now, there was one biography -- early biography of custer said it was custer's idea. in fact, gibson went around putting this poor boy between the knees of other people as well, as you'll see in the lower right. but, again, this actually is very interesting moment because the army of the potomac follows the lead of mcclellan. it's very conservative on emancipation. and custer is a border state fellow. he's from not southern michigan but close to the ohio river, his father is from maryland, he's a part of the border state culture zone in which those southern counties of the old northwest were settled by people from kentucky and tennessee and virginia and maryland so he has close cultural and political afin tease with the south even though he's firmly unionist in that clay tradition of border staters who are unionists. so he very much absorbs and agrees with mcclellan's disagreement with the advance towards emancipation but he encounters contrabands again and again. he gets information from them, sees them, he writes letters home in which he voice this is deep sentiment

and custer gives up. he leaves his men, rides hundreds of miles to go see his wife so he can at least save his marriage, and he does. he saves his marriage from the mess he's gotten into, but he gets court-martialed and a number of other charges. now he's no longer a heroic combat leader. he's not a leader so much as a manager. i don't have the numbers in front of me but a huge percentage of the officers who are commissioned in 1865 in the regular army continue and a huge percentage of all the officers between 1865 and 1898 who are commissioned are commissioned within two years of civil war. this is an army that's shrinking that has very little pitched combat. in which the enlisted men are getting baid paid tier bli, they have terrible conditions. it requires a real tact in management and personnel skills which custer does not have. at the same time he wants attention, he'd dress in costume as you can see there. so the army, he has fans but also the army as an institution sees him as a loose cannon. and t

you must has a custer's last stand in central arizona. he then retired with his two medals of honor to santa fe. is his great great grandson. isn't that crazy? that is why he's my doctor. [laughter] >> and he does look exactly like carr. it's great. i'm sure he's as good as dr. -- as good a doctor as carr was a soldier. i hope. nicole atchison is going to speak to us today. academic,istinguished and she holds the alexander m. bracken professor of history in indiana. david letterman went to ball state. that was a joke. no, she's just a baby. youth, she's had a marvelous publishing career. she is the author of "the emerging midwest," "a generation and i think you would agree that "bleeding kansas" is your tour de force, a marvelous book on the civil war in kansas, where buffalo bills father was a to keep in kansas sleeve free. that is -- buffalo bill's father was a martyr to keep kansas sleeve fre -- keep kansas e free. thank you for that. paul and i have been talking about how i had met him when i was a young historian, and i am no longer

he almost has a custer's last stand in central arizona. carr then retired with his two medals of honor to santa fe. and my doctor is his great great grandson. isn't that crazy? that is why he's my doctor. [laughter] >> and he does look exactly like carr. it's great. and i'm sure he is as good a doctor as carr was a soldier. i hope. nicole atchison is going to speak to us today. about buffalo bill's civil war. she is a distinguished academic, and she holds the alexander m. bracken professor of history in position in indiana. the university built by jars. ball jars are important in the history of america. david letterman went to ball state. was he one of your students? that was a joke. even as i said it, i realized i did not want to go down that road. no, she's just a baby. despite her youth, she's had a marvelous publishing career. she is the author of "the emerging midwest," "a generation at war," and i think you would agree that "bleeding kansas" is your tour de force, a marvelous book on the civil war in kansas, where buffalo bill's fath

this does it rather well. joe custer tom cruise.uise does best is flying, wearing aviator shades and smiling ina way wearing aviator shades and smiling in a way that says trust me, i'm tom cruise. this is directed by doug liman and some is true and not true. a smuggler claim to work for the cia. he is recruited by a mysterious shadowy figure played by donald gleeson, who never puts a foot wrong. he says i know you are smuggling cigars, and you need to work for us now. we will give you this airline. here is a clip. cia owns this? no, no. independent aviation consultants. iac. yeah. you run the company but after hours can you work for us. takes pictures? the work is covert. cove rt. so anyone finds out about it, family, friends, even lucy. it's lucy, right? yeah that's right. that'll be a problem. all this is legal? if you're doing it for the good guys, yeah. just don't get caught. i'm backing, already. but there's a lovely moment of threat there when donal gleeson says it's lucy isn't it? suddenly see the harder edge. what then happe

coming up, general armstrong custer. how he advanced to where he did and his impact on the civil war, followed by political cartoonist thomas naft a thomas nast and his illustration during the civil war and the impact of braxton bragg and the commander of the army of tennessee and 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 union general george g. meade and the experiences of escaped union prisoners of war. american history tv prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> coming up this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on reel 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 and china is people. on sunday at 11:30 a.m. eastern, political economy professor and author robert wright on alexan

