. >> at what point did horace greeley intervene on behalf of davis? because if i understand correctly, i mean, he had a significant role and i think a financial role in eventually getting the freedom but -- >> horace fwreely. >> mic, mic. >> he put up money for jefferson davis's bail, when he was bailed out of the prison at ft. monroe in 1867. three northerners stood for jefferson davis' bail and put up the money and that's what horace fwreely was one of those people. now horace greeley was a major american figure, id tor of the new york tribune the most widely read republican newspaper at that time. >> who got the reward for his capture? >> i can't answer that question. i just don't know. i assume if it ever was given to anybody, it would be given to the two cavalry units that were there, but i do not know. anyone else? yes? >> did the federal government finally quit trying to prosecute him? >> well yes. >> you know they brought him up here, about mean times i think. >> no he only came to richmond once, when bail was given. the federal government had

. >> at what point did horace greeley intervene on behalf of davis? because if i understand correctly, i mean, he had a significant role and i think a financial role in eventually getting the freedom but -- >> horace fwreely. >> mic, mic. >> he put up money for jefferson davis's bail, when he was bailed out of the prison at ft. monroe in 1867. three northerners stood for jefferson davis' bail and put up the money and that's what horace fwreely was one of those people. now horace greeley was a major american figure, id tor of the new york tribune the most widely read republican newspaper at that time. >> who got the reward for his capture? >> i can't answer that question. i just don't know. i assume if it ever was given to anybody, it would be given to the two cavalry units that were there, but i do not know. anyone else? yes? >> did the federal government finally quit trying to prosecute him? >> well yes. >> you know they brought him up here, about mean times i think. >> no he only came to richmond once, when bail was given. the federal government had

but after years of supporting abolition years of attacking all the things one would expect from horace greeley, he proved willing in the late summer of 1864, to actually sacrificed the proclamation for immediate peace. and that is where grilli and lincoln separated. co-chair varon: can we take just a minute then have the perspective on the perspective of the press and could the -- in the confederacy? the davis do much? could he have done more? >> i am not filler with davis in the press, i'm afraid. chair holzer: there was just as much pushback in the confederacy as there was in the north. >> davis was hoping, however for a forest of support. you know? so it may not have been actual attacks on him. it was his policy and his personality. he was unpopular throughout the war. >> stevens had papers that were organs of his critique of the davis the ministration. >> legislation eventually passed in the confederacy to limit the press us -- press' freedoms. >> -- they were very cool to davis throughout the war. -- cruel to davis throughout the war. i don't know about his impression of them, but certain

but after years of supporting abolition years of attacking all the things one would expect from horace greeley, he proved willing in the late summer of 1864, to actually sacrificed the proclamation for immediate peace. and that is where grilli and lincoln separated. co-chair varon: can we take just a minute then have the perspective on the perspective of the press and could the -- in the confederacy? the davis do much? could he have done more? >> i am not filler with davis in the press, i'm afraid. chair holzer: there was just as much pushback in the confederacy as there was in the north. >> davis was hoping, however for a forest of support. you know? so it may not have been actual attacks on him. it was his policy and his personality. he was unpopular throughout the war. >> stevens had papers that were organs of his critique of the davis the ministration. >> legislation eventually passed in the confederacy to limit the press us -- press' freedoms. >> -- they were very cool to davis throughout the war. -- cruel to davis throughout the war. i don't know about his impression of them, but certain

it was something known as the liberal republican party nominating horace greeley. this is one focused on the question of reconstruction and the situation of southern whites. the extent to which grant failed to achieve real change reflected the determination of southern whites to regain political control. not even lincoln could have one acceptance -- could have won acceptance of political equality between blacks and whites at that moment and there is some evidence today that that lingers to some degree. the whites in the south were determined this was going to be a white man's government and it was very difficult to counteract that. another problem grant confronted was almost endless assault by his enemies. nonstop. noted above i talk about sumner and adams. these were men determined to bring grant down from the very beginning even before he took office. he was undercard -- constant -- he was under constant barrage of criticism. some of these were disappointed office seekers. disappointed they did not get them. but those enemies would reach for just about any kind o

his bail was purchased by welding northerners, horace greeley. once you release jefferson davis from jail in the spring of 1867, there is nowhere else to go. alexander stephens, the vice president, was also arrested and imprisoned for a short time in charlestown, massachusetts. he was released by the end of the summer of 1865. we will never know. most civil war's have ended in a much bloodier way. if a side loses as profoundly as the confederacy did, they're usually have been retributions and even executions. that we did not do that sets up to a certain extent some elements of the lost cause tradition. these leaders live to write about it. host: we are seeing the muskets and rifles stacked, and the confederate flag, the banners are being unfurled. the use of the confederate flag on a license plate -- why can't the country get a handle on the meaning of the confederate flag? david: the confederate flag is the second most ubiquitous symbol of its kind in america, the first being the united states flag. the confederate flag can be found all over the

those guys turn on grant and horace greeley's nomination in 72 by the liberal republicans is important. liberal because they think government should be kept small. because it is a newspaper war. sumner and pulitzer take over the newspapers and says that grant is corrupt. that is why we need to take back the government. the newspapers are trying to destroy grant and they call them corrupt. studies say every government has its issues. >> let's take a couple more questions. the couple here. bob: in many ways eisenhower sounds more like a democrat and i am wondering to what extent he chose to become a republican. out of expediency or could he have run as a democrat? and the democrat reactions. >> the gentleman over there. and in the gentleman over there. dr. cox-richardson: his is a contest? >> i also have something to ask about eisenhower so maybe i can add. i agree with you that eisenhower is very admirable and much smarter than he let on to be in a lot of historians say he pretended to be bumbling but was kind of a ruse. did he think of himself as progressive? did you see himself in the