whitaker presented it to custer. over the years, living custer -- libby custer would cut off pieces to give to people as souvenirs to people who were favorable to her husband after the battle of little bighorn. this is john gibbons' cap table used during the meeting on april 10. general lee and general grant appointed three commissioners each. they went to the tavern to have the meeting. but they said it was a cheerless place, so they repaired to the mclean house. there was no furniture left in the room because the tables had been taken as souvenirs after the meeting on april 9. bigibbon used his camp table and had an inscribed after the commissioners' meeting. this is our display on the apple tree. what is the apple tree? it is one of those myths about appomattox, about lee's surrender. why is it a myth? because the event that supposedly took place there was not what it seemed. lee and grant had been corresponding for several days, since april 7, about the possibility of lee surrendering his army. on the morning of

named whitaker and whitaker presented it to custer. over the years, libby custer would cut off pieces of the flag to give out as souvenirs to people who are favorable toward her husband. this piece is the camp table used during the commissioners meeting on april 10. generally in general grant appointed three commissioners each. lee appointed william nelson pendleton, james long street and they went to the tavern to have the meeting but said it was a bear and cheerless place, so they repaired to the maclean house. there was no furniture left in the room because the tables had been taken as souvenirs after the meeting on april 9. this is our display on the apple tree. what is the apple tree? it is one of those myths about appomattox and lee's surrender. why is it a myth? because the event that a put -- the event that supposedly to waste there wasn't as it seems. lee and grant had been corresponding for several days about the possibility of lee surrendering his army. on the morning of april 9 when lee was finally ready to surrender his ar

they were pushed back by custer's cavalry. as they fell back they ran into this group of masquerading confederate cavalry who proceeded to capture general rufus behringer. he becomes the first confederate general to be taken prisoner on this campaign. you had these union soldiers dressed as confederates and they were spies. did that answer your question? >> that entered my question. chris: tomorrow we will go into greater detail on the battles. in fact, somebody told me that pat was telling me some of the media was writing about this seminar. they noticed that it was listed as the battle of sailor's creek and thought that that was an error. as you will find out tomorrow it was not. and those who have not been, i see a lot of people who have been out to sailor's creek, he we will go out there and see the new museum and go to the house which has been restored. >> thank you, chris. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible f

custer is personally leading many of these charges and they are repulsed. but about 8:00 that evening he gets all of his men together as a division and makes a final forth charge. there is a flash of six bright lights. and a tornado of canister shot swept over our heads. one of the casualties here is will ard ferington. he says he did a double summer salt. he looks at his hand and says my fingers were completely knocked out and hanging over the backside of my hand, held on by a little shred of skin. he takes a canister ball on the back of his hand and is able to draw a pension on that wound. this is barnie shields who receives a medal of honor. he captures the flag of the famed washington artillery of new orleans. william davis's comrade says that he was an excellent soldier but that his life blood was spilled on that flag. he carried a bible in his breast pocket. check that out. one of the holes was made in 1864, the second was made at the battle of aplamatics station. so that bible literally saved his life on two occasions. there are casualties in this fi

and whittaker presented it to custer, and over the years, luby custer would cut off pieces of the truce flag to give out as souvenirs to people that were favorable towards her husband especially after his death at the little bighorn. this piece is general gibbens camp table used at the commissioner's meeting on april 10. they appointed three commissioners each. gibben, charles griffen and wesley merit. lee appointed pendleton gordon. they went to the tavern to have the meeting, but they said it was a bare, cheerless place, so they repaired to the mcclain house where gibbon had set up his headquarters and there was no furniture in the room because the tables had been taken as souvenirs after the meeting on april 9. so gibbons used his table and had it inscribed after the commissioners' meeting. >>> this is our display on the apple tree. what is the apple tree? it's one of those myths about appomattox, about lee's surrender. why is it a myth? well, because the event that supposedly took place there wasn't what it seemed. they had been corresponding about the possible of surrender surrende

the advance of custer's men continue over that ridge and into the village here where they are repulsed at the eastern edge of the village and during the night, the federal cavalry form on the ridge west of town. during the night, general lee has a council of war with general john gordon james longstreet and fritz lee asking, should they surrender or try to break out? it's determined they will try to break out on the morning of april 9. general lee brings his troops to the village on the morning of april 9. he files off to the right and left into these fields. he's going to attack that ridge. there is a federal cavalry brigade under colonel charles smith. general gordon has about 5,000 men. he's supported by fritz lee on the right with about 4,000 cavalry. the attack begins a little after 7:30 that morning and they successfully drive the federals off that ridge doing a left wheel. but hard-marching infantry from army of the james the 24th corps and division of troops from the united states colored troops had covered over 30 miles on april 8. and they come up and closed the road back dow

