did he say i am jefferson davis, follow me back to the field transferred there were stragglers of course and some of them did follow them back to the battlefield. i think both beauregard and davis but especially beauregard thought that davis was trying to take credit for the victory by this kind of behavior, and that was i think a source of some tension between beauregard and davis, the beginning of it perhaps. but that was certainly a high point for davis. and while he didn't think that that was going to win the war the way so many other southerners did, we want this battle, we won the war, it's all over. >> host: lets me stop at that point and we move on. you write that neither lincoln nor davis knew at the outset what this war is going to cost them what they would commit. let's say one side or the other knew at the beginning what is going to cost in the end. if they could look into the future, with one side has made in all our absolute commitment in 1861 that we now know is unimaginable to them? if the confederacy knew what it was going to sacrifice would they have thrown everything t

they more or less talked him out of it. >> host: didn't they show up and say i am jefferson davis? >> guest: some of them did a follow back to. but they were taking credit for this kind of behavior and that was a source of some tension but that was a high point for davis and while they didn't think that was going to end the war they said we've won the war and it's all over. >> host: you write that neither davis nor lincoln knew at the outset what this was going to cost. let's say one side or the other new at the beginning knew at the beginning what was going to cost by the end. if they could look into the future with one side have made an all-out absolute commitment in 1861 that we now know was unimaginable to them if the confederates knew what they were going to sacrifice what they've done everything that they had to take washington in the summer of 1861 or whether they really launched the offensive in 1861 which they failed to do? >> guest: davis did want to follow up. i don't think that he necessarily thought that they could capture washington but they could inflict more damage.

they more or less talked them out of it. >> host: didn't he say i am jefferson davis? >> guest: some of them did follow him back to the battlefield. i think both beauregard and davis but especially beauregard thought that davis was trying to take credit for the victory by this kind of behavior and that was i think a source of some tension at rainbow or guard and davis the beginning perhaps. that was certainly a highpoint for davis. while he didn't think that was going to win the war the way some southerners did, we won the battle only when the war. it's all over. >> host: lets stop at that point and we will move on. you and the book that neither lincoln or davis do at the outset but this war was going to cost and what they would commit. let's say one side or the other new at the beginning what was going to cost in the end. if they could look into the future would one side of made an all-out absolute commitment in 1861 that we now know is unimaginable? if the confederacy knew what it was going to sacrifice what they have done everything they had to take washington in the

in a november 17, 1864 letter addressed to georgia senator who sought to know the process, jefferson davis described to them what he took to be the yankees's peace terms. we should submit to their yolk, acknowledge we are criminals and appeal to their mercy for pardon. davis would broker no such peace. they put it this way. presidential election took place several days ago and no doubt from the return that is the vulgar animal has chosen to desecrate the office. war there must be until we conquer peace. in short, throughout the campaign and the aftermath, opinion was divided with hard liners ascended as the copper heads falter. >> a quick water break here. let me say a few brief words on the unionism as i focus on the campaign. it has been difficult for scholars to measure the extend of unionism and at issue is distinction between anti-discrimination confederates and those who registered protests of one kind or another. protests against the way the government was with critics of the war effort. we have the unionists and people who maybe were confederates at heart and masked that loyalty to

the issue is what is going to happen to jefferson davis? my colleague is riding a book about this, which is very important. about why davis is not brought to trial. that is the goal, to have wirz as leverage to implicate davis. it does not happen. he intends to do that. that is one reason why they call him a martyr to the lost cause. to the end, he will not give up jefferson davis. he will protect to davis. he will insulate him from prosecution. wirz is hanged. it is a visible thing. his body is cut down. i should say this is not a pretty thing at all. after he is cut down, his body is autopsied. sorry. this may take a second to work out. first of all i should say public executions by this time were well known in america but not so much because they happen on american soil. schoolkids would have been very familiar with the executions in england during the english revolution. they would have been familiar with the execution of charles the first and later, charles the second. what does charles the second two? well, oliver cromwell is already d

senators who sought to know the prospects of a negotiated peace, this now after the election, jefferson davis described to them what he took to be the yankees' peace terms. "we should submit to their yoke, acknowledge that we are criminals, and appeal to their mercy for pardon." davis would brook no such peace. emma holmes put it this way with her acid pen, "the presidential election took place several days ago and there seems no doubt from the returns already received that lincoln, the vulgar uncouth animal, is again chosen to desecrate the office once filled by george washington. war there must be until we conquer peace." in short, throughout it the campaign and its aftermath confederal opinion was divided with lardliners ascended as the copperheads faltered.ardliners copperheads faltered.hardliners copperheads faltered. what about southern unionists. those who rejected the confederacy. let me say a few brief words about southern unionism before i focus in on the campaign. it's been difficult for scholars to measure the extent of southern unionism and at issue is a sometimes tenuous distinc

