johnson is able to get his troops to ride the rails into manassas junction, and we all know the story. his men will arrive in time to correct the balance of the first battle of manassas and lead to a confederate victory. everyone realizes the war will not be over so quickly. you have all kinds of problems, and now they started raising troops for three years, one year, different terms of service, and the cumberland valley railroad brings the first group of boys home and start shipping the larger groups out of the cumberland valley back into harrisburg to be recruited. fast-forward forward to 1862 from all those rumors, the confederates are going to come to harrisburg from a finally start coming true. rumors abound that the confederate army is marching on pennsylvania, late august, early september, 1862. the governor of pennsylvania, republican, a close friend of the president of the united states abraham lincoln, he says we need troops. he calls out the pennsylvania state militia. pennsylvania has a standing militia before the war, but in general the prerogative is a cloud to activate

host: thanks for the call from manassas, virginia. in portland,el oregon, "social distancing has strengthened my spiritual life. it is like being back in the monastery. ." "when you take care of the elderly, you have to be patient, find new ways to do your job and be the person they need. prayers for america." connecticut, "social distancing is unnatural and unhealthy. after all of this, the more we interact and connect, the healthier we will be. immunity means avoiding junk food." "my wife and i only went to the store once a month before this." from allegheny county, "people are refusing to go grocery overloaded?" -- we are asking how social distancing has impacted you. we split up our phone lines by age. on the line from those 26-50, this is lisa. >> good morning. -- host: i am well. caller: here, it doesn't seem like anyone is taking this serious. you go into the stores and they are overrun. the lines run down the aisles. designated, stand here, stand there. there is really not a whole lot of distancing going on. i'm considered an

. >> following the success of the second battle of manassas under the leadership of robert e. lee to launch an invasion resulting from manassas was even more convinced needed on the battlefield and had to be in place to be effective so that anonymous but reliable source let the confederates move into maryland in 1862 and quickly approached and then to venture to harpers ferry where she anticipated the casualties would be set in on sunday september 14 she and her assistant cornelius well loaded the wagon the army provided with crucial materials. and then the loan teamster. when sharpsburg maryland. it with an impending sense of going and then the oppressive human flesh as human beings and animals. and at the very brink of a major battle and to hope - - to help and the battle unfolded over the next 24 hours. and with horrifying casualties on both sides and to work with her on the battlefield to call her the angel the battlefield. so sarah hale the least known of what one - - of the five i'm talking about the formation of constitutional government to participate and in that inspi

manassas, 50%. the first texas at the battle of antietam -- jack davis was talking earlier about the number crunching that social historians do -- i kind of like cleometric s. i remember crunching the numbers and looking at the casualty rates. i had a graduate student working with me and said there is a big spike in 1862 -- it's called antietam. it does not always work that it works in other areas. at antietam, the first texas -- it was that diehard very aggressive unit that pushed so far into the cornfield that they are basically surrounded by federal forces. the generally accepted statistic is about 82% or 83% fatalities. if you look at the report after the war when he is writing back and forth he argues that it was closer to about 86% or 87% casualties because some men had joined the unit whose names were not on the role. if you look at the summer of 1862 during that campaign season -- even if you just look at june 27 through antietam coming, you're looking at getting close to 2000 men killed, wo

following the success of the second battle of manassas, successful the confederates, the union -- thermy under the leadership of robert lee launched an invasion of maryland. catching her breath resulting from manassas, was even more convinced that she was needed on the battlefield and she had to be in place just before and during the battle to be effective. she learned of the confederates moving to maryland in september 13th, 1862. she quickly approached her patron saint colonel rucker to obtain a wagon and a pastor venture to harpers ferry. rucker granted the request and on sunday september 14th, she and her assistant, cornelius wells loaded the wagon the army provided with bandages and crucial materials and departed for frederick, maryland. by september 16th, barton, wells, the teamster and their wagon of supplies had reached the army of the potomac near sharpsburg, maryland. there was an impending sense of gloom. the air was soggy and noxious. it was all made and used by the press of human flesh of human beings and animals. barton was where she longed to be, combat was imminent, tr

