beauregard, who he is? we don't name our kids that well anymore, p.g.t. beauregard. making life simpler for history students everywhere. all you have to remember is p.g.t. beauregard, he's the confederate commander on the ground in charleston. confederate government's going to tell him, look, you have to contact that fort out in the harbor and tell them, forget about it. we won't let a relief expedition through. you have to surrender. here's the really weird situation. remember the guy i told you in the fort, major anderson, he was the artillery instructor at west point when beauregard was the student. now the student is demanding that the professor surrenders. he says, look, you have to surrender the fort. beauregard would have been anderson's favorite students. they know each other well. look, sorry bud, but i've got orders and you're in the wrong as far as beauregard is concerned, you have to surrender the fort. anderson sends a message immediately back. he says, look, i can't. i'm under orders to hold the fort at all costs and i will, but i can't hold out much lo

confederates under beauregard, they have a serious problem. because they're not able to replace those first day losses. in fact, they get one lone regiment marching in on the battlefield that day, 731 souls in the 47th tennessee infantry and that constitutes the reinforcement of the army of the mississippi under beauregard. beauregard claims he enough men to fight the second day fight. he probably has upwards to 28,000 to 30,000 troops, but grant's force, if you see the number of troops he's able to get back into play on day two, he gets roughly 36,000 troops on day two. you add that up with buell's force and now the federals almost outnumber the confederates two to one. so the arithmetic is completely altered. the british attack on day one with a slight numerical advantage over grant's force here. grant now attacks on day two with an overwhelming force. also, that overwhelming force, the fact that it's been reinforced, catches beauregard and his generals and the army completely by surprise. wrr do the confederates go overnight? they go back t

and beauregard says, i'm going to order a retreat. and so word sent across the lines the troops are to retire. they gather up what they can. they've been doing that all day, anyway, destroy what they can, and retire. now the situation is, can we retire order, can we retire with some semblance of organization so that we're not caught by a rapid pursuit and destroyed on the move? so he'll have to constitute a ready reserve. he'll take breckenridge, basically, to build this reserve on. he's the most inexperienced corps commander, but beauregard picks him to command the reserve that's going to cover the rear of the confederate to fall back. and not because breckenridge has great tactical skill, it's because he has a whole organization to mount what is going to be a very difficult mission, and that constitutes a suitable rear guard. and the battle terminates with a successful withdrawal from confederate forces. breckenridge spends the night basically, in the position the confederates hailed on april 5th when the battle began, and the next

it includes redevelopment along landmark mall and beauregard street. nearly half of the 5,000 apartments will be demolished and replaced with more expensive rentals. the mayor says families living there now shouldn't worry. >> there has to be a process in place to provide for dislocation and relocation. >> families will have until 2014 to move out. the city will use at least $4 million to help families relocate. >>> for the first time, we are hearing from the husband of a loudoun county mother missing for more than a year now. bethany decker was pregnant with her second child when she disappeared in january of 2011. yesterday would have been her 23rd birthday. her boyfriend is believed to be the baby's father. her husband deployed to afghanistan about the time of her disappearance. decker's husband joined her family as they handed out flyers in ashburn. >> we take life one day at a time and make due with the best we can get. it's definitely not easy. >> decker's family held a prayer vigil at west wind apartments in ashburn where she lived and was last

it all centers on a redevelopment plan for the beauregard corridor. erica gonzalez joins us with more on this. >> the redevelopment of the beauregard area includes millions of dollars worth of traffic improvements, as well as a new fire station and public amenities. it also includes getting rid of apartments like the ones behind me. >> i'm going to lose -- i might lose all of my friends. >> reporter: edgar is a fifth grader at william ramzi middle school and doesn't like the thought of potentially having to leave his school or his favorite teacher. his mom carla tells me the brookdale apartment complex is being demolished. she says management told her family three months ago they'd have until 2014 before their home would be torn down. >> and this is the largest public/private partnership we've ever done in this city. >> reporter: alexandria city mayor says it's part of a 430-acre approved plan to rebuild the west end of alexandria. >> you can walk, bike and you don't need your car. >> reporter: five developers who own 5,000 apartments in the area will

city council voted today to approve the beauregard design.h of the current space would be changed into a town center. critics worry about the tree canopy and affordable housing. right now, there are more than 5,000 apartments under the plan. 800 would be kept as affordable housing. >>> still ahead tonight, the hot button issue mitt romney took on during a graduation speech in virginia. >>> plus, the crossword puzzle that could have been hiding an assassination plot. >>> then, are ipads dangerous? why the u.s. post office is refusing to ship them to certain places. >>> and forget a love potion. the pill that could help you find the one. >>> venezuelan authorities are investigating if a crossword puzzle could be evidence of an assassination plot. the wednesday crossword puzzle in ultimas noticias newspaper had assassinin killed and that intersected with the word adan which is the name of the brother of president hugo chavez. state tv anchor suggested it could be a plot. the author called it nonsense but he is being questioned. >>> you won't be

