some people think if you say john hay wrote the bixby letter dishonoring lincoln. you don't have to worry. anyone who wrote the second inaugural address does not have neither, and hay wrote neit of those. henry villard is best known as a successful 19th-century railroad promoter and financier. he was responsible for the creation of the northern pacific railroad. he was born in germany and, in addition to being a financier, one of the most conscientious reporters of the 1860's as a leading historian of civil war journalism observed. the most noteworthy reportage is 1861 when he0 and was in springfield for three months following lincoln's election. wrote that time, he scores of dispatches for various newspapers. those dispatches cost a most intensive journalistic coverage that lincoln ever experienced. he filed stories from the illinois capital almost daily to the new york herald, less often ,o the cincinnati commercial and occasionally to the san francisco bulletin. many historians have consulted in a excerpts of villard's pamphlet-like addition. really pamphlet-lik

clive bixby. what a sexy surprise. - quick question-- - mm-hmm?n you fell from heaven? because you... fell... watching baby joe on valentine's day ke love. - ew. don't. - oh. - the point is, we are celebrating a day early. so they can finally be intimate. you've more than made that point. i'm just saying it's a long wait after giving birth. - six weeks. - ugh. i couldn't keep my hands off this one for that long. (both chuckle) i can only imagine what jay's going through. i should check on the kids. haley took 'em to a movie. she's not even gonna answer. i know, but, sweetie, i have a good reason to worry. luke had that nasty nosebleed this morning, and alex, as usual, fainted. she's fine, and dunphy men get nosebleeds. i told you this when we got married. it was in my vows. i'm still a little unclear as to why you put them in your vows-- shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. just finish that drink, pretty lady. we got a big night ahead of us. okay.

the latest in lincoln scholarship about a very specific subject and that is the authorship of the bixby letter. one of the most beloved of all of lincoln's documents is a letter of condolence that was sent to a widow named lydia bixby in boston in november 1864. it was signed by lincoln and it is widely admired. people will say the three pillars upon which lincoln literary reputation rests are the gettysburg address, the second inaugural address in the letter to the widow bigsby. it is to be sure a very beautiful letter and it goes like this. dear madam i have been shown in the files of the war department a statement of the general of massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. i feel any words of mine that should be temped to from the grief of a loss so overwhelming but i cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the republic they died to save. i pray our heavenly father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement and i leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost and a so

by the way i wish i could say french wanted adjusted those two great addresses, he also wanted the bixby letter and the springfield farewell address to be in the lincoln memorial. probably best with just those two. thank you. >> this is a special edition of american tv, a sample of the compelling history programs that air every weekend on american history tv, like lectures and history, american artifacts, real america, the civil war, oral histories, the presidency, and special event coverage about our nations history. enjoy american history tv, now and every weekend, on c-span three. >>> next, historians examine the different ways women experience the civil war looking at class race and geography. we discussed the differences between union generals and their wives, the homefront, and the difficulties of enslaved women. taking place at the lincoln form symposium. >> as i understand it, this panel is in response to some of you filling out those lovely questionnaires at the lincoln forum really trying to respond to the interest going on, i am most apologized in earlier iterations, kate wind