mcpherson, a west point graduate. he had served on grant's staff earlier in the civil war. and he was a great, great favorite of both grant and sherman. in fact, both men wrote that they could see mcpherson commanding all the union armies. sherman writes a letter during the campaign, i believe, that he predicts that something happens to him, something happens to grant, he feels confident that mcpherson can take command of the union armies, and win ultimate victory. the smallest of sherman's armies, which, in fact, is just a single core, is the army of the ohio. it numbers close to 13,000 men under general john m. skofield, a west-pointer and someone who sherman trusts and who performs very well during the campaign. sherman also had three divisions

mcpherson. one of the highest ranking generals to die in the war this is a huge personal blow to sherman, as you can imagine. but at the end of the day, the federals launched counterattacks, retake the portions of their lines that the confederates have seized, and even though many confederates at the time saw this as a victory, because they were counting prisoners and cannons and flags captured. this was an army that cost hood's army. there's a new book on this battle. called the day dixon died, which is another one i would recommend by gary ethelbard. hood's army lost between 5700 and 6300 men in that single day of fighting. following the battle, sherman decided to change his strategy and reorient his efforts to take the city from the east of atlanta to the west of atlanta with the hopes of cutting the last railroad into the city that led south into atlanta. at the same time, sherman does calvary raids. hood's response to these movements by sending a core out west of atlanta to block the federa

on may the eighth, mcpherson makes his march down. he gets to the gap, which the confederates have left unguarded. they've been there all winter -- and one of the criticisms you can level at johnson is that even though he had been encamped around dalton for many months, he really hadn't studied the geography very closely south of the town. the confederates certainly knew about the gap, but wheeler didn't have any tickets protecting him, so johnson's men are able to march through without a price. then when they come out of the eastern end of the gap, a very short distance in front of them and a very short distance in front of them they see that clearly there are confederates there. the federals didn't have any cavalry with them, which is a terrible mistake. they are worried that if they continue advancing toward the railroad, the federals might march down from dalton and strike him in the flank. he keeps moving east. so, instead of pushing forward, seizing the western atlantic and cutting the supply line, mcpherson instead pulls his ar

this is part of the army of the tennessee under mcpherson.ood orders a very long flank march to take place during the night of july 21st by the troops under hardy. these are men who had already had an exhausting 48 hours beforehand. they'd fought heavily east of the city on july 21st. what hood was asking his men to do was simply unrealistic in terms of their physical abilities of these exhausted soldiers. hood was also handicapped by having a corps commanders that were pretty inexperienced at that high level of command. nonetheless, the flank march is executed and on july 22nd, the largest battle of the campaign is fought. this is the one immortalized in the cycle ra ma, the circular painting in atlanta. the map in the upper right-hand corner gives you some sense of the battle. it was, in fact, single bloodiest day of fighting in the last ten months of the civil war. the confederates did achieve some temporary success. some of hardy's troops break through the union line. they capture large numbers of prisoners and cannon. they killed general

mcpherson. one of the highest ranking generals to die in the war this is a huge personal blow to sherman, as you can imagine. but at the end of the day, the federals launched counterattacks, retake the portions of their lines that the confederates have seized, and even though many confederates at the time saw this as a victory, because they were counting prisoners and cannons and flags captured. this was an army that cost hood's army. there's a new book on this battle. called the day dixon died, which is another one i would recommend by gary ethelbard. hood's army lost between 5700 and 6300 men in that single day of fighting. following the battle, sherman decided to change his strategy and reorient his efforts to take the city from the east of atlanta to the west of atlanta with the hopes of cutting the last railroad into the city that led south into atlanta. at the same time, sherman does calvary raids. hood's response to these movements by sending a core out west of atlanta to block the federa