(fast-paced drum music) - [eric] it's home to cowboy ghost towns, custer's last stand, seven indian reservations, the world's shortest river and largest migrating elk herd. the state animal is the grizzly bear. (growling) and its sweeping vistas earned it the nickname big sky country. we're talking montana, partner. - montana is from the spanish word for mountains or mountainous. - admitted to the union in 1889, its flag honors both the land and its people. - [randy] so you see the tools of a miner, a pickaxe, a shovel. you also see farming tools for the settlers who came and settled the land. and in the back you see the river, the waterfall, and the rocky mountains, in reference to the great nature they have in montana. - montana is rich in precious minerals. the banner across the bottom boasts, "oro y plata," which means gold and silver. montana is also rich in wildlife. it has more species of mammals than any other state. our 41st state has some pretty strange laws. for example, it's illegal for unmarried women to go fishing by themselves on sundays. i guess in montana there's better ways to

he spoke on george armstrong custer based upon a book he has received the pulitzer for. this afternoon he's going to speak on another misunderstood character, jesse james. it's really at the point of a new wave scholarship focused on civil war warfare. they've all been doing work on what many have considered to be the periphery of the civil war. and now we have a more kpansive view of civil war military history. jesse james unfortunately sometimes is perceived as a robin hood figure. and we also see him being a political, that he's part of those bandits. i think what's so impressive is he has taken this man and enabled us to see a man who, we should note, has left very few written records. but a man who was during the civil war, who was deeply political. and so it is my pleasure to bring back to the stage t.j. styles. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. my grandfather did some public speaking and once he was going to talk, someone came up to him in the lobby and said i really want to go to the ball game, is this guy any good? he said sometimes i finds him good, sometime

. >> i just love seeing the big collections of custer's last stand or civil war or world war ii or theolution. i mean, it's fantastic. >> honest abe, what's he worth? >> probably about $450, $500. >> lee says that's because this 6-inch, highly-detailed lincoln figure was made in england by the renowned stadden studios. ♪ what's this collection worth? >> about $300,000. >> for toy soldiers? $300,000?! if accurate, that's far more, man-for-man, than even the forbes collection -- and 12 times the $25k that matt murphy was offering. and it would certainly give me second thoughts about giving them away. what about carole? >> it's impressive, yes. so if it is worth that much, then i'm thrilled. but it wasn't ever about the money. having the soldiers find a home will be a huge part that will make me feel whole again. >> so carole and lee begin contacting new york-based museums that might be interested in housing and displaying the troops. >> our first thought, quite frankly, was west point. bob had tremendous respect for the institution. >> what did they say? >> they said no, they couldn't, w

first, it was a feud with reince --ebus, then jared custer jared kushner.this is different because it is not an argument over influence or access, like the previous two. this is a standoff about ideological differences. both men have diversion worldviews, and it is hard to see how they could reconcile those. what started as a professional dispute has turned really acrimonious. it has gotten messy. it has spilled into the headlines. it will be interesting to hear how john kelly, chief of staff, handles that. host: sarah westwood, "washington examiner." you can follow her on twitter at @cwestwood. we are going to take a quick break. when we come back, white christian america. we talk with the head of the american religion research institute and the author of the book "the end of white christian america." later, randy woods joins to talk about nafta negotiations that began this week. ♪ ♪ >> tonight on c-span at 8:00 p.m. eastern, an in-depth look at the opium epidemic, including ohio attorney general mike dewine, who is suing several good companies for their m

show why he should be removed from office in a letter sent wednesday to congresswoman and mcclain custer the former republican senator said donald trump has shown repeated contempt for informed and wise counsel he is sick of mind impetuous arrogant belligerent and dangerous he should be relieved of the powers of the presidency at the earliest date this is a mainstream all wine conservative republican former united states senator saying this could donald trump actually be crazy. rob i mean if he's crazy then pretty much everyone in washington is because this is the one thing that's a real bipartisan issue in washington d.c. more than anything else as you know foreign policy it's the regime change is a completely reasonable strategy for pursuing our interests you know back in march every single democrat in the house of representatives voted to increase sanctions you know hundreds of them not a single dissent. you know senator ed markey he praised the trump foreign policy specifically about north korea he's the ranking democrat on the senate subcommittee in east asia he praised trump for ev

styles who won the pulitzer prize in history for his book "custer's trials, a life on the frontier of a new america." he describes

