buford, who was in and out of s.delirium and said, too bad, now i wish i could live as he signed his commission. he will die in the arms of his irish aide, captain miles water theo. his last words were to tell the men to put guards on the roads and don't let them run back to . the road. fitting words for a regular. he was buried in the cemetery at west point. the member of the first division each contributed a dollar to erect a monument above his grave. this monument to - honest john old reliable as the men called him wasth dedicated and one of e person who attended the ceremony was john califf, a colonel in re the regular army.tysburg. john califf had the foresight to recognize the importance of what he had done at gettysburg. he scribbled down in his notes the six guns that he had. in the spring of '64 he was given new guns and the old ones were retired. he undertook research and foundo three of them.untry. they were in warehouses around the country, including one in the presidio at san francisco. the four guns you

that night buford visits his camps.nd heses john caleb says i've never seen guns so well served in my life. which is quite a young -- quite a compliment. here ands engage out it is troopers who make the discovery. that intelligence is passed on. at about 11:00 in the morning buford receives in order, ordering him to take his two them from thearch battlefield to westminster maryland, where they are to guard wagon trains and supplies. it will be the primary supply line for the army and potomac. who better to defend that then the guy who is proven he can do so? they are out of the fight. he makes a critical error in that he never sends in a force of cavalry to guard that plank. he will end up moving his command. this is peter long street. buford will miss the last two days. we were equal to it and all shall remember with pride that we did our country great. now i want to tell a quick little story before i wrap up area this monument to john buford is in front of the monument to john fulton reynolds. what you notice is john

. >> in buford. thank you. thank you. in buford, that in which he and his mother had been enslaved. my question is, what happened to the house? is the house still standing today? is it's museum? is it privately owned? >> you want to answer? >> it's -- the house remained in our family for about 100 years, and in the 1950s or so, late 1950s, just about everybody had left buford, buford had fall 'on hard economic times and so lots of my family ended up in charlotte, in north and south carolina, and the decision was made sort of business decision to sell the house. now it's in private hands. it's on the national register of historic sites or -- but it's private residence. >> great question. thank you. >> i'm not sure that it's a good question so if not, apologize in advance. >> we'll let you know. >> it's on my mind so i'll ask it anyway. i haven't read the book yet but i can't wait toil just finished reading douglas edgertons book what the massachusetts 54th 54th and 55th regiment i saw a reference to r

. >> certainly people in buford know his name. that is the town in south carolina where he was born and raised until he was 12. but, yeah, definitely a marketing decision, business decision when you're picking a topic. you want to make sure you're bringing something new to the table, like i mentioned, but there was also i think in order to really appeal to modern day readers who have so many choices, you want to do something that is relevant to their lives today, and you can't pick up a newspaper or turn on the tv without seeing some issue regarding race in our country. it permeates every aspect of our society. robert smalls' story is extraordinary on its own, but if you combine it with sort of the plight of african-americans during the civil war, it illustrates -- his story illustrates so much and that is what really appealed to me as well. telling small' story during the civil war, which is the focus of the book, and then telling the story -- in order to understand his story you have to understand so many issued that african-ame

(philippe) pastor ron buford with the congregational church of sunnyvale...ays his message is one of inclusion.ron buford/pastor- "we're for, uh, people to accept absolutely everyone, no matter who they are, where they are on life's journey." pastor buford says as he walked around civic center plaza in san fracisco... he was hopeful that our country will soon get past the divisions that have sparked violence across the country. ron buford/pastor- "i think most people, white, black, red, yellow and if theres a green person, green people, all want people to love one another and to live together in harmony and peace. we lived through darker times when people were much more biased -- one against another. and, that time has passed. its time for us to show the way to the future." elliott hoey is originally from texas, but lives in san francisco now. elliott hoey/demonstrator- "(philippe) does it feel good to be around people who feel the same way. (elliott) i mean, of course it is. i think its natural -- i think its human, yeah." andrew u'ren (you-ren) says he's pr

