schofield capture wilmington. schofield has been transferred east from nashville, tennessee with the 23rd army corps. they are joining terry's forces. now there is going to be a new objective. sherman is going to be headed towards goldsboro. i will be his first destination where he will refit his army before beginning -- continuing the march into virginia. it's up to the 23rd corps commanded by general jacob d. potts to secure goldsboro for sherman. guess who's in his way? general bragg's troops consisting of general robert f. hoax division from the army of northern virginia, and the remnants of the army of tennessee troops, who average north carolina at this point. say what you will about bragg at least he ate timid. -- ain't timid. he launches an attack on forces a few miles east of kinston on march 8 and succeeds in routing a portion of cox's forces, capturing 800 federals and one canon. things look pretty good for the confederates on the first day but then the second day cox brings up reinforcement. the federa

sherman brings along his second in command schofield ifa clever fellow. he makes a proposal. he says, for the authorities in washington, we give them the appomattox terms. then, we draft a second agreement that we send a few days later, a supplemental agreement, giving general johnston what he wants. that includes 1 in 7 confederates get to keep their weapons. they also get to keep their wagons and horses. and, confederates will also get river and relatives petition wherever possible -- rail transportation wherever possible. sherman also offers a johnston a quarter million russians from his warehouses. johnston replies that his generosity reconciles empty what he considers the great misfortune of his life, that of having to face him in the field. sherman and johnston make their agreement. it results in the largest troop surrender of the war. almost 90,000 confederates. in the process, the two generals become good friends. according to sources, sometimes they would meet and a spread out the maps on the floor and start refighting their old battles and campaigns. it was in febru

. >> a question about the supplemental -- the schofield supplement to the surrender terms. how were they received in washington and were they successfully carried out? >> what i think happened is when they reached washington about a week later, they saw it as an accomplished fact. the most controversial provision would have been letting 1 in 7 confederates keep their weapons. i think they felt that would not be too harmful. i would say that -- and i did not go into this because i did not have time -- there was a great deal of furor up north about the terms because secretary stanton had sent his reasons for his approving them to the newark times -- to the new york times where they become public knowledge. sherman was furious and he found out. amid all of that, the supplemental terms slipped through without much notice. we do know they were approved. >> time for another question if anyone has one. >> thank you. >> thank you. appreciate it most of [applause] >> we do have two of marx books -- mark's books here. so grab mark. he won't be around tomorrow to sign them. the good n

from paris, hugh schofield reports. >>> every election in france it's the same these days how well will right do? marie la pent went in void by polls suggesting the national front could come first. in the event it didn't, but still nearly a quarter of the vote, a very strong showing. >> the national front has managed in the local elections to surpass its european election results. this massive vote for the national front, which is putting down deeper roots, election after election shows that the french want to regain their freedom. >> official results with the count nearly complete puts the national front at almost 25% of the national vote. that's some way behind the mainstream opposition led by the ump, which scored just under 30%. and in third place, the socialists and their allies at a little over 21%. they were hit badly by the government's poor reputation, but also by rivalists from the far left. afterwards, ump leader nicolas sarkozy made a brief statement acknowledging his party's success. the changeover of national power, he said, is coming. but for the government, prime ministe

schofield capture wilmington. schofield has been transferred east from nashville, tennessee with the 23rd army corps. they are joining terry's forces. now there is going to be a new objective. sherman is going to be headed towards goldsboro. i will be his first destination where he will refit his army before beginning -- continuing the march into virginia. it's up to the 23rd corps commanded by general jacob d. potts to secure goldsboro for sherman. guess who's in his way? general bragg's troops consisting of general robert f. hoax division from the army of northern virginia, and the remnants of the army of tennessee troops, who average north carolina at this point. say what you will about bragg at least he ate timid. -- ain't timid. he launches an attack on forces a few miles east of kinston on march

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hugh schofield live for us there in paris. >>> now, if you know your rolexes, today is a big day as the basel world luxury watch fair opens in switzerland, but it's not quite business as usual. luxury watch sales have stalled in once fast-growing markets and the much talked about apple smart watch is about to compete for precious wrist space. so does the luxury industry need to adapt to attract the new tech-savvy generation? >> reporter: welcome to baselworld, a mecca for watch makers and enthusiasts. hundreds of new designs for an industry that has built itself around precision craftsmanship and a passion for collecting. but this year there's an elephant in the room, to use thats compression. reinventing the watch will be tricky trying to please a rising generation keen on apps rather than mechanics, squashing in features that may date quickly. >> we have the 40% display transparency. this is 60%. a u.s. south korean start-up has one answer. a hybrid design that links with android and windows phones. it inventor hopes to sell it to some big names. >> we've essentially combined a smart