>> i want you to attack manassas within a month. >> [ clears throat ] mr.we will cut off the confederacy oh and all >> we must take action now. >> but our troops are green sir. >> you were all green alike. >> history often paints president lincoln as a patient, cool-headed, almost stoic politician, but at the beginning of the war, he's often brash, short-tempered, even obstinate. >> i must go and prepare the army. >> now, when his generals rejet the call for immediate action in favor of a long-term, sustainable strategy, lincoln ignores their advice. he insists they take the fight into enemy territory. it's a rookie mistake that will cost him and the union greatly. >> with his army on the march to manassas, lincoln faces another threat from inside washington, d.c. confederate spies have infiltrated every corner of the capital, from saloons to bedrooms. >> are the soldiers finally going to be attacking the rebels? >> yes, indeed. >> rose o'neal greenhow was a matron of washington, d.c., society. she was very wealthy, very connected. >> how many soldiers are

the second manassas is a debacle.a proclamation, lest it look like a cry for help to african-americans. >> perhaps it's time to break one promise in order to keep a greater one. >> lincoln now believes that an emancipation proclamation is what is needed to bolster morale, to get anti-slavery northerners on side, and also to keep european powers out of the conflict. >> the confederacy looks to robert e. lee as its next george washington -- a great leader who will bring them independence from tyranny. but like washington, lee struggles with the demands of leadership, enduring a humiliating defeat and the loss of thousands of men during his rise to prominence. but lee is no washington. he rejects the union in favor of his native virginia, and makes war against the very government washington fought to establish. as confidence in his military abilities grows, lee risks becoming arrogant, underestimating the determination of union troops, and unaware of abraham lincoln's plan to break the back of the south with a bold new w

>> i want you to attack manassas within a month. >> [ clears throat ] mr.y plan, we will cut off the confederacy from trade and slowly squeeze the life out of them. >> so, winfield scott has a plan. it's a two-pronged assault on the southern economy by shutting down port of new orleans and all the ports on the east coast and the gulf coast. it becomes known as the anaconda plan. but the blockade, man. i mean, that's gonna take -- you know, it could take years. that's not something lincoln wants to hear. >> we must take action now. >> but our troops are green sir. >> you were all green alike. >> history often paints president lincoln as a patient, cool-headed, almost stoic politician, but at the beginning of the war, he's often brash, short-tempered, even obstinate. >> i must go and prepare the army. >> now, when his generals rejet the call for immediate action in favor of a long-term, sustainable strategy, lincoln ignores their advice. he insists they take the fight into enemy territory. it's a rookie mistake that will cost him and the union greatly. >> wit

the iron brigade earned its fierce reputation in a battle with stonewall jackson at second manassas.s sakes, forward! >> when the first corps goes into action, one of their earliest casualties is general reynolds. shot from his saddle by a confederate skirmisher. >> reynolds' death leaves the union army with a void in its combat leadership. >> fire by section! >> but young men, like bayard wilkeson quickly fill the void. >> fire! >> just north of gettysburg, the 19-year-old is commanding an artillery brigade and making a desperate stand against advancing rebel forces. >> fire! >> them graybacks are coming in thick, sir. ain't enough shells to hold them back. >> wilkeson's battery held that position under terrific enemy fire, exchanging fire both with confederate infantry, as well as confederate artillery. and, yet, the first day goes very badly for the union army. >> we've been ordered to hold this hill. by god, that's what we'll do. >> lieutenant! >> [ groans ] >> lieutenant. what should i do? >> [ groaning ] get me to a hospital. [ groans ] >> lieutenant. >> when robert e. lee arri

for president lincoln, whose generals have already lost battles at fredericksburg, second manassas, and hooker's sudden resignation is another unwanted headache. [ all shouting ] [ gun cocks ] >> with his army in turmoil and the union in jeopardy, president lincoln seeks solace in the company of his oldest son, robert. >> this war is a continual trial. rebel troops are marching north again, and the army of the potomac is yet again without a general. i don't think there's a man in this union who can defeat robert e. lee. >> yes, there is, father. you. >> lincoln's choice of a new commander for the army of the potomac could determine the outcome of the war. but even with his options dwindling, the president's choice surprises everyone. >> general. >> this can't be right. >> the army of the potomac is yours, general meade. >> no one really thought that meade was the ideal man for the job, and the first person who would have agreed with that would have been george gordon meade. his allegiances and political identity had always been democratic. when the command does come his way, it's not be

