but today we'll be talking about braxton bragg. earl has written a fantastic biography of braxton bragg, i believe we have kolpi copies of volume as well. >> earl's going to speak to us today about a topic. i'm pleased to see we're not going to hear crickets here because the topic is braxton bragg who is the butt of all jokes and of course civil war historians. not a particularly humorous crew. it is my pleasure to welcome earl hess. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you, pete, very much, for that generous introduction. thinking about it this morning, what made me do this book, and i think it really is what pete mentioned. that whenever you go to a civil war roundtable and mention the name braxton bragg, there's a titter of laughter coming up from the audience. because he in some ways is kind of almost a joke. in some ways. in other ways, as pete says, a cheap joke. and also the question this morning that someone asks of john marsalic, was bragg or halleck the most derived person of the civil war. the subtitle of my book,

earl has written a fantastic biography of braxton bragg. it's published by university of north carolina press. i believe we have some copies of that volume as well. michael said to you all we come here because we want to complicate history. we do not want to put forth easy answers. and i think earl hess, what he has done in all of his work, but especially with bragg, he is going to get you to think long and hard. i don't think he'll suggest that bragg was the second coming of napoleon but will certainly get you to ponder and to think about this very important confederate general. it is my pleasure to welcome earl hess. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you, pete, very much, for that generous introduction. thinking about it this morning, what made me do this book, and i think it really is what pete mentioned. that whenever you go to a civil war roundtable and mention the name braxton bragg, there's a titter of laughter coming up from the audience. because he in some ways is kind of almost a joke. in some ways. in other ways, as pete

regarding braxton bragg's health issues. and what role that played in his command decisions and in his inability to get along with others. host: that's a good point. let me bring up two other historians who have written about this. , the graduate student of grady mcwhiney. well-knownney was a historian who passed away many years ago. from histakes bragg birth to the battle of stones river. student judith hallock picked up the book where grady mcwhiney left off. bragg was ans if opium eater, to get relief from his physical effects of having malaria. she can prove it but she does suggest it as a possibility. the other person i want to mention is kenneth. he is here at cwi this year. he is talking on a different topic at another building right now so he is not in the audience that in his book on perryville, he suggests not a health problem but a psychological problem. , let me see here, a psychosomatic illness called narcissistic personality disorder. i have to look at it because i do not remember these terms. he believed that

army of tennessee under the command of braxton bragg. we'll talk more about the armies as we go. it's a battle that was summed up by president abraham lincoln in the late summer of 1863 when he wrote to rosecrans, he says i cannot forget will i remember anything that at the end of the last year and the beginning of this you gave us a hard-earned victory that had it been a defeat instead the nation could have scarcely lived over it. . that's a huge statement and that makes the experience and the defense that rosecrans's army puts up at stones river to my mind one of the great defenses not just of the civil war but one of the great defenses in american history because one what are the two things that make a great defense? the first is context. the stakes, are the stakes high. the other aspect if there's a drama or sublime aspect to the defense. if you put the two factors together as i submit they are in stones river then off great defense not just of a conflict

who was hated more, braxton brag or henry halleck? >> well, i think braxton brag was probably more hated, maybe even more hated by historians. you know the story about a famous historian writing the first volume of his biography of braxton brag, getting to hate him so much he never wrote his second volume and made one of his graduate students do it. but then i did the biography of halleck. so what does that say about me? i don't know. yeah. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> at the very beginning of your lecture you mentioned that after halleck came to washington, he was involved in every major decision. can you think of any player north or south that could have done his job almost as well or as well or maybe even better than he did? >> good question. everybody hear that? yeah. you know, is there anybody else that could have done that job? i'm sure there was. but sometimes people say, you know, lincoln really blew it when he appointed halleck instead of grant to be commanding general back there in 1862. i don't think so. i don't think gra

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. >> i called my wife and little boy braxton and told them to lock the doors. >> the injured deputy is said to be doing well and the sheriff's says he's angry this happened but changes are being blemented to make sure it doesn't happen again. elizabeth, abc, new york. melanie: we are under a weather alert day here in the d.m.v. and some will be strong today. doug: it has been and continues with the heaviest south and west of the city. it may continue all afternoon. so a lot to watch. just a little bit of a bundle and the warm front will change everything that quick and bring heavy rains farther south. let's start at the moment and doppler radar and current adviseries and watches in effect. the areas you see shaded in green, metro area points south and east continue under a flash flood watch until 10:00 tonight. the heavier elements may cause the rain to fall at a rate of one to two inches an hour. if that rains that much in an hour that will cause localized flooding. poor drainage areas. creeks and streams have more potential. little better chance will be extreme southern maryland. i t

