a sleeping giant that was a lot to slumber too long by jefferson davis? >> what, i don't think so. lee's experience had been the succession of players. after he helped immobilize the reason its troops and then joined the confederacy when virginia finally did join the confederacy he had been sent out to deal with the problem in the western part of virginia which became west virginia where mcclellan actually had overseen successful union occupation of much of that area. then mcclellan was called to washington in july. lee was sent off to west virginia to try to recover that area. august of 1861. every effort he made turned out to be of failure. he came into the -- came under all kinds of criticism from the richmonds newspapers. was call the granny lee, as you suggest. then in november of 1861 jefferson davis sent him to the coast of charleston just-in-time for lee to witness the capture of port well by the union navy and the occupation of the south carolina and georgia sea islands by union forces, another reversal of the confederacy. lee had to check to deal with what was going to be

was he a sleeping giant that was allowed to slumber too long by jefferson davis? >> well, i don't think so. because lee's experience in the first year of the war had been a succession of failures. after he had helped immobilize the virginia troops and then had joined the confederacy, when virginia finally did join the confederacy, he had been sent out to deal with the problem in the western part of virginia, which became west virginia, where mcclellen actually had overseen successful union occupation in many of that area. lee was sent out to western virginia to try to recover that area in august of 1861. and every effort he made turned out to be a failure. he came into -- came under all kinds of criticism from the richmond newspapers. it was called granny lee as you suggest. then in november of 1861, jefferson davis sent him to the south atlantic coast to charleston. just in time for lee to witness the capture of fort royal by the union navy and the occupation of the south carolina and the georgia sea island by union forces. and other major reverse for the confede

including jefferson davis. and with his speller and with his dictionary, which came out half a century later, noah webster gave us american english, and that's his singular achievement. so if you think about it, we are the most ethnically diverse nation on the face of the earth, but from maine to hawaii we all speak the same language. that's american english. if you go to old europe, let's say france or italy or spain, every 20 miles people speak a different dialect. but not in america, and that's due to noah webster. the boston has confederate spellers. so three years after jefferson davis says this, he becomes the president of the confederacy and the south is them trying to kill the north. but the southerners still want to learn english the noah webster way. and they have confederate spellers so the confederates, they couldn't do without noah webster and they printed spellers, change for the present condition. so the speller was a book for grade school students and had sampled census. and one seconds was the

still haven't says it isn't safe for corey and jefferson davis county call we've always known to be that yeah that you know because. even though we have certainly proven that there was no way to know his part you need any of that he's always going to be there yeah he's always going to be a convicted felon now thirty corey is eager to get on with his life or go to. laws . came with this the were the worst of like. probably the seven lot of you very confident that it was the truth that set him free. to work hard see to sell of the state. now so many important issues are wrapped up in this one story we have police a lot reads the inequality of our justice system racism death penalty for us not to mention the drug war some total say that you know corey story is a victory it's justice served while he was able to come home to his family how many countless other innocent americans are certain kind behind bars how many other corey mays are there out there ones whose stories we have not heard now i don't know the answer those questions but let's see if my next guest can offer some perspective the

so i think lincoln put jefferson davis in the top spot. if jefferson davis didn't fire and he resupplied afford and threw in more men, what does that show to france and great britain that the confederacy couldn't defend afford in the second most populous city in the confederacy? so davis felt that he had to do it. and i think lincoln -- i think lincoln may have hoped that there would be no more. after all, if he sent an end and there was no war, that would have suited him to. okay? he wasn't interested in starting the war. if it was going to start he wanted to start it in a way that would rally the union, which it did. when he did that by design and whether he bumbled into it is a debate that historians are still debating. yes, sir. >> i've heard explanations about the devotion of the confederate soldier to his cause anything army and protect its own. but i've never heard much explanation about what motivated a union soldier who was in many ways as devoted to the war and loyal to his cause as the confederate soldier. he does i do recall re

