there are many james longstreet fans out there who want to have james longstreet almost looking into the future and seeing exactly what was going to happen in just the next few hours or minutes, if we were on the battlefield standing at the point of the breakthrough. i might even motion towards the large pine tree on the east side of the lafayette road and say the james longstreet fans would like to have all the peeking around moving out around the battle line. many of us will be familiar -- many of us will be familiar with that formation for longstreet's attack. one of the maps out of dave powell's very useful, very valuable maps of chickamauga. and when you come down to spend your several weeks walking and studying the battle field you should have a copy of that along with you. but on that map there is this formation right there in the center. hood's formation on september the 20th. those troops stacked in that column formation that dave talked of a minute ago. and on most maps, static because of the necessity to print them. you have this nice neat formation depicted for longstreet

longstreet is yearning are coming back to the east.ny times want today go out west to try to do battle and serve under joe johnson. heym really respected, but it seemed like he loved johnston. long street's men are finally going to get their wish to come back to virginia. this will happen in mid april of 1864. some of the men are going to write, one man is going to write every day i strengthened in the belief when we leave this region of tennessee riding us. we'll go to the support ofmy virginia army and soon be back in our old stamping ground in front of our old enemy, with and so beastened on the field. everyone is buoyant at the thought of leaving the field at the army. we would rather to see another on toym richmond campaign. there's talk of our moving today, quarter master train just now, longstreet's men will travel back into the east and everything is going to look a little bit different when we come back east. he's wounded -- eventually going to join the army, we'll hear a little bit about him later on today. he'll start having

longstreet, thiss the impact. army has attained a grip upon the throat of the confederacy. it is a grip that will not be relaxed until treason gas and die. edward perry has a little different take onzv it. this is coming from a confederate general. i want you to think about this one whenever i finish and think about jackson longzv street and what both of their woundings have meant. edward perry said, the evil genius of the south is still there hovering over those desolate woods where we almost seem to be struggling with destiny. i÷ú want to thank you folks for coming out today. if you have any questions, chris will be around with the microphone. thanks for being partzv of the symposium. by chris's book.÷ú÷ú >> jenkins. james long street. and he wanted the brigade command. to try to fill some rolls and he failed miserably. up on charges. with the army phere. . but he he is going to be the put that he's trying to get into the command. it hadko gotten so fast between long street and the general that the apartment had

discussion of more tactics and a look at famous battles and the assault lead by confederate general longstreet and the battle of the wilderness that took place in northern virginia in 1864. that's tuesday night

discussion on war tactics, and a look at famous the battles like the 1863 assault led by james longstreet in the battle of chickamauga. that's tuesday night on "american history tv," beginning at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. >>> sunday january 1st, in-depth will feature a live discussion on the presidency of barack obama. we're taking your phone calls, tweets, e-mails and facebook questions during the program. our panel includes april ryan, white house correspondent for american urban radio networks and author of the presidency in black and white. my up-close view of three presidents and race in america. professor eddie gloud author of democracy and black, how race still enslaves the american soul. and pulitzer prize-winner, author of barack obama the story. watch in-depth live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on sunday on book tv on c-span2. >>> next, on american history tv, retired u.s. coast guard senior petty officer mary cunningham, and sergeant major angela maness of the u.s. marine corps discuss their personal experiences as women trailblazers in the united states military. this is

discussion of more tactics and a look at famous battles and the assault lead by confederate general longstreet and the battle of the wilderness that took place in northern virginia in 1864. that's tuesday night on american history tv beginning at 8:00 eastern here on cspan 3. >> join us on tuesday, january 3rd, coverage of the open dag of the new congress. watch the official swearing in of the new and reelected members of the house and senate and the election of the speaker of the house. our all day live coverage begins at 7:00 a.m. eastern on cspan and cspan.org and you can listen to it on the cspan radio app. next on american history tv, one of the original members of the u.s. army 101st airborne division recalls his world war ii experiences. he tells the story of the screaming eagles jump into normandy on d-day. a remote mountain top meeting place for diplomats and nazi officials. this 45 minute talk is part of a three day conference hosted by the american veterans center. >> september of 1942 and listening with the third bah lal tan and 101st airborne. jumped in operation

discussion on war tactics, and a look at famous the battles like the 1863 assault led by james longstreet in the battle of chickamauga. that's tuesday night on "american history tv," beginning at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3.

sending longstreet and 25,000 troops against pope's left. if you'll remember, john hennesy said in his book "return to bull run" that was the largest attacking battle that hood -- that lee delivered during the war. 25,000 troops. so lee knew how to do it. hood had never done anything like that. indeed, just a couple of days into his army command, this was only his second battle as army commander. so that's an important factor. two, understanding of and enthusiasm for the plan. i'm drawing on chris and chris' book, that furious struggle. why lee and jackson were so giddy about the possibility of rolling up the 11th corps. as they say, they were even excited at their prospects. on the other hand, hardee was worried. and if you remember, riding through town, he even asked hood to alter his attack. so he was going into battle worried and certainly not enthusiastic. third difference, the relationship between the army commander and the flanking column leader. when is the last time you thought of this? lee and jackson were marvelous. was a marvelou

