dennis bigelow.] dennis bigelow: you don't need a repeat of what you have already heard about the surrender and the mclean house so i'm not going to read that of grandfather marshall's book. i think you would like to hear this. punctuated by the laws of the -- of a third of the armies of northern virginia, on april 6, with confederate general gordon having been stopped dead by a c -- sea of general sheridan's blue coats on the morning of the ninth, general lee knew his shrinking army could not remain whole. and could not break out. that after four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the army of northern virginia must yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. in the wee hours of april 9, general lee's aid and long street and gordon took their only refreshment of the day, cornmeal gruel they shared. from a heated shaving 10. and grandfather marshall noted later that this was our last meal in the confederacy. our next was taken in the united states. [applause] the ag

dennis bigelow. >> you've been sitting for a while.n't need a repeat of what you've heard so well in terms of the particulars of what happened in the mclean house and the surrender. so i'm not going to read that out of grandfather marshall's book. but, i think, you would like to hear this. punctuated by the loss of a third of the army of northern virginia at sailor's creek on the 6th of april with confederate general gordon having been stopped dead by a sea of general sheridan's blue coats on the morning of the 9th general lee knew his shrinking army could not remain whole. and could not break out of its encirclement. after four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the army of northern virginia must yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. in the wee hours of the 9th of april, general lee's aide lieutenant colonel charles marshall and fellow staff officers of general's longstreet and gordon took their only refreshment of the day. a little corn meal gruel they shared from a heated shaving tin. and gra

the bigelow just technical challenge is that it's simply too hard to get it to the people who need it in many cases. >> we still don't know the full scale of the devastation. we have these reports that the death toll is rising but we have not been able to get most of the communications to the effected areas near the epicenter. the fact is, judy, we have not been able to get enough aid to people here in the city. i walk around and i sill see tent cities everywhere that have popped up. mostly people have been sleeping out in the open. some how sleep in tents that have been donated. but if relief is not reaching people here in the capital of the country, you can only--one can only imagine how bad it is in places that have been cut off from all access. >> faiz jamil joining me live from kathmandu. thank you. >> saudi arabia's king has appointed his new crown prince making him next in line to rule. he's severing as prime minister. in mother big shift the saudi ambassador to the u.s. has been made foreign minister. he replaced appearance saud al faisal. >> this is saudi arabia's new crown p

>> i play billy bigelow. he's a carnival barker. he's got a by of a temper who falls in love with carey's character whose name is? >> julie. >> there's lots of sipping. >> yes. >> you're staying here through may ten. this is one of those plays people have seen so many times over the years. is it a challenge to sell it and make it compelling because it's one people know and love and sing along with your songs they've known it for so long. >> no i don't think it's a challenge. rogers and hammerstein were pioneers in the musical theater. they were geniuses about putting characters on stage that sang that felt like real people. cue identify with them. they're flawed. in our particular story, they're trying desperately to redeem themselves. yeah, i think people can identify easily. >> what a beautiful stage you have. this is footage from your show now. what a great production. >> it's wonderful. the cast is great. >> it's hard to see it from being on stage. do you know because you are career actors and actresses, do you know some of the

dennis bigelow. >> you've been sitting for a while.repeat of what you've heard so well in terms of the particulars of what happened in the mclean house and the surrender. so i'm not going to read that out of grandfather marshall's book. but, i think, you would like to hear this. punctuated by the loss of a third of the army of northern virginia at sailor's creek on the 6th of april with confederate general gordon having been stopped dead by a sea of general sheridan's blue coats on the morning of the 9th general lee knew his shrinking army could not remain whole. and could not break out of its encirclement. after four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the army of northern virginia must yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. in the wee hours of the 9th of april, general lee's aide lieutenant colonel charles marshall and fellow staff officers of general's longstreet and gordon took their only refreshment of the day. a little corn meal gruel they shared from a heated shaving tin. and grandfather ma

dennis bigelow. [ applause ] >> there's a chill in the afternoon and you've been wh sitting for a whileyou don't need a repeat of what you've heard so well in in terms of the particulars of what happened in the mclean house andouse the surrender.rrend so i'm not going to read that out of m grandfather marshall's book. but i think you'd like to hear this. by the punctuated by the loss of the third of the army at sailor's rginia creek, on the 6th of april with conf confederate general gordon being st stopped dead by a sea of the blue coats on the morning of the the 9th, general lee knew his shrinking army could not remain whole. and could not break out of his ou encirclement. but after four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the army of northern virginia must yield a must to overwhelming numbers and resources. in the wee hours of the 9th of april, general lee's aide, and fellow staff officers of 's generals longstreet and gordon, took their only refreshment of the day. a little cornmeal gruel they shared from a heated shaving tin. and grandfather marshal

dennis bigelow. [ applause ] >> there's a chill in the afternoon and you've been wh sitting for a whileon't need a repeat of what you've heard so well in in terms of the particulars of what happened in the mclean house andouse the surrender.rrend so i'm not going to read that out of m grandfather marshall's book. but i think you'd like to hear this. by the punctuated by the loss of the third of the army at sailor's rginia creek, on the 6th of april with conf confederate general gordon being st stopped dead by a sea of the blue coats on the morning of the the 9th, general lee knew his shrinking army could not remain whole. and could not break out of his ou encirclement. but after four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the army of northern virginia must yield a must to overwhelming numbers and resources. in the wee hours of the 9th of april, general lee's aide, and fellow staff officers of 's generals longstreet and gordon, took their only refreshment of the day. a little cornmeal gruel they shared from a heated shaving tin. and grandfather marshall not

emancipation proclamation i call forth ted campbell of the sons of union veterans, the commander and dennis bigelow of lieutenant colonel charles marshall who was here at appomattox. [ bell ringing ]lieutenant colonel charles marshall who was here at appomattox. [ bell ringing ]grandson of lieutenant colonel charles marshall who was here at appomattox. [ bell ringing ]lieutenant colonel charles marshall who was here at appomattox. [ bell ringing ]grandson of lieutenant colonel charles marshall who was here at appomattox. [ bell ringing ]eat grandson of lieutenant colonel charles marshall who was here at appomattox. [ bell ringing ] [ bell ringing ] >> the third year of the war ending in the spring of 1864 the year of gettysburg, vicksburg and the overland campaign. i call forward cadet warren jackson of the virginia military institute who saw so many serve here and alvin parker the great-great grand nephew of lieutenant colonel eli s. parker. [ bell ringing ] [ bell ringing ] >> the fourth year of the war ending in the spring of 1865, sherman's march, the toils of petersburg richmond fallen the war