forces now attempting to put together a rebellion and we were less than a year into the war when union forces recovered the tennessee valley, the lower tennessee valley by seizing forts henry and donelson between the northern portion of the state. that opened up the entire lower tennessee to union navigation, particularly gun boats and military forces who could penetrate into the heart land of the confesscy, reaching points in northern alabama, northeast mississippi, to threaten the railroad here in the western confedera confederacy. the confederates now reeling from the losses of forth henry and donelson, having abandoned kentucky and middle tennessee and the forces pshd back into alabama, north mississippi and west tennessee, concentrated to defend the railroads. corinth mississippi, where they junctioned. you can see the interplay of railroads and the river which in 1862 was a viable interstate highway. brings about the concentration of major military forces. armies of the united states, under the command of ulysses s. grant and don carlos buell, both moving to form a juncture here

stewart on a reconnaissance that two inform him as to the extent and location of the mcclellan's union forces and having done all that he initiated the series of pounding, direct, and very, very bloody assaults aimed at pushing the union forces away. on the 26th of june, beaver dam creek near mechanicsville, 27th of june gaines million. 29th of june, savages station. 30th of june, glendale. and finally, on the 1st of july, the terrible battle at malverne hill. in the course of one week the battle of the seven days, robert e. lee would lose 20,000 casualties. a fourth of his army. in doing so, he was somewhat disappointed that he didn't get the resounding victory that he'd planned for. he wrote his wife our success has not been as great or as complete as i could have desired, and in his official report to the confederate war department he stated under ordinary circumstances the federal army should have been destroyed. this is a word you see in lee's communications throughout the war, destroyed. oddly enough, it's that word that so frequently emanated from abraham lincoln, i want the rebel army

so this confederate force has a mission and that mission is to turn the union left flank. only the confederate high command knows that mission. the troops in the ranks don't understand that they're doing anything except locate enemy forces and fight them and defeat them. that's about the bulk of what the confederate soldier knows about what their mission is here. the roads that the public traverse today on the battlefield, 95% or so are the same routes of movement, the same road lines that were here at the time of the battles. they straightened them out a little, took the kinks out, but you know, that's kind of a preservation plus for the visitor. because they don't have to understand well what was the historic road network because we just tell them it's the same. it hasn't changed. and then the markering system will clue them in to where missing components are. there were two cabins sitting here and this would be the point where johnston established his first field quarters once he enters this portion of the battlefield on the morning of april the 6th. so he would have bee

each had been a costly failure for the union forces. in the north, they started to wonder if the south could be defeated and the union preserved. in the most tragic and bitterly fighting our nation has known, americans fought against american and it is casualty list for both sides skyrocket as on american hills and in american valleys, they flung their hot metal among the men on horses on both sides. perhaps especially so to clara barton. she decided to do something about it. the already spare face of the man in the white house seem grow more under a constant early demand for an early end to the war. general robert e. lee did not help the situation as south of the potomac he added legend by routing a vastly superior union force at menassis junction. general john pope who commanded the union forces of menassis was outgeneral and outfought by lee's troops undered the leadership of stonewall jackson. flushed with repeated successes and confidence, they took the offensive. word was flashed to washington that the army of virginia was innovati

each had been a costly failure for the union forces, and in the north people began to wonder if the south could be defeated and the union preserved. in the most tragic and bitterly punitive fighting our nation has ever known, american fought against american, and the casualty lists for both sides skyrocketed as on american hills and in american valleys cannon and musket flung their hot metal among the men and horses of both sides. the spectacle of suffering was piteous, perhaps especially so to clara barton for she decided to do something about it. the already spare face of the man in the white house seemed to grow even more gaunt under a constant flood of criticism and urgent demands for an early end to the war. general robert e. lee did not help the situation as south of the potomac he added a measure to the legend of his invincibility by routing a vastly superior union force at manassas junction. general john pope, who led the union forces of manassas, was simply out-generaled and outfought by lee's troops under the immediate leadership of stonewall jackson. flushed with repeated succe

