounds or injuries.
__________________ "In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one." Abraham Lincoln - August 18, 1864 Speech to the 164th Ohio Regiment
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Yeah I just saw a promo for that when I was flipping through the channels. Should be pretty good.
Tw
__________________ "In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one." Abraham Lincoln - August 18, 1864 Speech to the 164th Ohio Regiment
I read that as Sunday noon. Any ideas on how to get Dear One to allow me to watch it? Of course, I will watch it anyway but will lose major points. I suppose I'm going to have to put in 3 hours worth of work before I have my first cuppa. Somehow, I don't think that's gonna work. He is on again at midnight Hmmm.
Ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Yeah I didn't realize it was a 3 hour deal. I guess the first airing is live where you can call in. I might try to do that. Surely there are so few of us Civil War geeks that we all could get a call in within a three hour window. 'Course it depends on how long Gallagher is going to talk. The Valley in '64 could launch a pretty long speech, or maybe he'll just say, "Ok, well, the Valley was pretty barren by that time, and Early went a-raiding towards Washington, which pretty much scared everybody in DC. However it didn't quite work out. Ok, who's are first caller?"
Terry
I'm just beginning his book on The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. Thanks for posting this.
Roger
Just watched Dr. Gallagher on C-Span. Loved his opinion on NBF.(Sorry if your a Forrest person). Thanks for posting the info...I probably would have missed the show otherwise.
Yeah, it was a great interview. Dr. Gallagher is very knowledgeable on the war, obviously. I got the eastern/central times mixed up and tuned in at noon central and had already missed an hour of it, but what I did see was very good and informative. I especially liked the video footage of him giving a tour at Antietam for the group of teachers, last month, and his description of the fighting in the cornfield, while they were all standing there at the cornfield, was awesome.
I happen to be a pro-Forrest guy myself, even though I'm a yank, and was a little disappointed that he didn't agree with me that Forrest would have been a good Army or Corps level commander, but that's ok. Gallagher has studied the war for over 40 years, and is, to say the least, a scholar on the subject, so I might have to painfully adjust my thinking here (might take a while ) and eventually defer to his judgement on that.
Terry
__________________ "In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one." Abraham Lincoln - August 18, 1864 Speech to the 164th Ohio Regiment
Don't beat yourself up Terry. His take on Forrest is his opinion, as is yours. (Of course, he might have a fact or two more in his bag on which to base his opinion.)
I watched the first hour and taped the next two. Tonight, I'll retape the whole shebang. It's well worth having and replaying from time to time. (I have yet to hear him mention his book on the Shenandoah Campaign. Maybe in the last half-hour or so?)
Ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Ole, I tuned in at about 12:30 central and followed it to the end ( and tried to get through on the phone too) and never heard mention of the book, but C-span did cut to each of the other books he's written on the war throughout the program. Didn't know he had written so many.
On Forrest, Gallagher admitted his genius and brilliance, but also referred to his preference to operating independently and reluctance to obey orders he didn't agree with. And Gallagher mentioned that just going by Forrest's personality alone, high command would just not be suitable for him, or those under him. He never said the words "loose cannon" in reference to Forrest, but I was sort of left with the impression that he thinks Forrest just simply didn't have the disposition necessary to assume high command.
Very good interview. He's a very articulate guy and sure seems to know his stuff.
Terry
__________________ "In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one." Abraham Lincoln - August 18, 1864 Speech to the 164th Ohio Regiment
Most of those books are collections of essays that he edited or co-edited (probably meaning that he selected the authors he wanted to include). I'm looking forward to reading about the Valley Campaign simply because he wrote it. The other authored book I'm aware of is his book on Ramseur which is really his Doctoral Thesis made over for public digestion. There may have been another one or two.
Ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
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