Gettysburg Staff Ride - Background, insights, cause and objectives.

This video provides context for the U.S. Army War College Gettysburg Staff Ride. It is the background information on the war, its causes, Union and Confederate national and military objectives, and the critical thinking that underpinned their approaches to fighting the war. It also includes insights on key personalities and builds on the events leading to the Battle of Gettysburg. A prerequisite for a staff ride is some study to determine facts. This video is part of that pre-study so that once on the battlefield, students can establish cause and effect and provide analysis.

[douglas]

Succinct, insightful and entertaining. Hope more of his lectures are posted.

[campbelltown]

This is an excellent presentation given by an extremely knowledgeable briefer.

[ChuckLiebenauer]

This an excellent presentation of the civil war political considerations and military objectives. Thank you

[michaelgonos]

Thanks so much for this. Am making my first visit this autumn, and treating it as my own personal staff ride, if you will.

[SN-xkrl]

It is formally true that Lincoln "freed no slaves with the EC" but he sure as hell encouraged at least 250K (probably far more) to either actively run away, & or start becoming obdurate, oppositional, less obedient etc. to their owners. In labor relations terms the EC encouraged the largest wildcat strike in US history. Slaves were already becoming contrabands. The EC opened up the flood gates for contrabands, which significantly diminished the CSA war efforts, contributed troops and teamsters to the USA efforts and (oh gee) helped a250K (and up) to escape chattel slavery - a just cause no matter the other consequences. The EC wasn't foolish - it was genius. Thanks for this. It is excellent. Both intellectually serious and practical.

[mohsinsyedain]

I am an Indian and have nothing to do with Army, yet the Amirican Civil War facinates me..Its causes, the ideals for which it was fought and the planning and execution that went into it..I find the idealism of the north very soul stirring to say the least.. I am a little confused about the inner thought of the soldiers of the Union Army though...Were they fighting to preserve the Union or were they fighting to free the slaves and abolish slavery..? Could someone through some light on this..?

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