Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
The Civil Warriors Round Table will hold its
final meeting of 2020 at 7PM PST on
Wednesday, December 9, via Zoom. We will
be hosting an online presentation by author
Joseph Rose who will talk about his book
The 621 pages of text (and 104 pages of endnotes)
in "Grant Under Fire: An Exposé of Generalship
Character in the American Civil War detail many
common errors. The book corrects the record on
General Grant's occupation of Paducah, on his
waiting for Buell and Lew Wallace's destination at
Shiloh, on Grant's orders for April 7th, on his
opinion of the siege of Corinth, on McClernand's
Mississippi expedition, on Grant's
various strategies before Vicksburg, on his
drinking binge up the Yazoo, on the Union ascent
of Missionary Ridge, and on and on. "Grant Under
Fire" lays out numerous incidents of Grant's
negligence and favoritism, while his mistreatment
of those officers he didn't like would be worthy of
an even lengthier volume. All too often,
a disorganized and lazy Grant drank far oftener
than his supporters admit. His reputed strategic
genius was surely exaggerated, and he was far
from being a deft tactician. These conclusions are
founded upon extensive primary source material,
much of it overlooked or intentionally ignored by
Grant biographers.
Joseph A. Rose earned a B.A. in Geography from
the State University of New York at Albany and
an M.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from a
joint Cornell University/Baruch College program.
During a career in healthcare management, he
visited many battlefields while on a yearlong
cross-country trip. Intensively researching the
American Civil War on his return, he realized
that the historiography on Ulysses S. Grant has
been terribly skewed. Mr. Rose spent twelve years
researching, writing, and publishing "Grant Under
Fire: An Exposé of Generalship and Character in the
American Civil War."
We will be meeting via the Zoom meeting
app. We will send out the meeting on-line
connection information shortly before our
meeting day (12/9). Please plan on beginning
your hookup a few minutes before the 7PM
PST meeting time. If you are a first time
visitor to the Civil Warriors, please contact us
at cwrtsfv@gmail.com for information
regarding the hookup. Guests, new members
and returning members are always welcome
to join us for this and future meetings! If you
can’t make this meeting, please consider one
of our exciting upcoming meetings noted in
our Future Presentations section.
Our Round Table ordinarily meets at Weilers Deli
at 22323 Sherman Way, West Hills. Due to the
COVID-19 restrictions imposed by civil
authorities, the Civil Warriors will be unable to
meet face-to-face for an indeterminate period and
will use on-line means such as the Zoom app to
continue our monthly educational get-togethers.
The Civil Warriors Round Table will hold its
final meeting of 2020 at 7PM PST on
Wednesday, December 9, via Zoom. We will
be hosting an online presentation by author
Joseph Rose who will talk about his book
The 621 pages of text (and 104 pages of endnotes)
in "Grant Under Fire: An Exposé of Generalship
Character in the American Civil War detail many
common errors. The book corrects the record on
General Grant's occupation of Paducah, on his
waiting for Buell and Lew Wallace's destination at
Shiloh, on Grant's orders for April 7th, on his
opinion of the siege of Corinth, on McClernand's
Mississippi expedition, on Grant's
various strategies before Vicksburg, on his
drinking binge up the Yazoo, on the Union ascent
of Missionary Ridge, and on and on. "Grant Under
Fire" lays out numerous incidents of Grant's
negligence and favoritism, while his mistreatment
of those officers he didn't like would be worthy of
an even lengthier volume. All too often,
a disorganized and lazy Grant drank far oftener
than his supporters admit. His reputed strategic
genius was surely exaggerated, and he was far
from being a deft tactician. These conclusions are
founded upon extensive primary source material,
much of it overlooked or intentionally ignored by
Grant biographers.
Joseph A. Rose earned a B.A. in Geography from
the State University of New York at Albany and
an M.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from a
joint Cornell University/Baruch College program.
During a career in healthcare management, he
visited many battlefields while on a yearlong
cross-country trip. Intensively researching the
American Civil War on his return, he realized
that the historiography on Ulysses S. Grant has
been terribly skewed. Mr. Rose spent twelve years
researching, writing, and publishing "Grant Under
Fire: An Exposé of Generalship and Character in the
American Civil War."
We will be meeting via the Zoom meeting
app. We will send out the meeting on-line
connection information shortly before our
meeting day (12/9). Please plan on beginning
your hookup a few minutes before the 7PM
PST meeting time. If you are a first time
visitor to the Civil Warriors, please contact us
at cwrtsfv@gmail.com for information
regarding the hookup. Guests, new members
and returning members are always welcome
to join us for this and future meetings! If you
can’t make this meeting, please consider one
of our exciting upcoming meetings noted in
our Future Presentations section.
Our Round Table ordinarily meets at Weilers Deli
at 22323 Sherman Way, West Hills. Due to the
COVID-19 restrictions imposed by civil
authorities, the Civil Warriors will be unable to
meet face-to-face for an indeterminate period and
will use on-line means such as the Zoom app to
continue our monthly educational get-togethers.