we talked about first manassas bull run. there is one glaring omission i will come to in a minute. there was a plan to traverse up the peninsula and come in the back door to richmond, so to speak. tom was there with jeb stuart doing cavalry reconnaissance. the first of three wounds and by far the least severe he received was at waterloo bridge two days before the second battle of manassas when a spent mini-ball -- spent meaning it had already traveled a great distance -- i guess it had run out of steam. tom was mounted. he saw the ball strike dirt. it ricocheted up and hit the insole of his right boot. he did not miss any service time but he had a very sore and bruised foot for several weeks and it was quite painful to mount and dismount his horse. that was mild compared to the injuries he would receive later. he participated in the seven days campaign, probably most famously known today, after general joseph e. johnston was seriously wounded in that battle. i'm sure everyone has heard this name, robert e. lee, he took command. tom almost missed the battle of antietam or sharpsburg

program but now germany and luxembourg and flown out the 1st group of 70 unaccompanied minors far from manassas a children's rights groups thousands of other young people many of whom desperately need help are being left behind. for many children in the morea camp les bus this is their bathroom and their playground the camp currently houses over $7000.00 children because of coronavirus restrictions none of them are going to school desperately overcrowded moreas no largely sealed off and many international aid workers have left their posts i wonder what's a miracle or even alive but if the virus takes hold they will need to think about treating the ill although have to think about is how they can bury the dead because that's all they'll be able to do. they know saying he's from afghanistan he's been living here for 7 months together with his wife and 2 children they share 4 square meters in a container winter was bad he says but corona has made things much worse hossein and his wife specially worried about 5 year old mom or 2 the boy who was born prematurely and suffers from epilepsy and faintin

the book review pages of the boston globe the new york times and the "washington post" living in manassas virginia please give a warm savanna welcome to robert wilson. [applause] >> thank you i appreciate that introduction. i hope your app works a lot better than the app for the iowa caucuses. [laughter] i trust it will you actually probably have tested it. and thank you to all of you for coming on this cold morning. it's nice to see so many of you here it's pleasant to see c-span here and thank you for all it does to support book culture in america. we are tempted to say normally what remains of book culture on a day like today to be optimistic about the state of books. i love being in savanna we come here as often as we can we live outside of washington dc and on the panhandle of florida then had a 15 hour drive that would drop off on the way and go out to dinner so now we look forward to the trip very much. this is the third biography i have written it's not really a trilogy at all. they are related to 19th century figures. and the first one was that explorer of clearance king and expl

hospitals in brazil are under increasing strain the refrigeration unit was sent to a hospital in manassas after this video so to show bodies being kept in bags next to patients now this is one of several major cities running out of intensive care beds including south paulo and rio de janeiro brazil has reported more than $2300.00 deaths and over $36000.00 cases soldiers in a soto have returned to their barracks hours after the embattled prime minister ordered them to restore peace and order but police chiefs say that thomas de bonnie was trying to intimidate them off the implicated him in the murder of his former wife made a miller has more from johannesburg. is capital maseru woke on saturday to soldiers on the streets in a televised address prime minister time to bonnie said they'd been deployed to restore order he's declared a state of emergency on friday a court ruled against up on his plans to suspend parliament when he was due to face a vote of no confidence this as lawsuit to me is the end of a national lockdown because of the coronavirus. of the. only. one. but the police chief sa

he lives in manassas, virginia. please give a warm savannah welcome to robert wilson. [applause] >> thank you, chris. i appreciate that introduction. i'm hoping your app works better than the app that was done for .he iowa caucuses [laughter] i trust it will. you probably actually tested it. thanks to all of you for coming this morning on this cold morning.init it's very pleasant to see so many of you here and it's very pleasant to see c-span here and i want to thank c-span for all it does to support book culture in america and i'm tempted and i am would be tended to say normally what remains a book culture in america but on a day like today is very optimistic about the state of course. i love being in savannah and my wife martha and i come often as we can. we live outside of washington dc and we have a place on the panhandle of florida and we used to dread the 15 hour drive until we decided that we could stop off in savannah on the way and go to the gray for dinner and so now we look forward to the trip very much. this is as chris said the third biography i've written

he lives in manassas virginia. please give a warm savannah welcome to robert wilson. [applause] >> thank you. i appreciate that introduction. i'm hoping your app works a lot better than the app that was done for the iowa caucuses. [laughing] i trust it will. you're probably actually tested it. and thanks to all of you for coming this morning on this cold morning. it's very pleasant to see soo many of you here. it's very pleasant to see c-span here and what you think c-span for all that does to support book culture in america. i would be tempted to say normally what remains of book culture in america, but on a day like today it's very easy to be optimistic about the state of books. books. i love being in savannah. my wife martha and i come here as often as we can and we live outside washington dc. and we have a in the panhandle of florida. we used to dread the 15 hour drive until we decided that we can stop off in savannah along the way and go for dinner and we look forward to the trip very much. as chris said, this is the third biography i've written. it is not really