still haven't says it isn't safe for corey and jefferson davis county court is always going to be to gather people because. even though we have certainly proven that there was no wind keen on his part you need any of that he's always going to be dead yeah he's always going to be a convicted felon now thirty corey is eager to get on with his life or go to flaws this. take. these were. probably seven. they're confident that it was the truth that set him free. in florida r t monticello this is it. and there are a lot of issues that this one man's story touches on miscarriages of justice the possible inequality of our judicial process in this country and the tactics of police now in this case you see the consequences of one of the no doc raids no knox no announcement police wallin and is this case chosen as critics argue they can be extremely volatile and leave very little margin for error here to talk about tactics like this in the name of the war on drugs is here in houston he's executive director of students first sensible policy now thank you so much for being here thank you critics

he was called back to become military advisor to jefferson davis then began fashioning the confederate strategy of the counter offensive with stonewall jackson and then after he was wounded comment lee was given command he renamed the army of northern virginia that is when the greatness and the legend starts. what up until that time robert d. the did not have that. >> a successful counter general defender of the capital as the march tore the fall of 1862. why does reach aubrey e. lee change the winning formula and decide to go on the offensive to margin to maryland? >> he did not have much choice. he could go in four directions he did not have the arms or the heavy artillery to be siege washington and then he will lead admit his offensive plan was to go west but he would lose the advantage so he and a going north where there was a lot of food and if they thought they would be able to mou res mayor lenders to join the talks which was not true and could not stay still. >> but lee was the avid reader of northern newspapers and the dollar of politics and the elections were scheduled octobe

still haven't said it isn't safe for corey and jefferson davis county always always going to be the yeah that you know because. even though we have certainly proven that there was no wind keen on his part do you need any of it he's always going to be dead yeah he's always going to be a big fellow now thirty cory's eager to get on with his life or go to flaws this. isn't we're see we're. probably seven. confident that it was the truth that set him free. word our t. monticello this is it. now the troops may be coming home or at least promised to be coming home but it seems that defense contractors are poised to keep on shipping out all in the name of fighting america's many wars abroad of course despite the controversy the murders the lawlessness and the lawsuits it does seem business is frankly booming for mercenary forces on the u.s. government payroll i mean even the worst of the worst is easy formally known as blackwater just announced that it's relocating its headquarters right here right outside of washington from northern virginia to cash in i assume on all those lucrative contracts

it happened at the mvc late-night adult store along jefferson davis highway. according to inside nova.com, police found 28-year-old justin little jim in the closet with a blow-up doll. he's facing several charges, including burglary. >>> a second man is arrested in connection with a deadly shooting near the caribbean festival last month. 21-year-old deante bryant is charged with second-degree murder. investigators say he was one of the gunman involved in the shooting that killed robert foster jr. and injured two innocent bystanders. the fourth shooting victim, 19-year-old terry jiminez, was also arrested. police say the shooting was gang related. >>> and leaders in prince george's county are calling for leslie johnson to resign immediately in the wake of federal corruption charges against her. she submitted a resignation effective july 31st, but county executive ra shern baker says she's holding up getting a replacement. >> i think we should have the special election as quickly as possible, which means the resignation should be as quickly as possible. >> last

but i really do think that lincoln was sort of thinking several chest moves ahead of jefferson davis in this situation, and may even with that sort of masterstroke -- masterstroke, i was a winning the war but keeping the confederacy from winning the war, the crucial moment. so my lincoln is a lincoln who goes from this sort of uncertain and in some ways bubbling guy to i think biden the end of my book, a few months into his presidency, becoming well on his way to the great leader, a great president that we think of today. >> and was -- unfair question, was it union or slavery? >> i think for lincoln, union and slavery were sort of inseparable causes. because the reason that the south was seceding was because of slavery, and it was because of his stand that northerners were taking where they were willing to yield no further to what they called the slave power. and this result had been decreed by the outcome of the national election, the election of lincoln in 1860. and so lincoln recognized that if you were to orchestrate some sort of a compromise, and he played his hand very interest

so jefferson davis sent orders from montgomery that under no circumstances would they allow the union resupply fort sumter. 4:30 in the morning, april 12th, the order was given to bombard the fort. and then all of the batteries and the harbor commenced firing. and the idea was to batter down the fort or beat it up pretty good so that they could drive general anderson out of the fort. he did surrender a coupl