this is part of the army of tennessee under mcpherson.hood orders a very long flank march on the night of july 21 under the troops of party. these are men who had already had an exhausting 48 hours before hand. what he was asking his men to do was ugly unrealistic in terms of their physical abilities. termsply unrealistic in of their physical abilities. a were exhausted shoulder -- exhausted soldiers. flank march was executed and on july 22 largest halibut campaign is fought. this is the one in more allies immortalizedus -- in the enormous circular painting in atlanta. the map in the upper right-hand corner gives you some sense of the battle. it was the single bloodiest day of fighting in the last 10 months of the civil war. the confederates did achieve .ome success they break through the union line. they capture large numbers of risen or zen canon. they kill general james c of prisoners and canon. they kill general james c mcpherson, the highest ranking officer in the army. this is a huge blow to sherman, as you can imagine. but at the e

mcpherson. one of the highest ranking generals to die in the war this is a huge personal blow to sherman, as you can imagine. but at the end of the day, the federals launched counterattacks, retake the portions of their lines that the confederates have seized, and even though many confederates at the time saw this as a victory, because they were counting prisoners and cannons and flags captured. this was an army that cost hood's army. there's a new book on this battle. called the day dixon died, which is another one i would recommend by gary ethelbard. hood's army lost between 5700 and 6300 men in that single day of fighting. following the battle, sherman decided to change his strategy and reorient his efforts to take the city from the east of atlanta to the west of atlanta with the hopes of cutting the last railroad into the city that led south into atlanta. at the same time, sherman does calvary raids. hood's response to these movements by sending a core out west of atlanta to block the federa

and again all three lines sink dell tracking between foggy bottom and mcpherson. back to you. >>> school supplies aren't the only thing you'll be paying for as your kids head back to school. what you can expect to spend on all those extracurricular activities and how you can budget for them. >>> plus losing more than just his shirt. the fallout after this runner's show boating on the way to the finish line. ♪ ♪ ♪here i am. rock you like a hurricane♪ fiber one now makes cookies. find them in the cookie aisle. >>> we're staying on top of a water main break in prince george's county. you're look at a live picture. wssc telling news 4 it's an 8 inch main that broke affecting 35 customers and flooding three homes. this is on larchmont avenue. derrick ward is on the scene gathering more information. he'll have a live report coming up in the next half hour. >>> we now though battled early stage parkinsons disease. his wife said he had not been ready to share his diagnosis publicly. he battled addiction, but was sober when he was found dead on monday. michael j. fox said

mcpherson becomes worried.he's also worried if he continues advancing toward the railroad, that confederates might march down from dalton and strike him in the flank, as he's moving down east. so, instead of pushing forward, seizing the western in atlantic, cutting johnson's supply line, mcpherson pulls his army back. johnson orders a retreat, a very well-organized one of his troops from the dalton vicinity southward. mcpherson had lost he nor mouse opportunity to strike a kriping blow at the confederates. sherman realized this. and he wrote to mcpherson, i regret beyond measure you did not break the railroad. sherman realizes there's a big, missed opportunity here. both armies are fortified there. both armies launch attacks that fail. tactically, then, at the operational level, sherman scores a great victory getting across the river just south of ursacka. he gets one division across at a fairy site south of rasacka and 3c))o retreat. johnson retreats and you can look in the middle 06 your map now. there he hop

there were many times -- the -- time i remember was in mcpherson where they told satchel that he woulde to come in the back door if he was going to eat andc the whole team got up and left.n i commend the manager and sponsor for that.i i was fortunate enough to be the bat boy. lot i got to see a lot of satchel and the other players. as late as 1959, the black 195 ballplayers were still suffering under that discrimination scenario. >> that's an incident. i appreciate that comment. you would enjoy this. i was in nevada last sunday, ana there was a ballplayer who playd played for the mcpherson team who played against satchel he t paige. he wasm actually on the team wh him as well. t he mentioned the 1959 as well. he had great stories. satchel page, you know -- let me put it this way. kansas had its own unique form of racism. i know a little bit about ab boxing. boxing was considered a contacta sport. so until 1938, i think it was 1938 was the first year that irt they would let black amateur lt boxers fight white amateur boxers in kansas.. they could go to missouri whit and fight in the gol