and off further to the south and east is general custer's cavalry. behind general lee, about 4 miles from here is general mead. and general lee's army is effectively surrounded. white flags are sent out to stop the fighting. and over that course of the week of fighting in the appomattox campaign lee's army had dwindled from 60,000 men to 30,000 men. here at appomattox courthouse. he had lost half of his army. and he determined it was time to meet with general grant and surrender his forces, and they did that here at the mcclain farmhouse in 1865. we're now inside the parlor of the home of wilmer mcclain, appomattox county resident who moved here in the fall of 1862. le general lee and general grant corresponded for over three days, and finally after being effectively surrounded here, general lee wished to have a meeting with general grant to surrender his army. lee spent lieutenant colonel marshal to find a place to meet. and mcclain offered his own home. lee arrived about 1:00 and sat here at this marble top table. general grant arrived at about 1:3

he had with him some folks you probably recognize, george armstrong custer thomas devon and george cook many of these would become fighters in the indian wars afterwards. as mentioned earlier they are facing confederate general richard anderson, george picket and bushrod johnson. that fighting at that intersection which is just beyond our visitor's center is known as marshall's cross roads or harper's farm. here the union cavalry would attack at the same time that the fighting was going on down at the hillsman house along the creek, now at the fighting at the creek the confederates did not have artillery with which to reply to the union bombardment of artillery of 20 guns set up in the yard of the hillsman house. here at this fighting at the cross roads both confederate and union forces did have artillery with which to use. well a lot of the union cavalry had lost their horses in that they road directly from the shennen doughshen n shennen doa valley and they didn't have a chance to remount cht a lot of them were using mules to ride on. one of them, sergeant cunnington of the first west

general custer was here. took this basic sketch map and cleaned it up, superimposed it on then 1867 map of that area. with that i put it over a topographical map and low and behold is the battlefield. it was a location none of us have ever would have thought of. my talk on april 8 was the history of appomattox station, in which i will move and meet up with pat. the civil war trust bought a large acreage of the battlefield. it is now being preserved and developed as battlefield park. pat and i will do a tour there that will be some living history moving into the village. that is one of the most exciting finds i can think of. once i superimposed the battle map on a total graphical map i got permission from the landowner. a large portion of the woods in the topography was still there. it is tucked in among some businesses. where hannaford showed the confederate artillery was located, i borrowed a middle to tender and went over the ground. it was covered with friction primers, which is when you fire a cannon. the

named whitaker and whitaker presented it to custer. over the years, libby custer would cut off pieces of the flag to give out as souvenirs to people who are favorable toward her husband. this piece is the camp table used during the commissioners meeting on april 10. generally in general grant appointed three commissioners each. lee appointed william nelson pendleton, james long street and they went to the tavern to have the meeting but said it was a bear and cheerless place, so they repaired to the maclean house. there was no furniture left in the room because the tables had been taken as souvenirs after the meeting on april 9. this is our display on the apple tree. what is the apple tree? it is one of those myths about appomattox and lee's surrender. why is it a myth? because the event that supposedly to waste there wasn't as it seems. lee and grant had been corresponding for several days about the possibility of lee surrendering his army. on the morning of april 9 when lee was finally ready to surrender his army, he sends a message t

who killed custer?between south dakota and ohio, and learns 13 tribal languages and is adopted by a sioux warrior, he draws dozens of sketches and portraits of indians from numerous tribes, many confirm white bull's story. >> this is the indian side of the steer what they said happened that day you better pay attention to 2 because they were there. jamie: for young miller, his journey of discovery was a right of passage what indians might call a vision quest. setting him on a unique career path after serving in world war ii he heads to hollywood studios are turning out westerns establishes himself as a leading consultant to directors looking to cast native americans in their film. david works on dozens of westerns including tomahawk, and how the west was won. and the tv series daniel boone. his wife gets him to write a book about his experience. in 1470s -- 1970s david and jan move to rancho santa fe, that is where they meet sandy solomon and become good friends what was it like walking into his home. >

hear of custer? yes. hear of mackenzie the actual greatest indian fighter on the frontier? never heard of that. as you ever heard of john coffee hayes who should be a household word like davy crockett but he is not? and no. you can just keep going. the fact is for me as a writer i could go sell a book in new york to people not only to an editor who gives me money, which they do but i could sell to a country that had never heard of these guys. what it a cool thing. the answer to why, there were books done about these but they tended to be bottled up, prisoners of their region. texas a&m, 700 copies go to schools and libraries and the low distribution so i saw my opportunity. i took it. and as it turns out the comanche story is just one of the great stories and what i love about it as much as anything else is it is the best kind of a school you can get from the most beloved history professor. it teaches, it uses a vehicle the comanche tribe which is very cool in itself, but to teach you how the west was won. it was not one by the white people until it was lost by the comanche

