we'll be back live in just over 10 minutes with author and historian kent masterson brown who will talk about union commander george gordon mead and the gettysburg campaign, until then more on the civil wars c-span city's tour that ooks at cities across america. >> today we are in casco bay, one mile off the mainland shore of portland, maine, and we're on hog island ledge where they built fort gorgeous in 1858 to help defend portland harbor and was completed in 1865 and was built with two sister forts off to the south there, fort prebble in the south and fort scammel on house island and designed to work in conjunction to defend the war. they think it was a civil war fort before it was funded long before civil war and approved by congress as a response to 1812, things that occurred much earlier. gorgeous is a handmade granite fort and if you looked at it from a top view looking down, you'd see a gigantic d. what most people don't realize is fort gorgeous, just like a d, is open in the middle and has this wonderful parade ground and there are people that have grown up here their entire li

it is my pleasure to welcome my good friend kent masterson brown. [applause] kent: thank you very much. can everybody hear me all right? i've been a lawyer for 44 years and they tell me i have a good set of lungs, so i'll try to make sure i project. again, it's a pleasure to be here and to see all of you, and a lot of old friends back there in the audience who i've known for many, many years. well, my topic today is on george gordon meade, and meade here at gettysburg. and you know, it's interesting, when you look at all the great works on the gettysburg campaign, sometimes meade seems rather lost in the text. it's particularly true of the treatment meade gets on the first day at gettysburg. it's like he doesn't exist. or he's so passive that he's not worth talking about. and then even on july 2 and july 3, we get much the same kind of treatment of general meade. and so what i thought i would do today is talk to you a little bit about george meade and particularly george meade on july 1. and you might scratch your head and say well, he wasn't even he

followed by kent masterson brown on union commander george gordon immediate at the battle of gettysburg. and at 3:15, a historical park director on the battle of the crater during the siege of petersburg. our coverage continues sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern with new york historical society's jonathan landy ondy certification among african-american troops during the civil war. at 10:15, arizona state university's brook sitchson on abraham lincoln. then at 2:45, elizabeth of the university of virginia on elizabeth van lew who operated a spy ring out of richmond. watch this weekend on american history tv. n c-span3. >> next, a book tv exclusive. our cities tour visits fort worth, texas. to learn more about its unique history and literary life. for seven years now, we've

8:30 eastern, at villanova university on union troops and pornography, followed by author kent masterson brown on union commander george gordon knead at the battle of gettysburg. later, former pamplin historical park director wilson green on the battle of the creator during the siege of petersburg. our coverage continues monday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, with new york historical society's jonathan landy on desertion among african american troops during the civil war. at 10:15, arizona state university's brooks simpson on president abraham lincoln and his relationship with his commanding generals, george mcclellan and use screen. -- and ulysses s. grant. lou whoe elizabeth ann operated us by ring out of richmond. watch this weekend on american three tv on c-span3. announcer: this week, the c-span bus travel to juneau, alaska as part of our 50 capitals toward, with the help of our cable partners. the bus continues the trip across alaska by ferry to the city of fanes, ahead of fairbanks. be sure to china's july 21 and 22, which will feature our visit to alaska. orch on the span,.org, listen on the c-s

villanova university's judith giesberg on union troops and pornography, followed by author kent masterson brown on union commander george gordon meade at the battle of gettysburg. and at 3:35, former pamplin historical park director wil greene on the battle of the crater during the siege of petering burgs. our coverage continues sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern with new york historical society's jonathan lande on desertion of african-american troops during the civil war. at 10:15, arizona state university's brooks simpson on president abraham lincoln and his relationship with his commanding generals, george mcclellan and ulysses s. grant. then, elizabeth varon of the university of virginia on elizabeth van lew, who operated a spy ring out of richmond. watch this weekend on american history tv. on c-span3. >>> the c-span bus is in alaska this week for the 38th stop of our 50 capitals tour. we're in juneau with the help of cable partner gci. >> we're thrilled that c-span, one of the longtime programming partners, has chosen to visit alaska for the first time in 22 years as part of its 50 capital and c

at 8:30 eastern with villanova university on union troops and pornography followed author kent masterson brown on union commander george meade at the battle of gettysburg. later at 15former historical park director wilson green on the battle of the crater on the siege of petersburg. we will continue with jonathan landy on desertion of african- american troops on the civil war. at 10:15 arizona state university brooke simpson of president abraham lincoln and his relationship with his commanding general. then at 2:45 elizabeth from the university of virginia on elizabeth van lou who operated aspiring out of richmond. watch this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> this weekend on afterward maryland congressman john delaney the first democrat to declare run for the presidency in 2020 offers his vision for america. it is how we can unify our divided nation. he is interviewed by donna brazil the former chair of the democratic national committee. >> so you have been a member of congress now since 2013? >> that's right. >> you've had an opportunity to introduce legislature but you have als

eastern with villanova university's judith giesberg on union troops and pornography followed by kent masterson brown and george gordon mead at the battle of gettysburg. and later, historical park director, wilson greene, on the battle of the crater during the siege of petersburg. our coverage continues sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern with new york historical society's jonathan landy on desertion of african-american troops during the civil war. at 10:15, arizona state university's brook simpson on president abraham lincoln and his relationship with his commanding generals, george mcclellan and euless s. grant. and elizabeth varon on elizabeth van lou who operated a spy ring out of richmond. watch this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >>> the c-span bus is in alaska this week for the 38th stop of our 50 capitals tour. we're in juno with the help of our cable partner, gci. >> we're thrilled that c-span, one of the long-time programming partners, has chosen to visit alaska for the first time in 22 years. as part of its 50 capital and cities tour. so big shoutout to c-span. [ cheers and applause ]

followed by the author kent masterson brown on george gordon meade. and later at 3:15, the former his, toal director on the battle of the crater during the siege of petersburg. our coverage continues with jonathan lande on desertion in the african-american troops during war. and then at 2:45, elizabeth varon of the university of virginia on elizabeth van lew who operated a spy ring out of richmond. watch this week on american history tv on c-span3. >>> the c-span bus is in alaska this week for the 38th stop of our 50 capitals tour. we're in juneau with the help of our cable partner. >> we're thrilled that c-span, one of the long time partners, has chosen to visit alaska for the first anaheim 22 years as part of its 50 capitals and cities tour. a big shout out to c-span. so for decades, gci has offered c-span to customers because we believe in the network mission to open to unfiltered trusted media resource, and gci supports the effort to inform and educate the nation on politics, history and current events. now, gci and the cable companies around the