. >> reporter: at mcpherson elementary school -- >> feeling a little nervous. >> reporter: -- mixed feelings. >> i'm really glad to be at school because i get to see my friends and hopefully they are not injured by the earthquake. >> reporter: and after a number of aftershocks, parents are on edge, too. >> still nervous about it. you know? i'm really worried about my daughter but i'm sure she is in good hands right now. >> reporter: this is the one school in napa that didn't re- open today stone bridge school, less than two miles from the epicenter of sunday's quake. >> geological survey maps we have a fault that runs right through our campus here. >> reporter: these cracks in the parking lot weren't here after the initial quake, a sign that the earth continues to shift. >> our concern is just still the instability of the grounds here. we had some pretty significant aftershocks yesterday on tuesday morning, so with that level we just don't feel comfortable. we would like things to settle out a little bit. >> reporter: they will be back in session next tuesday with students who likely feel a

this is part of the army under mcpherson.hese are men who fought heavily on the city east of july 1st. what hood was asking his men to do was simply unrealistic, in terms of their physical abilities. on july 22nd, the largest battle of the campaign is fought. it was the single bloodiest day of fighting in the last civil war. some of hardy's troops breakthrough the union line. they capture large numbers of prisoners in cannon. they killed general james b. mcpher surks on and was one of the highest-ranking generals to die in the war. this was a huge, personal blow to sherman. as you could imagine. but, at the end of the day, the federals launch counter attacks. they retake the portions of their lines that the confederates had seized. this was a battle that cost hood's army very heavily. >>> following the battle, sherman decided to reorient his strategy. with hopes of cutting the last calvary raid. he tries to wreck the rail lines south of the city. hood's response to these movementeds by sending a corps out west of atlanta to b

we know we lost fort mcpherson, fort gillam and the naval supply school in athens in the last base re-alignment and closure commission in 2005. there is word there may be another coming up in the next couple years, which raises the question, could dobbins air reserve base be on the line? could robins air force base be on the line? my question to each of you, and i will start with you, david perdue. as a freshman senator, what can you do to protect georgia's military bases and be sure the cuts in defense, which are coming, don't endanger national security? >> well, i grew up just down the road. warner robins air force base. if you listen quietly you might hear a few planes going off. as i was growing up, during the cuban missile crisis i was riding a bicycle to football practice and listening and watching. about every four or five minutes, a tanker or a b-52 took off to do the route around cuba. as a young kid i thought, how important it is to have that type of security. that was a time when they had the nuclear bomb threat training in our school. where you get under your desk. but in all seriou

colored troops did as they helped to repair fort mcpherson on the grounds of arlington national cemeteryuty. he goes where he is told and that's what these men did. so we find colored troops in slocum and lincoln and mayhem and baker and stanton and carol, according to the evening star from december the 14th, 1865. these men, freedom-seeking black folks, self-emancipated contrabands had all one thing in common. they were willing warriors. willing workers and willing defenders of their national capital in times of crisis. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, mr. gibbs. please welcome d.c. council member were ward four, moour y'all bouzer. [ applause ] >> good morning, everybody. and welcome to ward four and i'm certainly delighted to be here with you to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the battle of fort stevens. there's really so much great history here in our capital city, and i am often and proud to celebrate the part that ward four played in the history of our city and certainly in the history of our nation. we're very proud of it. we know that the only civil war battle to take pla

they are all named after civil war heroes, scott, thomas, logan, mcpherson, haines point. what am i missing? >> one after the other, these were civil war generals, dupont, seward was secretary of state. this all came about in the second half of the 19th century. finally there was the money and there was the commitment to washington as capitol to populate these circles and to make them a thing of beauty. most of which are still a thing of beauty today. it was really in the 20th century that washington became the city that we know and love and appreciate today. there were several things that happened in the 20th century. you're probably all aware that george washington when he left office, and again, we celebrate the fact that he left after two terms and declined opportunity to turn his presidency into a new american monarchy, he gave good advice, he said no foreign entanglements. stay out of it. focus on business at home. and by and large, for most of the 19th century, that's what americans did. and even woodrow wilson, when he was campaigning for his second term as preside