to give you a a sense of what jn buford's politics were, his two full brothers he had, because n.b. was a half-brother and they had other half-brothers and sister, but the two full brothers were named thomas jefferson buford and james re. monroeoe buford. that ought to give you an idea of what the old man's politics were. thank you. i will be around if anybody has other questions. [ applause ] >> the theme of this year's emerging civil war blog symposium was great defenses of the civil war. coming up, the siege of vicksburg and confederate defense, battle of chickamauga and horseshoe ridge defense, and union lou general's monocacy defense. american history df is in prime time all week with recent civil war conferences. on tuesday a seminar focusing on the civil war leadership with talks on generals robert e. lee and ulysses s. grant. american history tv in prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> matt atkinson is a former park ranger with the vicksburg national military park. next he talks about the 1863 siege of vicksburg and the confederate defense of the city. this 50-minute t

port royal is just south of buford. it's the first victory. by this time he was already in charles ton. he had been relocated there. buford became this stronghold which was -- which had the charleston citizens very concerned because they were so close. >> why did the civil war start there in charleston? >> it was the first state to is he seed and then charleston was known as the spiritual capital of the conif he hadsy. it it would be a moral victory for the union. so it quickly became a place where the union wanted to capture it and prove to the south that they were the ictor. >> how many people lived in that part of the united states? >> compared to the north there were a lot o fewer people living in the south but it was a place where during the slave trade about 60% came through charleston. so it was a major port of the country. and it was a very important spiritual capital of the conif he had rassy. they had a lot of goods and services came out of harleston. >> what was a slave worth then? >> it depended on several factors. one was your rob

i showed the urine assault to buford brown. he blames this on one thing. >> ridiculous, immature, stupidity. >> reporter: the driver had her plexiglass protector in place, but in the video you can see it just wasn't enough. there's a bit of a gap right here. metro now thinks the woman suspect relieved herself on the bus. >> you need to be protected all the way 100%. >> reporter: metro can do better says its largest union of employees. for now metro is blaming this mystery woman for an assault all too memorable. in northeast pete muntean, wusa9. >>> new tonight some ha creeps have taped racist slurs and antisemitic signs to the front door of a church. it's the greater praise temple ministries in dumfries, virginia, pictures of a klansman holding a confederate flag, swastikas, all of it plastered on the front door. police are checking whether the idiots were caught on security cameras. >>> at university of maryland the president wallace loh is taking action to fight racism on the campus. it's starting with three steps, conversati

author eric wittenberg talks about union general john buford, p preserving the high ground of get

buford. >> they sent him everywhere. he was one of fnc's original come from wmur in new hampshire.fox had him covering capitol hill. he was chief white house correspondent but best known by two words, campaign carl. covering all aspects of campaigns across the country. breaking big stories. george w. bush sat down for g h final network interview before the presidential election. getting big interviews. and being in the fire. i often travel to the same places on campaign trails and worked along side carl for 20 years at state fairs with bad food and add conventions with falling balloons. he is a really nice guy who wrote us all an e-mail today saying after nearly 22 amazing, challenging, wonderful years i'm retiring from fox news. i'll always be immensely grateful for the relationships and experiences and many lessons over the last two decades and fox's president of news jay wallace said he has been the heart and soul of our journal i am for the existence of fox news. we're sad to see him go but understand his desire to retire and e embark on a new chapter oa storied and stellar car

great martial legacy and quickly to give you some sense of what john buford's politics were, his brothers he had was a half-brother and brothers and sisters. that ought to give you some idea what the old man's politics were. i will be around if anybody has any other questions. we are going to head into our next program. getting your powerpoint going. i'm going to ask colleagues -- she is working on a book about stones river. why don't you come up here? great -- why do you think this is a great defense of the american civil war? >> one of my specialties is civil war navies. one of the great defenses of civil war was the defense of the port cities. a great task for the confederacy for the cities and keeping them open as long as they did. blogging,d it read of what about being a navy person? >> i'm not real sure. to wilmington all the time. >> you are working on a book about stones river. tell us about that. intern two summers ago now. chris approached me with the idea of writing a book about the to get ad i was able lot of research done while i was there and learn about that western portion

