sherman is responding to complaints that he and his boss, edwin stanton, had gotten. it deals with the question of black enlistment in the union army. what about section three? what does he prescribe there? >> families should be given the -- family should be given the 40 acres. the meeting with stanton proved that sherman should be more sympathetic toward the freed slaves. he tries to organize that with the 40 acres. onspecifies 40 acres tillable ground. he is giving land a way that can sustain a family. allowing him to have any 800 feet of water front and the military law for their protection. stephen: ok. what else? john? john: some kind of inspector has to be there as well. here, he decides whether or not they have a license to settle on such islander districts and render assistance. agricultural settlement. he's not just giving them ground, also helping them to start it up. stephen: ok. he is providing military regulation and support for a system of allocating land to former slaves in the sea islands of south carolina. and in a region that extends generally you ca

other people eventually blamed secretary of war edwin stanton. of course, that really was -- came to the floor in 1937. why was lincoln murdered? lincoln loved stanton. lincoln said, stanton is the shore on which the waves of rebellion crash and are broken. without him i could not live. they knew each other well. they were together constantly. they appreciated each other's talents. they didn't get along before the war. he called lincoln the original gorilla. but during the war, lincoln really came to appreciate stanton's unique qualities that helped him win the war. it is inconceivable to me that edwin stanton would have plotted to murder abraham lincoln. other rumors abounded the catholic church assassinated lincoln. but it was booth's own little conspiracy. and the signs and symbols that we saw in april '65 were very much like those in november's 63. newspapers blackboardered. businesses closed with professionally lettered signs. photographs of the dead president going up. the magazines, the "life" magazine. the new york herald, harper's weekly