years, that i never realized -- they are all named after civil war heroes. .cott, thomas, logan, mcpherson what am i missing? you know, just one after the other, these were civil war generals. dupont. civil war generals -- seward was .ecretary of state this all came about in the second half of the 19th century. finally, there was some money, and there was the commitment to washington of the capital to populate these circles and make them a thing of beauty. most of them are still a thing of beauty today. if you need a little bit of an upgrade. of anew need a little bit upgrade. it was really in the 20th century that washington became the city that we know and love and appreciate today. there were several things that happened in the 20th century. probably all aware that george ,ashington, when he left office and again, we celebrate the fact that he left after two terms and declined the opportunity to turn newpresidency into a american monarchy, but he gave some good advice. foreign "no entanglements. stay out of it. focus on business at home." by a large, most of the 19th century, that's wha

there were many times -- the time i remember was in mcpherson they told satchel that he would come in the back door. the whole team got up and left. i commend the manager and sponsor for that. i was fortunate enough to be the bat boy. i got to see a lot of satchel and the other players. as late as 1959, the black ballplayers were still suffering under that discrimination. >> that's an incident. i appreciate that comment. i was in nevada last sunday, and there was a ballplayer who played for that team who played against satchel. he was actually on the team with him as well. he mentioned the 1959 as well. he had great stories. satchel page, you know -- let me put it this way. kansas had its own unique form of racism. i know a little bit about boxing. boxing was considered a contact sport. so until 1938, i think it was 1938 was the first year that they would let black amateur boxers fight white amateur boxers in kansas. they could go in missouri. but kansas black fighters couldn't fight the white fighters in kansas to qualify. they had to fight other black players -- black fighters in ka

>> he's on another case, miss mcpherson. anything else can i help you with?e the host? >> seth: i did in the first two weeks and a lot of people told me, you can't do that. >> you have to wait? >> seth: my dad said you can't sit down before -- that was the first week if you must know. >> really? >> seth: he's very good. most of them are right. >> i was on the phone with my mom before i came out here. and i was like, "mom i got to go." and she's like, "just one thing -- what's the difference between --" she's 86. "what's the difference between tweet and text?" "mom, i don't --" >> seth: i don't have time for this. [ laughter ] this "ray donovan" a bit of a departure for you. sort of a gritty drama, were you a fan of show? has it been fun to do this? >> that was probably the most, that clip -- was like, nothing happened in that clip. just chatting. how do you take your coffee? milk, please. [ laughter ] um, yes no, i didn't -- they offered me the role and i hadn't seen the show. it's like everybody does now. i binged watch, like, all 12. and i was like, this sh

let me start with myra mcpherson. >> that would be me. >> she's an author and a veteran journalist. she spent manyrote years at thei "washington post" writing for no that paper's legendary style section. shes, has interviewed serial led killers, celebrities, international leaders like cuba's fidel castro, and when she was an infant she ies s interviewedhe president kennedy. >> i was 4. >> a series that she wrote for "the post" on vietnam veterans led her to write her ground-breaking book "long time passing: vietnam and the haunted generation," one of the first ss books, if not the first to examine the insidious problem of ptsd. and in 2006 she wrote "all el governments lie: the life and times of rebel journalist i.f. stone" and she has also delved into intimate topics in "she to came topi live out loud: an t inspiring familyhr journey throh illness, loss, and grief." she experienced the last years of a woman's life who died of breast cancer. breas her new bookt is "the scarlet sisters: sex, suffrage, and tals scandal in the gilded age." it's a biography of victoria wood hall and her

