lincoln -- the party of lincoln is the whig party. he is a whig. a leader in a state legislature in illinois at the age of 27. he invented the convention system in order for not get himself nominated for the congress in illinois. and so he is a stalwart whig but his rival, steven a. douglas, perennial rival, blows everything up with the passage of the kansas-nebraska act that eliminates repeals of the missouri compromise by which slavery was prohibited in the north. so now the extension of slavery becomes an open question. this is a question also about the political balance of power in the country and the power of what people called the slave power. the parties blow up. the whig part cracks apart. after 1852 there's never another whig presidential candidate. this party just disspin entity greats between lincoln's feet and the democratic party splits went anne and pro slavery and there's an anti-immigrant movement that turns into a party called the know-nothingings and one plank, only native-born protestants can hold public office in the united stat

biographer fred kaplan lincoln and the abolitionist looks at how abraham lincoln and john adams experiences slavery and race shape their differing viewpoints. this author reflects on the unexcited leader of a movement to support women's right to drive in saudi arabia, in during to drive. in dream richard reeves offers his thoughts on income inequality and argues that america is becoming a class -based society. also being released this week, financial executive scott nations examined for significant spot market crashes over the past century in a history of united states: in five crashes into the queen offers the republican agenda to eliminate unions, suppress voting, privatize education and change the constitution in democracy and change. look for these titles and bookstores this coming week. watch for many of the others in the near future on tv. and he's been to. >> as the crisis link depend lick and wondered how he could be effective in fighting slavery while maintaining his identity and the crumbling brick party and all of these various movements were sterling on him swirling around him.

lincoln himself has a rather naive notion of military leadership. he buys into this from the beginning of the war to the end of the war. their comments about sheridan. think 6'4", but 5'4" will do in a pinch. that betrays what lincoln thanks a general should look like and a popular image of what the general should look like. that is negated by this rather businesslike or management style adet grant and me engage in. we don't see that partnership as we do in the lee partnership. the fact of the matter is that partnership wins the war in the east. we tend to focus on the grant sherman partnership. wayside onceby the again. shows thepanel ability of four scholars peter,ed to meade, and to go in a different direction and concentrate on different things other than meade's role in the war. >> i want to open it up to the audience. you all know the routine by now. come to one of the mics. >> san jose, sharks fan. before coming here, i did some reading. professor gelzo. i want to address the pie creek circular. these three guys treated as a foregone conclusi

comment on his relationship with abraham lincoln and what lincoln thought about him? is there any thing public on that? >> good question. you have third -- heard this statement, he is in your clerk. he also said i have to like him, because if i do not, nobody will. lincoln gets very frustrated by halleck for this reason. he brings halleck on board because lincoln is smart enough to know that he does not know a stuff.ot about military he knows a lot more than he thinks, and by the end of the war he is teaching his generals. but at this particular time, lincoln wants somebody learned in the military skills to be at his side, to help them organize the union war effort. i want you to tell me what i should do, and halleck will not do that. takes the position. he almost resigns. he offers to resign. you make me tell you what i think ought to be done, i will resign, and i think lincoln threw up his hands. this is that, this is the best i got. maybe i can teach him to say some things, but lincoln is not a great supporter -- he is a supporter of halleck, but i would not say th

a finalist for the lincoln prize. dr. marszalek received the richard wright literary award for lifetime achievement from a mississippi author and the historical society presented him the highest award for national distinction in history. he is currently at work on a book on the development of the mythology surrounding robert e. lee and william tecumseh sherman. he will be sharing with us some of his more recent work on henry halleck. dr. marszalek. [applause] john: i thought i was dead. she took my notes, what was i going to do? thank you for being here so early on a saturday morning. this is great. i'm going to talk to you -- imagine scheduling a talk on henry halleck this early in the morning. we are going to give it a try. i appreciate everybody being here. it was quite a while ago that the halleck book came out. i had gone to a meeting, it was a meeting at one of these history conventions. we exchange the usual pleasantries with people and then you get down to the usual question, what are you working on now? then you

