alexander stephens, the vice president, was also arrested and imprisoned for a short time in charlestown, massachusetts. he was released by the end of the summer of 1865. we will never know. most civil war's have ended in a much bloodier way. if a side loses as profoundly as the confederacy did, they're usually have been retributions and even executions. that we did not do that sets up to a certain extent some elements of the lost cause tradition. these leaders live to write about it. host: we are seeing the muskets and rifles stacked, and the confederate flag, the banners are being unfurled. the use of the confederate flag on a license plate -- why can't the country get a handle on the meaning of the confederate flag? david: the confederate flag is the second most ubiquitous symbol of its kind in america, the first being the united states flag. the confederate flag can be found all over the world meaning whatever people have to choose -- choose it to mean. people have a right to bring it here. they have a right to display it. some of us might wish it is folded and put in museums as an h

that the confederates had now dispatched commissioners vice president alexander stephens, robert hunter and john a. campbell. initially to city point virginia to communicate with grant. he was to communicate whether they were truly interested in negotiating. again, as the film makes clear, just as it appeared that lincoln and seward had gained the necessary democrat votes in the house, word leaked out and was exploited by the democrats that confederate commissioners were making their way to richmond excuse me, to washington. the result was even that some moderate and conservative republicans would not proceed to vote on the amendment as they felt doing so would be detrimental if the confederal commissioners were about to arrive in washington. this, of course led to the famous rush up pennsylvania avenue by seward's attendant and lincoln's young secretary with james ashley's question whether the rumors of the commissioners arriving in the capitol were true. as you now, lincoln responded in his very carefully crafted way, so far as i know there are no peace commissioners in the city, nor

that the confederates had now dispatched commissioners, vice president alexander stephens virginia senator, robert hunter, an assistant secretary to war john campbell. initially to city point, virginia to communicate with grant. he was to communicate whether they were truly interested in negotiating. or to get the union to agree to an armistice, which lincoln believed was only to the union advancetage. again, as the film makes clear just as it appeared that lincoln and seward had gained the necessary democrat votes in the house, word leaked out and was exploited by the democrats that confederate commissioners were making their way to richmond excuse me, to washington. the result was even that some moderate and conservative republicans would not proceed to vote on the amendment as they felt doing so would be detrimental if the confederal commissioners were about to arrive in washington. this, of course, led to the famous rush up pennsylvania avenue by seward's attendant and lincoln's young secretary with james ashley's question whether the rumors of the commissioners arriving in the capitol

hampton roads, and it is there that they will entertain in a peace commission the vice president, alexander stephens, senator robert hunter, an assistant secretary of war, former justice of the supreme court john campbell. and they will try to figure out a way to end this war without further hostility. they are unsuccessful. just two days after that catching a break in the weather, grant orders his forces to, for the first time in the spring of 1865, assault the confederates at petersburg. for three days, the armies will engage yet again, trying to cut the boydton plank road and the supplies coming in to petersburg by wagon. the battle ends in a freezing ice storm. hopefully nothing like we have this weekend, but a storm that is so bad that the wounded literally laying there on the battlefield are freezing to death. because all of the trees in the area, covered with ice, cannot be lit on fire to even start fires to warm them by. and so, the first battle of 1865 ends with the union army having moved around petersburg little bit further, but yet, once again, unsuccessful in pushing lee out or destroyi

their seinfeld cast mates, jason alexander and michael richards have appeared in other seasons. also this season, stephen. the show kicks off on june 4th on crackle. we know seinfeld and louis-dreyfus will get coffee. but no plans yet on if they're going to have the big salad. >> and no soup for them. >> no soup for them. stay away from that soup right now. >> she is so funny on "veep" right now. >> great show. >> and that show jerry's show is fantastic. the day i knew it was like, a big hit, was when ali wentworth was having coffee. >> she had fun. >> i gotta go back and watch that and see if i can find anything about george and how he doesn't age. >>> okay, everybody. can you feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger? because the heat is on at the memphis grizzlies games. you don't want to be caught not knowing how to bongo when the miami sound machine hit song "congo" starts. this lady's made a name for herself as the ultimate bongo lady. go get it, girl. "the new york times" profiling this long-time fan who can work wonders on the imaginary drums. look at her embarrassed son next to her. he's so