david blight choosing fed rick douglas and james mcpherson with david furrogate. the phone lines will be open in just a moment. make sure you mute your television when you call in. you can send us a tweet. our hash tag today if you want to jot this down is poty1862. post your choice for person of the year on facebook. facebook.com/cspan is where you go. ben says that his choice would be greely and second choice would be robert e. lee. on facebook a look at our facebook page, james saying that it's george. let's go back to the library and james mcpherson who just nominated admiral david furagate. he would be the only admiral on that list. you talked in your speech about the political implications of his victories in 1862. were they the main reason that france and britain looked at the confederacy that year. >> certainly the main reason why they delayed what looked like would be recognition in the spring of 1862. the capture of new orleans was the most important in a series of union victories that caused them to back off. then of course during the summer the confede