we all know to hate george custer for just being george custer. if you were around the civil war, you would have had two polarizing figures around the civil war. one general sheridan and the other is warren. warren finds himself being a democrat in a republican army. you can only imagine what he and winfield go through being supporters of general

we all know to hate george custer for just being george custer. if you were around the civil war, you would have had two polarizing figures around the civil war. one general sheridan and the other is warren. warren finds himself being a democrat in a republican army. you can only imagine what he and winfield go through being supporters of general mcclellan. not a good place to be in when you're an officer in the army. that being said warren tends to not want to follow orders as grant gives them. warren tends to want to interpret orders to the benefit of his men only do what he thinks is going to preserve his fifth corps. that's not how grant wages warfare and it is certainly not how sheridan wages warfare. sheridan instantly balks knowing that some of these are warren's men. when sheridan is told that he has to use the fifth corps as his support led by general warren, that order is instantly followed up by general grant with if you have any problems with the corps commander relieve him of one of the division commanders which you would say pretty m

we all know to hate george custer for just being george custer. if you were around the civil war, you would have had two polarizing figures around the civil war. one general sheridan and the other is warren. warren finds himself being a democrat in a republican army. you can only imagine what he and winfield go through being supporters of general mcclellan. not a good place to be in when you're an officer in the army. that being said warren tends to not want to follow orders as grant gives them. warren tends to want to interpret orders to the benefit of his men only do what he thinks is going to preserve his fifth corps. that's not how grant wages warfare and it is certainly not how sheridan wages warfare. sheridan instantly balks knowing that some of these are warren's men. when sheridan is told that he has to use the fifth corps as his support led by general warren, that order is instantly followed up by general grant with if you have any problems with the corps commander relieve him of one of the division commanders which you would say pretty m

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we know the hate for george custer because of just being george custer. if you are around at the civil war, though, you would have had two polarizing figures at the end of the war. one being philip sheridan, who i mentioned earlier, you either love him or hate him, and you had better love him, or else he will kill you. the other is gouverneur warren. unfortunately, for gouverneur warren, he finds himself being a democrat in a republican army, and you can only imagine what he and winfield scott hancock go through in election year when a republican wins. not a good place to be as an officer in the army, especially when your commanding officer unfortunately, for gouverneur warren, he finds himself being a democrat in a republican army, and you can only imagine what he general grant, is a republican. that being said, warren tends to not want to follow orders as grant gives them. he wants to interpret orders and to the benefit of his men, only do what he thinks is going to preserve his fifth corps. that is not how grant wages warfare, and certainly not how she

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they were pushed back by custer's cavalry. as they fell back they ran into this group of masquerading confederate cavalry who proceeded to capture general rufus behringer. he becomes the first confederate general to be taken prisoner on this campaign. you had these union soldiers dressed as confederates and they were spies. did that answer your question? 's tomorrow we will go into greater detail on the battles. hatch was telling me that some of the media was writing about this -- pat was telling me some of the media was writing about this seminar. of as you will find out tomorrow it wasn't an error. and those who have not been, i see a lot of people who have been out to sailor's creek, he will go out there -- we will go out there and see the new museum and go to the house, which has been restored. >> thank you, chris. [applause] >> the civil war heirs here every saturday at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. eastern time. to watch more of our programming any time visit our website c-span.org/history. you are watching american history tv all

. >> he paints their port rats and get -- portraits and gets inside scoop on custer's last stance. >>e an artist or just someone who documented a side of history?

. >> he paints their port rats and get -- portraits and gets inside scoop on custer's last stance. >>is convinced it worth millions but will anyone buy it. >> was he an artist or just someone who documented a side of history?

ever heard of custer? yes. here of mackenzie the actual greatest fighter? never heard of that. john coffee hayes who should be a household word like davy crockett but he is not? no. you can just keep going. the fact is for me as a writer i could go sell a book in new york to people who didn't have a clue. not only to an editor who gives me many which they do but i could sell to a country that had never heard of these guys. what it a cool thing. there were books done about these things. they tended to be prisoners of their region. texas a&m press, 700 copies. there is no distribution. i saw my opportunity. i took it. the comanche story is just one of the great stories and what i love about it is it is like the best kind of a school lesson you could get from the most beloved history professor. it uses a vehicle, in this case, the comanche tribe, to teach you how the west was won. it was not one until it was lost. -- won until it was lost. they constituted an incredible physical barrier to everything that happened in the west the mexicans and texans and americans and spanish and e

general sheridan gave the piece to general custer. it was kept infh and later given to the smithsonian. this is the first time we have a national currency during the civil war. it could be used anywhere. it is in the chicago historical society today. grant's swivel back chair. he sat in an office type chair that was swivelled with a leather back on it. that was obtained by general henry capehart. he was in custard's division too. that is in the smithsonian institution. lee's cane back chair was obtained by colonel edward whittaker. it's in the smithsonian. the candle sticks that were on the table the marble top table was obtained by brigadier sharp. the silence witness is one of the more interesting pieces in the room. it was a rag deal owned by an 8-year-old girl. it has been left in the parlor. when the federal officers came into the parlor they saw the doll and started kind of passing it among themselves. it was later taken by captain thomas w.c. moore. the family later returned it. you can see it in the park collection called the