general braxton -- original plan was to attack in the north. each command half of the confederate army. as they were being pushed out -- on treatment attacks and complete defenses. work.he text and troops worked better than expected. all they can do at that point is -- well, he has choice. can push west and follow those troops as they retreat, or if he's going to deal with the bulk of the union army still on the battlefield, he will have to turn north and go up this way. that's ultimately the decision he makes, to return and head north. that will create the conditions to bring us to the battle horseshoe ridge. i mentioned john brennan -- these are his troops that formed this initial line here. is tasked with building this line. the result of debate -- breakthrough at the confused -- the army commanders not on the battle. a courier to general rosecrans to try and get through and find out what he should do. can offer no more help me. negley cannot locate this person, george thomas. he there -- therefore ultimately decides that she is going to joi

his son, omar braxton, cooper, was found unresponsive at a home here in the 5800 block of willows avenue. authorities rushed the infant to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. police say the boy suffered multiple traumatic injuries. cooper was charged with murder and related offenses. >> six months after a deadly prison riot in delaware the ends after investigation is nearing. prosecutors reportedly expectings from a new castle county grand jury within the next 90 days. it is unclear if that panel would hand up an indictment. uprising at the james c bonn correctional sent nerve february killed correctional officer lieutenant steven floyd. the stand-off lasted nearly 20 hours. >> former congressman, chaka fattah, hopes new supreme court ruling can help him clear his name. lawyers for the long time pennsylvania democrat are seeking to throw out his corruption conviction, they claim that prosecutors used two broad a definition of bribery in his case and failed to meet a standard that by 2016 court ruling. that ruling narrowed what was legally considered a corruption. fattah now servin

william stark rosecrans' 35,000 men against the confederate army of tennessee under the command of braxton bragg. i'll talk a little bit more about the armies here as we go. it was a battle summed up by president abraham lincoln in the late summer of 1863 when he wrote to rosecrans. he says "i cannot forget, whilst i remember anything that at the end of last year and the beginning of this, you gave us a hard-earned victory, that had it been a defeat instead, the nation could have scarcely lived over." that's a huge statement. and that makes the experience and the defense that rosecrans' army puts up at stones river to my mind one of the great defenses not just of the civil war, but one of the great defenses in american history, because what are the two things that make a great defense? the first is context, the odds, the stakes. are the stakes high? the other aspect is if there's some sort of drama, some sort of sublime aspect to the defense. and if you put the two factors together, as i submit that they are at stones river, then you have a truly great defense, not just of a conflict, but

and it was under the command of braxton bragg. we'll talk more about the armies here as we go. it's a battle that was summed up by president abraham lincoln in the late suppmmer of 1863. he says, i cannot forget, lest i remember anything, that at the beginning of last year and the beginning of this, you gave us a hard-earned victory. had it been a defeat instead, the nation would have scarcely been over. that makes the defense that rosecrans' army puts up at stones river, one of the great defenses in american history. what are the two things that make a great defense? the first is context. the stakes are high. and if there's some sort of drama or sublime aspect. if you put the two things together, you have a truly great defense. not just of a conflict, but in some ways, one for the ages. the escape from the near-death experience. the army of the cumberland endures one of the great death experiences of any large federal army, certainly to that point in the war, and only the war of gettysburg is near to it in terms of the death experience that the potomac has. how they do -- if y

kirby smith and braxton brag are moving into kentucky. things are stirring near northern mississippi as well. lee is fully aware of those movements and does view his movement into maryland as a piece of that. it's basically a confederate front. lee is aware of that and that is another reason he throws so much into this campaign, that he thinks, at least at the time, certainly, that this is the best chance the confederacy will have of winning the war and getting its own independence. the second question about jefferson davis and lee being in, did lee have any leeway, so to speak. it is written when lee writes his september 3rd drainsville letter to jefferson davis to say i'm crossing the potomac river, that lee then continues to move forward with an invasion of maryland in the first place, even without receiving permission from jefferson davis. it's not exactly the case. lee and davis have been talking about this for quite some time. and really the confederacy had been talking about a movement into maryland for quite some time, even going

designated as that in the battle and it is under william stark rose rosecrans under the command of braxton bragg and we'll talk more about the armies here as we go. it is a battle that was summed up by president abraham lincoln in the late summer of 1863 when he wrote to rose krans acrans a cannot forget that at the end of the last year and the beginning of this, you gave us a hard-earned victory that had it been a defeat instead, the nation could have scarcely lived over. that's a huge statement and that makes the experience and the defense that rosecrans' army puts up at stone's river, to my mind one of the great defenses and not just of the civil war and one of the great defenses in american history because what are the two things that make a great defense. the first is context, the odds and the stakes, and are the stakes high and the other aspect is if there's some sort of drama and sublime aspect to the defense and if you put the two factors together as i submit that they are at the stone's river then grew have a truly great defense not just of a conflict and in some ways, one for the