. >> reporter: the city of buford's water is out. the main station just stopped working. when people woke up this morning and turned on the faucets, nothing was coming out. it is a real emergency, city officials no the sure what the fix is going to be. they're warning it could be several days. and that's because the pump station is at the river. the river is flooded to the point where they can't get to it to see what the problem is. the we're expecting much more on that later this morning. fema bringing in water. i don't think water is a big issue at the moment but obviously as the days progress, it will be. the we're up with our drone. this roadway was covered but as you look to the drone you can see these are schools in this community, and many of the homes here that are also continuing to be flooded, water stubbornly will not go away. anded cleanup and move can't take place until you get rid of this water. john, the problem is many of the bayous and creeks and rivers around here are either cresting now or have yet to crest. as this all system drains, people are just wa

again, the city of buford, excuse me, beaumont without water, fred. that's adding to the misery factor. >> drew, you heard from the general. he said losing the water is a game changer because it could mean the city will come off the grid, which is a disaster into itself. are people worried that things will get worse? >> reporter: well, you know, this is texas. people are trying to deal with work arounds. you can use basic floodwater with a five gallon bucket to flush a toilet. you can, most of these people have water they were using, bottles water in their homes in case a storm hit. hopefully many of them heeded a long precautionary thing, which is to fill up your bathtub with water before the storm hits. there will be varying degrees of people prepared for it. the problem is, everybody thought it was over. they weren't perhaps taking those precautions. we don't know, fred, how bad and how long this will go until city officials come back and give us an estimate. also, i would ask if there is a situation where there might be some kind of work around. c

lee's antetum defense, the defense at stones river and union general john buford's gettysburg defense. american history tv is in prime time all week with recent civil war conferences. on tuesday, a seminar with robert e. lee and grant. american history tv and prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. dan welch talks about confederate general stonewall jackson's defensive stand at the battle of second manassas in virginia which took place in late august 1862. jackson's troops held their ground against repeated assaults by union troops, buying time for the confederates to launch a flank attack and send the union army into retreat. this 50 minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. >> dan welch is a music educator in ohio. but for many, many years he's had a deep passionate love affair with the civil war as manufacture many of us have had and he fell in love with the civil war at gettysburg. he studies at the gettysburg institute. and has become a ranger at gettysburg national battlefield park where you can find him in the

in 1861, the union captured the area and buford became this union stronghold.t had charleston citizens very worried because they were so close. brian: why did the civil war start in charleston? cate: south carolina was the first state to secede. austin was known as the spiritual capital of the confederacy. it was not as strategical place to capture as it would be a moral victory for the union. it quickly became a place where the union wanted to capture it and they wanted to prove to the south that they were the victor. brian: the war actually started on what date? do you remember? cate: april 12, 1861. that's right. [laughter] brian: how many people lived in that part of the united states? cate: i mean, compared to the north, there were a lot fewer people living in the south, but charleston was a place where a lot of -- during the international slave trade, about 60% of slaves who came into the country came through charleston. it was a major port in the country. and it was, like i said before, a very important spiritual capital of the confederacy. a lot of good

lee's antetum defense, the defense at stones river and union general john buford's gettysburg defense. american history tv is in prime time all week with recent civil war conferences. on tuesday, a seminar with robert e. lee and grant. american history tv and prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. dan welch talks about confederate general stonewall jackson's defensive stand at the battle of second manassas in virginia which took place in late august 1862. jackson's troops held their ground against repeated assaults by union troops, buying time for the confederates to launch a flank attack and send the union armin

lee's antetum defense, the defense at stones river and union general john buford's gettysburg defense. american history tv is in prime time all week with recent civil war conferences. on tuesday, a seminar with robert e. lee and grant. american history tv and prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. dan welch talks about confederate general stonewall jackson's defensive stand at the battle of second manassas in virginia which took place in late august 1862. jackson's troops held their ground against repeated assaults by union troops, buying time for the confederates to launch a flank attack and send the union army into retreat. this