the montauk, one of the sailors aboard her was the son of a friend of lincoln that lincoln wanted to visit. he came to see one of the sailors and tour the montauk. he invited those sailors to visit him at ford's theater that evening. some of those sailors did go to ford's theatre and witness the assassination of abraham lincoln. the montauk is also famous for other reasons, too. after the assassination, and during the time they are rounding up all the lincoln conspirators, the people who took part in conspiracy to assassinate lincoln, the conspirators are brought here to the navy yard and are imprisoned aboard uss montauk. and in fact, the photos that were taken of the conspirators, if you look, there's all that iron in the background, that's the turret of the uss montauk. photographer photographed them on the montauk. the only one who's not imprisoned here was mary surratt. for those of you familiar lincoln history, she ran the boarding house, where all the conspirators met. montauk is also famous for when john wilkes booth, the assassins, was killed, his body was brought back here

do you remember the classic line where lincoln is disgusted, "i can't by generals realize that ?" -- why our territory generals realize that it is all our territory?" >> you mentioned out of the four confederates who held up the train, only two of them were captured. you briefly mentioned the other two work paroled. why were they not brought up on these charges later or executed? >> there's actually no trial. there's no court-martial. nothing happens. the men that are captured are taken back across the mountain and executed that evening. in fact, they called for a chaplain of the chaplain does not even get there in time. the father, george summers, arrived that evening to claim his sun's body. the other two managed to escape. they had gotten word -- they literally managed to escape with their homes and had gotten word the union cavalry was on its way and made for the hills. >> did the local community -- the local community helped protect them, as was often the case, and it is months, months later when they are actually pardoned. they managed to escape and are protected, which is t

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. >> -- abraham lincoln. speakers charged up the crowd with fighting words. >> throw a fist back in their face. >> reporter: which seemed to resonate with the crowd of about 100, the vast majority of them young men like 20-year-old robert smith. >> i understand it looks like a nazi outfit, but you can say a lot about the nazis, but they looked pretty good. >> reporter: higher up on the steps of the memorial another rally, this one to counter hate. >> we don't care what gender you came here to be. >> reporter: carrie instagram said she can't believe what she's hearing here on american soil. >> i am terrified that we are now on the course that doesn't look like it's reversible. >> reporter: the two rallies held their own ground with only one minor skirmish when the two met. >> hey, back up, back up. >> reporter: with plenty of police in case of violence, the rallies ended peacefully. >>> another demonstration, that one against the alt right free speech memorial that happened in front of the d.c. police departme

lincoln was ok with it. because lincoln did not want buchanan mucking things up further. john: the other thing to keep in mind is a difference between what is happening in utah, which is a federal territory and states that are taking action against the federal government. buchanan argued on a basis of what his attorney general was arguing, that as president he could not act in states without the authorization of congress. but the federal governments -- government's power in the national territories is one of the constitution makes quite clear. states have sovereignty, but territories only have as much sovereignty as the congress is willing to give them. the federal government's authority to intervene in utah is different than the authority with respect to south carolina. the irony of this is buchanan is does not want to intervene on slavery in the territory. they saw this as a divisive issue. the authority to intervene in the federal territories in respect to what is happening in utah is as much a slavery. the constitution is quite clear. the federal government has that a

lincoln. on sunday, our coverage continues with heather and thompson and her book blood in presentr, the attic up -- attica prison uprising. trey00, former congressman democrazy.his book churchill and orwell, the fight for freedom. ate that starting today 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >> today we take you live to the gettysburg college civil war institute conference in gettysburg, pennsylvania. this is the first of two days of live coverage on american history tv. they will take a look at several civil war generals as well as the political prejudice thomas omas nast.rtoonist thma president james buchanan and his inability to stop southern states from seceding during the civil war. all.od morning, you y'all. sorry. spent a lot of time in north carolina and virginia. we need to get started with our first session today. it is wonderful to see quite the 8:30 in the morning for a panel on james buchanan, which is that we all know that james buchanan is often overlooked. we are going to

