than somebody saying something offensive about being a woman or causing problems. to be -- generally speaking, i am speaking very broadly now, more helpful to a woman then to a man. they can also try to take advantage of you in various ways, but generally, my experience has been that if they are not going to like something about you or not going to mistrust something about you, it is not going to be because you are a woman, but because you are an american. >> watch sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the c-span cities tour continues its special look at charleston, west virginia. up next, we visit the craik-patton house to learn about two men, one who helped found the city and another who led troops to the confederacy in the civil war.

>> today, we are going to talk about two gentlemen that lived here and had an impact on an expanding frontier, and not only in the city, but the region as a whole. here at the craik-patton house, located a mile and a half from is a greek, it revival architectural style home originally built in 1834. howard james craig was the grandson of dr. james craik, one of george washington's close personal friends and comrades during the french and indian war, revolutionary war, and throughout his term as president. james craik grew up in alexandria, virginia, so he decided to settle the land that his grandfather and george washington had discovered in the valley. charleston in 1861 was a city on the rise, and that was in part due to the salt industry just outside of town. prior to that, the charleston area was a militia outpost, fort lee, at the mouth of the old river.

by the time that james craik had moved from his then mason county home to charleston, it had a population of roughly 600 people , including white, free blacks, and slaves. but a a small town, close-knit society where everyone seems to know each other. wealthy man,as a most of his wealth inherited from the bounty he had received from his grandfather and father. he ended up traveling as a circuit lawyer to different counties to practice law. of time,ds approximately 14 years, he did that. he was also serving as a project director for the james river canal turnpike, a massive road intended to connect eastern and western virginia to the ohio river. when the visible church came to charleston, west virginia, one of the first trustees was james craik. he eventually went on to become a deacon and director before

becoming the of his priest shortly, traveling from charleston to louisville, kentucky. in 1834aik built a home and they left in 1844. so there was a 10 year period where they would have been at this home, working, whether it was as a lawyer, or with the ,ames river and canal turnpike or his services with the visible church. while livingily, here, had a total of seven children, so the house was filled. there are only three bedrooms that we have, so you can imagine that it would have been pretty packed with folks. the 1840 census, we also know there were eight in slave members living here with the family. the home itself set on a two and a half acre lot, so there were different buildings, not everyone would have necessarily been in this home, but it would

have been quite a large operation going on here in this house. one of the lasting impact that james craik had on the area was helping establish it as an economic engine for the rest of the future state of west virginia. transport,ads for working with the government to create reduced tolls for main to ship salt. what is significant about the man is he was a writer, following the raid on harpers ferry he addressed the kentucky state legislature to calm fears and keep them from immediately joining in this secession movement. his speech to the kentucky state legislature was so popular, it was published into a book that went through 12 editions and was called "unions -- that is -- that is the short title for it.

he had also given a glimpse into his beliefs of a slave master's responsibility to his slaves. after james craik left for louisville, kentucky in 1844, he sold the home to a local businessman named isaac reed. the gentleman lived here for about a decade before selling it to the pass and family. george patton and susan patton came to charleston in 1856. george patton's family was filled with military leaders. great-grandfather, who fell shortly after the battle of princeton, due to injuries georged their -- our patton is probably his grandson, also named george patton, from world war ii, the famous field marshal george patton. area, weame into this also see an industrialized method of slavery that was unique in that it was not the agricultural style, the

agricultural slavery we are most familiar with when thinking about that period of time. conflicts that erected in 1859 after the raid on harpers ferry created a lot of tensions, and we see a lot of local governments starting to talk about secession. however, when the civil war broke out, canal county itself voted overwhelmingly against secession, but we do find pockets of individuals and we whereace back to see southern sympathy was most prevalent. we see there was a large cluster of individuals in charleston profiting off of the slave injures three that were keeping the salt industry afloat. came torge patton charleston, west virginia, one of the first things he did was establish the canal minutemen, later named the canal riflemen, and that was a local militia .nit that he became captain of

it was sons of the upper crust, doctors, merchants and lawyers themselves -- these people related to a particular cast of society. they were also nicknamed the kid glove unit because of their .ancy uniforms shortly after the cannons fired on fort sumter in april 1861, the canal riflemen ended up becoming members of the 22nd virginia infantry, along with other militia units and counties throughout the valley. iny saw action immediately july 1861. george patton was shot in the left shoulder and knocked off his horse during this battle. he was captured a few days later and ended up being paroled before returning in the spring of 1862. shenandoahspring of

valley, 1864, when george patton was wounded by shrapnel in the battle of people on -- battle of piquon. this was a wound that became infected and he would not allowed doctors to amputate, so it and up costing george patton his life. susan patton moved to california after the civil war with her three children. her son, george smith patton, grew up there as well. it was in california that he had his son, george s patton, of world war ii fame. the home itself ended up becoming the property of a man gue, and they owned the home for number of years. it remained in downtown charleston until 1906. at that point in time, dunbar street was going to cut right through the home's property, so it was divided into three sections, rolled on logs and moved to lee street.

the home remained there until in national society of -- west virginia and did a purchasing it from the city for a dollar and moved it to daniel boone park to be preserved. that took place in 1973. since then, it has been an ongoing project to maintain the home and provide the public with an idea of what it would look like for a family living in the 1830's and 1840's, what it would look like for a family living here during the 1850's and 1860's. our cities tour staff recently traveled to charleston, west virginia to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from charleston and other stops on our tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every

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