you can't go in to use a bath room because they wantt you to be a custer -- want you to be a customerews are getting fewer calls to clean up waste. the city says it is helping to cut back on water usage and there are plans to add a 4th soon. >>> a ground breaking today. the event at the alice griffith housing project. this is one of the most run down that they are trying to rebuild. this is the start of a second phase of a 5 phase reconstruction of the facility. when it is finished there will be thousands of new housing units. >>> social media has gone crazy over a puppy who is now back with his family after falling 50 feet into a well. firefighters were able to rescue the pup after he fell into pipe that was 8 inches wide in the family garage. it took them an hour to rescue the pup. after they lowered a rope and looped it around him, he was not injuredjured and now the pipe has now been covered. >> the pup is covered too, back out again -- >> so cute. >> puppies, there is something there, they will check it out. >> exactly. >> who knows what he saw -- >> didn't matter. had to check i

host: thank you reigning member custer. i ask that all members waive opening remarks.invite first and only panel. on the panel we hear from director of the v.a.'s office of accountability review and the honor honorable and chief of staff legal and quality assurance for the greatest los angeles v.a. healthcare system and dr. marilyn hooker m.d. neurologist and president a. f.g. and mr. richard truemain. >> v.a. exists to serve veterans. that service takes place through interactions between veterans and frontline v.a employees. doctors and nurses, claims processers and cemetery workers and countsless others upon whom v.a. depends to serve veterans with the dignity compassion and dedication they deserve. we depend on the same employees to have the moral courage by helping to make our processes and policies together. >> the department's responsibility to protect whistle blowers is an integral part of our objectsation to provide safe, high quality healthcare and other benefits to veterans in legally compliant and fiscally responsible ways. it is important to keep in mind th

. >> where was custer's last stand? little big morning?> chipolte. >> that was south dakota. >> then pretty much nothing. i love this. last time we talked about south dakota for anything? brilliant ad. melissa: katie, you're a millenial. what is more appealing to you, moving to mars or moving to south dakota? >> i say moving to south dakota. i'm an outdoors person. that ad showed a lot of outdoors things going on. they had hunting and i think kayaking i saw over there. there are lots of job options in south and north dakota. what do young people need? they need jobs. they are good paying, high-paying jobs. melissa: unemployment rate in south dakota right now is 3.5%. rumble in north lake is almost here. mitt romney set to fight evander holyfield next month. the duo giving sean hannity what to expect. >> is this a fight other not a fight? >> it's a fight. yet i'm a good guy. he is a good guy. >> right. >> everybody going to win. >> governor, are you going to try and hit him? >> well you know i will have a talk with evander beforehand. a ver

. >> he paints their port rats and get -- portraits and gets inside scoop on custer's last stance. >>s convinced it worth millions but will anyone buy it. >> was he an artist or just someone who documented a side of history?

jessica tarlov says it is not a problem because republicans are not a protected class but attorney eric custerays it doesn't make it right. start with you jessica on this business the fact that republicans are not a protected class. >> they're not. tom: and in the bay area in california the democratic party dominates. >> why is that a problem? if people feel they want to vote a certain way, that's their business. i haven't fill out that many job applications but certainly never asked me how i voted. and the tech industry is issue based how they done amount the top ten politicians that got money from the tech industry four were republicans up from one in 2010. tom: all right, but eric that's fine, you can have your political beliefs but affecting my paycheck because if i say the wrong thing, i say something conservative in the hallway or the lunch counter at google will i lose my job or not get promoteed? . >> you may lose your job because you said something stupid! it doesn't matter whether you are republican or democrat. like what jessica said, a person's political choices will go along with

vanquishing two of sheridan's cavalry divisions before the last of his troops under george armstrong custer stabilized the tactical situation. picket then withdrew to the vital crossroads at five forks where on april 1st, they outnumbered the confederates. but the real day of the decision at petersburg came on april 2nd. the day began with a series of assaults, most of which lee's men repulsed, but the one six miles southwest of the city managed to break through the confederate lines. under these dire circumstances, lee did not panic, and his coolness, moral authority and advanced planning would not only hold petersburg for the rest of the day but set the stage for the successful escape of all the confederate troops between richmond and petersburg that night. don't let anybody tell you that petersburg was a siege. it was not a siege, obviously it was not a siege because lee got out on the 292nd day of the campaign. upon learning of the defeated five forks, lee called for charles fields' first corps division to come south and shore up lee's right. after learning of the break in his lines, he