moment lincoln died. he sat across from lincoln and was asked what it -- why he did this. he said i wanted the president to know in his blindness that he had a friend. i thought, that is the bellevue creed. we had some physicians who did not do as well. that james a garfield was the next president to be assassinated after abraham lincoln. but we also know today that garfield suffered two bullet wounds, one of which was superficial, the other not fatal. if they had been left alone and sewn up with antiseptic, he would have been fine. but the greatest surgeon of that era, a military surgeon named frank hamilton, did not believe in that. you cap stewart was -- pasteur was a crazy frenchman. he put his finger deep into garfield' woundss, he used unsterilized gloves, and garfield who was shot and weighed 200 pounds died later weighing less than 100 pounds. the autopsy showed massive in function. -- infection. i don't want to say he killed garfield, but he did not help. [laughter] david oshinsky: let me come fu

all the things that lincoln articulated. nast a set of those and believed in those -- accepted those and believed in them and a way. -- this is ant famous cartoon called "emancipation." the red arrow points to the fact that the center piece of this cartoon is characteristic of nast. in the center circle nast has drawn an idealized family scene in which dad is enjoying announcing the baby on his knee and maybe the teenage daughter has a suitor in the back, and mom is making tea on a cast-iron stove. looking happily over all of this and the mantle is abraham lincoln, which is what the arrow points to. lincoln was portrayed as a partner of general -- george washington as a symbol of national idealism. later nast asserts a kind of multifaceted, multiethnic, diverse american national identity. he creates this table presided over by uncle sam in which the porches on the wall looked down on the celebrants of the holiday or abraham lincoln, george washington, and ulysses s. grant. to get a sense of how these men came to be symbols o

>> lincoln cast roll. the bottom starting is our home fries, corned beef, two eggs over light and topped with our cheddar jack cheese. >> my gosh, you got it, that will keep me up for the fireworksment and you have all of the good benedict here, right? >> yes. we have large variety of benedict, starting off with this one, our flour end teen. that's with fresh spinach and diced tomatoes. and this one is our crab benedict. >> okay. >> and avacado tomato benedict. >> looks delicious. congratulations, please, look, brand sparking new, the lincoln diner right here 1202 lincoln highway right across from the airport village. come on by, say hi, the red whitt and blue, the holiday week send upon us, and i'm so happy for this little girlment come on back here, we got to get her on camera one more time. let's hands a hands for her one more time, she is cancer free. yes, she beat it. she beat it. back to you guys in the studio. >> that really is, something to be excited about, thank you, bob. >> we showed you patriot

president of the lincoln society in new york.s to perpetuate the name, ideals, and distinctive appearance of our nations 16th president. that's exactly the kind of politics that everybody benefits from. thank you, mike macedonia. that's about it for us tonight. tune in every night at 8:00 for the show that is the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness and groupthink. don't forget the dvr if you haven't already. have a wonderful night. and more than anything, stay tuned for our friends in new york city, "the five." they are up next. ♪ >> kimberly: >> dana: , hello ei am dana perino. it is 9:00 in new york city and this is "the five" ." the democrats are on a losing streak to fight the near incessant accusations of presidential obstruction of justice and unconstitutional actions. they are now 0 for 4 and special elections. the democrats issues were on full display after the g.o.p. netted to go wins in georgia and south carolina. this is despite unprecedented spending by liberals.

lincoln disagreed.ith patience -- the most luminous career took principlegs from the that there is more to the american purpose and more to justice the majorities having their way. -- said itis what in the that is justice interest of the strong, two things follow. lincoln was wrong. douglas was right. that slavery in the territories was whatever majorities in the territories wanted. the second conclusion that follows is that in democracy, the essential machinery of justice is the adding machine. justice is known when the votes are tabulated. lincoln knew better. today, however, simple majority arianism finds its. majority -- even though the constitution is reticent about presidential duties beyond conducting them up -- diplomacy, commanding such military forces as congress thates, and taking care the laws are faithfully executed. if george washington had not been waiting in the wings, the constitutional convention might have devised a different presidential office. if virginia's ratifying convention had

