but at the battle of antietam, this did save his life. i hope that people who come and visit the museum will leave with a better sense of the country and why it is the way it is today. the civil war was a defining moment in our country's history. a lot of what goes on today is still affected by what happened during the civil war, whether it is race relations, how we display a flag, and there are so many other things, from clothing sizes to your boots that you wear, just an amazing amount of change happened in a very short period of time, which tends to happen during wartime. but the civil war really helped the finest nation. -- helped define this nation. and i hope it gives people a clearer sense of where we are, because of where we've been. >> this weekend, we are featuring the history of harrisburg, pennsylvania. learn more about harrisburg and other stops on our cities tour /citiestour.n.org you are watching american history tv. >> monday night on the communicators, tom wheeler talks about his tenure as the head of the commission, its

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. >> there was that same reaction going on in the middle of the civil war brought the battle of antietam there was some very graphic after photos and it changed the conversation it did not allow them to distance themselves as much as a was going on about what impact that would have that is the same thing we have had on the internet what is journalism? so that aspect and that was also the technology of it. i do love into a chapter in the book of the amazing things that they try to get their stories out ahead of time to get them accurately and one correspondent commandeered 7 miles of telegraph lines and out of gettysburg. so there was a lot of focus on technology and how that would change journalism and been. >> to get that as accurately as the of probable truth because of their version of the truth been but i will say a number of these people were eyewitnesses sunday did have to depend upon other people about half a dozen others were on cemetery ridge actually one of almost was killed. >> q. are inactive journalist how did you write to misinform you or change any way how you freeport the

time that civilians would see bodies lying around on battlefields, in some cases, the battle of antietamhey didn't bury the dead for four or five days. they realized something had to be done. in july, 1862, president lincoln authorized the creation of 74 national cemeteries around the country. one of those national cemeteries was arlington, the home of robert e lee. this is an example of after the , the union sent soldiers out on all the battlefields to try to recover as many remains as possible. as you can see, it would be a difficult task because they were all intermixed and intermingled. soldiers scour the countryside of the battlefields and tried to pick up as many as they could. the bodies of about 300,000 union soldiers were recovered, but most of them or many of them are incapable of being identified. a were buried either a national cemeteries or their families took them. this policy of returning the to go into started action during the spanish-american war, when bodies of the dead were finally identified and the grave sites were properly identified. at the end of the war, 1222 fr

he says with this paper if i don't beat bobby lee from it's time to come home and the battle of antietam follows. lincoln gets the sign and tells the two cabinet members i have received the sign i've been waiting for and now he will free the slaves and the emancipation proclamation follows. there isn't a possibility that be leaving this is random chance and that this is the basic argument in the book. yes, you can say one thing or another of these various stories or the fact gold was discovered in california in the same week that the united states of america got title to california which was only because there was a clerk in the state department who defied president spoke and frisked arrest. he signed the papers anyway not knowing 1600 miles away at that very moment they were discovering you can say that it's all a pattern of happy accidents but that's still a pattern and that is what emerges with tremendous clarity. that brings me to the final question and then opening up to your questions. what do you say about clinton and trump? is there anyone that sad the campaign is over? the mood

the battle of antietam follows. the invasion of the north is stopped. lincoln gets his sign and tells the cabinet, and to cabinet members write it down. i have received the sign i have been waiting for. and now he will free the slaves. the emancipation proclamation follows. there is not the possibility of believing that this is random chance. and this is the basic argument in the book. yes, you can say one thing or another saying this thing or that thing or these various stores or the fact that gold was discovered in california come in the same week that united states of america got title to california which we did only because there was a clerk in te state department named nicolas dressed who defied president polk with a respite you been fired by the president. he was not supposed to be representing the u.s. he signed the papers anyway with mexico not knowing that 60 miles away at that very moment they were discovering gold. okay. you can say it's all a pattern of happy accidents. a pattern of happy accidents is still a pattern. and that is what emerge