george patton. area, weame into this also see an industrialized method of slavery that was unique in that it was not the agricultural style, the agricultural slavery we are most familiar with when thinking about that period of time. conflicts that erected in 1859 after the raid on harpers ferry created a lot of tensions, and we see a lot of local governments starting to talk about secession. however, when the civil war broke out, canal county itself voted overwhelmingly against secession, but we do find pockets of individuals and we whereace back to see southern sympathy was most prevalent. we see there was a large cluster of individuals in charleston profiting off of the slave injures three that were keeping the salt industry afloat. came torge patton charleston, west virginia, one of the first things he did was establish the canal minutemen, later named the canal riflemen, and that was a local militia .nit that he became captain of it was sons of the upper crust, doctors, merchants and lawyers the

i'm going to read you a letter sam, written to beatrice patton, george patton's wife. by this point, patton is a hero, normandy has happened. the war in europe is beginning to close, and rockenbach wrote this letter to his wife asked laney how he had changed from world war i to world war ii and i will read this slowly because general rockenbach is not a good typist. there are some letters missing and some gaps. written onetter february between third, 1945. here it goes. "he was, in my humble opinion, a son, and i did not spare a rod and training him for the great things i believe he was capable of. i remember warning him on the eve of the first attack that he was in command of a brigade and that it was his duty to see that his supply of gas, grease, and ammunition was kept up with, that there was no question of his personal courage, that his expression that i had not impressed upon him, and i remarked -- i am serious. if tomorrow i find you in a tank doing the work of a private, i will believe you on the spot. -- relieve you on the spot. patton remarked to me if i find

her son, george smith patton, grew up there as well. was in california he had his son, george s patton of world war ii fame. the home itself ended up becoming the property of a gentleman named dr. hoag in the hoag family owned the patton house for a number of years. the home remained in downtown charleston until 1906. dunbar street was going to cut through the homes property. it was divided into three sections. the home remains there until the national society in west virginia ended up purchasing it from the city for one dollar and moved it here so it could be preserved. that took place in 1973. it has been an ongoing project to maintain the home. and really provide the public with an idea of what it would look like for a family living in 1830's and 1840's what it would look like for a family living here in the 1850's and 1860's. c-span is in charleston, west virginia learning about the city's history and literary scene. from pepperoni roles to biscuits, up next, we talked to author of the book "the west virginia pepperoni roll" about t

the generals are george patton, edward allmond and john. >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you very much for being here. this is our annual book program we put on every here. -- every year. we have very talented authors for this year. we appreciate them being here. i have read all their books, discovered some things in the books that we did not know.

departed for the invasion of sicily after a specific request from lieutenant general george "old blood and guts" patton. there they faced fierce mountain combat and suffered heavy casualties with some units losing over half their fighting strength. they'd then return to england in preparation for the invasion of norman d. on d-day, soldiers from the big red one would once again lead against german forces at omaha beach, and continue an offensive across france, into germany, suffering 120,000 casualties throughout the war. after the war they provided protection for occupied germany and maintained security at the nuremberg war trials. they played a pivot ol role in world war ii and would return home with 16 members being awarded the medal of honor. the first infantry division has been active all over the world, assisting in combat and humanitarian missions for over 100 years. since their establishment, more than 13,000 soldiers of the division have lost their life in bat. today soldiers from the division stand at the ready in 15 countries. we sleep peaceful here at home because they stand at the ready ab