. >> you would never know but in 1988, the supreme court said you can't force union do dous. you shouldn't get them for political purposes unless the union says take it out and has written permission. >> rick if i was a union member, i would be upset about this, no? >> you know, let's set aside steve's interception of financial core. we greatly appreciate this outpouring of affection for union members and your heartwarming concern. let me make a suggestion. maybe you can direct it towards mistake's public companies making contributions to political organizations and not telling their shareholders. how do we know that? just this week, some of our nation's largest companies publicly withdrew support from an organization supporting causes their shareholders didn't like, their customers didn't like. when they complained, these organizations pulled out. why didn't shareholders know? they have no obligation to tell them. >> hold on, a lot of complaints by shareholders get results. a lot of complaints by union members don't. the union bosses continue to put the money where they want,

here grant's forces will be joined by elements of buel's command in the fight for water oaks pond and the cross roads will seesaw over the course of two hours. union forces will attack and seem to gain an upper hand and beauregard will grab onto nearby disorganized forces coming off the fight, reorganize them, and able to throw counter punches back which will stem the tide of the federal onslaught and the confederates will seize back the initiative only to have a fresh union force arrive from pittsburgh landing that mccook can throw in and now contending with fresh forces and the thing seesawed for two hours and beauregard illustrating the troops needed to be guided forward in person and not told to move forward, shows the state of the army. it is beginning to dissolve. question confronting beauregard and the confederates, are they going to be able to avoid catastrophe and things completely reversed and the euphoria and the seizing of the union camp meant on the first day and wired richmond the evening before that it had had been won and saddened by the loss of albert sydney johnson and achieved the great victory which is going to be reported acro

union forces wanted that valley back for all kinds of reasons. economics being a primary point. because the river was an outlet to world markets for the old northwest for what we refer to today the midwest and it was a hot political topic of the war that their commerce was strapped by not being able to reach those markets close to them. so that river in essence was of economic value, it was also of military value. but more importantly, as we have already heard this morning, it was a pulse beat of a nation growing westward. and thus there was an even spiritual context to the river and its meaning to the american people. and you don't think those boys from iowa and minnesota and illinois were not on a holy crusade to get this river back? just read their letters and diaries. how dare they. how dare they seize that valley. confederacy has to hold it, federals want it. very important. very important focus. when you're at shiloh, remember the river. remember the need to hold the river, to defend the river. the need to possess the river. next map. this is actually a direct copy of wate

in this hour, the nlrb gets the green light today for a ten-day ambush attack forces union elections. president obama is smiling, i'm not. here is another, congress nooting an idea for an investor tax class rates for 401 k plans. it's a outrage. the country needs more saving and and investment, don't tax it. fail on immigration with no clear immigration policy, arizona state rights will be put to the test, and the controversial immigration law is heard by the supreme court, south carolina attorney general whose law is similar to arizona, alabama, missouri, texas, and georgia, he will join us to make the state's right case. we begin with the nlrb power graph. that's the national relations labor relations board, they got the green light to allow ambush in the next ten days. i see it as an assault on business. let's talk. cnbc contributor bob lutz, form erp general motors vice chair, and greg judamin, he was an organizer at the afl-cio. welcome to the show. i know we will disagree. but to me, a ten-day election notice makes to sense for business or frankly to educate the very work force

union shop or not. and should americans be forced to join the union as they are in some states. >> if you want to buy arican car by a bmw with michelin tires, ther made in south carolina it is it like the argument about communism and socialism f. it is a great system why does communist prohibit people leaving the count row. if unions are so great why do we need laws to force them to join. >> it comes down to choice, doesn't it. we should have a choice of whether we want it and should be allowed to join . 50 percent say yes. but shouldn't be forced to join. >> and i love the example with france, david. during the great depression of the '30s. europe had flexible rules for cutches to hire and fire x. they had more flexibility and they got out of the depression faster than the united states. because roose velt would not give american cutches such flexibilitiy. there is it a historical context. our current president doesn't believe in freedom. you are right. this country is based on freedom. >> bill baldwin doesn't it come down to the freedom of choice? >> what is with the freedom stuff here? you are sayin

here grant's forces will be joined by elements of buell's command and the fight for the crossroads will see-saw, see-saw, of course, over two hours. union forces will attack and deem to gain an upper hand, and beauregard will grab nearby forces coming off the fight, reorganize them and are able to throw counterpunches back which will stem the tide of the federal ioo onslaught and the confederates will seize back some of the initiative only to have federal forces arrive from pittsburg landing and now they're contending with new forces, and beauregard illustrating that the troops needed to be guided forward in person and basically not told to move forward shows the state of the army. it's beginning to dissolve. the question confronting beauregard, will they be able to avoid catastrophe. the thing is completely reversed. a seeming victory, that victory he had wired richmond the evening before that had been won, you know, saddenned by the loss of albert sydney johnson, but they had received a great victory, which was going to be reported across south in newspapers for the next few days had really turned around. and beauregard faced catastro