. >> reporter: karen carden weber runs horticultural science program here at lincoln high school and for years she has kept her students, faculty extremely busy. >> kid do plants, they do courtyard, the greenhouse. >> reporter: carden rememberer has led students to jobs in landscaping, flower shops as well as top honors. >> we have had so much fun. >> reporter: snagging best in show at the philadelphia flower show for their creative green feat year after year after year after year. >> we received many accolade for what we do. >> reporter: at last after 37 years and several very cool haircuts, clearly some of the 1980's. this penn state graduate is finally saying good bye. >> it is extremely difficult. it is a combination of the leaving faculty my friend. >> reporter: and students, thousands and thousands that she has helped. >> i'm just going to miss her talks with me. >> reporter: junior kiara garcia wants to work herbal medicine thanks to carden- weber. >> she change my life. >> reporter: impact is visible all over the walls and halls of the lincoln and in the hearts of nearly ever

lincoln knew better. today, simple majoritarianism finds its purest expression in the theory and practice of the plea be in presidency. in randolph was not wrong in discerning the office of the presidency, defeatist of monarchy. this, you know the constitution is reticent about presidential duties be on conducting diplomacy, making appointments and nominations, commanding military forces as commerce creates, and taking care that was her faithfully executed. if george washington had not been waiting in the wings, the constitutional convention might have devised a different presidential office. and if virginia's presidential office would not -- ratifying convention has subject of the constitution as it nearly did, softworks of the presidential office would not have received washington's stamp, because he would not have been a citizen to the united states. jefferson discontinued the practice of presidents delivered in person, state of union addresses to congress. he considered the scene monarchical, therefor

moving to lincoln. >> there's a lincoln hidden under there. >> there should be a ben franklin not a lincoln, so this is a $5 bill. >> that will remain no matter what they do to the $5 bill, it will re remain on the counterfet bill. >> 45,000 to $50,000 in counterfeit money is passed weekly through the region. the uv flashlights are widely available on the internet for about 5 bucks. dann cuellar, channel6 news. jim? >> thank you, dan. central buck south high school in warington named those that would be added to the wall of honor. each received a certificate thanking them for their service. >> "action news" reporter annie mccormick has the story from the tacony section of philadelphia. >> 95-year-old dominic is looking at a front yard of red white and blue thanks to his family and american legion post 735. memorial day weekend, vandals trashed the garden, throwing out the flags. >> i was crying to see the flag in the trash barrel. >> he served three years in world war ii in the army police, traveled to africa and italy, guarded prisoners and dug graves. there are i is a lot of meaning. >> h

first two groups with different views held rallies in front of the lincoln memorial. first we start at the bottom of the lincoln memorial, a right wing conservative group held a rally there. their headline speaker was white nationalist richard spencer. >> the notion that he was this great emancipator is a bit of a myth. >> i understand it looks like a nazi outfit, but i mean you can say a lot about the nazis, but they look pretty good. >> they organized it all in the name of free speech. and at the top of that memorial rally was a response to that alt right group. they said that some free speech that instills hate and violence should not be tolerated. >> i am terrified that we are now on >>> it doesn't look like it's reversible. >> police presence there was heavy and except for one minor skirmish between the two groups they both ended peacefully and with no arrests. there was a third demonstration, this one also against the alt right free speech rally at the lincoln memorial. this happened in front of the d.c. police department today. 50 or so demonstrators were there

president of the lincoln society in new york. society's mission is to foster patriotism, perpetuate the name, ideals, and distinctive appearance of our nation's 16th president. that's exactly the kind of politics that everybody benefits from. thank you, mikedede macedonia. one of the nice people in this worldon. that's about it for us tonight. tune in every night at 8:00 for the t show that is the sworn eny of lying, pomposity, smugness and groupthink. don't forget to dvr it, if you haven't already. have a wonderful night. and more than anything, stay tuned for our friends in new york city, "the five." they are up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> dana: hello everyone, i am dana perino. along with juan williams, greg jesse watters and kimberly guilfoyle. it is 9:00 in new york city and this is "the five." ♪ the democrats are on a losing streak despite the near incessant accusations of presidential obstruction of justice and unconstitutional actions.ea they are now 0 for 4 in special elections. four seats vacated by trumpti appointees. the democrats

