it's chumley's. >> it's chumley's, but it had to be chumley's that presented also us and the feelingcreate every little detail as it was before. but we did our best, we did the best that we possibly can to bring it to this time, to look and feel like it's been untouched. >> jon: when you think of this place is a speakeasy what are the stories that stand out to you? >> i can only imagine what went on here. the term 86 was created here.d >> jon: 86 still used today, something to get rid of. in the early days, it was also a secret signal cops on the take would use to tip off the owner. >> you will see it on the door, 86 bedford street. that wasn't the original entrance. during prohibition and what would happen was the captain, which was on the payroll, or a police officer on the payroll would call in and say we are coming in, we will raid you, 86. everybody would go out through the 86 entrance. >> jon: james depaula is a forensic historian who dedicates his time to digging into chumley's rich history. >> is the door original, do we know? >> it is. it's been refurbished, but it is the do

don carlos buell, the only thing that had been written on him was the 1963 dissertation by james chumley who i believe is professor emeritus at the university of memphis now. a great scholar and a great colleague and i remember corresponding with him. by letter long before email. that i was taking on this project. did he offer any advice? his advice was, good luck. he could not finish the project. and i was on a battlefield tour with charlie rolen at the battle perryville, 1992, 1993 when i was starting the research. and shelby foote had apparently made an appearance on the battlefield that day. i was looking for him, could not find him but he wrote me a note shortly after that. handwritten and his cool 10, iying -- in quill pen, understand your taking on a biography of don carlos buell. i kept it. it's in a glass lined cover in his filing cabinet. he said, good luck, he was the most aggravating of all generals. so, you can imagine natalie just finish the by the fee of siegel -- the bible fee of siegel, among the top of the bottom. generaltackling another at the top of the bottom but the