General Grant and the Verdict of History: Memoir, Memory, and the Civil War

Presented on 10/28/2023 by:
Frank P. Varney
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St. Michael’s College
Frank Varney earned his undergraduate degree at William Paterson University and his MA and Ph.D. at Cornell University. He is a recently retired Distinguished Professor of US and Classical History and has been the recipient of multiple teaching awards. He is available to take student groups to historic sites, especially Civil War battlefields, and makes frequent speaking appearances before Civil War roundtables, historical societies, and other interested groups. Dr. Varney has also been the keynote speaker at several veterans’ memorial dedications and has made numerous radio and TV appearances

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Roscrans got the invasion power from Nashville Tenneessee to Georgia Atlanta when Grant got the Vicksburg campaign.
Rosecrans did the campaign well untill Chickamagua. If Roscrans won at Chicamagua he would have occupied Atlanta 1 year before Sherman. he was the true leader who cleared West Virginia, because McClellan left soon West Virginia in 1861. Later Roscrans organized the defence well against Price 1864 Missouri campaign, the Battle of Mine Creek in Kansas was part of the defence against Price Missouri raid.

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Battle of Mine Creek in Kansas in 1864 2800-2700 union soldiers won against 7000 confederate soldiers.

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An officer got information about the Confederate troops before Shilo, but Sherman refused the information to be right. That was the cause for Grant's surprise. Sherman fought well with his troops so Grant did not deal with Sherman.