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. >> ann antietam is the single one day battle in american history. 23,000 killed or wounded in 12 hours. >> country changed forever because of direct result of the battle. president lincoln was able to issue the preliminary emancipation proclamation that freed slaves. >> i never knew about this battle field until we came out here. >> parker is helping to restore this national landmark. >> all day. i could actually say i move rocks in that battle field. >> george fanel is moving some of the 110 tons of cut sealed stone. >> part of history. >> it is used to replace decades of decay. >> i don't know. something jumped. i think it was a grasshopper. >> played a major part in civil rights. >> these images taken by a civil war photographer are now helping historians recreate that moment in time. starting with the puffinberger barn. marks the beginning of the battle, and a new start in many respects. >> sometimes we have to fight battles, you know, in order for us to make it better for the individuals. >> while this battle field helps to secure freedom for some. those restoring it, are not free

came up as rapidly as he could once those troops had surrendered a decisive role in the battle of antietam. in termsf iraq general franks had a brilliant 23 day campaign in 19, 2003 followed by an enormous political mistake in creang an american administration in june of 2003. i write about it at length that real changes would come in january and feel deeply and said so in december 2004, 2003i said publicly that we had gone off a cliff made a big mistake and we needed to get back to where general petraeus is now trying to get us. i moderately optimistic that petraeus who are one key is having a positive impact on the campaign. >> host: in our second hour we're going to focus on gingrich's public policy books the most recent of whi is "a contract with the earth". we talk about a bit. it is co-written with terry maple who was in charge of the zoo atlanta. back in 1994 c-span cameras visit to the atlanta suit with newt gingrich and will show you a little bit of that during our break. >> i love animals in dealing with animals. what i was young i read all the books i could find on agreement and