eric buckland talks about the leadership qualities and military exploits of confederate colonel john s. mosby. after serving under jeb stuart early in the war, in 1863, he formed

on americanend exploits ofthe confederate general john s. mosby. of force an economy mission.ver did mosby invision masse ands force en attacking a union cavalry unit in the conventional manner. it was hit and run. continue to cause trouble, disrupt them, make them concerned, worried, pull forces back to protect areas. in fact, mosby said he thought the greatest thing that he accomplished as a partisan union was to deprive soldiers of sleep. anybody who has been in the military knows how precious sleep is. if for no other reason to escape the tragedy -- drudgery you are involved in. that by his felt operating at night and coming into places where he was least expect it, he caused worry and a next among the union troopers, cavalry especially. see the entire program at 9 p.m. eastern on sunday. announcer: he talks about his book the glucose spectrum -- the political spectrum. also we hear remarks may wireless policy specialist from verizon in a technology representative from facebook. this 90 minute event was hosted by the heritage foundation.

wife, maureen, in centreville, virginia with three sons in the title of his presentation today is john s. mosby, the perfect man in the perfect place. please help me welcome mr. eric buckland. [applause] mr. buckland: good morning. in keeping with the theme on leadership, patrick and asked me to talk about john mosby so we could address a leader at the unit level, the tactical and operational level. there is no doubt that john mosby was a singularly outstanding combat commander, i think he is one of the few, if not the only commander during the civil war to actually put together a unit and commanded it all the way until the very end of the war when he disbanded the unit. i can't think of another regiment was formed where that commander, if you lived, continue to command. in many cases, they would have been promoted out of the job. he was a remarkable man, but i will make the case, it's with my title, i believe of the perfect man in the perfect place at the stars aligned for john singleton mosby. he had some luck in his success, a great deal of it had to do with his abilities. but i also think t

. >> at 9:00, a historian talks about confederate colonel john s mosby. >> generally complained a couple general lee complained a couple of times that mosby was falling into many small groups, a decentralized way he operated did not make sense and he needed to masses general forces. and take one big target. that went against everything mosby was doing. his effectiveness was the fact that he could have 3, 4, 5, 6 different combat patrols on any given night. >> for the complete tv schedule go to c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. ist: gene karpinski president of the league of conservation voters and this morning we talk about the implications of president donald trump's decision to withdraw the u.s. from the paris climate deal. thank you for being here. what is the practical effect of the u.s. backing out of this deal? can the goals of the paris climate agreement he reached in another way? guest: this decision was a horrible decision for our economy and china is celebrating. the united states economy will , it is bad for our security, asked people about the pentagon. bad for our h

. >> at 9:00, a historian talks about confederate colonel john s mosby. >> generally complained a coupleeral lee complained a couple of times that mosby was falling into many small groups, a decentralized way he operated did not make sense and he needed to masses general forces. and take one big target. that went against everything mosby was doing. his effectiveness was the fact that he could have 3, 4, 5, 6 different combat patrols on any given night. >>

eric buckland talks about the leadership qualities and military exploits of confederate colonel john s mosby. here is a preview. force.as an economy of envision taking his force en masse and attacking theunion calvary unit in conventional manner. --would continue destructive disrupt them, make them worried, make them pull forces back to protect areas. mosby said he thought the greatest thing he had accomplished as a partisan to deprive union soldiers of sleep. anybody who is been in the military knows how precious sleep is. reason, thener just to escape the drudgery you are involved in, but often times, if you have been out on operations, on patrol, the sleep is wonderful. mosby felt that by his operating at night and coming into places where he was expected, he caused worry and angst amongst the union troopers, calvary especially. >> you can see the entire program at 9:00 p.m. eastern on sunday. american history tv, only on c-span3. >> new york city's bellevue hospital was founded in 1736. it is the oldest public hospital in the united states. next, on american history tv, a pulitzer prize

a historian talks about confederate colonel john s mosby. >> general lee complained to stuart that mosby was firing in too many small groups. this decentralized way he operated did not make sense. he needed to mask his forces and pick one big target. that went completely against everything mosby was doing. his effectiveness was the fact that he could have 3, 4, 5, 6 different combat patrols out on any given night. announcer: for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. coming up, a look at the media industry and the impact of so-called fake news, followed by president trump signing two bills into law related to law enforcement. after that, sean spicer and scott pruitt taking questions from reporters about the president's decision to withdraw from the paris climate agreement . later, nancy pelosi's weekly briefing on capitol hill. next, a look at the state of the media and the rise of so-called "fake news." topics include the 2016 presidential campaign and the role of social media. this was part of a daylong forum hosted by the ethics center and bard college. it is in our. -- an hour. .dire

. >> at 9:00, eric buckland talks about confederate colonel john as mosby. -- s. mosby. >> a couple of times lee complained that he was fighting into many small groups. this decentralized way he operated the not make sense. he needed to mask his forces and take one big target. that went completely against everything mostly was doing. he could have 3, 4, 5, 6 different combat patrols out on any given night. >> for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. 70 years ago at harvard university, secretary of state george marshall outlined and economic relief plan to help europe recover from the devastation of world war ii.

a historiant 9:00, talks about confederate colonel john s mosby. >> general lee complained to stuart that mosby was firing in too many small groups. this decentralized way he operated did not make sense. he needed to mask his forces and pick one big target. that went completely against everything mosby was doing. his effectiveness was the fact that he could have 3, 4, 5, 6 different combat patrols out on any given night. announcer: for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. coming up, a look at the media industry and the impact of so-called fake news, followed by president trump signing two bills into law related to law enforcement. after that, sean spicer and scott pruitt taking questions from reporters about the president's decision to

. >> at 9:00, eric buckland talks about confederate colonel john as mosby. -- s. mosby. >> a couple of times lee complained that he was fighting into many small groups. this decentralized way he operated the not make sense. he needed to mask his forces and take one big target. that went completely against everything mostly was doing. he could have 3, 4, 5, 6 different combat patrols out on any given night. >> for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. 70 years ago at harvard university, secretary of state george marshall outlined and economic relief plan to help europe recover from the devastation of world war ii. wordedl was eventually the nobel peace prize for what came to be known as the marshall plan. next on real america, a half hour u.s. army film from 1964 wordeddocumenting the destructn europe following world war ii, ongoing clashes between communists and non-communist forces, the creation of the marshall plan, in the formation of nato. ♪ >> 1945. as western armies sweep across germany, voices on the radios speaking english and russian. until finally those

. >> at nine eric talks about confederate colonel john s mosby. a couple different times generally complained to stewart's that mosby was fighting in too many small groups. this decentralized way that he operated didn't make sense. he needed to mask his forces and pick one big target. that went completely against everything that mosby was doing. his effectiveness was the fact that he could have three, four, five, six different combat patrols out and on every given night. >> for complete american history tv schedule go to c-span .org. >> on sunday author and journalist matt ty eb will be our guest on in depth. >> if you grow up looking at thousands and thousands of faces until one day you see that one face that you feel is put on earth just for you and that's instantly you fall in love in that moment for me trump was like that but the opposite. when i first saw him on the campaign trail i thought this is the person who is unique horrible and amazing, terrible, characteristics was put on earth specifically for me to appreciate or unappreciated or wh