hood inhe case with atlanta, sherman now had to deal with confederate general william hardy. but, again, he refused to cut off his escape. rather, he consciously, specifically, left open and exit so hard he could get away and sherman would not have to fight him in the trenches. and when sherman's army entered savannah, the soldiers, and soldiers, sherman soldiers were on their best behavior. previously, they had taken or destroyed anything they wanted. now they pay for everything they took. well, what happened? held out, he'd fight them without mercy. as soon as southerners quit the war, he would as he phrased it become the south's best friend. is not going to try to destroy hood or hardy or atlanta or savannah and is going to institute what comes to be known as a soft piece for the hard war he's been demonstrating in georgia. well, let's face it. the war is hardly over at this particular point when sherman gets to savannah. grant now want sherman to come to virginia. sends him a letter. there is a letter waiting for sherman. come to virginia and help me finish off robert e le

johnston and william t. sherman met in the front yard of a small farm owned by james and nancy bennett near durham station, north carolina. here is what that farm house looks like today. and here is the newspaper engraving of the imagined meeting between these two generals and here is a modern painting by dan nance and how e imagined that. however it looked, let us imagine the moment. it had been four years and five days since the war began. and since then these two men had spent a lot of that time, each of them thinking about the other. wondering what plans lurked inside the active brain of his opponent. for two and a half months in the spring and summer of 1864, they had dueled one another in north georgia in what was called a red clay minuet, each striving to gain an advantage, each failing to do so, until a frustrated and impatient jefferson davis replaced johnston with john bell hood. they had fought again only two weeks before this meeting near bentonville, north carolina, in another strategically indecisive e

., saturday evening, 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

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

naval historian 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

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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 in black leadership oral history collection. the late gwen eiffel discusses her life including her experience with racism in the newsroom. >> getting in

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naval historian craig 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 cal

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. >> today on the civil war, history professor talks about the april 18 65 meeting between william sherman and alston -- and johnston to discuss the army. >> and just before he leaves for subordinate, a hands him a telegraph that has just arrived from washington. end of act i. arrived ate two man the meeting place. hands,smounted, shook and leaving their respective entourages outside they went together into the bennett farmhouse. you have all seen images of that. there were no aids, no staff members. just the two of them together in this small rustic cabinet. once they were inside sherman took out of his pocket telegram that he had been handed just as he was leaving. stated two days before that abraham lincoln had been assassinated in washington dc. the clearing it was the greatest possible calamity for the south. sherman replied he was confident that the rebel army had nothing to do with it. he would not say the same about jefferson davis and his government. watch the entire program today at 6 p.m. eastern. this is american history tv only on c-span3. >> i had a piece of information he wa

. >> today on the civil war, history professor talks about the april 18 65 meeting between william sherman and