[laughter] lesley gordon: what i want to take you to their perspective. etiquette think it will give us a fresh perspective on the conflict. -- i think it will give you a fresh perspective on the conflict. we take it for granted that in 1865 it is all over and greg downs reminded us that it was not over from a policy from the soldiers' perspective that were experiencing the war firsthand, they desperately wanted fighting to end. things were not so simple. when we look at the war through the eyes of men like the 16th, it complicates things in many ways. there is so much going on in 1865. there's a succession of many monumental events. there is the assassination of lincoln. we're going to have chairman accepting the -- sherman accepting the surrender. later in the year comes at the 13th amendment. millions of people experiencing them things themselves. they do not have all these years to look back to see the meaning. that's what i want to try to do today. this unit, let me give you some background about them. tries to look at a regiment, about 1000 men. loo