Word: western
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Lecture. Western Campaigns of the Civil War. II. From New Orleans to Stone River. (Stereopticon Illustrations). John Fiske, LL. D. Sanders Theatre...
...second lecture in the course on the Western Campaigns of the Civil War, by John Fiske, LL. D., will be given this evening at 7.45 o'clock, in Sanders Theatre. The subject announced is: "From New Orleans to Stone River." The lecture will be illustrated by the stereopticon. It is open to the public...
...Fiske traced the development of the war from its beginning in the western border states to Grant's great victories on the Mississippi, and pointed out the logical order of the events which finally culminated in his triumph over Lee in the east. There, it was largely through Lee's personal ability that the Union advance was so long checked, but in the course of western events the true balance between the resources and the energy of either side can be observed...
...large audience which considerably overflowed the seating capacity of Sanders Theatre last night was a marked compliment to the distinguished scholar and historian who addressed it. The lecture of the evening was an intellingent, scholarly, and extremely interesting survey of the early Western campaign and brought into relief in a vivid, instructive, though necessarily brief fashion, the personalities of the principal military leaders on both sides. Dr. Fiske held the close attention of his hearers to the end, and all who were present will await with great interest the subsequent lecutures...
...Lecture. Western Campaigns of the Civil War. I. From St. Louis to Shiloh. (Stereopticon Illustrations.) John Fiske, LL.D. Sanders Theatre...