longstreet told generally that he did not think he knew who he was going to be up against when he boughtlysses s. grant. this was a very difficult time. these men all both on the same mexico. is an excerpt from the bunch that we have found in our archive. we have had a series of fires greece in the last 30 or 40 years. >> there is no victory for the law of the union. >> i do contend that grant saved the union during the construction -- reconstruction. >> this is forever linked. >> in his lifetime, for decades after his death, he was regarded as the greatest american hero that i can remember in the 19th century. and you disagree with? ronald: i think there is much more to tell. why did you think that? ronald: the reason that grant said that he does not read biographies is because they do not tell the story of the boy who becomes the man. friend joan law would say that her book is not a biography. it is a wonderful book on how we understand grant in memory. i decided to spend more time on the young grant. i spent a week at west point. trying to understand how this man can finish 21st out o

discussion on war tactics, and a look at famous the battles like the 1863 assault led by james longstreet in the battle of chickamauga. that's tuesday night on "american history tv," beginning at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. >>> sunday january 1st, in-depth will feature a live discussion on the presidency of barack obama. we're taking your phone calls, tweets, e-mails and facebook questions during the program. our panel includes april ryan, white house correspondent for american urban radio networks and author of the presidency in black and white. my up-close view of three presidents and race in america. professor eddie gloud author of democracy and black, how race still enslaves the american soul. and pulitzer prize-winner, author of barack obama the story. watch in-depth live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on sunday on book tv on c-span2. >>> next, on american history tv, retired u.s. coast guard senior petty officer mary cunningham, and sergeant major angela maness of the u.s. marine corps discuss their personal experiences as women trailblazers in the united states military. this is

discussion of more tactics and a look at famous battles and the assault lead by confederate general longstreet and the battle of the wilderness that took place in northern virginia in 1864. that's tuesday night on american history tv beginning at 8:00 eastern here on cspan 3. >> join us on tuesday, january 3rd, coverage of the open dag of the new congress. watch the official swearing in of the new and reelected members of the house and senate and the election of the speaker of the house. our all day live coverage begins at 7:00 a.m. eastern on cspan and cspan.org and you can listen to it on the cspan radio app. next on american history tv, one of the original members of the u.s. army 101st airborne division recalls his world war ii experiences. he tells the story of the screaming eagles jump into normandy on d-day. a remote mountain top meeting place for diplomats and nazi officials. this 45 minute talk is part of a three day conference hosted by the american veterans center. >> september of 1942 and listening with the third bah lal tan and 101st airborne. jumped in operation overlord. he also

the most famous was james longstreet. he was his dear friend. william at the comesy sherman at the curvesy sherman -- tecumpseh sherman. his name was higher than ulysses. he said, unless you are a u.s. grant, you will be the wrong one. so he became u.s. grant and he was known as sam, uncle sam, and he was known as sam grant at west point. brian: what happened during the civil war when he had these close friends who were on the other side? ronald: he respected them. longstreet told lee, i don't understand you know who you are against when he fought ulysses s. grant. this was a very difficult time. these men all fought on the same side with the war with mexico. brian: i want to show you some video. we covered a lot of grant over the years and as you know there have been a lot of books written. ronald: yes, yes. brian this is a brief excerpt from a bunch that we found in our archive. many books written on u.s. grant. >> we found hundreds of biographies. >> grant, son of a tanner. personified the ue gal tarian values of a democratic society. >> now

including longstreet's attack at chick mauga, and spotsylvania courthouse in virginia.hat's all tonight starting at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. >>> this week on c-span, tonight at 8:00, jerry greenfield talks about creative and responsible business practices. >> actually, the idea that we couldn't sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont to stay in business, that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night, former vice president dick cheney and former defense secretary leon panetta, the future of the defense department under president-elect trump. >> over the course of the last many years, we've done serious damage to our capabilities. to be able to meet those threats. >> we're living in that period, where there are a lot of flashpoints. and a new administration is going to have to look at that kind of world. and obviously define policy that we need in order to deal with that. but then, develop the defense policy to confront that kind of work. >> thursday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the career of vice president-elect mike pence. >> and the cultu

. >>> tonight on american history tv, programs on "great attacks of the civil war," including longstreet's attack at chi chickamau chickamauga, battles of the wilderness and virginia. it's tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. this week is authors week on "washington journal," featuring live one-hour segments with a new author each day, beginning at 8:30 a.m. eastern. wednesday, author carol anderson talks about her book, "white rage: the unspoken truth of our racial divide." and thursday, author james kitfield with "twilight warriors: the soldiers, spies and special agents who are revolutionizing the american way of war." also on friday, author kathy kramer with her book "the politics of resentment: rural consciousness in wisconsin and the rise of scott walker." but on saturday, two authors will join us, tom gelton with "a na

. >>> tonight on american history tv, programs on great attacks in the civil war including longstreet's attack, the battles of the wilderness and spotsylvania courthouse in virginia. this week on c-span, tonight at 8:00, jerry greenfield, co-founder of ben and jerry's ice cream talks about creative and responsible business practices. >> the idea that we couldn't sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont to stay in business, that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night, former vice president dick cheney and former defense secretary leon panetta on the future of the defense department under president-elect donald trump. >> the challenges are very great. i think we have unfortunately over the course of the last many years, done serious damage to our capabilities to be able to meet those threats. >> living in that period, there are a lot of flash points. a new administration is going to have to look at that kind of world. obviously, define policy that we need in order to deal with that, but then develop the defense policy to confront that kind of work. >> thursday at 8: