stonewall jackson had received good news on two fronts. theurier had reported success of thoroughfare gap, saying that old pete would likely connect with jackson's right early next day. as longstreet's men are plotting odding toward thoroughfare gap, and what is going on on jackson's front? during the post-dawn hours of august 28, jackson had finally chosen a position to take in the area which he had been operating. he had decided to move his scattered divisions into a concentrated position, west of the turnpike. jackson sent couriers to his divisions to have them move towards his new position. jackson's position he decided to take was one that anyone would expect of the commander. his line covered the road from .aymarket to suddenly springs if we was blocked, he could take an alternate route to jackson. on his immediate front, the position was defensively strong, running a moderately high range. idge, parts -- i enforce this -- part of which included the embankment of a railroad and the flanks of the turnpike. additionally, if things went

in the spring of 1861, stonewall jackson captured about 20 or 30 trains, a number of rail cars, locomotives, and other equipment at martinsburg. unfortunately for the confederacy, there was no railroad that ran south from martinsburg along the shenandoah valley until you got to strasbourg. sharp and a team of experts came out to martinsburg and came up with the idea of moving the locomotives by road. what they did, they jacked up the locomotives. they took off all the extra wheels, the bell, the whistle, the flu, the headlight, and then they hooked up teams of horses, 30 and 40-horse teams and pulled locomotives from martinsburg, west virginia, 38 miles along the valley turnpike to strasbourg, virginia where they were reassembled and put on the rails and used and taken to richmond for reconstruction and restoration, then used for the confederacy throughout the war. by the end of the fall of 1861, captain sharp and his crew had moved 14 locomotives and 83 rail cars by horsepower from martinsburg to strasburg, virginia. to give you an idea how important this was for the confederacy, the confe

you got jeff stewart, you got stonewall jackson, you got robert e. lee. ashley: there has been maybe a little bit of controversy about some of the statues here. what are are the feelings in the city about the statues on monument avenue? mayor stoney: i think folks recognize this is part of the history. a terrible history it may be, a horrible history it may be, but it is a part of our history. as i've always said, would i shed any tears if the jefferson davis statue was torn down? no i wouldn't, but i think the , history of the past of richmond, that being terrible or not, shouldn't be a -- our anchor. it should be a foundation for us to build from. ashley: [indiscernible] mayor stoney: it's about an opportunity for history. [indiscernible] statues honoring or memorializing the figures, and i think the key is to tell the whole story. i think richmond can be the center of reconciliation. right? we do have a terrible past, but it's time to start writing that chapter to begin with the conversation about reconciliation. ashley: and what is the narrative that

in 1861, stonewall jackson captured 20 or 30 trains. unfortunately for the confederacy, there was no railroad that ran south from martinsburg. not until you got to strasburg. sharp and a team of experts came out to martinsburg and came up with the idea of moving the locomotives by road. they took off extra wheels, bells, whistles. they hooked up teams of horses. 30 and 40 horse teams and pulled locomotives trump martinsburg west virginia, 38 miles along the turnpike to strasburg virginia. they were reassembled and used and taken to richmond. they were then used for the confederacy throughout the war. 1861, end of the fall of captain sharp and his crew had moved or locomotives and 83 railcars by horsepower from martinsburg to strasburg virginia. to give you an idea of how important this was for the confederacy, the confederacy -- as we mentioned before was very much under industrialized. during the civil war not a single locomotive was built at a southern railroad shop. the only way they could get new equipment was to capture it wrong un

we have a vacant chair for stonewall jackson at the station. and as the men make the march overnight, they talk about the change in scenery because this is a portion of virginia that has never before seen war. it was a feast for the eyes and a joy for the soul, one soldier said. the crops were full. it was untouched by the war. immediately, the spirit of gloom that had plagued the men for three weeks from their shoulders. account after account talks about their soaring spirits, their optimism, their excitement, as they go into the heart of virginia. they go past guinea station and they continue down in this direction toward the village of bowling green. i do not know your first name. you look like the town of bowling green. >> oh dear. chris: oh dear is right. [laughter] chris: charming, charming little village. hancock's men come marching in at about noon. calvary at about 9:00 in the morning, but the infantry gets there around noon. they pillage the town. i'm sorry. you're about to have a bad day. they pillage the town. but hancock's orders a

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stonewall jackson and william. and/or wellian use of double speak.names was needed in order to acknowledge history. no, replacing historical names and toppling statues isn't acknowledging history obviously it's erasing it why pretend these historical figures even the confederacy just never existed? why do that? well, of course, slavery we all know was abominable and eesm. what do we learn about the past by forgetting the past? america paid a dear price in blood to overcome her original sin. and our children have a and our children have a right to their ent this is electricity. and our children have a right to their ent ♪ this is a power plant. this is tim barckholtz. that's me! this is something he is researching at exxonmobil: using fuel cells to capture carbon emissions at power plants. this is the potential. reducing co2 emissions by up to 90%... while also producing more power. this could be big. energy lives here. >> laura: before we go, for a true understanding of what's >> for a true understanding of what's happening in the white house and the