>> abe lincoln. >> no. good guess. >> not abe lincoln? >> it was robert cornelius in 1839.r scientist who ran into a frame where he sat for a minute before covering up the lens again. 1839. good job, bob. >> so the first time the term selfie was used in written form was in 2002 on an australian news website. but the coolest selfie ever taken, my vote. >> and all selfies. >> buzz aldrin in space. how do you, you can't top that. >> drop the mic. had who knew that they were taking selfies back then. this is into his five and a half hour spacewalk during 1966. nice selfie. >> hey, jack. the rock by the way, very good selfie taker, even though we're not bffs anymore, because he ditched me. he is a very good selfie taker, however. >> there was this great moment where he was in the middle of traffic. and somebody else wanted to take a selfie. >> this dude stopped his truck in the middle of the street. what's up, dude, come on. you're going to get hit by this traffic, man, come on, let's get it. >> all this traffic's coming right now. come on, brother. >> can i get one more? >> yea

lincoln disagreed. with controlled, canny patients and vehemence so, the most luminous career in the history of american democracy took its bearings from the principle that there is more to the american purpose and more to justice the majorities having their way. if justice is what they said it was in his debate with socrates, if it is that justice is the interest of the strong, then two things follow, first lincoln was wrong and douglas was right in arguing that justice regarding slavery in the territories was whatever majorities in the territories wanted. the second conclusion that follows is that in democracy the essential machinery of justice is the adding machine. lincoln knew better. today however, simple majoritarianism finds its purest expression in the theory and practice of the presidency. one of the founders was not wrong in discerning the office of the presidency, the freedom of monarchy. beyond conducting diplomacy, making appointments, commanding military appointments, and taking care that

ended upt they found being lodged behind lincoln's eye. but it was retained and made its way into the museum's holdings as part of the exhibit on display. barnes and or and medical -- museum staff john woodward, and another surgeon thed edward curtis or at president's bedside in the hours before he died. it was decided them in a postmortem would be performed very quickly. the up to see itself was performed in a room that today is in the president's dining room on the second floor of the residence. surgeon held up the brain and a bullet fell out into a china bowl. there was a moment of silence, and with sound of the bullet, it was the only sound making any noise at that exact moment. on it by saying, something to the effect of, this is a lead all for which we cannot yet measure the calamitous effect. some fragments of lincoln's school who are retained. some were stuck in dr. curtis's tools. as he was cleaning his surgical kit to that day come cut -- he found a bit of lincoln's skull fragments. we also have some of lincoln's hair. these are

lincoln who gave tone did exercises of consecration to years ago. we had been called to lay the cornerstone of a monument. this monument is not a mere family record, not the simple of individual fame, and not the city to genius. it is raised to the soldier. it is a memorial of his life and of his noble death. and embraces a patriotic brotherhood of heroes in its inscriptions. unceasing herald of liberty and sacrifice." their co-authors of "a field guide to harrisburg." you can do this and all other programs at our website -- c-span.org/history. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. morning, fromay the heritage foundation discussing the recent testimony of warmer fbi director james comey in his discussion with president trump. and an author will talk about his new article, "the great democratic divide." and the middle east institute gerald fierstein talk about gulf states. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. from the discussion. joined the discussion. >>

"all ofe author of lincoln's armies." we will tour the ft. worth museum. it was a union for bill to protect washington dc from confederate war's is. >> we are here at the military museum. ae of the things that is continual controversy around the columbia,o burned what happened on the fateful night of 1865. there are a number of answers. still invite a lot of controversy. when sherman marched through the carolinas, he had just swept through georgia after having captured atlanta and savannah and presented it to lincoln as a christmas gift. there is a lot of confusion about where sherman was going to head to next. most thought he was going to head through charleston. there was some concern that he would head to columbia. according to the census, there were 8000 people in the city. occurred, a lot of southern cities where a focal point for people to come to an seek food in jobs to wait up war. -- out the war. the city population swells to 20,000 people. when they start hearing about sherman and his advance through south carolina, they are hearing about the bur