joe johnston is going to be questioned by jefferson davis. davis wants to get rid of him for what is happening. they have to turn to two to recommenders. two choices. the man named william hardy or john bell hood -- we did it gettysburg. good definitely wants the job. he is going to eventually get the job. gets the job from johnson, he will ask a simple favor -- before you leave this army, can you help me out with the dispositions of it and help out with a strategy, show me your strategy. carmen noon says problem, i will take care of that. bell hood.john he is never commanded an army in his life. he is now in an almost impossible position for he will employ a strategy of annihilation. it is not on the union army but on his own army or he is going to start attacking. as he starts attacking, he is attack a place called he wille creek and start sustaining casualty after casualty. if he starts absorbing these casualties, casualties in a 62,000-man army cannot be sustained. grant and sherman are ecstatic. if they are ecstatic, grant said, my satis

he's hoping, in making this announcement, making this very clear, again, to smoke out jefferson davis and get davis to say, publicly, that his war aim is independence. davis doesn't really bite on this. lincoln's idea was that if davis would make this announcement, maybe the northern public would blame davis instead of lincoln as being the person who was blocking a path to peace. that, however, doesn't happen. instead, northerners become increasingly sour over the course of the summer. on august 22nd, and i normally don't pay, you know, a lot of attention to dates, but in this case, i think dates are fascinating because a lot happens here in a really, really short period of time. on august 22nd, henry raymond, who is the editor of "the new york times" and the chairman of the republican party writes a letter to lincoln telling lincoln he is going to lose the election. that he is going to be really lucky to carry two or three states and among the states he is going to lose is illinois. his own home state. he won't carry it. he suggests to lincoln that lincoln send a delegation south to

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and insubordinate commander his name with jefferson davis, no relation order them to be pulled up so that the african-americans could not so then there chased by the calvary. so hundreds of them drowned in the swamp and others are recaptured. is a horrible incident. the story that i want to do tell comes out of the narrative from a man named moss who tells a fascinating story. he lived on a plantation 16 miles from sanders will georgia. and one of these mergers and then but then they came back touse deal everything they could get their hands on. but claiborne mons who was a child at the time was speeding office there's -- reading officers one night but then they took every horse and mule that we had. and it also took. we'll know if his uncle's name was been or not. but what we do know is that they got in a fight to give five sacks of silverware. the boss to call the silver away from him and though gold then did not know what to do with that. to take on my master's and came back how he wanted to. but the yankees steals from the planters and indeed to his former slave and then his form

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you're a pennsylvania girl living in atlanta who sees a jefferson davis bumper sticker and ends up inthis role of the civil war. what was your view or your experience with civil war history prior to working on this book? >> nothing. absolutely nothing. i appreciated that because i came to it not expecting to find anything and not knowing what i would find and was quite pleased and fascinated by what i did find, especially the way women's roles changed and the way the war changed women's roles. >> eufaula nongraphical of research when you do nonfiction. one of those rabbit holes of research -- i've probably wasted a good it is time finding out about how courtship change during the civil war. >> how did they change? >> well, i will tell you. prior to the civil war in the antebellum years, it was quite a record is processed for a marriage to have been to a perspective would require introduction, a formal letter of introduction from a cousin who has a perfect feed and whatnot. >> always a selling point. in the letter of introduction, meaning the parents, neighbors and acquaintances, the f

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even jefferson davis had ties to the smithsonian. from 1847-1851, he was a regent of the institution. the range of attention represented in the civil war collection is astonishing. it is not just guns and uniforms, though there are many both on display and in storage. it's not limited to photographs and flags. there are signs announcing options and identification badges worn by slaves which signify that injustice. there are postage stamps on letters to soldiers and letters to those the soldiers left behind and there is a horse. however, we will discuss the horse later. first, i would like to talk about the object i am most familiar because i contributed for the volume. the first piece is the national portrait gallery. it's called the vanity of beast butler. few men on either side collect as much ire as benjamin franklin butler. when he arrived, his reputation was already in place. the administration of the city augmented with everyone already believed which was he was difficult and argumentative. however, he was in importantly vain i