this is not because the restaurant owners are tripping over the long lines on mcpherson square. it's because they don't want the competition and you see it with who or where the taxi guys are driving around on wednesday deciding that really upsetting people not providing service and messing up traffic was somehow a good way to win popular sentiment over regulations that deny consumers of choice. you see it on other things like air bnb where people connect their houses. places where technology is allowing for competition with incumbents is where we do get a lot of left-right coalitions. we won on sobro the on line privacy act where you did have some corporations opposing the corporatist thing google was against it but almost all the lobbying for it but sopa, why did rerun back? all the congressman sponsored this bill and they withdrew their sponsorship. it's because you had an active elite, upper-middle-class that was willing to fight against food trucks. who is fighting for food trucks? this is not your average immigrant family or your mom and pop. again it's a urban elites who

mcpherson on what is now the grounds of arlington national cemetery. soldier does his duty. he goes are where he is told. that's what these men did. we find u.s. colored troops in places like slocum and totten and lincoln and baker and stanton and carroll, according to "the evening star" from december 14, 1865. these men, free, soldiers, freedom seeking black folks, self-emancipated contrabands, had all one thing in common -- they were willing warriors. willing workers. and willing defenders of the national capital in times of crisis. thank you. >>> thank you, mr. gibbs. please welcome being d.c. council member for ward 4, muriel bouser. >> well, good morning, everybody. and welcome to ward 4. i'm certainly delighted to be here with you to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the battle of ft. stevens. there's really so much great history here in our capital city, and i often, and am very proud to celebrate the part that ward 4 played in the history of our city and certainly in the history of our nation. we're very proud of it. we know that the only civi

colored troops did as they helped to repair fort mcpherson on the grounds of arlington national cemeteryuty. he goes where he is told and that's what these men did. so we find colored troops in slocum and lincoln and mayhem and baker and stanton and carol, according to the evening star from december the 14th, 1865. these men, freedom-seeking black folks, self-emancipated contrabands had all one thing in common. they were willing warriors. willing workers and willing defenders of their national capital in times of crisis. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, mr. gibbs. please welcome d.c. council member were ward four, moour y'all bouzer. [ applause ] >> good morning, everybody. and welcome to ward four and i'm certainly delighted to be here with you to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the battle of fort stevens. there's really so much great history here in our capital city, and i am often and proud to celebrate the part that ward four played in the history of our city and certainly in the history of our nation. we're very proud of it. we know that the only civil war battle to take pla

we know we lost fort mcpherson and the naval supply school in athens in the last base realignment and closure commission in 2005. there is word there may be another coming up in the next couple years, which raises the question, could dobbins air reserve base be on the line? you, andon to each of i will start with you, david perdue. as a freshman senator, what can you do to protect georgia's military bases and be sure the cuts in defense, which are coming, don't endanger national security? down thei grew up just road. if you listen quietly you might hear a few planes going off. as i was growing up, during the cuban missile crisis i was riding a bicycle to football practice and listening and watching. off tor or a b-52 took do the route around cuba. as a young kid i thought, how important it is to have that type of security. that was a time when they had the nuclear bomb threat training in our school. where you get under your desk. seriousness, i believe the greatest threat to our national security and defense is this debt and the fact we are not taking it seriously. we have confused ou

we have seen in james mcpherson's work a clear desire to get out there and kill as many of the enemye.em >> one of the things i'm finding doing my paper is general lee actually wasidt quiteç dismisf union soldiers and i'm not sure that -- i know that sectionalism is the issue, but it does seem t to me that the south seemed to have more of a marshall spirit, and i think that they sort of h thought of themselves as superior fighters to the north. >> i agree. i do think so. and thus it must have also been very difficult to suddenly find yourself on the losing foot. yeah. >> was that feeling confined to the eastern theater or the western theater?eas and lee fought in the east with the army of the potomac.n. he might have a different deed. opinion. >> he might indeed. it's a very good point. i want to put up this other image because if i go back for just a moment and look at the er gettysburg, as a student o of t civil war, the image that comes to mind almost immediately is m this one.to min who has seen thisd image befor. this is a thomas thannast car t from 1872 mocking horace greeley