joseph e. johnson. so johnston takes over what is left of the confederate army in the carolinas, and he gives sherman, as we heard, a momentary scare at bentonville. then he had to fall back before the surging yankees. well, sherman felt that he had done the right thing. he believed that his destructive war was a more direct way to get to the desired end of ending this civil war, defeating the confederacy, restoring the union. he certainly did not want to get back into the meat grinder of war. but what's going to happen now? he's in carolina. joe johnston is back again. well, craig's already told us. sherman receives a letter from joe johnston requesting a meating between the two of them . and just before he leaves for that -- getting ready to leave for that meeting, is sherman, a subordinate hands him a telegraph that is just arrived from washington. end of act one. [laughter] act two. the two men arrived at the designated meeting place. they dismounted. shook hands. and leaving their respective entourages outside

we thought how appropriate it would be to have joseph a johnston, the musical. [laughter] or william t sherman the musical. the one that really inspired us was well until how it, the musical. [laughter] you would be delighted to hear that this is not going to be a musical presentation today. instead, it is a tragedy in three. act one. 17, 1865, a full week after lee surrendered in appomattox. johnston and william t sherman met in the front yard of a small farm owned by james and near durhamt station in north carolina. here's what that farmhouse looks like today. and here is the newspaper engraving of the imagined meeting between these two moderns and here is a painting by dan nansen how he imagined that. however it looked, let us imagine the moment. it had been four years and five .ays since the war began since then, these two men had spent a lot of that time, each of them taking about the other. lurk insideat plans the active brain of his opponent. for two and a half months in the , they and summer of 1864 had dueled one another in north georgia, in what shall

6 eastern, two days after lincoln's a nation, in april of 1865, generals william sherman and joseph johnston met to discuss the union army's future. historian and history professor look back on the historic meeting. inside,they were sherman took out of his pocket the telegram that he had been was leaving as he for the meeting. and he showed it to joe johnston. it to noe had shown one else. before,d that two days abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up at sherman with horror and declared it was greatest possible calamity for the south. 6:50, lynn downey discusses her biography of the of blue jeans. >> and the patent was awarded after three tries with the patent office, on may 20, 1873, for an improvement in fastening pocket openings, which is really boring language for basically invention of the blue jean. >> sunday at noon on oral histories. we begin a series of five interviews with prominent african-american women from the explorations in black leadership. gwen eiffel. and her experience with racism in the newsroom. >> getting in the door because i had s

lee's surrender in april of 1865, generals william sher man and joseph johnston met to discuss the union army's future. naval historian craig simons and history professor john marzolette look back on the historic meeting. >> once they were inside, sherman took out of his pocket the telegram that he had been handed just as he was leaving for the meeting, and showed it to joe johnston. so far he had shown it to no one else. it stated two days before abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up with sherman with horror and declared it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. >> at 6:50, lynn downey discusses her pieography of the inventor of blue jeans, leeshy strauss. >> here's a lovely copper rivet, and the patent was awarded after three tries with the patent office, on may 20th, 1873, for an improvement in fastening pocket openings, which is really boring lapping wanl for basically the invention of the blue jean. >> sunday at noon on "oral histories" we begin a series of five interviews with prominent african-american women from the explorations i

lee's surrender in april of 1865, generals william sherman and joseph johnston met to discuss the union army's future. naval historian craig scion and history professor john look back on meeting. >> once they were inside sherman took out of his pocket the tell gram that he had been hand -- telegram he had been handed just as he was leaving for the meeting and showed it to joe johnston. so far he had shown it to no one else. it stated that two days before abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up at sherman with horror and declared it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. >> at 6:50, lynn downy discusses her biography of the inventor of blue jeans, levi strauss. >> a lovely remnant. and the patent was awarded after three tries with the patent office on may 20, 1873. for an improvement in fastening pocket openings, which is really boring language for basically the invention of the blue jean. >> sunday at noon on oral histories, we begin a series of five interviews with prominent african-american women from the explorations and black leadershi

craig simon and a history professor talk about the meeting twenal generals william sherman and joseph johnston to discuss the future of union army at the end of the civil war. the april, 1865 meeting happened just two days after president lincoln's assassination and a week after robert e. lee's surrender at appomattox. his talk was part of the annual lincoln symposium and is just under an hour.

lee's surrender in april of 1865, generals william sherman and joseph johnston met to discuss the union army's future. naval historian craig simons and history professor john marzalek look back on the historic meeting. >> once they were inside, sherman took out of had his pocket the telegram he had been handed just as he was leaving for the meeting, and showed it to joe johnston. so far he had shown it to no one else. it stated that two days before abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up at sherman with horror and declared it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. >> at 6:50, lynn downey discusses her biography of the inventor of blue jeans, levi strauss. >> here say lovely copper rivet. and the patent was awarded after three tries with the patent office on may 20th, 1873, for an improvement in fastening pocket openings which is boring language for basically the invention of the blue jean. >> sunday, at noon on oral histories, we begin a series of five interviews with prominent african-american women from the explorations in black leadersh

lee's surrender in april of 1865, generals william sherman and joseph johnston met to discuss the u.s. army's future. we look back on the historic meeting. >> once they were inside, sherman took out of his pocket the telegram he had been handed just as he was leaving for the meeting and showed it to joe johnston. so far he had shown it to no one else. it stated that two days before, rain hamlin con had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up at sherman with horror and decleared it was the greatest possible -- declared it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. >> at 6:50, lin downey discusses her biography of the inventor of blue jeans, levi strauss. >> the palent was awarded after three tries on may 20, 1873, for an improvement in fastening pocket openings, which is boring language for basically the invention of the blue jean. >> sunday at noon on oral histories, we begin a series of five interviews with prominent african-american women from the explorations and black leadersship oral history collection. the late gwen ifill, an american peabody award winnin

the naval future.april of william sherman and joseph johnston met to talk about the naval future. >> once they were inside, sherman took out the telegram he had been handed just as he was leaving for the meeting and showed it to joe johnston. so far he had shown it to no one else. it stated that two days before, abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked up at sherman with horror and said it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. >> at 6 of:50, lynn daumy talked about the invent her of blue jeans, levi strauss. >> the patent was awarded after three try owns may 20, 1873, for an improvement in fastening pocket op pocket openings which is a basic statement of changing the history. >> we begin with prominent african-american women for exploration and black leadership oral history, the late gwen iefl, peabody award winning journalist discusses her life including her experience with racism in the newsroom. >> getting in the war because i was paved in a certain way was one thing. but then when i got in i had to prove to them that i could write, i c

simons and history professor talk about the 1865 meeting between generals william sherman and joseph johnston to discuss the future of the union army. here is a preview. leaves,ust before he getting ready to leave for that meeting is sherman, a subordinate hands him a telegraph that has just arrived from washington. end of act i. [laughter] act ii. men arrived at the designated meeting place. they dismounted, shook hands. and leaving their respective entourages outside, they went together into the bennett small farmhouse. unlike leeann grant at the mclean house -- unlike lee and grant at the mclean house, there were no aids or staff members. it was just the two of them together in this small, rustic c abin. once they were inside, sherman took out of his pocket the telegram he had been handed just as he was leaving for the meeting and showed it to joe jo hnston. so far, he had showed it to no one else. it stated that two days before, abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington, d.c. johnston looked at sherman with horror and declared it was the greatest possible calamity for the south.

simons and history professor john marshall at talk about the meeting between william sherman and joseph johnston