, president lincoln said i rather concern myself more with whether we're on god's side. [applause] than whether god's on our side. [applause] so just pray for america. pray for this country. i truly do believe that words that were spoken and recorded millennia ago are every bit as true today as they were then, the words that americans have repaired to throughout much more challenging times in the life of this nation. that if his people who are called by his name will humble themselves and pray, he'll hear from heaven, and he'll heal this land. [applause] this one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. [applause] [cheers and applause] so, senator ernst, thanks for the motorcycle lesson. [laughter] thank you all for the warm iowas hospitality. i leave you today with gratitude in my heart on behalf of our president, i say i'm confident that with the great support of the people of iowa, with the great leadership you've sent to washington, d.c., with president donald trump in the white house and with god's help, we will make america safe again. we wi

lincoln disagreed.ith controlled patients and the evidence. -- the most luminous career took its bearings from the principle that there is more to the american purpose and more to justice than majorities having their way. if justice is what -- said it was, if that is justice in the interest of the strong, two things follow. lincoln was wrong. douglas was right. in arguing that slavery in the territories was whatever majorities in the territories wanted. the second conclusion that follows is that in democracy, the essential machinery of justice is the adding machine. justice is known when the votes are tabulated. period. lincoln knew better. today, however, simple majority finds it practice in a laboratory is presidency. evan randolph was not wrong in discerning in the office of the presidency, the fetus of even know the, constitution is reticent about presidential duties, beyond conducting diplomacy, making appointments and nominations, commanding such military forces as congress creates, and taking car

lincoln's remarks are in there . this is a rare printing. this was from the washington chronicle, they printed 5000 copies and maybe as many as five are still around today. this one has been in our collection since we opened in 1921. i suspect it came from the papers of one of the politicians. nelson orke ta are someone from that era. we have had this in the collection and i did not know how rare it was until the lincoln library asked us for a photocopy because they wanted to see if it really was what we had catalogued it as. ups, there are only two or three, i realized that it was quite rare. we got special treatment now. it has its own special place to be when it is not on display. >> >> sunday night, new america president and ceo anne-marie slaughter examines global networking in the digital age in her book "the chessboard and the web: strategies of connection in world."'s is interviewed by denis mcdonough, former white house chief of staff. >> we knew there was a world of .ates -- of states if you think about north korea or iran or somet

i'm heading to the small farming town of lincoln, where the strangest of inheritance stories unfoldedto mow hay on some land he leases from an old friend named ray fulk. >> and it was very uncommon for ray not to come out and talk to me. and then i smelled something. i happened to look over and the bin door was open and that was not a good sign. i just went over there, and then i found him. and then i called 911 and... >> the county coroner, acting on info from a neighbor, contacts attorney don behle to inform him his 71-year old client has died of heart failure. behle cannot even remember fulk. >> i hadn't seen him in 15 years, and so i had no idea who they're talking about. >> how strange is it that we're here right now talking to you about this guy you barely remember? >> [ laughs ] it's very strange. >> don checks his files and realizes he indeed worked with someone named ray fulk back in 1997. >> he wanted me to change his will and he brought it in to me and i was named as the executor. but all i had was a copy. it was 15 years later. he could have changed his will. >> don drives

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. the search for seven missing sailors from an american warship that collided with a container ship off japan has ended tragically. the commander of the navy's 7th fleet said today divers found a number of sailors' bodies inside the flooded, damaged sections and sleeping quarters on the uss fitzgerald. the publication "navy times" later confirmed all seven bodies were recovered aboard the guided missile destroyer. a navy spokesman said the sailors either drowned or were killed by the impact of the pre- dawn collision yesterday with a filipino-flagged container ship

continued to fight and we thank all of our friends and the outside mobilization for honoring what abraham lincoln always told us, public sanction is everything.