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hardy gets directives from president jefferson davis saying, no, don't leave charleston. charleston symbolically is still very important to us. indeed, the governor of south carolina basically stated once charleston falls, that's the death knell of the confederacy. because the symbolism of charleston, which is so important throughout this whole story from the beginning, the fort sumter being captured, as walter started, with nullify case, succession. it's a symbol to the north, a symbol to the south. both sides see it, to capture richmond would be grand. to capture charleston would be glorious. and so both sides see charleston as this very important symbol. so confederate troops in charleston were supposed to come to columbia to help defend columbia. they didn't go. >> yeah. well, nor did any folks from georgia come to help. >> no. no. >> that's an interesting and sad commentary on relations between different states, when sherman was in georgia, the governor of georgia asked the governor of south carolina to please send some local troops, militia, across the river to help

. >> recounts the life of confederate president jefferson davis. as well as books about america's security concerns, the creation of the computer and the internet and military dogs. for more information on this weekend's 48-hour television schedule, visit us online at booktv.org. >> in his book, "you lie! " jack cashill chronicles what he argues are president obama's falsehoods. this hour-long event was hosted by the jackson county republican club in lee's summit, missouri. >> thank you, jim. thank you all for coming out tonight, and thank someone for the fact that there's no baseball game tonight. [laughter] you know, there are several major religions that believe the second coming will be in jackson county, missouri. [laughter] and they may be right. it may be sooner than we think. okay. five years into the obama presidency, here's what liberal constitutional scholar jonathan turley said of the president. quote: barack obama is really the president richard nixon always wanted to be. liberal first amendment lawyer james goodall was harsher still:

even jefferson davis, the man who served as the president of the confederate states of america, had ties to the smithsonian. he was a regent to the institution. the range of attention represented in the civil war collection is astonishing. it is not just guns and uniforms, though there are many both on display and in storage. it's not limited to photographs and flags. there are many of them, also. there are signs announcing slave auctions, and there are identification badge is worn by slaves which further signify the injustice of the time. there are political posters, printing plates, pistols, postage stamps on letters to soldiers and letters to those soldiers left behind, and there however, we will discuss the horse later. i should not flash general butler of their at the same moment. [laughter] first, i would like to talk about the object i am most familiar because i contributed for the volume. the first piece is the national portrait gallery. it's called the vanity of beast butler. few men on either side collect as much ire as benjamin franklin butler. when he arrived, his reputation

his best friend was a secretary of war, jefferson davis. fashion a strict constructionist view of the constitution which is that the federal government does have power but that the power ought to be used to support slavery. to support slavery in the territories. that is what gets him into problems. and it really focuses on kansas. >> we can talk about that if you like. bloody kansas and why he messed things up there. >> kansas becomes the focus of activity because it is a territory that is about to become a state. as it is about to become a state there is slavery and anti-slavery forces fighting for , trying to take it over. the proslavery forces get control of part of the state and pierce decides to back them and not the others. uses all the power of the federal government to back proslavery forces in kansas to take over the entire jurisdiction, the entire state. the only way he could do that is to send an federal forces. the federal forces come in and they are literally going to go to war in kansas to try and ensure that it stays proslave

his best friend, the secretary of war, jefferson davis, together they fashion a strict construction view of the constitution, which is that the federal government does have power but its power ought to be used to support slavery. and it ought to be used to support the things that the states or territories are doing that support slavery. that's what gets him into a problem. and it really focuses on kansas. we can talk about that if you'd like. >> kansas and bloody kansas and why he messed things up there. >> kansas became a focus of a lot of activities because kansas is one of those territories about to become a state. as it is about to become a state then suddenly its antislaferey and pro slavery forces are fighting for its soul trying to take it over. what happens is the pro slavery forces get control of part of the state. pierce decides to back them. and not the others. he uses all the power of the federal government to back the pro slavery forces in kansas to take over that entire jurisdiction, the entire state. and the only way he can do that is to send in federal forces. and so the

" pulitzer prize-winning historian james mcpherson recounts the life of confederate president jefferson davis as well as books about america's security concerns, the creation of the computer and the internet and military dogs. for more information on this weekend's 48-hour television schedule, visit us online at booktv.org. >> up next, a panel discussion on feminism in the united states from the 1920s to today featuring the co-authors of the recently-published book "feminism unfinished." the program, hosted by new york university in new york city, is about an hour, 20 minutes. [applause] >> good evening. i'm delighted to be here even though moderation is not really my strong suit. [laughter] i'm very glad to be here tonight as the moderator. and the book launch of "feminism unfinished: a short, surprising history of american women's movements" by -- well, i will introduce the authors in a little while. let me first just tell you what the format will be, and then i will introduce our three speakers. we will have short ten minute presentations by the three speakers, then we will give the author

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