chief tecumseh tried to resist.anglo-american war of 1812-15 and fought on the side of the british, he was brilliantly played by the yugoslav actor gojko mitic. i only get the word, only my word. well, i’ll trust the pale-faced one again, general. the essence of the curse is that every american president elected in a year divisible by 20 will die or be assassinated on his post and it really worked. seven american leaders, william henry harrison, abraham lincoln, james garfield, william mckinley, warren gardens, franklin roosevelt and john kennedy, died or were assassinated while serving as president. according to legend, the curse was in effect until the seventh generation, or to be more precise, it weakened and was no longer enough to kill. maybe. but all this was invented later, but ronald reagan was the first to break the pattern, he was eighth on this list and safely survived the assassination attempt in 1981, although regen’s wound, which involved a lung, was considered fatal in the 19th century. the next survi

leader tecumseh tried to resist the expansion of europeans, participated in the anglo-american war of the british, he was brilliantly played by the yugoslav actor gojko mitic. i only get the word. only my word. well, one more time. i'll trust the pale man, general. the essence of the curse was that every american president elected in a year divisible by 20 would die or be assassinated in office, and it actually worked. seven american leaders, william henry harrison, abraham lincoln, james garfield, william mckinley, warren gardens, franklin roosevelt and john kennedy, died or were assassinated while serving as presidents. giving the curse was valid until the seventh generation, and to be more precise, it weakened, and it was no longer enough to kill. perhaps all this was invented later, but ronald reagan was the first to break the pattern. he was eighth on this list and safely survived the assassination attempt in 1981, although regen's wound, which was a light one, in the 19th century it was considered fatal. the next person to survive was george w. bush, who in... in 2005, survived

they joined the so-called march to the sea, the victory march of tecumseh sherman. that's from chattanooga through atlanta down to savannah and then up into carolina and and it was the episode that won civil war for the south, more or less. did the first alabama, which was. 2000 men make any difference? sherman's army, which was 60,000, mostly ohio ones. and illinois. yeah. recruits. they made quite a difference. and that is the reason that the title of my book says how these alabamians got written out of history. they are mentioned only in any of alabama histories and always in negative tones. they were disgruntled hillbillies, jealous of the wealth of the plantation owners. they were opportunist robbing their neighbors. they were. the don't use the. the alabama historian did not use the term white trash. they referred to them as the mud school class, the lowest of the low. yeah. the reason that they got into an army is fascinating. and so when chris sheetz in 1862 starts this clandestine organi izing in april of 1862 the union army captured huntsville, alabama and

they joined the so-called march to the sea, the victory march of tecumseh sherman. that's from chattanooga through atlanta down to savannah and then up into carolina and and it was the episode that won civil war for the south, more or less. did the first alabama, which was. 2000 men make any difference? sherman's army, which was 60,000, mostly ohio ones. and illinois. yeah. recruits. they made quite a difference. and that is the reason that the title of my book says how these alabamians got written out of history. they are mentioned only in any of alabama histories and always in negative tones. they were disgruntled hillbillies, jealous of the wealth of the plantation owners. they were opportunist robbing their neighbors. they were. the don't use the. the alabama historian did not use the term white trash. they referred to them as the mud school class, the lowest of the low. yeah. the reason that they got into an army is fascinating. and so when chris sheetz in 1862 starts this clandestine organi izing in april of 1862 the union army captured huntsville, alabama and

and you see it in december 1864, when william tecumseh sherman shows up here. slavery is dead and oglethorpe had predicted that in his society to build itself out the backs of enslaved laborers can cannot survive. oglethorpe did not fail, and we should celebrate him for his speech. thank you. you know, one of the ultimate for authors is to be on the new york times bestseller list in books like this sometime to do well regionally or something like that. mr. sherman but what do you think that something like this that we ought to be teaching more history in our schools and books like this ought to be in the classrooms and that this ought to be a runaway bestseller and people like you who write nonfiction, how much more difficult is it than a previous author at least got to interview people who were still alive and or people who have been dead for a hundred or 200 years. i think i heard you question the audio as a little bit, but i agree. hopefully it will become a new york times bestseller. but that's okay. but that's okay. you know, i spent 24 years just research

one of them, william tecumseh sherman, a good guy. the other richard stoddard ewell, he's on the confederate side, has a terrible day at gettysburg. look, not important, but they split, managed their incomes by investing in western enterprises. and they're really smart to so because they have the first crack at the whole thing there's not a flood of other americans who have come in to compete with them. and john c also profits this john c fremont establishes home in california and gold just to be found there and he rich off of that so sherman inadvertently starts the california gold rush when he reports official military documents that gold had been discovered at sutter's mill, california. but also earned money by applying those engineering skills that he learned west point and helping to survey and towns and cities, the modern day city of sacramento, california, capital of california, completely laid out by william tecumseh sherman, who knew richard, as you will, similarly, new mexico frequently wrote to his family that he was going