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West Point's American Civil War's Commanders Of Both The Union And Confederate Armies -- A Band Of Brothers Before The War, Battle Field Adversaries During The War Of Whom Nearly All Of Both Army's Leadership Were Graduates Of The Academy, And Thereby Still Bound By The Cords Of Friendship And Affection During The Conflict, Resulting In Continual Acts Of Pleasantries And Respect During The War And Effecting The Lasting Peace That Ended It And Followed After It, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An MP4 Video Download Or Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD! (Color, 1992, 48 Minutes.)
West Point was first occupied on January 27, 1778 by The Continental Army, and it remains the oldest continuously operating Army post in the United States Of America. The Mexican–American War brought the academy to prominence as its graduates proved themselves in battle for the first time; in all, 452 of 523 graduates who served in the war received battlefield promotions or awards for bravery. Future Civil War commanders Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, who also later became the superintendent of the academy, first distinguished themselves in battle in Mexico. The school experienced a rapid modernization during the 1850s, often romanticized by the graduates who led both sides of the Civil War as the "end of the Old West Point era." New barracks brought better heat and gas lighting, while new ordnance and tactics training incorporated new rifle and musket technology and accommodated transportation advances created by the steam engine. With the outbreak of the Civil War, West Point graduates filled the general officer ranks of the rapidly expanding Union and Confederate armies. Many of these West Point graduate officers had friends on opposing sides of the war, friendships that were maintained during the war and continued afterwards. Examples of this include the Union army's lighting bonfires and sending across battle lines a silver tea service in celebration of the birth of Confederate General George Pickett's son George Edward Pickett Jr (1864–1911); Union Captain George Armstong Custer attended the wedding of West Point classmate and Confederate Captain John Willis Lea; Union General Ulysses S. Grant refused to proffer unconditional surrender terms to Confederate General Robert E. Lee, the latter stating beforehand to his officers that he knew General Grant would give the South the honorable peace terms it deserved, and for the rest of his life, Robert E. Lee "would not tolerate an unkind word about Grant in his presence"; after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House, both Union and Confederate West Point Graduate officers exchanged hand shakes and back slaps, with Grant cheerfully slapping the back of Confederate General James Longstreet, best friends at West Point, inviting him to play the card game of Brags like they used to at the academy; and numerous other examples which this documentary recounts. In all, 294 graduates served as general officers for the Union, and 151 served as general officers for the Confederacy. Of all living graduates at the time of the war, 105 (10%) were killed, and another 151 (15%) were wounded. Nearly every general officer of note from either army during the Civil War was a graduate of West Point, and a West Point graduate commanded the forces of one or both sides in every one of the 60 major battles of the war. Immediately following the Civil War, the academy enjoyed unprecedented fame as a result of the role its graduates had played.
West Point's American Civil War's Commanders Of Both The Union And Confederate Armies -- A Band Of Brothers Before The War, Battle Field Adversaries During The War Of Whom Nearly All Of Both Army's Leadership Were Graduates Of The Academy, And Thereby Still Bound By The Cords Of Friendship And Affection During The Conflict, Resulting In Continual Acts Of Pleasantries And Respect During The War And Effecting The Lasting Peace That Ended It And Followed After It, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An MP4 Video Download Or Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD! (Color, 1992, 48 Minutes.)
West Point was first occupied on January 27, 1778 by The Continental Army, and it remains the oldest continuously operating Army post in the United States Of America. The Mexican–American War brought the academy to prominence as its graduates proved themselves in battle for the first time; in all, 452 of 523 graduates who served in the war received battlefield promotions or awards for bravery. Future Civil War commanders Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, who also later became the superintendent of the academy, first distinguished themselves in battle in Mexico. The school experienced a rapid modernization during the 1850s, often romanticized by the graduates who led both sides of the Civil War as the "end of the Old West Point era." New barracks brought better heat and gas lighting, while new ordnance and tactics training incorporated new rifle and musket technology and accommodated transportation advances created by the steam engine. With the outbreak of the Civil War, West Point graduates filled the general officer ranks of the rapidly expanding Union and Confederate armies. Many of these West Point graduate officers had friends on opposing sides of the war, friendships that were maintained during the war and continued afterwards. Examples of this include the Union army's lighting bonfires and sending across battle lines a silver tea service in celebration of the birth of Confederate General George Pickett's son George Edward Pickett Jr (1864–1911); Union Captain George Armstong Custer attended the wedding of West Point classmate and Confederate Captain John Willis Lea; Union General Ulysses S. Grant refused to proffer unconditional surrender terms to Confederate General Robert E. Lee, the latter stating beforehand to his officers that he knew General Grant would give the South the honorable peace terms it deserved, and for the rest of his life, Robert E. Lee "would not tolerate an unkind word about Grant in his presence"; after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House, both Union and Confederate West Point Graduate officers exchanged hand shakes and back slaps, with Grant cheerfully slapping the back of Confederate General James Longstreet, best friends at West Point, inviting him to play the card game of Brags like they used to at the academy; and numerous other examples which this documentary recounts. In all, 294 graduates served as general officers for the Union, and 151 served as general officers for the Confederacy. Of all living graduates at the time of the war, 105 (10%) were killed, and another 151 (15%) were wounded. Nearly every general officer of note from either army during the Civil War was a graduate of West Point, and a West Point graduate commanded the forces of one or both sides in every one of the 60 major battles of the war. Immediately following the Civil War, the academy enjoyed unprecedented fame as a result of the role its graduates had played.