Posted on 05/28/2020 6:06:35 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
I really enjoyed this series...had no idea that he played such a necessary part to end the civil war. Makes me want to read his autobiography.
The KKK is definitely a stain on our history.
I'd love to see a documentary on the internment of Japanese-American citizens during WWII, along with a discussion of the Supreme Court case Korematsu v. US. That case, along with Dred Scott and others, are counterweights to those who think the Supreme Court is infallible.
My mom grew up in Oregon during the Depression and WWII, and she told many stories of what life was like back then. When I'd ask her questions about the Japanese internment camps, she said nothing, despite my numerous attempts to elicit a response.
If we're going to truly educate our citizens, we need to tell the whole story, warts and all. IMHO, we need to tell that story, without viewing it through our 21st century morals and mores. We need more "interpreters" as we see at Monticello and Colonial Williamsburg, to bring history alive.
I , too, found that interesting, as well as
Grant not aspiring to be President after the death of Lincoln, but was called to it by the Republican Party.
Also, the problems in the South during Grant's Reconstruction Program which Sherman found to be difficult to handle,
and which later gave rise to the KKK.
Also, the fact that Grant was almost penniless after leaving office, and then wrote his book
to bequeath a financial benefit for his wife and family, and died 4 days after completing that work.
That alone says more than enough about the man's character.
We’ve watched 3, the only thing I can fault them on is Make-up, terrible job, Especially on Lincoln. Not to left slanted, just a few hints.
It did, at least indirectly. Keeping the country together meant not antagonizing the South. The Democratic Party of Wilson and FDR relied on Southern votes, and progressive historians didn't like big business, industrial capitalism or the Republicans, so the tendency was to downplay slavery and accept much of the Southern view of the war.
I was pleasantly surprised at how informative the series is. I liked the actor who portrayed Grant. Much of the information wasn’t stuff I already knew, so it held my interest. If you haven’t seen it, you should make time.
Grant’s autobiography is available on Amazon. I got a copy from there.
Would recommend that when you finish Grants autobiography, read Sherman’s. It really helps in understanding the working relationship between these remarkable Officers.
Thanks, I will.
The Chernow biography is very good and there are a number of good books on his Vicksburg campaign. If you want to really dig into the details, "Nothing But Victory: The Army of Tennessee, 1861-1865" by Stephen Woodworth is the history of the army Grant commanded until late 1863 when he handed it off to Sherman. That's very good as well.
I agree about the idea of a story on internment camps. I remember working in a nursery in high school and meeting an ancient Japanese-American. It turned out that before the war his family owned the nursery and, due to the internment, they lost the business and now he was reduced to laborer in the business.
“War is politics by other means’’.- Clausewitz.
I’ll wager $70. 70. Do I hear 70?
Just did a search of $50 banknote and picked one which seemed the right size and clearest. I wasn’t even looking at the serial number.
We watched all of it. Learned things we were not taught in US History.
I'm "borrowing" it [in perpetuity, at zero % interest] for our currency-image vault, if you don't mind -- or even if you do.
First E in EE prefix indicates Series year 2004 [printed below].
Second E in EE prefix indicates the Richmond Fed printed the note.
Eight identical digits in the serial number is called a solid. Makes the note valuable to collectors.
First solid I've ever seen. All zeros is extra rare.
This one's ideal for a 3D-printing experiment, with an incremental odometer.
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