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must allow same sex couples to marry because government has said it would abide by the ruling but manassas threaten to remove the country from the courts jurisdiction. botswana's new president has vowed to tackle youth unemployment and reduce his country's dependence on the diamond industry by what see my sissy was sworn in on sunday and will rule the country until elections next year former president income a step down on saturday after completing the maximum term of ten years in office catherine thought reports from. the president were quite seem a sissy inspect the troops of to being sworn in as boots won his fifth head of state he takes to go from former president comma in another peaceful transfer of power in one of africa's strongest democracies he's inauguration a proud moment for many who braved heavy morning rains to witness the ceremony and in his facet dress to the nation. tackling joblessness will be the fast priority at the moment youth unemployment stands at around twenty eight percent. well jennifer is a mere od of challenges such as unemployment poverty crime hiv and aids a

found out she won issue win to get a hog and i meet a democratic socialize who had just won out in manassas and i've been to the women's march and hi daughter asked me shy could go to the violence march, thant gun violence march because she really wanted to meet emma gonzalez or see her, at least. and i was at -- i'm not trying to toot my own horn but i was as events like dulles airport, and welcoming home my neighbors. and i think that whether you call yourself or republican or democrat, i think it's becoming less important but i've been motivated to do in a way that i never was before, and i act and i open doors for people and i see that -- >> we have a couple more people. so if you have a question -- >> sorry. guess my question is, does the democrat and republican -- how they represent themselves really matter as much as the day-to-day influence and effect of knowing what is going on around you? >> do you want to -- >> no. i mean, i think the one thing i would say -- is let us hope that this kind of mobilization you discussed will create what george w. bush famously called an accountabil

they are living in manassas, alexandria. and they don't even recognize the communities in which they live because there is more criminality. there's less of a feeling of cohesiveness in the community. i have probably lived in alexandria as long as you if not longer and i find the attitude, they don't commit as much crime? i don't care if one american dies in virginia by the hands of an illegal immigrant who shouldn't be here. are we going to say oh, but all the other people are good? one person is dead. >> why do you consider one murder worse than another? >> laura: we don't need any more murders. >> we should let law enforcement be unhampered and go after everybody, enforce the law. >> laura: more problems in your community. >> undocumented immigrants bring fewer problems. allow people to talk to the police. it causes more crime. >> the sanctuary cities are trying to do, these left-wingers in richmond and charlottesville and now in fairfax county. >> there are no sanctuary cities in virginia. >> that's not true. >> they are

found out she won issue win to get a hog and i meet a democratic socialize who had just won out in manassas and i've been to the women's march and hi daughter asked me shy could go to the violence march, thant gun violence march because she really wanted to meet emma gonzalez or see her, at least. and i was at -- i'm not trying to toot my own horn but i was as events like dulles airport, and welcoming home my neighbors. and i think that whether you call yourself or republican or democrat, i think it's becoming less important but i've been motivated to do in a way that i never was before, and i act and i open doors for people and i see that -- >> we have a couple more people. so if you have a question -- >> sorry. guess my question is, does the democrat and republican -- how they represent themselves really matter as much as the day-to-day influence and effect of knowing what is going on around you? >> do you want to -- >> no. i mean, i think the one thing i would say -- is let us hope that this kind of mobilization you discussed will create what george w. bush famously called an accountabil