his name was john watson porter. a railroad man, a banker, and he showed up at john watson porter's house and this is in may of 1865, and john watson porter took him in and no sooner than john porter took up the quarters there three of his cousins show up all of them have been in morgan's command and all of whom had just surrendered at washington georgia at the tenth of may and these fellows edward claims, john hines and james hines and they all came from bowling green kentucky and so these four fellows after taking a while with jon porter's kunkel decided they would try to go home. they walked from madison georgia to atlanta, and of course atlanta had been burned, destroy. they go through atlanta and they managed to hire a wagon, a wagon from somewhere, and they take this wagon all the way to chattanooga, and at chattanooga they find they can hitch a ride on a freight train. they get on the freight train to nash phill. at national they get off the street train they are afraid they are going to get spotted by some occ

the operation john m. porter describes reminds one of the exploits of john mosley in northern virginia. john mosley's 40 third battalion of virginia cavalry would rendezvous in places, strike some union logistical support system, and disperse into the countryside. into people's attics and fruit sellers and wherever so union occupation forces could find them. this is the way porter described how they operated in february of 1863. fifteen members of his command. that they would meet, strike and everyone would go into various friends and neighbors homes along the roadside. they would live everywhere. and they would rendezvous again at a certain site and carry out another strike. just exactly the way john mosley's command operated. it illustrates threw his pen however subtle john m. porter was in command in this division of cavalry he commanded in tennessee and kentucky. he was not one who followed the customary rules for the use of cavalry. his men fought, dismounted, his men did not carry out the usual scouting ope

he shows up at john watson porter's house in may of 1865. and john watson porter took him in and no sooner did john porter take up quarters there than three of his dozens show up. all of whom had ridden in morgan's command with him, and all of whom had just surrendered at washington georgia on the 10th of may. and these fellas were edward hines, john hines, and james hines. they all came from bowling green, kentucky. and so these four fellas after taking up a while with their -- with john porter's uncle decided they'd try to go home. and they walked from madison to georgia. they go through atlanta and they lang to hire a wagon. rent a wagon, get a wagon from somewhere. they take the wagon all the way to chattanooga. they find they can hitch a ride on a freight train. they get on a freight train to nashville, at nashville, they get off of the freight train. they are going to get spotted with the forces. but they manage to secret themselves on another train from nashville to bowling green. and on june 10, 1865, these four guys lined up in bowli

edward ludlow hines had another son, a brother who he named john m. porter hines. john m. porter hines was the grandfather of the wonderful lady cora jane spiller who provided me that you see on the dusk jacket and so many of the manuscript that is i used to describe john porter and his family. it's a very interesting crowd of people. they are still in evidence in kentucky. they don't move away from here much. >> how long did it take you to put this together? >> i suppose the manuscript was given to me and 1995. in the -- between 1995 though and when this book was finally released in february of this year, i published a number of other books. and so it's not as though i took all of that time. i published a book called a retreat from gettysburg in 2005. from 2005 on i began working in earnest on this. i corrected the manuscript so it's readable. i still have the flavor. then what i did, i annotated it. so that when john porter is mentioning any of these people, and there are hundreds of people he names in here, mostly in the original manuscript, either last names. he thought

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brown recounts the military career of john m. porter who served in the ninth kentucky cavalry during the war and penned the events of his services following the end of the war. it's about 30 minutes. >> john porter was a, um, young fellow from butler county, kentucky, which is a county down in south central part of the state. who, um, joined the confederate army in october of 1861 when the confederate armies occupied southern kentucky. and he ultimately became a lieutenant in the ninth kentucky cavalry that rode with john hunt morgan. and, um, he was probably prouder of having ridden through the war with john hunt morgan than he was almost anything he ever did in life. and he penned this memoir for his daughter whose name was minnie belle. he married shortly after the war was over, and his wife died after giving birth to minnie belle. and so he raised this child along with his two sisters and a brother in bowling green, kentucky, a county, warren county, it's a neighboring county to butler, and bowling green is the county seat, so a rat

brown recounts the military career of the john porter who served in the mind kentucky calgary during the civil war and his remembrances of the service following the end of the war. it's about 40 minutes. >> jon porter was a young fellow from butler county kentucky, which is a county down in south-central part of the state who joined the confederate army in october of 1861 the confederate armies occupied southern kentucky, and ultimately became a lieutenant in the ninth kentucky calvary that road with john morgan and he was probably prouder of having ridden through the war with john morgan and he was almost anything he ever did alive, and he handled this memoir for his daughter whose name was bill and he married shortly after the war was over, and his wife died after giving birth so he raised this child along with his two sisters and brother in bowling green kentucky in the county, warren county as a neighboring county to butler and it's the county seat so a rather large community in southern kentucky. and so he raised many bell and wanted many bell to understand what he did during th

and an author on the life of john porter. and on c-span 3, a trip to a distillery in operation for prohibition, for medicinal purposes, of course. and the old state capital. american history tv this weekend. >> nato said it would continue libya operations and will bomb forces if they keep fighting. those comments came during a press briefing in brussels. it is 50 minutes. >> good afternoon, welcome back, and welcome to those following the press conference through the internet. see, byed, as you can the military spokesperson who will give us an update on the events in libya. it has been a remarkable week. we have seen forces lose their grip over towns and cities that they had been threatening for so long. we have seen people rejoicing as the regime crumbles. they lived under the threat of violence for decades. they can hope for a new beginning. the partners have conducted a highly effective campaign under the mandates of the united nations security council. we have the war machine build up over more than 40 years. today, we wi

