England isnt in Europe.

I hate to break it to the one guy, but upstate NY IS everything above NY city. So he is an upstater.

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Someone better catpure all of Professor Gallagher's lectures on video tape.

This is great!!

I’m a big fan of Gallagher, but his Darden videos are superior partly because KZbin DOESNT RUIN THEM WITH ADS.

I have a crush on Professor Gallagher. I wish I could sit in on a class. I do watch his lectures.

I said to myself…the students don’t seem to know the difference between strategy and tactics and strategic and tactical and Gary calls them out on this 10 seconds later!

Lee accurately identified the United States centre of gravity as the civilian will to sustain the fight. Lincoln accurately identified the Confederate centre of gravity as the Army of Northern Virginia, and the need to destroy it. The McClellan /Army of the Potomac softly softly approach prolonged the war. McClellan was focussed on nation building rather than winning the bloody war and then reforging the nation, that Reconstruction is the first, failed, attempt at post conflict nation building is an argument for another day!

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These classes are timeless. Prof. Gary is fantastic. I wish I could have had a teacher like him. October 23, 2024.

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The researching for this was awful huh

Good luck figuring the flank markers out on Culp’s Hill.

These seminars are superb

Don't eat hard tack! My first and only attempt broke two molars, cost hundreds of pounds, and ultimately ended with a gap in my mouth.

Killer Angels basically ignores Culp’s Hill - arguably the most important piece of high ground to hold during the battle.

Thank you!

It’s third time I’m going over this recordings, this is top level of teaching.

Lee was helped out by incompetent Federal army commanders at Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. And he behaved accordingly.

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Mr. Gallagher is a national treasure.

The much more recent book called Meade at Gettysburg. That book is based on the papers of the corp and the author suggests that Meade could not effectively pursue because their horses where completely knackered and would not have been able to take them. As I write this perhaps Sedgwick was fit enough to pursue.

Gary is a bit double standard with Lee and Longstreet. When Lee delegates command he praised him and uses buzz words like "latitude". When Longstreet asks his artillery COMMANDER (Porter had a low rank but in terms of his power and position he was basically the 2nd to Longstreet. Longstreet commanded the corps as a whole and the infantry. Porter commanded the artillery which was severely important to an attack.) to make a decision Gary criticizes Longstreet for delegating. If anyone had knowledge of if the assault would be well supported with artillery it would be Porter and artillery is key to an assault. Also I think that exchange between them is blown out of proportion. Longstreet isn't really giving Porter the decision. He is basically asking Porter if he thinks the plan is a good one. Longstreet nodded because he confirmed that Porter wasn't confident in the plan. Longstreet wasn't the only person as Gary paints it to be against the plan. Nearly every general on that side of the field didn't believe Lee had a good plan. Hood even protested it on the record. Gary leaves out some key information in this great performance and its unfortunate. He should have had them read Lee's resignation letter to Davis in August. Lee very clearly says his staff failed him. That he made choices based on bad information and his staff performed poorly. Lee's staff did all this: Failed to report union troops on little round top. Found and led the route for the march that resulted in a counter march. Longstreet shouldn't be blamed for the counter march. If he was even present at the front of the column when it occurred Lee was there with him and should share any blame. Who we know led and was at the front of the column was Lee's staff. Lee's staff did not feed Lee the information needed.

I love Dr’Gallagher’s “Rides”. Videos!, I would love to discuss one point with him - that being the practicality of Meade pursuing Lee into the passes of South Mountain. I believe that Meade’s logistical tail lead from Gettysburg on the Baltimore Pike (via the Baltimore Pike) to Emmitsburg, MD. Emmitsburg was the railhead supporting the logistics needs of the AOP during the battle. The distance from Emmitsburg to Gettysburg was approximately 13 miles and all supplies had to be unloaded from train to wagon and then moved to Gettysburg. A direct pursuit of the ANV would have necessitated a dramatic lengthing (it was 13 miles to Cashtown alone) of Meade’s logistical tail. All of which would be performed solely by wagons! It’s my understanding that many in the AOP were already suffering from a shortage of food, etc by July 3rd. If that’s true then it is highly unlikely that, the AOP could have been properly supplied if Meade pursued the ANV directly into the mountains. Meade moved his army south staying between Lee and Washington and moved his logistical railhead to Frederick, MD which was much close to Falling Waters, MD where the ANV ultimately crossed the Potomac.

I enjoy Professor Gallagher’s “Rides” immensely. I’ve watched them all. But I do have some question about his conclusion that Lee attacked on July 2nd and 3rd because of “momentum and morale”. I believe that Lee was intuitively aware that once the ANV stopped moving and concentrated the operational strategic situation changed in the UnIon’s favor. There were significant numbers of Union forces in Harper’s Ferry and moving eastward from Western Maryland which posed the possibility (probability?) that a return to Virginia would be extremely difficult. In addition there was a force of 30-40 thousand Militia in Harrisburg which could move down the Cumberland Valley and into his rear. Obviously, these other Union forces alone could not defeat the ANV but Lee would have to deal with them with a numerically superior Army of the Potomac in his rear! Time was not on Lee’s side and he needed to defeat the Army of the Potomac as quickly as possible to have the effect that he sought.

The girl at the end saying "He was there for 10 days and didn't do anything" with regard to Meade has no clue of the entire picture of the retreat and aftermath. Meade did pursue, had a longer route to take, then faced formidable defenses at Williamsport. His army needed resupply, the weather was bad, his best corp commanders were not available, etc.). She doesn't have all the details, and takes the common conceptions as truth.

Lee says very quietly, "I have your argument several times now. Now shut up and do exactly as I tell you. Exactly. I say again, Exactly."