. >> reporter: look around the fort bragg history museum and you won't see much of braxton bragg. that's because this town was founded by lieutenant horatio gates gibson up from the presidio and he decided to name a fort after his commanding officer in the mexican-american war. >> then the mexican war bragg was considered a hero. >> reporter: so bragg himself never set foot in fort bragg. he was actually retired when the civil war started came out of retirement to be a confederate general and proved to be pretty awful at it, suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of ulysses grant at the battle of chattanooga. >> the killers on your true hits channel skunk thank you for tuning in. we have some great things lining in. >> reporter: the mayor of fort bragg says this issue comes to town whenever current events collide with confederate history. >> it's always funny because it's someone from the outside that brings this issue to us. >> i think anytime you ask any group to make a change to a name of a school, um, of a athletic team, um, there are a lot of emotions involved. >> reporter:

lee is aware of other confederate movements in the western theater of the war with kirby smith and braxton bragg are moving into kentucky and things are starting to stir around northern mississippi and lee is fully aware of those movements and does view his movement into maryland as a piece of that and it's basically a confederate offensive off a thousand-mile front and he thinks at least at the time, certainly, that this is the best chance the confederacy is ever going to have of having the war and getting its own independence. the second question about jefferson davis and lee being in did lee have any leeway, so to speak. it's often portrayed that when lee writes his very famous september 3rd letter, saying to jefferson davis i'm going to cross the potomac river that lee continues to move forward with his invasion of maryland in the first place even without receiving permission from jefferson davis. it's not exactly the case. lee and davis have been talking about this for quite some time and the confederacy had been talking about a movement into maryland for quite some time and even goin

officer braxton and sergeant howard saw three suspicious men happening out on -- hanging out on the corner. they pulled up, got out and approached them. within seconds, one of the three men shot the two cops at point-blank range. the chief said they never even drew their guns. all three suspects now in custody, the last one caught -- everett miller, a former marine recently hospitalized for psychiatric reasons -- captured dramatically inside a bar. >> they went hands on, tackled him to the ground, secured him. located a .9 mm handgun and a .22 revolver on his person. >> reporter: president trump responded via twitter, quote: my thoughts and prayers are with the kissimmee police and their loved ones. we are with you. the police chief also believes all suspects in this case in kissimmee are now in apprehension and are among no lr looking for anyone else. kelly? kelly: we also understand more details are coming out tonight, phil, about the double officer shooting that took place in jacksonville. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, up in the northeast part of the state. those t

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braxton opened on the ride of scherzer's advance. shimel received word of troops on his right and halted his command. the troops would turn out to be general kearney's division and be the first attack on jackson's line and it was an attack that broke down quickly by the federals advancing towards his position. scherzer's division was supposed to maintain his line with robert mill roy's independent brigade on his left who in turn was to contact with brigadier robert thanks division of the corps further to the left. as the advance went forward, scherzer's division broke the connection to milroy who broke their connection with shank. meanwhile, kerzinovsky pulled far ahead to the line an engaged the confederate's burst. it engaged maxi greg south carolinian and hearing the fight to the right general milroy would send two regiments to sst, between milroy and thomas' brigade who had gotten in on the action, an ohioan recalled of the fight, quote, we'd not advanced more than two rods in the woods when a terrible volley was poured upon us f

two confederate batteries under the command of crenshaw and braxton opened on the right of the advance. at the same time, shimmelfening halted his brigade. those troops would turn out to be general carney's division. this would be the first attack on jackson's line. and it was an attack that broke down quickly by the federals advancing towards his position. shurz's position was supposed to maintain the line with millroy's brigade on his left, who in turn was supposed to connect with colonel shank's core on the left. as the advance went forward, shurz's division broke their connection to millroy, who broke their connection with shank. meanwhile, another brigade advanced rapidly, engaged the confederates first. the brigade engaged maxi gregg south carolinians. hearing the fight to his right, general millroy would send two regiments of his brigade to assist. of the fight between kurz and millroy and thomas's brigade, an ohioan recalled of the fight quote, "we had not advanced more than two rods into the woods when a terrible volley was poured in upon us from the front and from behind the

