thought a just by ature comin aft t bg event, it as ovehadowed. yes, sir >>wasn't tere some arg artilry sill that int? >> i thinkou're thinki some pctures after t wa of ows androw of cannonsat rockts andg. theywere accumulaed, collect ere had bythe ion area they wer ying to olice the ar and jut gther up all te coederate iliary gay. ithink that oly hapned right ter, bu it'sinthe week afr the fall the city. >> time fme for the bok? >> time fre, i startwith lee rurning to ricmond o ril 15. he retrns fte appomattox an sees the rned city for e first ti.

sotha setsp the sto, then i droback tthe last we of march,o describe e cit before i fell, then te bok comes bak u througthat eriod to wen lee reurns, becuse is returned re o th dy tat incoln died. it' about thre-wee peri. e core ofhe books the re, but t's about a three-ek period. andhow long wa maial lawandhowlon did uion troopsstay in ichnd? union toopsstay fr a good hile,andof cours you had ilitary renstruction so thatth ar wa i evidee fo a good while, ad maral law was in ffe for nuber of wee. yes. one mo quickqueson. you taed about biternes thatasted r geeraons. was that itterns a combition of justfied, richmonde seeing te oss of the city, orwas it the war is over teyhad o surreerthey kiledthe

instittion, slveryand so on? >> i thinkthe fie accentuate it nd ort of ccent 28d the ardship y destroyinghe livesof rihmonders. but if the hadbee no firethe reult of the wa wouldave been noug beuse afterll,wecan rebuild bildis, but the are hdreds of housands people w died an ever fami was affcted. at wouldbe eough o eep that snse of biterness ale into t next geration. ye sir. i'minterested the other counes and so . naudible] 's true thatqui a few rerds brne it's a hae tht here's only one bilding ocapiol uare that urned, ndit wasa state fficebuiding where ere were alot of courrecords. the sadthi is th during th war, the nfedete governme and the state governmen mvedcouty

records romthe cunties, tlying reas thy mved them richmondfor safekeepinand they urned in the fe. anof coursepeop wern't thinki about thaso muc on theday of the fe, ut it cused a t of roems later. e burn, -- theybured gal recor and mny of the iurance comnies, no all them butmany ofthem also the offies in te burned strict, a that real caud problemsoo. tha you veryuch.