launched an invasion of maryland, barely catching her breath after the devastation resulting from manassas and chantilly, barton was even more convinced she was needed on the battlefield and that she had to be in place just before and during the battle to be effective. so in an anonymous but reliable source she learned of the confederates move into maryland on september 13, 1862.. >> .. then they departed for frederick, maryland. by september 16 parton, wells, the loan to mr. and their wagon of supplies had reached the army of the potomac near maryland. there was, barton later wrote, an impending sense of gloom. the air was soggy and noxious. it was all made and used by the press of human flesh and of human beings and animals. for the first time barton was where she longed to be, that is, at the very brink of a major battle where combat was imminent and where she could treat the wounded with minimal delay. the battle unfolded under the next 24 hours would be one of the biggest engagements of the civil war with horrifying casualties on both sides. it would be the battle where barton's frien

certainly by the time of second manassas, you know what you are committing to, dedicated, you're probably going to stay. >> there's a question with which i'm wrestling in my own work. you told us about the elite unit and how well they performed and the slaveholding among them and their devotion to the cause, which we all know was ultimately the preservation of slavery. two people who talk like this publicly or among your colleagues, do you ever get and how would you answer if you did that they fought for slavery. they performed so well and you waxed on and on about how well they performed, but come about, but they did so in the interest of slavery. how do you cope with that or deal with it? >> yeah, no, part of it is, i'm not married to it. i don't tend to write about units because i love them, because i agree with everything they do. i get particularly invested in some of the characters whose letters and diaries are particularly interesting and every once in a while you knew that one of them dialed -- died in the battle of the wilderness but i'm more interested in what made them so effec

certainly by '62 and '63, by the second manassas you knew what you were committing to, as well, which means you're dedicated and you're probably going to stay. >> i want to impose a question myself. ask a question with which i'm wrestling in some of my own work. you told us about the elite unit and how well they performed and but also about the slight holding among them and also their devotion to the cause which we all know is ultimately the preservation of slavery. to people -- and talk like this publicly and among the faculty colleague, do you ever get and how would you answer if you did the question -- suzanne, they fought for slavery. they performed so well and you wax on and on about how well they performed, but they did so in the interest of slavery. how do you cope with that? >> how do i cope with it? >> part of it is, i'm not married to it. part of it is i don't -- i don't tend to write about units because i love them because i agree with everything we do. i get particularly invested in some of the characters whose letters and diaries, right? are particularly interesting and e

he wrote shortly after first manassas, we want a man of greater flexibility of character, a man of roughand radiant energy who knows how to adapt himself to circumstances. adapt himself to circumstances. that's the core of pragmatism. the worth of an idea, depended upon its functionality, its rationality, whether it served the cause and advanced toward -- advanced each side toward victory. let me fgive you another exampl of the flexibility that is revealed in pragmatism. 1861, both sides enter the war with a fairly rigid understanding of courage and cowardice. there would be no gray area. a man who was courageous, a man always facing the front. a man who is calm under fire, a man who does his duty. that notion of courage and cowardice during the course of the war was amended, became more flexible, became more attune to circumstances. to give you an example of that, i will quote from a georgia officer in 1864 who's writing about a comrade who got wounded. this was joke, they all laughed at this. a joke that i suspect not many would have laughed at in 1861. this georgia soldier recounted t

this is out of manassas, virginia. alan, how has social distancing impacted you?aller: good morning. very minimally. i am a lawyer, i'm still practicing. i go into my office without anybody there. it has impacted me only in the sense that i have not been able to have lunch with people and so forth. everybody is making such a fuss about this. it is inconvenient. economy,orror for the but as far as the impact on people, when in my lifetime i have seen what people have gone through in world war ii, in we are living in places where most of us have heat, we have air conditioning. we have food, we are not starving to death. thing, but irible think people ought to grow up , compared tohat what other people have gone tragedies, itious is minimal. buts an economic disaster, the personal aspect of it, i think we are fortunate if this is all we have to go through. host: alan you are calling on that line for those over 70. i amr: i am over seven -- 82. host: in your lifetime, what was worse? through whatn't go people went through on both sides with the bombings in europe. my