i'm a second lieutenant in the united states infantry. i live in kentucky that the dean -- and i have been reenacting for 10 years. i graduated from the military institute in 2012. >> why do you reenact? what i guess i got into it because i was always curious about history and i wanted to reconnect with the pure american experience which is the fundamentals of the civil war. it is the civil war. the civil war changed america forever. and to better understand what the war was like, what the times were like and the dynamics of the region that were affected by the war, this is one of the best ways. >> when people are watching this reenactment today, how much do you think it will resemble historic reality? >> well, obviously, the streets and new buildings were to turn the--were not here during the actual battle. but for the most part, this is going to be pretty accurate representation as in your are going to see the thing firing procedures and much of the same drill. most of these guys have been twoing out a night or living in the most opposi

he was saying, in the united states regimen, but the first , but insetts infantry the united states regimen collected from all of the states -- there may have been seven of them -- should have these removed. the reason has to do with -- you guessed it -- honor. the argument was very simple. how can any southerner in the ,uture, any white southerner serve in a regiment under a banner that celebrates victories over him and his people? let confederate states have what they want. let union states have whatever they want. let there be monuments everywhere, but the united states itself should not be committed to this. i don't have to tell you that i think sumner was absolutely right, and one of the leading abolitionists of his time thought sumner was right. he was a believer in equal rights beyond anything one could ask for, but he said, this is something you simply don't do to commemorate. does that answer the question? fire away. you mentioned earlier nationbuilding. my question is more or less, to what degree would you put reconstruction on the same level nationbuilding as the current events i

he was saying in the united states regiments not the first massachusetts infantry, not the 49th new york infantry, but in the united states regiments, collected from all of the states, these regiments and there may have been maybe seven of them, should have these removed and the reason has to do with, you guessed it, honor. the argument is very simple. how can any southerner in the future, any white southerner in the future, serve in a regiment under a banner that celebrates victories over him and his people? let confederate states have what they want. let union states have whatever banners they want, let there be monuments everywhere, but the united states itself should not be committed to this. that's kind of the message. i don't have to tell you i think sumner was absolutely right and one of the leading abolitionists of this time, wendell philips, also thought that he was right. he was a believer in equal rights beyond anything one could ask for. he said this is something you simply don't do to commemorate. does that answer the question? >> thank you very much. >> my pleasure. okay. f

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 down and begin to push gordon's men back into the appomattox from the river valley. they come from the army of the potomac, and further to the south and east is general custer and general devlin's cavalry swinging around the left flank. behind general lee, about four miles from here is general meade with army of the 6th corps, and general lee is effectively surrounded. white flags are flown to stop the fighting, and in the course of the fighting, lee's army had dwindled from 60,000 men to 30,000 men here at appomattox court house. he had lost half his army. he determined it was time to meet with general grant and surrender his forces. they did that over here in the mclean house on the afternoon of april 9, 1865. we're now inside the parlor of the home of wilmer mclean, appomattox county resident, who moved here in the fall of 1862. general lee and general grant corresponded for over three da

calvary and infantry escorted him, girls through flowers before his feet. the gazette of the united states proclaimed washington had become virtually divine, or and they upon a skill of eminence that haven't had never before assigned to a mortal. expectations were high. [laughter] finally, on april 23, at elizabeth, new jersey, he was met by a committee of both houses of congress jon jay, and numerous city officials and the rotundity figure of his wartime colleague henry knox. dressed in a suit that recalled his war uniform and seated -- him.lly only beneath an awning with red curtains, washington was wrote across the river in a 47 foot barge manned by 13 pilots dressed in white garments and black caps. flag-festooned ships fired candidates across the harbor. as if inspired by the jubilation, porpoises leaped and dove around the barge. [laughter] eyewitness account. near the future site of the statue of liberty a boatload of gentlemen and ladies trilled a welcoming ode of "god save the king." as the pastor of the battery in my north of the east river to the booming of artillery, huzzahs ca

but hard-marching infantry from army of the james, the 24th corps and division of troops from the united states colored troops from the 25th corps had covered over 30 miles on april 8. and they come up and closed the road back down and begin to push gordon's men back into the appomattox river valley. federal troops are also coming up from the south, the federal fifth core from the army of the potomac, and then further off to the south and east is general custer and general devlin's cavalry swinging around the confederate left flank. behind general lee, about four miles from here is general meade with the army of the potomac, the 7th and the 6th corps and general lee's army is effectively surrounded. white flags are sent to stop the fighting, and in the course of the fighting, lee's army had dwindled from 60,000 men to 30,000 men here at appomattox court house. he had lost half his army. he determined it was time to meet with general grant and surrender his forces. they did that over here in the mclean house on the afternoon of april 9, 1865. we're now inside the parlor of the home of wilmer mcl

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 down and begin to push gordon's men back into the appomattox from the river valley. they come from the army of the potomac, and further to the south and east is general custer and general devlin's cavalry swinging around the left flank. behind general lee, about four miles from here is general meade with army of the 6th corps, and general lee is effectively surrounded. white flags are sent to stop the fighting, and in the course of the fighting, lee's army had dwindled from 60,000 men to 30,000 men here at appomattox court house. he had lost half his army. he determined it was time to meet with general grant and surrender his forces. they did that over here in the mclean house on the afternoon of april 9, 1865. we're now inside the parlor of the home of wilmer mclean, appomattox county resident, who moved here in the fall of 1862. general lee and general grant corresponded for over three day