I served as squadron level staff late in my Army career. It is a very underappreciated, but critical duty.

My great, great uncle Col. Alfred Roman was the AIG for the 18th Louisiana Infantry. He was part of General Beauregard's staff and fought at Shiloh.

Well said. Your four minute talks are a brave and worthy effort. This could easily take a college semester to cover and still omit tons of important history. Thanks so much for including staff and logistics among your topics.

Interesting, some important stuff

I recommended a junior officer for staff position. He took insult and filed an IG complaint. All jobs are learning experiences. Accept and grow.

Might you make the music a little lower going forward? Thank you!

You pronounced "Provost" Marshall and Gettysburg wrong. There is an episode about that ! ;)

@HemlockRidge

5 жыл бұрын

Only the people who live there and us South Central Pennsylvanians pronounce it Gut-uz-berg. Most of the country pronounces it Gettys-burg. And Provost is pronounced Pro-Vo.

what did calvery officers do in the confedrate army

August 10, 1861 Lyon is killed organizing the defense of Bloody Hill at Wilson's Creek. This leads the Union forces retreating back to Springfield and then Rolla . Leaving Western Mo. open to Confederate invasion up to Lexington.

I wish I could have actually heard what you were saying, but the music was way too distracting.. I couldn't get through it

How were they chosen?

@antares4s

7 жыл бұрын

Usually by personal knowledge of the person doing the selection. If someone knew you were very good at something they might seek you out for the position they wanted filled. It wasn't something you applied for.

@dougreid2351

4 жыл бұрын

Being known as brave ,or "keen" or bright or even ambitious would go a long way. "Tirless" could be an important description too. Today staff officers still don't get much sleep.

0:33.... Was there something wrong with the cameras back then.... This is the second photo that I've seen that looks like some type of translucent image of a person.... Like a ghost.... There is a horse in another photo just like this.....

I feel like you need more than 4 minutes for this information. I felt out of any videos I watched so far this felt the most rushed due to the amount of information. Also I feel you could of hit on the Brigade surgeon, or corps surgeon as staff officers as these men usually had the total casualty count of any battle.

" I always shot at Privates. It was they that did the shooting and killing and if I could kill or wound a private, why, my chances were so much the better. I've always looked on officers as harmless personages" - Sam Watkins Confederate soldier

Why is this discussion of Civil War staff officers performed in front of a statue of Supreme Court Chief Justice, Roger Taney, the author of the Dred Scott decision -- the pro-slavery decision widely considered to be the worst Supreme Court decision in American history? It just doesn't make any sense. Why not in Rawlins, Wyoming or in front of a statue of General John Rawlins? Or in front of a statue of George C. Marshall or his cousin Col. Charles Marshall, Robert E. Lee's, adjutant? Or in front of a statue of Eisenhower? A poor choice. God and excellence are in the details.

@kevinbest1954

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is a bit odd it was used as a backdrop if not ironic for an educational piece about Civil War history as the statute of Chief Justice Taney at the Statehouse in Annapolis was removed in the middle of the night a few years ago. Will someday it be frowned upon to study the Civil War or the South's leaders because of its association with slavery? Where is the discussion regarding the staff officer's in the CSA? Let's not be blinded into seeing only part of the picture here. The scene for the discussion of Civil War staff officers here includes the Statehouse in Annapolis, which was once the capital of the United States and where General Washington resigned his commission. Ironically, Taney freed his slaves prior to assuming his post in the Supreme Court whereas Washington only freed his slaves upon his death. May not the best backdrop for the exact subject matter being discussed but it is certainly not necessarily a "poor choice" in terms it being relevant to Civil War history.

What if ones army is made up of generalls . . .

I love how this video is supposed to cover staff officers if the "Civil War" yet it exclusively shows Union officers throughout the video. Very poor production. Sad!

@nora22000

5 жыл бұрын

Cole Davis He also only describes the Union process (confederate leaders didn't organize much; they relied on social status and military education) so it makes sense.