remember the union is building up forces. by the time late 1864, there are more than 30 ships off of charleston and blockade runners are still getting in and out. so dupont was loathe to take a half dozen ships from the blockade and send them off for other operations. so i don't know that he could have done it any sooner than he did. yes. >> the question concerns the profits from the confederate blockade runners. were they typically invested in the south and at the end of the war, did some build fortunes overseas and the real question here, did any of this contribute to the post war reconstruction of the south? >> that's a complicated question. the short version of -- certainly during the period when entrepreneurs were making decisions about blockade running and what to bring and what to do, it was entirely their money. they did with it what they liked. apparently according to descriptions in the "richmond enquirer" they suited themselves up nicely and pranced around downtown richmond. but there was no fund, early on, that th

army and the commander of the department of ohio that mcclellan would lead union forces across the ohio river into there around clarksburg, virginia. today if you look for it on the map you'll have to look over in west virginia. clarksburg, virginia, on the 27th of june, 1861, so the summer of '61 sees him moving into action assisted by his old antebellum army friend william rosecrans. the federal forces would bump into forces from john peagrum and they would defeat the confederates in july of 1861. although it was rosecrans that did the heavy lifting in this campaign it was mcclellan's name that had access to all the reporters. it was mcclellan's name that got into all the newspapers, and immediately after the union defeat at manassas junction, first bull run as they called it in the northern papers or bull run, the battle at bull run, he got an order from washington to report immediately to washington. he was needed there right away. so, he boarded a train that took him up through ohio, over to pennsylvania. made a quick stop to visit with his wife, ellen marcie mcclellan, maryellen,

one of the few places in the first weeks of the war where union forces had notable success was in st. louis, missouri, where actually these predominantly german wide-awakes had been drilling since early that year and where they staged basically a successful coop against the pro-succession state to begin with what if. the most famous, jack got this, what if robert e. lee had had automatic weapons? would that have made a difference at picket's church? in a way, in analyzing what lincoln might have done, we're dealing with a what if question. and let's speculate what lincoln does instead of acting as -- without calling congress, his first decision is to call congress into special session and turn this issue over to congress. you know, given our wide, high opinion of congress and its ability to find solution and compromise, you can only imagine what might have come out of that. i think, i'm going to say just right, i think more than too cold, in the respect that it was wise of him for all his dealing with the postmaster of bloomington, illinois, to avoid direct -- calling congress into se

on september 17th, 1862, union and confederate forces would meet at antedum creek. more than 100,000 men would be involved in a bloody battle. and one woman, clara barton, would carve for herself a unique place in the annals of service to mankind. the day the battle began however, she was just a dedicated woman driving a wagon full of provisions across the maryland country side. years later, she would recall that day and retell it in our own words. >> with my attendant, i sought the hill tops and as the mist cleared away and the morning sun broke over the maryland heights, its rays fell upon the forms of dying men. many of you may never hear bugle notes which call men to battle, but if like us, you have heard them that grim september morning as they rang through the valley, they would have lingered in your ears as they do in mine. ♪ thinking our place might be there, we had been following the army since dawn. for the last eight miles we could trace its course by the broken bodies of the wounded along the roadside. ♪ turning into the cornfield near a house and barn w

and then if you have an administration trying to force unions into businesses where neither the employees at nor the management want them, you feel like you are under attack. i mentioned to the guy who began the amplifier manufacturing business. he and his son. they did a calculation and they added up what they pay in taxes. i cannot verify how i carried it is, it was their perception. it was their corporate income tax, federal, state income tax, fica, gasoline taxes, and real estate taxes. they said 65% of what they make goes to government. when you consider the regulations and taxes, the cost of high energy here. because we do not have a and energy policy that makes it good for businesses here. -- that takes advantage of the energy resources here, we are making it awfully hard on small business. particularly under this administration. the number of small businesses that have dropped -- that have started per year has dropped by 1000. -- dropped by 100,000. we have to have a president that recognizes, as i do, that the right way to get the economy going is to make america the most attract

