. >> general grant, you made the decision to allow your rations, the union rations to be distributedto union troops but your own troops were fairly we starved from the chase as well. >> they were hungry because we had been on the run for several days in pursuit of the army of northern virginia. actually u gave general lee the provisions that i had kept him from getting. >> it muz my rations. gn >> it was his rations that i gave him. i was magnanimous of you to do so. >> i thought it was at the time. we also gave him some of our rations. his men were starving. mine were hungry but we had been in a head long rush to get to this place. no and for the first time in the k war i saw a phenomenon that nea there were no stragglers in my army. we all knew the end was near and every man was pushing to be at the front. no one wanted to be at the rear. >> a question for you from facebook. john landford wants to know what happened to the firearms that were turned in by southern soldiers on this date as a matter of fact, april 12 1865. >> they were destroyed. they were destroyed. >> and you also a

. >> general grant, you made the decision to allow your rations, the union rations to be distributedto union troops but your own troops were fairly we starved from the chase as well. >> they were hungry because we had been on the run for several days in pursuit of the army of northern virginia. actually u gave general lee the provisions that i had kept him from getting. >> it muz my rations. gn >> it was his rations that i gave him. i was magnanimous of you to do so. >> i thought it was at the time. we also gave him some of our rations. his men were starving. mine were hungry but we had been in a head long rush to get to this place. no and for the first time in the k war i saw a phenomenon that nea there were no stragglers in my army. we all knew the end was near and every man was pushing to be at the front. no one wanted to be at the rear. >> a question for you from facebook. john landford wants to know what happened to the firearms that were turned in by southern soldiers on this date as a matter of fact, april 12 1865. >> they were destroyed. they were destroyed. >> and you also a

they allow the soldiers to get food, they can stop at union supply bases and draw rations. the parole pass provides protection rations, and transportation -- if there is hampered patient -- if there is transportation where you are going -- to get home. like i said, over the next three days the surrender is put in motion. the first branch that will surrender is the cavalry on april 10. if you are wondering why the cavalry goes first, think about how much food a horse eats every day, and think about the state of these confederate horses and think about appomattox is a small county and does not have a lot of resources. they need to get them out of there. the cavalry will turn over their weapons. the men could keep horses if they owned them as personal property, a part of the terms. the next day, april 11, the confederate artillery will surrender their guns. that is simply a process of turning over the artillery union -- the artillery to union officers. they had a good bit of artillery with them. probably the most famous part of the surrender of these three days would be the inf

they allow the soldiers to get food, they can stop at union supply bases and draw rations. over the next three days the surrender is put in motion. the first branch that will surrender is the cavalry on april 10. if you are wondering why the cavalry goes first, think about how much food a horse eats everyday and think about the state of these confederate forces and think about -- appomattox is a small county and does not have a lot of resources. the cavalry will turn over their weapons. the the men could keep horses if they owned them as personal property, a part of the terms. the next day, april 11, the confederate artillery will surrender their guns. that is simply a process of turning over the artillery union officers. probably the most famous part of the surrender of these three days would be the infantry which would surrender weapons on april 12. this is a six-hour process, most of the day, for one division of the time that -- one division at a time to stack rifles. on the road is a division of union infantry and this was carried out with a great deal of ceremony and fo

the failings was it was a monetary union. so the u.k.'s part of that. it makes rational sense for france and germany to come together and u.k. not be part of that. >> he openly said to osborne let's see how we can work this and negotiate what the u.k. wants. that suits the britts as well. >> interesting what the germans say as well. germany and the u.k. want to have competitive eu economy. germany's rate of growth is about 5%. it has to raise it's game as well and part of the issue here is making them more competitive. >> i think as well the key thing of course as we all know is this is going to be with merkel and kicking off the discussions with him yesterday. >> in style. >> i do want to bring it back to the menu because pork belly was the main course. they finished on a lime dessert which leaves a bitter taste in the mouth. i understand on the sound track was baby please don't go. so i'm sure it's a very enjoyable supper but the most awkward thing would have been on arrival is him having to say congratulations mr. cameron i'm so pleased for your victory. both would kn