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vice, violence, and corruption and urban renewal the the life of soldier, john porter. a visit to buffalo trace distill ery, one of the on only open during prohibition for medicinal uses of course. booktv and american history tv in frankfort, kentucky this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> up next to denver for the annual western conservative summit sponsored by california university centennial institute giving a speech about free enterprise versus big government from author brooks, president of the american enterprise institute. we begin with heather wilson who is currently running for a u.s. senate seat. this event is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> well, thank you. it's a real pleasure to be with you this afternoon. i appreciate having been invited here to your western summit, although there should be more new mexico. next year, let's make this a two-state effort. [applause] it's also a great pleasure here to reintroduce author brooks because he's one the nation's thought leaders on one of the nation's most important lessons we should take with us from this experience thi

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kent masterson brown on the life of a cavalry soldier, and john porter.y tv on c-span3 a visit to a distillery, one of four in operation during prohibition. the first tasted houses burned to the ground. book tv and american history tv in frankfurt kentucky, next weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> next a discussion on the future of social security, with a former bush economists. the trustees latest report says the program will remain solvent until 2037. the association hosted the event. it is about one hour and a 10 minutes. >> we begin this form to a salute to seniors. i believe you will benefit. baby boomers, and the younger generation, our grandchildren and great-grandchildren -- i believe you are in for a treat. before i turn it to the most distinguished panel we have assembled, allow me to make a couple of observations. as a young reporter when i worked in this very building -- so-so security was 76 years old sunday, august 14. it was passed by congress and signed into law by president roosevelt. the system experienced few growing pains. it was a healthy an

douglas boyd on frankfurt's crawfish bottom, and be kent masterson brown on the life of soldier john porterand on american history tv on one of only four distilleries in operation during prohibition. for medicinal purposes, of course. stop by the old state capitol. booktv and american history tv in frankfurt, kentucky, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> next, national transportation safety board chairman deborah hersman. she talks about new transportation safety rules for pilots and other challenges facing the industry. she spoke for about 20 minutes at the airline pilots' association air safety forum in washington. >> thanks, mike. hopefully, we can cross off some of those safety items from the most wanted list next year. ladies and gentlemen, we've now reached the final presentation in this year's program. and i believe we've saved the best for last. i am honored to introduce our next speaker, ms. debbie hersman, chairman of the national transportation safety board. ms. hersman was named ntsb chairman in 2009, and earlier this month was sworn in this to serve -- in to serve a second two-ye

and kent masters brown on the life of ninth kentucky cavalry soldier john porter. american history tv on c-span3, a visit to buffalo trace distillery one of only four distilleries in operation during prohibition for medicinal purposes of course. and the first two-state houses burned to the ground. stop by the third, the old state capital. booktv and american history tv in frankfort, kentucky, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> a white house national drug control policy official is urging congress to continue funding for drugs and veteran treatment courts. the senate judiciary committee is going through programs to determine which need to be cut. benjamin tucker with the national drug control policy office explains the cost-effectiveness of drug courts and how they reduce recidivism rates. this is about an hour 40 minutes. [banging the gavel] >> the hearing will come to order. today's hearing we'll consider an important and growing component of our nation's criminal justice system. there are over 2500 drug courts in our country operating in every state and territory.

, vice, violence, corruption and urban renewal, douglas boyd on frankford's crawfish bottom and john porteramerican history tv on c-span3, a visit buffalo trace distillery, one of only four distillery in operation during prohibition for medicinal purposes, of course, and the first two-state houses burned to the ground. stop by the third, the old state capital. booktv and american history tv in frankford, kentucky, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> the senate judiciary committee is considering legislation to repeal the defense of marriage act. the law which was signed by president clinton bars marriages of same-sex marriages. .. >> the statements from the three house members who are here. i want to welcome everyone to the first ever congressional hearing, examining a bill to repeal the defense of marriage act, doma. i called this hearing to assess the impact of doma and american families. i've heard from a vermont families concerned about this important civil rights issue, and earlier this year i was proud to join senator feinstein and others introduced the bill that would repeal doma, and r

porters. as far as entitlemes go -- when mitch mcconnell and john boehner and that ilk refer to medicare, sociality as entitlements, that is ridiculous. what really scared me is when mitch mcconnell, about three weeks ago, they were talking on the news about trying suspected terrorists in american courts, and mitch mcconnell said, "i'm sorry, terrorists are not entitled to american justice." how dare he used the entitlement word when referring to terrorists, and referring to entitlements when it comes to senior citizens in this country. i don't see how u can refer to terrorists and americans. >> we did not need a rating agency to tell us that the gridlock in washington over the past several months has not been constructive, to say the least. we knew from the outset a pronged debate over the debt ceiling, a debate where the threat of default was used as a bargaining chip, could do it burke enormous damage to our economy and the world prosper that threat, coming after a spring of economic disruptions in europe, japan, and the middle east, has now dampened consumer confidence and slowed the pace of