Word: campaigns
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Harvard Historical Society. The Chickamanga and Chattanooga Campaign, June 24 to Nov. 25, 1863. Gen. E. Opdycke. Sanders Theatre...
...this would be much easier work than drawing two large maps by hand. By means of photography any number of maps desired can be sketched in ink and photographed for use in the stereopticon with great ease. Thus a number of different phases of a campaign or battle could be clearly set before the eyes of the audience. Difficult situations could thus be more readily grasped and a better idea of the lectures carried away when it is over. To see is often to understand, and if this plan can be carried out with no more or even less trouble...
...campaign which ended in the surrender of Vicksburg and Port Hudson was one which called for generalship, as the forces on each side were about equal. The result proved that General Grant was more worthy of fame than his Confederate antagonist, General Pemberton. That the delay in taking these cities was so great is not due to any superiority of force or ability displayed by the Confederates, but because Nature stood in the way. The possession of Vicksburg was of the greatest importance to both sides. Situated on a series of high bluffs at a sharp bend in the Mississippi...
...nothing. The boards were responsible only to the legislature, and the majority there voted as a party measure against any investigation. And besides this there is a council over him, also locally elected. But in the next election Gen. Butler did not stick to his point, but ran the campaign on egotism, and so lost. This is the danger of our system. All individuality is lost in committees...
Again from this campaign we learn that the people cannot be appealed to on intricate questions of political economy. They must have a definite point to decide on or two men to choose between, and then their decision or their choice can be relied on. We must therefore throw the power and with it the responsibility on one man; with our frequent elections there is no danger in this. We must have leaders in the legislative bodies, and the heads of departments are the proper persons for such leaders. Our State governments should have all officers dependent on the governor...