you are watching american history tv all weekend every .eekend on c-span3 >> 200 years ago on august 24, 1814, british soldiers rallied battle ofroops at the bladensburg right outside washington, d.c. the victory left the nation's capital right open -- wide open to british forces, who marched through the city and burned down the white house. you can learn more about the burning of washington during the war of 1812 this thursday from author and historian anthony pitch. live coverage starts at 6:45 p.m. eastern. more about the burning of washington next saturday, august 23, as we take you live to bladensburg waterfront park for a panel discussion on the events of 200 years ago. that's live at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span2, here on thatn3, we complement coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public events. on weekends, it's home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story, including six unique theories. the civil war's 100 anniversar

watching american history tv all weekend every .eekend on c-span3 >> next on the civil war, university of west georgia professor keith o hannan discusses general william tecumseh sherman's 1864 atlanta campaign. in the summer of 18 six e4, general sherman marched south from chattanooga into georgia with the goal of capturing atlanta. after a series of battles and a siege of the city, atlanta l to the union on september 2, 1864, setting up sherman's march to the see later in the year. this was part of the gettysburg civil war institute. it's about an hour. >> before we get started, the map you >> before we get started, the map you see up here is a campaign map. the smaller map indicates the main battle. i know it is probably difficult for those of you in the back of the room to see the small details and maybe read the print , so what we did -- or actually, what pete's staff did, was actually include this in your book.nd handbooks if you turn to page nine, you will see this map in their. you might want to refer t

. >> you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every .eekend, on c-span3 to join the conversation, like c-spanhistory.at >> next, a look at how world war i soldiers interpreted their war experiences. he uses works by three writers, including ernest hemingway, to illustrate different ways soldiers coped with the transition to civilian life after they enter words physical and mental trauma during the war. this class is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> all right, we will go ahead and get started. today, we are covering, as you can see, this disillusionment of the first world war, postwar disillusionment. and how we as historians should maybe approach the topic. i'm going to begin this class with something i never thought i would do to begin a class. we're going to begin it with a canonical column. -- poem. it is regarded as probably "the poem out of the first world war, and it has been reprinted in anthologies over and over again to show us something of the experience of the great war and its memory. you will undoubtedly recognize it because you read it for today's class -- bent doub