on that same day, stonewall jackson captured harpers ferry. so they succeeded in capturing that part of the union army, but then jackson got the order from lee, you have to join us immediately because mcclellan is bearing down on us. we have a pretty rapid sequence of events. the 13th, lost orders. the 14th, the battle. harpers ferry is taken. and lee concentrates where these lines are. here is antietam creek, here is the town of sharpsburg, here is where the army is concentrated. these are heights above the water. good places to defend, but mcclellan has a much larger army which he gradually brings together. and this is what the situation was at dawn on september 17. one thing military historians point out is if mcclellan had the knowledge of what was going on, he should have attacked a day earlier. had 55,000 troops to fight. lee had 25,000. more than two to one. unfortunately, mcclellan's famous overestimation of the other guys was in play, and he estimated lee had 97,000 troops. almost triple what he actually had. but by the 17th, he is re

i notice that stonewall jackson is coming down. is it george washington next week and thomas jefferson the week after? you really have to ask yourself where does it stop. but they were there to protest -- excuse me. you take a look at the night before, they were there to protest the taking down of the statue of robert e. lee. >> they showed up in charlottesville -- >> excuse me. you had some very bad people in that group. but you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. you had people in that group -- excuse me. excuse me. i saw the same pictures adds you did. you had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down to them a very very important statue and the renaming of a park from robert e. lee to another name. you had many people in that group other than neo-nazis and white nationalists and the press has treated them absolutely unfairly. >> we're saying that the press treated white nationalists unfairly? >> no. there were people in that rally, if you look, there were people protesting very quietl

stonewall jackson and william. and/or wellian use of double speak.eded in order to acknowledge history. no, replacing historical names and toppling statues isn't acknowledging history obviously it's erasing it why pretend these historical figures even the confederacy just never existed? why do that? well, of course, slavery we all know was abominable and eesm. what do we learn about the past by forgetting the past? america paid a dear price in blood to overcome her original sin. and our children have a and our children have a right to their ent you won't see these folks at the post office. and our children have a right to their ent they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. >> laura: before we go, for a true understanding of what's >> for a true understandin

on that same day, stonewall jackson captured harpers ferry. but then jackson got the order you have to join us immediately because mcclellan is bearing down on us. .he 13th, lost orders the 14th, the battle. harpers ferry is taken. concentrates where these lines are. here is antietam creek, here is the town of sharpsburg, here is where the army is concentrated. but places to defend, mcclellan has a much larger army that he gradually brings together. and this is what the situation was at dawn on november 17. one thing military historians point out is if mcclellan had the knowledgeable was going on, he should have attacked the day earlier. on the 16th, he had troops ready to fight. lee had fewer. more than two to one. unfortunately, mcclellan's famous overestimation of the other guys was in play, and he estimated lee had triple what he actually had. by the 17th, he is ready to fight, and the battle unfolds in a series of steps in three different parts. first on the northern part of the battlefield, which is miles long, and here is the little tow

stonewall jackson and william. and/or wellian use of double speak.ames was needed in order to acknowledge history. no, replacing historical names and toppling statues isn't acknowledging history obviously it's erasing it why pretend these historical figures even the confederacy just never existed? why do that? well, of course, slavery we all know was abominable and eesm. what do we learn about the past by forgetting the past? america paid a dear price in blood to overcome her original sin. and our children have a right to their entire history. and not some redacted version that will miss the important but cautionary tales. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ what i want, you've got, ♪ but it might be hard to handle ♪ ♪ like the flame that burns the candle ♪ ♪ the candle feeds the flame ♪ topped steak & twisted potatoes at applebee's. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. this ♪s electricity. this is a power plant. this is tim barckholtz. that's me! this is something he is researching at exxonmobil: using fuel cells to capture carbon emissions at power pla

itgoes to the valley, where is more stonewall jackson than robert e. lee. therefore the first time in his life, he as a free hand to do what he wants to do. it's not leaving superintendent of west point, where the chief of the corps of engineers was always looking over his shoulder. be the kind of person he wants to be. he is extraordinary successful as a college president. he is a very progressive college president. he is getting rid of all of the old curricula, bringing in studies of journalism, engineering, law, he is doing the kinds of things in the valley that charles norman elliott is doing at harvard. he is cutting edge in terms of it. he is extremely successful as a fundraiser. think robert e. lee, the glad hammer. especially with while the northerners -- was the northerners. all of these people contribute huge amounts of money to washington college. he is very successful at it. i think it really provides him with some of the greatest satisfaction he has ever had in his life. >> i'm going to change the spotlight to something -- it is maybe mainly of

i noticed that stonewall jackson is coming down. wonder is it george washington next week and thomas jefferson the week after? you really have to ask yourself where does it stop. they were there to protest. excuse me. take a look the night before. they were there to protest the taking down of the statue of robert e lee. infrastructure question could go that. >> should the statue of robert e. lee stay up? >> i say that's up to a local town, community or the federal government depending on where it is located. do you think race relations have gotten better or worse since you took office? >> i think they've gotten better or the same -- they have been frayed for a long time and you can ask president obama about that because he made speeches about it. i believe the fact that i brought in -- it will be soon millions of jobs. where companies are moving back into our country. i think that's going to have a tremendous positive impact on race relations. we have companies coming back into our country. we have two car companies that just announ

welch talks about confederate general stonewall theson's defensive stand at battle of second manassas in virginia, which took place in late august, 1862. jackson's troops held their ground against repeated assaults by union troops, buying time for the confederates to launch a flank attack and send the union army in retreat. this 50 minute talk was part of a symposium about great defenses of the civil war, hosted i the emerging civil war -- hosted by the emerging civil war blog. chris: dan welch is a music educator in ohio, but for many years, he has had a passionate love affair with the civil war , and he fell in love with the civil war at gettysburg. he eventually studied at the gettysburg institute and eventually became a ranger at gettysburg national battlefield park, where you can find him during s