mall and beauregard street.half of the 5,000 apartments will be demolished and replaced with more expensive rentals. the mayor says families living there now should not worry about finding a new affordable place to live. >> there has to be a process in place to provide for dislocation and relocation. >> families have until 2014 to move out. the city will use at least $4 million to help families relocate. >>> 5:47. people in one northwest washington neighborhood are upset after a man let his dog attack a smaller dog and then walked away. yates barodie says her 4-pound chihuahua freckles was sitting on a stone fence in glover park when a dog on a leash snatched her. by the time she pried freckles from the other dog's mouth, freckles was dead. neighbors say the man and dog calmly walked away looking back only once. >> to have something that sudden is hard enough. but then to not really have any closure behind it -- it's worse. and to know that this dog is out on the streets. >> d.c. police and animal control are in

over the weekend, lawmakers approved the beauregard small area plan.t includes major redevelopment around landmark mall, vand donor street, and beauregard street. nearly half of the 5,000 apartments will be demolished and replaced with more expensive rentals in the area. the mayor of alexandria, bill uwell, that's families who live there now shouldn't be worried. >> there has upto be a process place to provide for dislocation and relocation. >> families will have until 2014 to move out. the mayor says the city will use at least $4 million to help families relocate. >>> montgomery county schools are mourning the loss of one of the system's legendary principals. jerome marco died wednesday. he was montgomery county's longest serving principal, leading walt whitman high school in bethesda from 1975 until he retired in 2004. marco of known for his accessibility, emphasis on extracurriculars, and development of special education programs. he also implemented the zero tolerance alcohol and drug policy. the whitman community is planning a service in his honor

and the purpose of that concentration on the behalf of albert sydney johnston and pierre gustav beauregard as second command is to bring forcing together to strike back. and where they're going to strike back is ulysses s. grant's army encamped immediately to their north. because that's the number one threat on the runway, so to speak. its closest. it's the most immediate. at any given day they could march out against the railroads and sever them. so they have to neutralize grant. and that's what brings on the battle of shiloh. they believe they have to strike grant before buell arrives because they knew that buell was marching overland. their intelligence kept them informed of his daily progress. so in the first week of april of 1862, although the concentration isn't fully complete. johnson doesn't have all the elements of the western confederate army that he believes he needs to successfully mount a counterstroke, he will be urged by subordinates that time is now to go because of the near proximity of bell to the tennessee river. and he will decide on the night of april 2nd to put the ar

their first battle and in doing so, they find themselves, based upon the attack plan designed by beauregard, engaged in the same point of ground, their commands completely comingled, under the federal guns, being shot to pieces, and they're losing command and control. it was nightmarish for them here. it had to be literally nightmarish. and on top of it, they're attacking through this swamp, and that's what clayburn called it. he called it a morass. people go, well, golly, if you hear that story that you've got these three brigades here and you've got a fifth slightly over to the right and pond's brigade is over further to the west and he's been brought to a halt because he's not really challenging the far right of sherman's division, and then here's five brigades now kind of stacked up, and at the same time, a sixth comes into play in support as part of the revev from breckenridge. it's to booze brigade. there's six federal confederate brigades locked up in combat with sherman's division supported just by brigade from mcclernand. and you think what the heck reverses the scene here? why doe

. >>> now, an area includes land around landmark mall and beauregard streets. a plan calls for more bus tr transportation. developers and city contributions would pay for the $110 million transformation. >>> what else will be nice is mother's day and the weather we have got on tap? >> i am sure 2-year-olds know how to shop, as you know. >> a year and a half. >> we will be back with a complete check of your mother's day forecast. do >>> still looking for the perfect gift for mom this mother's day? today z burger is looking for a deal. can you take advantage from 10:30 this morning to 10:00 tonight. i keya is offering free breakfast. the deal is good until 11:00 a.m. at ikea's across the area. for the morning shift, we eat the most strangest things in the morning, and swedish meatballs are not out of the question. >> that would be a fun thing to take mom out to ikea or z burger for a free meal. >> if you want to live out around town, the rain drops are staying away from metro washington perhaps all day today. we may not get our first rain drops until after 8:00 t

city sate, city council developed a plan to redevelop the beauregard area. the "washington post" reports the new plan will allow about half of those current units to be demolishedded and then replaced with more expensive rentals however, at least #00 units of affordable housing will also be included. the plan also calls for more green space, a new fire station and also traffic improvements. >>> washington caps cleaning out their lockers today. they lost to the new york rangers in game seven eight night ending their playoff run. the team along with coach dale hunter and gm george mcphee will be at kettler ice plex to speak to the media for the final time this season. coming up in our next half hour, we'll speak with washington examiner sports righter john right -- writer john keim. >>> one certainly networking phenom has a lot to celebrate this week. >> first, $2 billion in losses in just six weeks. sounds unimaginable. it is true. now, some of the top names in the nation's biggest banks are being blamed and at least one is on the chopping block. we are back

. >>> a building project in alexandria's beauregard corridor is sparking protests. advocacy groups representing tenants say that project could lead to much higher rent and force dozens of working families out of those apartments. they rallied last night outsider der ya city hall and the -- outside alexandria city hall and they said they are trying to put more affordable housing units in the plan but it's just not enough. the planning commission is expected to vote on the plan tomorrow night. >>> 5:05. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> hello, jessica doyle. >> hello, mike hydeck and andrea roane and hello green arrows yesterday on wall street. we like this a wall. wall street starting at a four- year high thanks to signs that the economy is picking up stream. that had stocks around the world heading higher today. checking the numbers from here at home, the dow stands at 13,279, added 65 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq was higher by 4 and the s&p 500 was up by 8 points. >>> investors like the report showing manufacturing activity grew last m