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cartoonist thomas nash and his illustrations during the civil war and later, the impact of general braxtonagg the commander of the army of tennessee and called the most hated man of the confederacy. >> american history tv continues in prime time with recent civil war conferences. tonight, programs from day three of the gettysburg civil war conference including discussions on general george g. meade and the experiences of escaped union prisoners of war. american history tv prime time begins at 8:00 eastern. >>> coming up this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on "reel america," why we fight, the battle of china. >> three facts must never be forgotten. china is history. china is land. china is people. >> on sunday at 11:30 a.m. eastern, political economy professor and author robert wright on alexander hamilton's views of the national debt. >> hamilton advised the creation of an energetic, efficient government, one that did one thing well for as little money as possible and that one thing was to protect americans' lives, liberty and property from tyrant

two confederate batteries under the command of crenshaw and braxton opened on the right of sherser's advance. at the same time, they received word of troops on the right and rear and he halted his command. those troops would later turn out to be general carney's division. this would be the first attack on jackson's line, and it was an attack that broke down quickly by the federals advancing towards his position. the division was supposed to maintain the line with robert millroy's independent bringing gait on his left. who, in turn, was supposed to connect with brigadier general robert shanks further to the left. as the advance went forward, they broke the connection to millroy who then broke their connection with shank. meanwhile, kernoski's brigade advanced at a rapid rate pulling far ahead of rest of the line and engage the confederates first. the brigade and brigadier general maxie greg, hearing the fight to his right, general millroy would send two regiments of his brigade to assist. of the fight between millroy and the south carolinians and georgians who had gotten in on the act

and later the impact of general braxton-bragg, called the most hated man of the confederacy. >>> american history tv continues tonight in prime time with recent civil war conferences. tonight programs from day three of the gettysburg college civil war institute conference including discussions on george g. g.meed. american history tv prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> coming up this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on real america, the 1944 u.s. office of war film, why we fight, the battle of china. >> three facts must never be forgotten, china is history, china is land, china is people. >>> on sunday at 11:30 a.m. eastern, political economy professor and author robert wright on alexander hamilton's views of the national debt. >> he wanted an energetic, efficient government, one that did one thing well for as little money as possible. and that one thing was to protect american lives, liberty and property from tyrants, foreign and domestic. >> at 7:00 p.m. eastern, new jersey residents and activists discuss the 1967 newark rebelli rebellio

today about a topic and i am pleased to see we are not going to hit crickets because the topic is braxton bragg, the but of all jokes. not of particularly humorous crew. -- fall back on the chief jokes accumulated and led to this really distorted

traytive braxton.e thought we would start out with hot topics because you are so opinionated on the show. we love it. disney just announced you will no longer be able to netflix and chill with its movies and tv shows. the family-friendly media giant says it will stop selling to netflix and instead team up with espn to offer its own streaming services. now disney's been si in. >> you go ahead and go first. -- about this? >> you go ahead and go first. >> you still need to capture the audience especially the younger generation and you know we need netflix in our lives. especially disney. with kids. i mean, do we need them enough -- >> a monopoly by any provider? we should all have a choice. i don't have to go netflix and pay their price. disney is very smart. they recognize they have a portfolio that is a cash cow. why not make you come to my disney channel and see my cash cow? rather than go to netflix to get disney? >> yeah but a lot of people doesn't have -- >> oh but that's -- they'll put it on the ca

. >> braxton is up next in long beach, california. >> yes, my question is, i want to go back to the mirandahts and the question is, what was the fbi rights and how is it their right for miranda? >> thank you. >> what the fbi said was that they instructed their special agents to tell people they had the right to remain silent and that anything they said could be used against them. those were the kinds of rights that were given to miranda himself, but with respect to whether they can have an attorney during questioning, the fbi said once you go to court that's where your sixth amendment rights to counsel apply and so the fbi had never done this sort of thing that was under discussion and we'll talk about in a minute in the opinion. if someone says they don't want to talk, the fbi has to stop asking questions and that's, i think, the frankly radical stuff that miranda takes and the one that's been harmful for law enforcement from that day even to today. >> hi, celeste. >> hi. i attend san miguel middle school and my question for your guest is how long did it take for this case to reach the sup

. >> braxton is up next in long beach, california. >> caller: yes. my question is, understand -- i want to go back to -- before miranda rights were brought int. play. the question is, what was the fbi's rights -- how did they present their rights before -- miranda?into >> okay.pl thank you. e >> what the fbi said was that e they instructed their special >o agents to tell people they had h the right to remain silent and that anything they said could b used against them.ad those were the kinds of rights given to miranda himself.nd with respect to whether they ule could have an attorney during questioning, the fbi would say, look, once you go to court that's when your sixth amendment rights to counsel apply. so the fbi had never done the sort of thing that was under ey discussion, and we'll talk abou in a minute in the opinion. they'd never done anything that said, look, if somebody says ri they don't want to talk the fbi has to stop asking them questions.in a m and that's, i think, the frankl radical step that miranda takes and the one that's been harm

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