reminds me of custer's famous speech, "this is the first of many successful stands." ( laughter ) ( cheerslause ) and before he unplugged, trump needed one last hit off the base, so he went to west virginia to stir the populist pot. >> most people know there were no russians in our campaign. there never were. have you seen any russians in west virginia or ohio or pennsylvania? are there any russians here tonight? any russians? >> stephen: okay, no russians. so trump is replacing the cia with an informal show of hands. "anybody here gay? no? okay. gay people don't exist. ( cheers and applause ) mike pence was right." ( laughter ) and trump made it clear that this trump rally was not about "him." >> since our election, not mine, since our election, we are working every single day to heed and honor the will of those millions and millions of voters who came out and voted for us. not for me, they voted for us. >> stephen: "yes, they voted for "us." okay. so "us" better lawyer up because we're in some deep doo doo. ." ( applause ) speaking of dee-dee -- ( laughter ) fox news. ( laughter ) the "h

styles who won the pulitzer prize in history for his book "custer's trials, a life on the frontier of a new america." he describes customer's military career but also his relationship with his wife libby and his post civil war career. this is about an hour. >> all right, i am in the history department at gettysburg college, i'm also it will director of the civil institute. it's my pleasure to sti stiles to gg colleettysburg col. he did his graduate work in history, not u.s. history but

. >> i just love seeing the big collections of custer's last stand or civil war or world war ii or the's fantastic. >> honest abe, what's he worth? >> probably about $450, $500. >> lee says that's because this 6-inch, highly-detailed lincoln figure was made in england by the renowned stadden studios. ♪ what's this collection worth? >> about $300,000. >> for toy soldiers? $300,000?! if accurate, that's far more, man-for-man, than even the forbes collection -- and 12 times the $25k that matt murphy was offering. and it would certainly give me second thoughts about giving them away. what about carole? >> it's impressive, yes. so if it is worth that much, then i'm thrilled. but it wasn't ever about the money. having the soldiers find a home will be a huge part that will make me feel whole again. >> so carole and lee begin contacting new york-based museums that might be interested in housing and displaying the troops. >> our first thought, quite frankly, was west point. bob had tremendous respect for the institution. >> what did they say? >> they said no, they couldn't, with great sadness.

civil war commander george custer is said to have uttered the famous words, "it's not how many times you get knocked down that counts. it's how many times you get back up." nowhere is that spirit more evident than in las vegas, and we found one spot where it looked like they might not get back up, but they did. ♪ so, here i am in reflection bay in henderson, nevada, a place that went from riches to rags and now back to riches, one of the greatest stories of redevelopment and resurgence in america. this entire area five years ago was ground zero of the real-estate crisis in america, and today it is an american success story. ♪ lake las vegas is a beautiful, 328-acre lake that was actually man-made. it was a massive project spanning decades, creating the lake, the golf courses, hotels, and luxury communities in the middle of the vegas desert. but when the recession hit, the area was devastated. >> this was the kind of situation that's very rare -- to have a 300-acre lake and have all these residential areas around it, with the hotels and golf, but when the economy changed, people walke

followed by general arm strong custer, how he advanced to where he did and his impact on the civil war. and later, political cartoonist thomas nast and his illustrations during the civil war. american history tv continues tonight in primetime with recent civil war conferences. tonight, programs from day three of the gettysburg college civil war institute conference including discussions on union general george g. meade and the experiences of escaped union prisoners of war. american history tv primetime begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> coming up this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, the 1944 u.s. office of war film "why we fi t 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

learned that day that three very junior officers, captains wesley merit, elon farns worth and george custer had beenn promoted to brigadier general, jumping overo a lot more experienced men who have paid their dues, and there a lot of regular army guys like buford who are pretty irritated aboutsa this' this delegationt comes, and one of themwa says, general, why didn't you send that man back to washington to be interrogated. what's his response? i was afraid they'd make him a brigadier general. [ laughter ] does that tell you what you need to know about john buford. they're in the saddle..is g the vast majority of his dollar um is goi -- column is going to take this road and send a detachment of 6th new york along the marie of furnace road.e co they're going to runmmon into a detachment from north carolina. and the rest of the column is going to run into the mississippi over here.. now buford is under orders to go to emmettsburg.oops he's not on orders to bring on engagement. the confederates don't have a ot troops out there. they fire a couple of shots at each other and break off and bes w

coming up, a look at general henry halleck and then general armstrong custer and his impact on the civilr. followed by political cartoonist thomas nash and his illustrations during the civil war and later, the impact of general braxton bragg 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 d

