we will continue with your calls in just a moment for elizabeth varon. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. ♪ host: let's go live to have a maddox in northern virginia here on c-span3 on the 150th anniversary of the surrender at appomattox. think some of the sites there making their way to the stacking of the arms. here, we are joined live by elizabeth varon, the author of a number of books, including her most recent, "appomattox: victory, defeat and freedom at the end of the civil war." we want to make sure we invite our callers and viewers to join in on the conversation. the phone numbers are on your screen. you can send us a tweet at c-span history and we are on facebook. elizabeth varon, thank you for joining us. elizabeth: this is the best place to be. host: we asked the man who was portraying general grant how many days he was relating this plan. elizabeth: grant has a mandate from lincoln and he knows what lincoln wants. lincoln said in his second inaugural address that he wanted a piece without malice and charity for all. lincoln is i

elizabeth varon, thank you for joining us. elizabeth: this is the best place to be.ked the man who was portraying general grant how many days he was relating this plan. elizabeth: grant has a mandate from lincoln and he knows what lincoln wants. lincoln said in his second inaugural address that he wanted a piece without malice and charity for all. lincoln is in favor for what we call a soft these, for a piece that will bring those southern brethren back into the union as swiftly as possible. grant knows that is the spirit lincoln intends and knows his brief as a military man is to affect the surrender of lee's army. at the political question, a heavy, fraught question, whether these confederates will vote or hold office or have property that was confiscated and restored to them, those questions are beyond grant's jurisdiction and those will be dealt with by civil authorities by politicians, congressman, back in washington dc -- back in washington, d c. this is a military convention the purpose of which is to affect the surrender of lee's med. this protects the lives

we will also give you a chance to call in and talk with him and elizabeth varon from the university of virginia. we are joined by two men who played a starring role in the surrender ceremony you just saw. ulysses s. grant and robert e lee. general grant is portrayed by kurt field and general lee by thomas jesse. you want to invite you to be part of the conversation. here's how to do that -- call us at the numbers on your screen. send us a tweet at c-span history and you can also join us on facebook. this moment our viewers just saw on american history tv, gentlemen, what were you thinking as general lee wrote away? guest: sadness. i knew how much they were suffering with the surrender after they had fought so hard for four long years. i felt it was almost anti-climactic. one of the things i noted was the silence. there were no guns, no candidate in, no shouts, no battle sounds. the silence was a sound we had not heard for four years and it approached the eerie. host: general lee, as we watched that site just moments ago, you seemed to pause for a moment before mounting traveler. what w

we will also give you a chance to call in and talk with him and elizabeth varon from the university of virginia. we are joined by two men who played a starring role in the surrender ceremony you just saw. ulysses s. grant and robert e lee. general grant is portrayed by kurt field and general lee by thomas jesse. you want to invite you to be part of the conversation. here's how to do that -- call us at the numbers on your screen. send us a tweet at c-span history and you can also join us on facebook. this moment our viewers just saw on american history tv gentlemen, what were you thinking as general lee wrote away? guest: sadness. i knew how much they were suffering with the surrender after they had fought so hard for four long years. i felt it was almost anti-climactic. one of the things i noted was the silence. there were no guns, no candidate in, no shouts, no battle sounds. the silence was a sound we had not heard for four years and it approached the eerie. host: general lee, as we watched that site just moments ago, you seemed to pause for a moment before mounting traveler. what wa

professor varon: so tell us how we get from the 300 to the eight, elizabeth. professor leonard: chronically you pretty much could have gone straight to the eight. [laughter] and they are all, i believe, in custody by -- very very quickly, but then there are others who maybe were not connected in some marginal way to one or the other of the eight. mr. holzer: a lot of conspirators after the fact were never charged. that was sort of surprising, but the idea was to do one manageable stroke trial, i guess. professor leonard: right although they and of having to do two. mr. holzer: in a civil trial, which of course messes up the whole theory of swift justice and sure justice. professor leonard: since we are talking about that, it is true that many people have suggested that had the original eight been tried in a civil trial, the results would have been different, and i would say in the attitude that was present in washington in may and june of 1855 it would not have made a difference. it would have gone exactly the same way. there was a desperate desire for revenge

] [applause] co-chair varon: we talked a little bit about this team of punishment and the lincoln conspirators. one of the questions has asked i think this is properly for elizabeth, what trout does henry worth occupy? and why is this man singled out in the way he is? what is he symbolic of? >> henry for joseph holt, who prosecuted the conspirators -- well, i should back up and say at that conspiracy trial henry was very present in the testimony and in the government's case against the conspirators because the government was trying to prove not just the local conspiracy against lincoln, but this much larger conspiracy and time to get assassination to all kinds of heinous acts on the part of the confederacy. andersonville and henry were part of that habit. so i think for hold, he did certainly stumble in his efforts to hand the tail on jefferson davis. but henry was another target for him. and, in some earth, kind of the last cast of at least -- gasp of at least his ability to extract or to inflict punishment in the way that he felt punishment to be inflicted on confederate leaders. >> just a word -- they were into collation in the north. and aroused people as dee

] [applause] co-chair varon: we talked a little bit about this team of punishment and the lincoln conspirators. one of the questions has asked i think this is properly for elizabeth, what trout does henry worth occupy? and why is this man singled out in the way he is? what is he symbolic of? >> henry for joseph holt, who prosecuted the conspirators -- well, i should back up and say at that conspiracy trial henry was very present in the testimony and in the government's case against the conspirators because the government was trying to prove not just the local conspiracy against lincoln, but this much larger conspiracy and time to get assassination to all kinds of heinous acts on the part of the confederacy. andersonville and henry were part of that habit. so i think for hold, he did certainly stumble in his efforts to hand the tail on jefferson davis. but henry was another target for him. and, in some earth, kind of the last cast of at least -- gasp of at least his ability to extract or to inflict punishment in the way that he felt punishment to be inflicted on confederate leaders. >> just a word -- they were into collation in the north. and aroused people as dee

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