even a dark horse like abraham lincoln had an organization. he had a plan. he was a player. the other thing is that libbie hated his involvement in politics. she knew that it alienated much of the country. he had been asked to run for congress in 1866 and libby said no. i think she would've kept him out of politics. >> i was wondering, why you didn't draw parallels from some of the other battles, between them and little bighorn? understand that one fight is known as "custer's first stand." one writer suggested that what custer was trying to do at little bighorn was repeat his success. tj: i think this is an interesting question. i think custer made some mistakes going into that. there is a book about it. he talks about how the union command didn't really understand there was a large confederate force there. custer had an early clash and i don't think he properly reported it. he showed his cool. he showed his valor and luck. he was being hit i spent bullets. this is somebody who should've died long before little bighorn. the little bighorn is a big topic. it's an extraordinar

lincoln as emancipator, that isolates out one particular act, maybe two. the emancipation proclamation and the 13th amendment. the title of that film, lincoln, is really telling. it is not abiotic. -- a bipepic. all you needgests to know about lincoln is this, he was immensely anti-slavery. this is the advantage of biography. it shows people interacting with an issue like slavery over a long time and in multiple contexts. down to oneilable particular act that represents the entire career. lincoln is a very direct parallel to what we had said in relation to john quincy adams. >> i attempted to put in a pitch for the journey we have taken. in some ways, matt and i both the political history that we have a particular interest in slavery. in topicse interest that we did not think were interesting because they turn out to be all about slavery and are inseparable from that. diplomaticming a majority and we're finding this period, we are pushing the story back and finally the complications are not just the road to civil war starting in 1840 with the mexican war,

even a dark horse like abraham lincoln had an organization. he had a plan. he was a player. libbie hated his involvement in politics. she put the cabal shown that. i think she would've kept him out of politics. i was wondering, why you didn't draw parallels from some , betweenher battles them and little bighorn? was she to would turned into his last stand. one writer suggested that what custer was trying to do at little bighorn was repeat his success. tj: i think this is an interesting question. custer made some mistakes going into that. there is a book about it. he talks about how the union command didn't really understand there was a large confederate force there. custer had an early clash and i don't think he properly reported. -- reported it. he showed his cool. he showed his valor and luck. he was being hit i spent bullets. this is somebody who should've died long before little bighorn. a bigttle bighorn is topic. it's an extraordinary circumstance. he was in a similar circumstance. he had the time and space to be able to collect his troops and he had a very clever tact

especially in the wake of lincoln's. assassination had the terms changed? on april 18, he wrote, "the minds of soldiers are much exercise as to what course to pursue." they are still not convinced this is what they need to do. even as he is debating this, to the north in winchester, members of company f of the recovery, these are members of the brigade which had been on detached duty in the valley, finally decided that they would go seek the paroles as a unit. again, april 22, all this time they stay together as a unit. these are not the roving bands of confederates we often hear described in the aftermath of appomattox. members of the 18th virginia calvary that they would join up with johnston, but after seeing the posters and newspaper ads hancock park out, they decided -- put out, they decided to turn themselves in. we have this from a diary of baker, who wrote "we met and went to winchester. the people told us where we could find the outpost, so we all gathered in marching order before we got to the site. the guard saw us coming and it raised a commotio

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grant on the other hand never met lincoln until 1864. lincoln had done wary of grant or some time until he was he would not challenge him for the republican presidential nomination in 1864. bynt is being courted opponents to lincoln in his own party. lee knew davis much better than grant whatever no lincoln. grant also faced the constant peril of clinical infighting in his rear. others.he jealousies of stripe,re also men of a alliedd their allies themselves with newspaper men. impressions, and that's nothing new. it's very evident there. his men fed the press stories to hurt grant, like the charges of drunkenness. lee never has to contend that. he has no one working against him behind his lines except issibly long street, who wanting an independent command of his own. onward, lee would report directly face-to-face with jefferson davis. grant through his career will fremont,rst two john c , talk about aleck losing hand it cards. -- at cards. with anll start a war army in which virtually every division commander in 1862 was a political gen

lincoln who gave tone did exercises of consecration to years ago. we had been called to lay the cornerstone of a monument. this monument is not a mere family record, not the simple of individual fame, and not the city to genius. it is raised to the soldier. it is a memorial of his life and of his noble death. and embraces a patriotic brotherhood of heroes in its inscriptions. unceasing herald of liberty and sacrifice." >>

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