itself unconstitutional a federal judge last week ruled that walker's anti-union law which limits collective bargaining rights and forces public unions to recertify once a year violates our number of our rights of the constitution in a strictly political move walker exempted police and firefighters from the anti-union law for example getting grounds for the call. last week to strike down the law because it violates the equal protection clause the constitution court also said it violates public workers pursed amendment rights so walker's wildly unpopular war against unions might all be for naught and as he prepares for the political fight of his life in a recall election how might this now unconstitutional law affect his chances of winning the latest coming out of the badger state graham's alinsky is here is communications director of the democratic party wisconsin graham welcome and even found thank you great to have you back with us what's your take on the court's trading on the sly. well i don't think scott walker or the republicans who passed and cared about the constitutionality of it. everyone and their mother coul

is that it carries the pittsburgh landing battle honor that was the official name recorded by union forces for the battle of shiloh. united states forces had a tendency to name their battles after geographic land points, in this case the landing being the primary feature here. officially the battle went in as battle of pittsburgh landing. newspaper accounts would talk about the battle of pittsburgh landing. it was referred to as the battle of shiloh and the shiloh name biblical in its connotation meaning place of peace or house of peace took dominance and predominance over the identity of the conflict through time and so it's interesting to see pittsburgh landing on these flags. this was in the possession of lucius d. woodward in the 21st missouri infantry, a unit that participated in the battle with apprentices division and fought at the hornet's nest. the flags have undergone a great deal of restoration and conservation for exhibit. you can see here the difference between the historic fabric which is the dark fabric backed by the lighter fabric to fill out what's missing on the flag. the

flag, it carries the pittsburgh landing battle honor which was the official name recorded by the union forces for the battle of shiloh. united states forces had a tendency to name after landing points. official the battle went in as battle of pittsburgh landing and newspaper accounts would talk about the battle of pittsburgh landing and confederacy referred to it as the battle of shiloh, biblical in its conentation meaning house of peace took dominance and predominance over the identity of the conflict through time and, so, it's interesting to see it on these flags. this was in the position of the 21st missouri infantry and fought at the hornet's nest. flags have underwent a great deal of restoration and conse e conservation for exhibit and the historic fabric, which is the dark fabric, backed by the lighter fabric to fill out what's missing on the flag. same is true for the white stripes. as well where you can see that the flag was in tatters. these fabrics, of course, ravages of time, storage, light, moisture, you name it. it's amazing that things like this do survive, even if they're store

union victory. now the army of the southwest was, like all forces west of the mississippi, relatively small. it consisted of about 12,000 troops, but its most distinguishing feature was not its size, but its composition. almost exactly half of the union soldiers were midwesterners of british stock. many of them dating back to the puritans of the 17th century new england. but the other half was recently arrived, german, hungarian, czech and polish immigrants. simply giving orders in the army of the southwest often involved a complicated procedure. on one occasion, four translators were involved getting several companies of polish troops to move to a given position. nevertheless, curtis triumphed over this kind of adversity as well. curtis began his campaign in february, 1862. for two weeks, the union army struggled across missouri, slowly approaching springfield.. for two weeks, the union army struggled across missouri, slowly approaching springfield. and as hallek had hoped sterling price was completely unprepared for the appearance of a union , sterling price was completely unprepared for th

union should not be forced upon workers. wer to take money added members' paychecks to support politicians who are favored by the boss is. [applause] out of touch liberals like barack obama say they want a strong economy. in everything they do, and they showed they did not like business very much. the economy is simply the product of all the businesses added together. we have to build successful businesses of every kind imaginable. we have always been a country of dreamers. one team helps another. if the streamers are rewarded with prosperity, we use this as a a reason to dream big as well. this is a lot worse by the mistakes and failures of the president's leadership. if the bill before us a steeper, steppers. i then all of the country from student unions to kitchen tables, from bridegrooms to boardrooms. i've heard frustration and anger. rarely hopelessness. a lot of americans have given up on the president. they have not thought about giving up. not on themselves, not on a tether, and not on america. [applause] we have a d

come from chickamauga, of course but it is actually on a part of the battle of chat nooga when union forces were attacking, one of the generals talks about how he could see the union line going up and over the small crest where the cemetery would eventually be. so the national cemetery first preservation movement, although it was not intended specifically for preservation, it was more memorial features than preservation, but it did in part preserve a portion of the battlefield. now, for 30 years after that there is no major preservation effort at shiloh. there are a few other things going on in the nation that kind of precluded that. in fact, there's little or no preservation at all going on in terms of the civil war. basically, what you have is a long grueling time of reconstruction. we're trying to reconstruct what we tore apart in 1860s and that will last until of course the compromise of 1877 and that presidential election. it's during that time, of course, we're still bickering over the larger issues that led us to war to begin with, sure secession is dealt with and slavery is dealt wi

