greatness, veterans health care, and disease control and prevention. we visit the atlanta press club and take a history looking at the civil war. c-span prime time, let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. conversation.n like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. the war, atime in lot of soldiers had been away from their homes for three to four years. there have been letters home saying the farm is falling to pieces. are taking supplies from us, when are you coming home? there is a large problem of assertions at this time. it was not from the standpoint of soldiers not wanting to go into battle. it was just their heartstrings were being pulled by families needing them back home.

lee impost is a fairly strict set of orders that deserters -- imposed is a fairly strict set of orders that deserters would be shot. there were several occurrences of this happening. morale was so low about this serables" came out in book form. several confederate troops were in a richmond shop and saw it on the shelves and chuckled, "that miserables." >> saturday at 6:00 and 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> each week, american history tv's real america -- reel

america brings you archival film that helps tell the story of the 20th century. herbert hoover served as president from 1929 to 1933. remembered most for his time in the oval office at the start of the great depression, over also served as the secretary of commerce under presidents harding and coolidge. in this hour-long 1960 nbc interview, hoover discusses his life beyond the presidency speaking with reporters ray henle he delves into topics included his child but, his time in china during the box rebelled and -- boxer rebellion, in supplying food to occupy belgium during world war i. this is part of the stanford university library's department of special collections and university archives. when did your career as an engineer come to an end? shortlyme to an end after i took over the belgian relief in 1914.

i did not know it at the time. we all expected the war would be over shortly and we would get back to work. as the war went on and on, my clients and partners had to have other interests, so i never went back to the profession. was it that asked you to get into the relief work? the belgianthe ambassador, the belgian prime minister, the american prime minister -- ambassador in london and the american ambassador in brussels. they all seemed to concentrate on the to undertake that job. >> this operation, carried on during the war. he certainly must have been the less you certainly must have been in some exciting experiences from time to time. it was a humdrum business preview had to transport a tremendous volume of food overseas to a fleet of 300

ships. you had to distribute and transported inland, russian the population, and take possession of agricultural products and so forth. it was the first food administration in the history of the war. the incidents that came out of it were nothing very startling. one of them i remember distinctly. the service across the north sea was maintained by the dutch. theyquently lost -- frequently lost their channel steamers, but they always provided methods of escape. one day i went down to take the boat, and i had usually paid the bill for my food and cabin at the end of the trip. the steward came to me and said you'll to pay cash.

i said, how come? he said the last voyage, the queen wilhelmina went down and the passengers owed me nine pound 10 and i never got the money. watch book tv in prime time. it features a wide range of topics including foreign policy, law and legal issues, iran, coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country, and bestsellers from this year. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call or e-mail us. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. this week while congress is in recess, watch american history tv in prime time. each weeknight at 8:00, american history tv will feature a

variety of topics on the early american republic, jewish history, world war ii, and sports history. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us or e-mail us. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> next, history and american studies professor joanne freeman discusses how the 18th century concept of honor helped shape alexander hamilton throughout his life. professor freeman argues his desire to maintain his honor was so strong it led to his duael that ultimately killed him. the alexander hamilton awareness society hosted this event. is about half an hour. ofi have the pleasure introducing joanne freeman. she has a long history with the museum and even longer one with alexander hamilton.