Tuesday night, I watched the History Channel's two hour special on both Lee and Grant before and during the war.
One, from a wealthy family and the other from a more modest situation. Both attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and both were in the Mexican War, where they did meet once (Grant remembered it, Lee didn't) before that fateful one at Appomattox.
One stayed in the army until his state seceded, the other resigned his commission to try civilian life somewhat unsuccessfully until the war began.
This show was not so gory as the first one on Gettysburg.
The show traced both their careers throughout the war with all their success (and failures).
I had to do something else the last ten minutes of the two-hour show and it was only up to Gettysburg and Vicksburg, so I would imagine there is to be a part two. A whole lot happened to these two men after they became direct adversaries.
Great Job, History Channel. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
History Channel's Civil War Week:-- Part 1: A Gory Time Was Had Monday
In honor of Memorial Day and the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the History Channel has been running a much-hyped week-long Civil War event with two-hour productions of the Battle of Gettysburg on Monday and Lee-Grant yesterday.
Tonight Pickers and Pawn Shop will be focused on Civil War artifacts, which should be greatly interesting as well. Thursday and Friday will be repeats of the first two productions.
The Battle of Gettysburg show was accurate, but extremely gory. My brother e-mailed that he thought it was too gory as well. He said Mom had started watching it, but turned it off because of the blood and guts.
I had heard of the story about the Union sergeant Hummiston who was identified because of the photo of his children several months after the battle. One of the war's truly sad stories.
Then, there was Union General Sickles, quite a character. I found the vignette on Gen. Barksdale of Mississippi interesting.
You have to wonder why commanders on both sides continued to use Napoleonic tactics even in the face of new technology that rendered them not only useless, but resulting in deaths and suffering beyond comprehension.
I imagine all the gore was an attempt to get kids to watch the shows, what with their gory computer games.
Bringing History to the People. --Old B-Runner
Tonight Pickers and Pawn Shop will be focused on Civil War artifacts, which should be greatly interesting as well. Thursday and Friday will be repeats of the first two productions.
The Battle of Gettysburg show was accurate, but extremely gory. My brother e-mailed that he thought it was too gory as well. He said Mom had started watching it, but turned it off because of the blood and guts.
I had heard of the story about the Union sergeant Hummiston who was identified because of the photo of his children several months after the battle. One of the war's truly sad stories.
Then, there was Union General Sickles, quite a character. I found the vignette on Gen. Barksdale of Mississippi interesting.
You have to wonder why commanders on both sides continued to use Napoleonic tactics even in the face of new technology that rendered them not only useless, but resulting in deaths and suffering beyond comprehension.
I imagine all the gore was an attempt to get kids to watch the shows, what with their gory computer games.
Bringing History to the People. --Old B-Runner
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