vehicle mileage issue to the implied agency in ability to implement policy procedure due to a union work force. i have consistently pledge the union's cooperation at many nppd national level meetings to include one meeting with director anderson in september of 2011. at all meetings i indicated the union's readiness for perceived roadblocks in support of the cfats program. on january 9th, 2012, after the negative news article, i met with director anderson in the presence of assistant secretary todd kyle and senior union leadership. i reiterate that successful accomplishment of the cfats mission is the union's first priority and we would expect an opportunity to get meaningful input there would be no union roadblock to implementation of critical homeland security policy and procedures. i reject the assertion the workforce is on qualified. most have extensive background in law enforcement, military, regulatory authority and academics. the chemical security work force is dedicated and all came on board with the progress of building a new agency dedicated closing a potential gap in the nation's ho

now, workers should have the right to join unions, but unions shouldn't be forced upon workers. unions should not have the power to take money out of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians favored by the union bosses. you know, out of touch liberals like barack obama say they want a strong economy, but in everything they do they show they don't like business very much. but the economy, of course, is simply the product of all the businesses in the nation added together. so it's a bit like saying you like an omelet but you don't like eggs. to build a strong economy that provides good jobs and rising wages and that reduces poverty, we have to build successful businesses of every kind imaginable, and president obama has been attacking successful businesses of every kind imaginable. we've always been a country of dreamers where dreamers can have dreams, where one dream helps launch another. if those dreamers are rewarded with prosperity, we view that as a reason for others we encourage to dream big as well. these last few years have been difficulty. made a lot wors

1995, when the owners use replacement players throughout spring training to try to break the union and forceings. not a single union member, not a single 40 man roster player across the line. that was then. the membership of our unions turns over very quickly. only a handful of players in 2011 were professionals during the 1994 to 1995 strike. each generation of players must justify the respect of their predecessors earned. we must remind the owners of the player's collective power every time we come to the bargaining table. that is why starting with the days of marvin miller, we should have insisted on direct player participation in the bargaining process. players formulate proposals for strategy, that might not come as a surprise. players can bargaining sections. we won't schedule such sessions and less players can be there. players actively participate. at any given meeting, the mlbpa negotiators are as likely to hear from important people as they are to hear from you. in 2011, it was extraordinary. even for argument, unprecedented. as for player leadership, we had a remarkably dedicated

this flag is that it carries the pittsburgh landig battle honor, the official name recorded by union forces for the battle of shiloh. this case the landing being the primary feature here. officially went in as the battle of pittsburgh landing. confederacy referred to it as the battle of shiloh. meaning place of peace or house of peace. took dominance over the identity of the conflict through time. and so it's interesting to see the pittsburgh landing on these flags. a unit that participated in the battle with the apprentice division and fought at the hornet's nest. you can see the dark fabric with the lighter fabric to same is true for the white stripes as well. you can see the flag was in tatters. story, light, moisture, you name it. it's amazing to think they do survive. usually they go through some major deterioration over time if they don't have proper treatment and care. there's no standardization to them. many were sewn by ladies in the communities in which the organizes were raised and thus the flags would be presented the to them to the units as they marched off and so a little bit

. >> reporter: american's three major labor unions cannot force a merger, but their support is an important first step in u.s. airways' bid to take over american. laura glading heads the union representing 17,000 american flight attendants. >> under the terms that american airlines wants to emerge from bankruptcy, we would have lost 2,300 jobs. and u.s. air has assured us there will be no job loss. >> reporter: none? >> no jobs. >> reporter: u.s. airways predicts it will be able to preserve about half of the 13,000 jobs american says will be lost in restructuring. but what may be good for americans' employees could be bad for passengers like bettina cook in dallas. >> it's always going to be when you have a merger the rates usually go up a little bit. >> reporter: rick seaney of internet travel site farecompare says she's right. >> we want thriving airlines but we also want cheap tickets so sometimes those things don't meet in the middle. >> reporter: fewer airlines means less competition at popular routes at a time when carriers are already reducing the number of planes they're flying. far

a union square, walked down geary street and then down van nest, and the trek ended a few minutes ago on turk street. a group of 150 "occupy" san francisco and "occupy" oakland protesters joined forces today. they gathered at union square and at 5:00 p.m. started a march through the city. they blockedder and -- they blocked intersections. some people had to walk. >> it's crazy. people have a right to say what they wont. >> overrated now. >> reporter: police kept stopping traffic so the march could continue. there will no incidents along the route except for some people flying the street. we thought they were headed to "occupy" -- occupy the old ca field contractual. and we were told the "occupy" protesters are actually occupying or attempting to occupy a building on turk street, 888 turk street, which turns out to be an old city building that apparently is vacant. we'll have more on abc-7 at 11:00 recording the obama -- the "occupy" protest. >> ama: police are trying to identify vandals who damaged property during an "occupy" oakland march last night. some people were caught on tape vandalizing a building. there were broken windows and spray paint damage along the march route. >>> j