and later general armstrong custer how he advanced to where he did and his impact on the civil war. american history tv continues tonight in prime time with recent civil war conferences tonight programs from day 3 of the gettysburg conference continues on general george e. mead and escaped prisoners of war. >> coming up this weekend on american history tv on cspan tv saturday on reel 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 hamilton's view 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. that one thing was to protect american's lives, liberty and property from tyrants foreign and domestic. >>> at 7:00 p.m. eastern new jersey residents discuss the 1967 newark rebellion. >> zero snipers were ever found. no evidence of any snipers. no gun shells other than the polic

it scouted for custer -- holding on not the scalp, but the war -- the porsche i -- i call it a face plant -- re-history. todidn't swell mr. whitney give them any money. but this gallery the studio collection in about 1957. left, he says the that's and -- sees a group of andtings in the window -- calls hishis car and brothers and sisters and says, we've got to find this. >> it's the chairman of the board -- if we do want it. the raiment of my medical mr. whitney. mr. whitney similar track for $250,000. their own hundred 13 paintings in this collection alone. whitney built the gallery in 1859, it opened, you can see the inaugural exhibition. that's in the middle of the exhibit there. stands inor currently front of the studio correction. statues out back. kerry and impressed by this. for this -- the important thing my hayes -- andalo from missouri, faded 63. stops -- thear last of the above love, one of the great treasures. in september 1895. -- we have to say these former energy as an artist. the idea that it western art museum could somehow take shape out here -- in for buffalo bill provid

if you were here for the talk this morning, one of the things he said when he was talking about custer is it was a time, like a fulcrum. before the war people were so much more sentimental, so much more interested in character personality, there were so many more adjectives. whereas, after the war he said people were more technical. it meant a kind of prak tick cat and logic that wasn't characteristic of the antebellum period. in some ways, nast's work during the civil war was an example of that. he begins with a sentimental image like this one. it is christmas, he gets to come home. it is wonderful, right? or this one. the little drummer boy gets a letter. or this one in which he prays for the safety of her soldier husband. so there are sentimental illustrations. are they political? yes, of course. there are clearly important assertions about the war, about american values, about the potential for a different future bit into these. sometimes they're openly hostile to the confederacy. these were a middle step for thomas nast, between his work showing readers what happened and his later

stiles' talk, one thing that he said about the talk talking about custer, it was a time and fulcrum and before the war people were so much more sentimental and so much more interested in the character personalities and so many more adjectives where after the war, he said, people were more technical, and modernity meant a impracticality that was not known for that period. and so in some ways, it is a perfect example of that, because he begins with the sentimental images like this one. love. it is christmas. he gets to come home. it is wonderful. right? or this one, and a little drummer boy gets a letter. or this one in which she prays for the safety of her soldier husband. so there are a sentimental illustrations, and are they political? yes, of course. and there are clearly important assertions about the war and the american values and the potential for a different future built into these, and sometimes they are openly part of the con f confed ra si and for him to open up the cartoons later that would show a clear and political and part san position. and the cartoons came last in this p

he spoke on george armstrong custer, based upon a book that he received the pulitzer for. he is, as you all know, the winner of two pulitzers. this afternoon he is going to speak on another let's say misunderstood character in jesse james. jesse james, the study of him by tj stiles is really at the point of a new wave of civil war scholarship that's focusing on guerilla warfare. you heard bart meyers yesterday. you met kim noe. they have all been doing work on what many have considered to be the periphery of the civil war. thanks to these scholars and thanks to tj stiles, we now have a more expansive view of civil war military history. jesse james, unfortunately, is sometimes perceived as a robin hood figure of the old west. we often see jesse james as being apolitical. that he is part of those bandits like bloody bill anderson. i think what is so impressive about what tj styles has done is that he has taken this man and he has enabled us to see a man who we should note has left very few written records but a man who was during the civil war, who was deeply political. so i

he spoke on george armstrong custer based upon a book he has

he spoke on george armstrong custer, based upon a book that he received the pulitzer for. as you all know, the winner of two pulitzers. he is going to speak on another misunderstood character in jesse james. jesse james, the study of him by tj styles, is at the point of a new wave of scholarship that's focusing on gorilla warfare. you heard bart meyers yesterday. they have all been doing work on what many have considered to be the periphery of the civil war. thanks to these scholars and thanks to tj styles, we now have a more expansive view of civil war military history. jesse james, unfortunately, is sometimes perceived as a robin hood figure of the old west. we often see jesse james as being apolitical. that he is part of those bandits like bloody bill anderson. i think what is so impressive about what tj styles has done is that he has taken this man and he has enabled us to see a man who we should note has left very few written records but a man who was during the civil war, who was deeply political. so it is my pleasure to bring back to the stage tj styles. [ applause