this was the understanding and the horrible tragedy of joseph miller is two things.number one, he never gets the opportunity to fight for his own freedom, this is in the fall of 1864 and spring of 1865 his wife has died and joseph miller, all died from disease which is part of also being forced into the sections of camp that were very unhealthy, very little medical care provided. the other tragedy as part of this book gets covered in all the newspapers including some abolitionists, we told you you don't have to worry about all these free slaves coming north and taking jobs. they will stay down south so don't worry. we can free slaves without anything inconveniencing our own bigotry, our own beliefs. it was this powerful, painful story and i knew resonated with students, to see how this beautiful story of emancipation had so much ugliness wrapped up with it. i wanted to include the major battles in the book, but coming added from the angle they hadn't seen before like the battle of gettysburg, a union soldier who becomes famous in the aftermath of the battle because h

and joseph miller has died from disease. which is part of also being forced into the section of cams that are often unhealthy with little medical care provided. the other tragedy is what i wanted the story as part of the bug including by some abolitionists see we told you you don't have to worry about all of these coming north and taking jobs. this is because they can handle the cold. they will stay down south. don't worry, we can free slaves without anything inconveniencing our own bigotry, only. so, it was this powerful, painful story that i knew resonated with students to see how even to see out the emancipation has ugliness still wrapped up with it. i wanted to include some of the major battles in the butt, not from an angle they hadn't seen with the battle of gettysburg to talk about a union soldier his body is found in town in gettysburg but he's holding a picture of three young children they finally tracked his family down and she became almost a celebrity and they bring her and the three children to gettysburg and th

designed and constructed by joseph miller houston of philadelphia.ur building was designed in the american renaissance style. it's an italian building that tries to incorporate as many european architectural motives into it as possible. inside and out, it has just an

designed and constructed by joseph miller houston of philadelphia. our building was designed in the american renaissance style. it's an italian building that tries to incorporate as many european architectural motives into it as possible. inside and out, it has just an astronomical amount of ornamentation. in here and all the gold leafing. the principal chambers are am e amazing, marble and just -- it's an amazing work of art. as you walk in, we're at the west or the main entrance. that faces the susquehanna river out towards state street. u you walk into the center. the rotunda rises 272 feet up to the top where the statue of commonwealth sits. it's 24 karat gold leaving throughout. the four murals designed by edwin austin abby would show a figure with a sense of realism. the figure of vulcan in the mural and then blast furnaces. blast furnaces, pennsylvania, iron, steel industry. then presided over by the roman god of the forge. angels leading ships anchor chains which represents pennsylvania as religious freedom. science revealing the treasures of

joseph baby goebbels stephen miller. it did not go well. it did not-- could have gone better. he's -- he's not a people el person. for instance, at one point cnn's jim acosta brought up the poem on the base of the statue of liberty on the pedestal, which does not mention advanced technical degrees but does talk about welcoming the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. but miller wasn't having any of it. >> i don't want to get off into a whole thing about history here. >> stephen: then don't. (laughter) or do. >> but the statue of liberty is a symbol of liberty and light in the world. a symbol of american liberty lighting the world. poem you are referring to was added later it is not actually part of the original statue of liberty. >> stephen: this is true. originally there was a limerick on there, that started something, there once was an immigrant from nantucket. i can't do the rest. let's just say the immigrant was an ancestor of steve bannons. but miller's battle with acosta got even more heated when talking about the bill's english language requirements. >> this whole not

early in the morning joseph hooker's troops are going to launch the attack in miller's cornfield. by 7:30 a.m. in the morning stonewall jackson and joseph hooker have battled each other to mutual annihilation. of as this is a plan by lee to simply harry and thrust with george mcclellan. lee is going to throw in a counterattack to maintain his line. 8:30what happens at about in the morning. there is the situation. watch for the center of power of the confederate army shifts. anderson's brigade goes north. two divisions of the confederate army will shift to the woods. seen as leemay be simply matching where mcclellan is mashing most of his troops. 6:00 in the morning, here is the disposition of lee's army on the antietam battlefield. roughly half is north of sharpsburg. about 9% is in the center. a quarter each on the southern and of the battlefield and a quarter left in reserve.here is the situation at 10:00 a.m. infantrymenevery 10 in robert e lee's army is north of sharpsburg. 90%. look at that. lee is simply robert a getting involved in a heavyweight boxing match with george mccl

early in the morning of course joseph hooker's troops are going to launch an attack into miller's cornfield. and basically they've battled each other to mutual annihilation. they've pummelled each other and lee is going to have to start shifting troops up to the northern end of his line. initially, and it has mostly been thought of as this is a plan by lee to simply perry and thrust with george mcclellan. where mcclellan is going to tothrow in an attack, lee is going to throw in a counter attack. look at what happens starting about 8:30 in the morning. here's the situation, 8:30. watch where the center of power of the confederate army shuts. g.t. anderson's brigade goes north. two divisions will swing north. and finally the last division will help out on the sunken road. again, that may be seen as lee is simply masking where mcclellan is masking most of his troops. but let me offer this to you. 6:00 in the morning, here is his position. roughly half of it is north of sharpsberg, and you have a quarter each on the southern end of the battlefield and a quarter left in reserve. here's the situ

joseph hooker started to go launch their attacks into miller's cornfield. basically by 7:30 at stonewall jackson, they battled each other to mutilation. they have pummeled each other, beaten each other, inside the 24 acres. we are going to have to start shifting troops to the northern end of his line by 8:00 in the morning. initially, it has mostly been thought of as this is a plan by lee to simply pair in a thrust with mcclellan. look at what happened starting at 8:30 in the morning. here's the situation, 8:30, watch where the center of the power of the confederate army shifts. g.t. anderson's brigade goes north, two divisions of the confederate army will swing to the northwest woods and finally r.h. anderson's will help out in the sunken road. again, that could be seen as lee is simply masking where mcclellan is masking most of his troops. but let me offer this to you, 6:00 in the morning, here is the disposition of lee's army on the battlefield. roughly half of it is north of sharpsburg. only 9% is in the center. and a quarter each on the southern end of

early in the morning joseph hooker's troops are going to launch their attacks into miller's cornfield and basically by 7:30 in the morning joe hooker and stonewall jackson have battled each other to mutual annihilation. they have pummelled each other, beaten each other inside of that 24 acres of corn and lee is going to have to start shifting troops up to the northern end of his line by 8:00 in the morning. it's initially and has mostly been thought of as this is a plan by li to simply parry and thrust with george mcclellan. where mcclellan is going to throw in an attack, lee is going to throw in a counterattack. just to maintain his lines. but look what happens at 8:30 in the morning. watch where the center of power of the confederate shifts. gt anderson's army goes north, to divisions will swing to the west woods and the third, rh anderson's division will help out in the sunken road. again, that may be seen as lee is simply masking where mcclellan is massing most of his troops but let me offer this to you. 6 o'clock in the morning, here is the disposition of lee's army on the antiet