and took the first testimony of witnesses who saw john wilkes booth murder the president. and so stanton spent most of the night here at a table in this room sending telegrams to army commanders in new york and throughout the northeast to organize the manhunt from john wilkes booth. throughout the night. he sent messengers from this room to the war department telegraph office and from that office messages were brought back here. so this room really became the command post for the entire army of the united states under the secretary of war while lincoln was dying in the back bedroom. stanton was one of lincoln's favorites. he had an iron will lincoln called him his mars or god of war even though they didn't get along well before the election stanton once humiliated lincoln at a trial. they staffed together lincoln knew he was his right hand. he once said that stanton really was the the rocky shore and put on which the waves of rebellion crash in our broken and they were very close stanton was devastated, but he threw himself into the work so here tonight. he was imperious.

john wilkes booth can't handle the defeat of the confederacy. he executes the president it is the first successful presidential assassination in the country's history. henry ward beecher will say it was like an earthquake in the night. the very earth was no longer solid this painting on view in new york had a label on it that indicated that it was owned by the shakespearean actor edwin booth john wilkes booth's brother. herman melville, who by this time is a poet. he's a better novelist, but we won't go into that is also a good friend of gifford's and of booths and he writes a poem. it has a really awful title, which is a coming storm a painting by sr. gifford owned by e-booth on view at the na april 1865, but it gets the point across. in which he equates this storm with edwin state of mind. the nation's grief and the kind of mourning that should be happening as a result of the war as a result. this painting becomes a touchstone for grieving people in new york who come to see it as kind of an homage edwin will go into isolation for the rest of t

lincoln's killer gives a tour of the petersen house where president lincoln died after being shot by john wilkes booth in two hours on the civil war the center for civil war history at the university of virginia host a discussion with authors

after the assassination, john wilkes booth wasn't well to broadway performance of "i shot lincoln: thesic semper fantastic! ( cheers and applause ) with nearly six months to prepare, the former president had plenty of time to work on fresh material. let's go to the new clips! >> what happened in the election, it's a disgrace. >> stephen: okay, i've heard that one. anything new? maybe looking forward to the future? >> you have to look back. we won the election in 2020. >> stephen: no, you didn't. that's why you flew to ohio on air force "one bag of pretzels" per passenger ( cheers and applause ) seriously, move on. i don't know... maybe something about our nation's recovery from the pandemic? >> they used covid in order to rig the election and in order to steal the election. >> stephen: yeah, yeah. ( booing ) everyone is so mean to you. at least you're not talking about that guy who cries every time he sees you. >> there were tears in his eyes. this guy has not cried in a very long time, just in meeting me because i represent what they want. >> stephen: okay, i spoke too soon. this real

lincoln's killer gives a tour of the petersen house where president lincoln died after being shot by john wilkes booth in two hours on the civil war the center for civil war history at the university of virginia host a discussion with authors and tucker and adrian brettle about the confederacy's domestic and international goals. so sur good evening. everyone. can everyone hear me? well. good. i'm mary mclaughlin. i'm a program coordinator with the smithsonian associates, and i'd like to welcome you to what promises to be the very perfect halloween evening. on the grizzly world of victorian surgery before we begin and i introduce our speaker. i'd like to ask everyone to please check their cell phones and make sure they are silenced. i'm also delighted to let you know that this program is being filmed by c-span to be aired at a later date. so if you enjoy tonight's program and would like to see it again or if you think you're friends would like to see it. you should check periodically over the next few weeks to see hyphen span dot org and see if it's up some take sometimes it takes a couple of wee

we don't agree about that day that happened is akin, to me, it's like mary lincoln talking with john wilks booth saying it's okay if we don't agree what happened at the theater, right? a minor thing in occurrence, it was a blip on the radar. i think the establishment of the republican party is thinking they can somehow get past donald trump. the republican party is donald trump. as i said, in tone, substance, and manner. and liz cheney and mitt romney are not going to change the republican party. it is gone. #. >> all right. matthew dowd, great to talk to you and hope to have you back again, real soon. gave us a lot to think about and good to see you. we appreciate it. >> thank, jim, you too. >>> all right. coming up. unclassified. an inside look at a government report about ufos and close encounters. no evidence of aliens but also no evidence that it's not aliens. i will talk to one of the biggest voices calling for information on ufos. there he is, former senate majority leader, harry reid. and we will talk to him next. you get a month for $5. , so i'm bringing everyone within 12 degrees

i've been a theater critic for him was friends with john wilkes booth once upon a time actually and bad. i was a professional author now until grandson, you know as i work on these i wonder if i could show him to you just to get your professional opinion and bad out says sure and i think about badass decision here because bad i was the guy who's written the officially sanctioned history of grant during the war. it's all in bad out grandson. and now grant wants to write about the war. so like grant's gonna write something that's going to undercut badau. grant asks for badass help to do it. and badass says yes, and i want you to keep that in mind as our story progresses because about as an interesting character in this whole episode. so ben i was actually going to move in with the family as everyone gets resituated at the townhouse back in manhattan. they get the mortgage thing squared out because grant is going to take all of the treasures that were given to him all the gifts given to him on his round the world trip and use that to bond the mortgage of the house so that the loan to vande

john wilkes booth who was in the crowd understood lincoln was supporting black citizenship both turned to a friend and said now by god, i will put him through that would be the last speech he will ever make thank you. thank you so much to you both those were wonderful remarks and i want to remind our viewers at home. you can post questions on youtube or facebook or twitter, and we will i will be able to ask them here on the air. so i want to start lucas. i need to ask you do you have those bumper stickers available? are you gonna be selling those on ebay? no, but i i do like the design the question will be do i do i go with the tricorn hat or the top hat the beavers can hat, but no not yet. not yet. i'll be looking out for those. um lucas. i'll start with you. so you talked about lincoln's admiration for jefferson and the principles of the declaration of independence. could you also talk about how lincoln view george washington i think of those speeches he gave in 1861 at the beginning of the war. what did lincoln think about george washington during his presidency? yeah, interestingly