. >> european union should force the government to implement the process and bring together a government that is in the interests of the people. >> this man spent 15 years in jail. >> i don't agree with the sanctions, the partial lifting would be o.k. but only after the remaining prisoners have been released. only when the constitution has been allowed to have full democracy, only then should the sanctions be lifted. >> for now, there is rejoicing that there has been a genuine political breakthrough here. the country's opposition party and their leader now have a voice in parliament. these people hope that the momentum will keep going and to bring about real change. >> aung san suu kyi does have the support of the president, who she believes is a true reformer. both have taken big risks to get to the stage but the unknown factor remains the military and how far it is willing to go towards a democracy. not everywhere had a chance to celebrate the the results. and some areas, it did not happen at all, canceled on security grounds because of the war between government forces and rebels. wit

but unions should not be forced upon workers. ers' paychecks the buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses. you know, out of touch liberals like prime minist like barack obama say they want a strong economy, but they don't like business too much. but the economy is simply the product of all the businesses of the nation added together. so it's a bit like saying you like an omelet, but you don't like eggs. you know, to build a strong economy that provides good jobs and rising wages and that reduces poverty we have to build successful businesses of every kind imaginable. president obama has been attacking successful businesses of every kind imaginable. we have been a country of dreamers, where dreamers could have dreams, where one dream helps launch another. and if those dreamers are rewarded with prosperity, we view that as a reason that others may be encouraged to dream big as well. now, these last few years have been difficult. made a lot worse by the mistakes and failures of the president's leadership. b

everything from trying to force unions and to businesses that neither the employees or employers wanted and then the national labor relations board saying if you are a right to work state, you cannot have a factory from boeing scared the dickens out of a lot of employers. you have employers worried about gasoline prices. one women described to me the fact that they have a business that has how many gallons a day? 300 gallons a day. a penny a gallon savings or not help a lot when you have 300 gallons a day that you are buying. why are they so high? the speculators make an investment as to what they think the future price of gasoline will be. as a look at the future, and they look at what the president is doing today. he has cut back by half the number of licenses and permits the are provided on public plans to drill for oil. he held off on drilling in the gulf. he is not drilling in anwar. fuel is being held up because of the epa. if we want to get america working again, we're going to have to have a president that will get american energy secure. cut back on its trade policies that make

a daylong fight there, resulted in the union being forced back to brownsville, and frederick steele -he federal commander at that point -- just kind of sat back and started probing around, figuring the best ways to attack little rock with the least amount of damage to his troops. now -- >> by that time they're getting pretty close to little rock, because -- >> right. they're about 30, 40 miles away at that point. the confederates are primarily fortifying the high ground on the north side of the arkansas river. sterling price who was in command at that point was hoping that the yankees would be as obliging about dashing themselves against impregnable fortifications as he had been at helena. but steele was a far more clever general than that. but between the battle at bayou mieto and the fall of little rock, the two principle confederate cavalry commanders, marsh walker and john marmaduke, marmaduke was angry at walker at helena. he didn't feel that walker had supported him in his attack on one of the batteries there. at brownsville the plan had been for marmaduke to lead the union troo

if under this plan those confederate states managed simply to slide back into the union without being forced to acknowledge and ratify the 13th amendment as eventually they were in the reconstruction forced to ratify that when the amendment came to them for the ratification they could vote against it and those 11 confederate states would be more than enough to defeat. they might have lost the war and in a one the peace recording on to slavery. now whether the northern government stood for that, i don't know. they might have gone into a revolution of their own against the constitution to keep that from happening. but the point is even sherman leaders was listed those boys coming johnston and breckinridge pushed him that day. they got everything they could if asked for. of course washington rejected the peace cartel. sherman only had authority to treat for the surrender of his own army which johnston almost immediately does. he surrenders his own army. significantly johnston does not notify davis that he is going to do it. he only notifies breckinridge, and define it is over and over again by