holzer: imagine.is reminded of the irishman who gave up the drink, and after a couple of weeks on the wagon he cannot bear it anymore, so he said, i would like to order a lemonade, but when my back is turned, just slip in a little brandy unbeknownst to me. if jefferson davis escapes unbeknownst to me, that will be fine. professor gallagher: nothing like a good irish stereotype. [laughter] i did it for your benefit, of course. professor varon: so you talked a little bit there about lincoln and grant and lincoln's instructions to grant. let's get to april. early april, the federal forces like the siege line that runs from richmond to petersburg, lee and his troops had west, and the troops catch up to him at appomattox courthouse. what happened at appomattox, and does appomattox effectively end the civil war? it is commonplace to observe that appomattox effectively ended the civil war. does it end the civil war, and if so, why? to lincoln and lee's minds, does it represent the end? professor leonard: i w

chair holzer: right. that they were just the same, and the north could afford -- they had the resources yet the death rate was the same. this counter narrative was, to some degree, very accurate. >> this is from the audience. you consider the civil war to be driven by the feeling of a lost cause rather than a -- ? >> the way i am interpreting that question is that there is more confederate interest in the war today then union interest. maybe it is a product. we certainly see an interest in the civil war in the south and and and covertly, as someone who lives in indiana now, there is someone a difference between my student us -- students' interest in the work. but we have come to associate the civil war with the confederacy. the symbols of the work, yes the united states flag with similar. and similar enough to the flag debt unless you look closely, it is hard to tell the difference. but the battle flag of the confederate stands out. and it has become a symbol of the work. sometimes it is easier for people

chair holzer: right. that they were just the same, and the north could afford -- they had the resources yet the death rate was the same. this counter narrative was, to some degree, very accurate. >> this is from the audience. you consider the civil war to be driven by the feeling of a lost cause rather than a -- ? >> the way i am interpreting that question is that there is more confederate interest in the war today then union interest. maybe it is a product. we certainly see an interest in the civil war in the south and and and covertly, as someone who lives in indiana now, there is someone a difference between my student us -- students' interest in the work. but we have come to associate the civil war with the confederacy. the symbols of the work, yes the united states flag with similar. and similar enough to the flag debt unless you look closely, it is hard to tell the difference. but the battle flag of the confederate stands out. and it has become a symbol of the work. sometimes it is easier for people

[laughter] chair holzer: i thought so, too. john coski: it was interesting that it was recorded in richmond. chair holzer: government subsidies, which the confederates would have never dreamed about. [laughter] >> one of the things i really like about it was the portrayal of mary cobb i can. i think it was very impressive -- to me, sally fields is still the flying nun, so to speak. [laughter] but i felt that the depiction of her as someone wracked by greed, as opposed to just being a madwoman, was really wonderful. >> i think the great thing about the movie that it focused on politics. of all the things you could have done with abraham lincoln and the civil war, that is also in the very capital where the confederate government was based, for those things were reenacted. but i thought it was a bold move by spielberg to say, you know, first of all, it shows that the white north is still wrestling. and some of the racist things the democrats said took your breath away, would also remind you that the war itself could resolve all th

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morning at 8:45 eastern, for an all day event on the end of the civil war speakers include harold holzer caroline janney, james mcfear condition and barbara gannon. sunday at 8 and 10 p.m. the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination with the ceremony at lincoln's cottage. recreations from ford's theater and we'll take a tour of peterson house where the president died. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> iraq's ambassador to the u.s. spoke at the middle east institute in washington recently about the political security and economic challenges facing his country. after a brief introduction he spoke and took questions for almost 90 minutes. >> thank you. thank you. [ speaking a foreign language ] >>> good afternoon. my name is daniel serwer, a professor here at johns hopkins as well as a scholar at the middle east institute so it's a particular pleasure for me to welcome ambassador luqmaan filey and a co-professor here to this session on the future of iraq. we are meeting at a time of particular sensitivity for a country that many of us have been engaged with one way

speakers include, harold holzer. caroline janney, james mack fear son. 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern, 150th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination, with ceremony at lincoln's cottage re-creations of ford's theater and tour of the peterson house where the president died. our complete schedule is at c-span.org. >>> education secretary arne duncan testified on his department's 2016 budget and discussed the impact of sequestration on the classroom with members of a senate appropriations subcommittee. this is an hour and who minutes. -- 40 minutes. >> appropriation of subcommittee on education and services will come to order. glad to have certainly secretary duncan with us today. and mr. secretary, thank you for being here and thank you for the conversations we've had prior to this hearing today. we look forward to working with you. one of the long-term commitments to the national government, even before it was the government under the constitution was to do things to encourage education. i think the land ordinance of 1785, set aside a section in all developed territory

harold holzer, james mcpherson, and barbara gannon.then saturday at 8:00 and 10:00 the 100th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination with a ceremony at lincoln's cotsage. re-creations from ford's theater and a tour of peterson house where the president died. get our complete schedule at cspan.org. >>> this weekend the c-span cities tour has partnered with comcast to learn about the city life of st. augustine, florida. >> opinions onponce deleon may or may not have been searching for the fountain of eshlgsternal youth. people said he was out for to find land for the king and colonization colonization. we know he came ashore after searching for good harbor, took on water and wood. this area presents one of the few freshwater springs in the area around 30 degrees, eight minutes, and is also the location of the 1565 first settlement of st. augustine, 42 years before the settlement of jamestown was founded and 55 years before the pilgrims landed on plymouth rock. >> the hotel ponce deleon was built by henry morrison flagler. now, f