todd dawson's husband, nathaniel dawson is the one who planted the trees we see here. the magnolias.nd part of the lady's memorial association which became the nited daughters of the confederacy, and she wanted to area, where they could memorialize those who fought in the war. the land to be used to circle.his confederate in the circle there are graves confederate soldiers who were interred here plus the monument 1878 to built in commemorate the lost cause. confederate are buried remains right here behind me to mark those who died in the war. ere in this cemetery, we can see basically the rise of the state, and we can see how it prospered, how the state was involved in the civil ar, and we have many prominent people who have worked to make better place after that time. cities tour staff recently traveled to selma, alabama, to learn more about its history. learn more about selma and other stops on our tour at c-span..org/cities thetour. you're watching american history tv. on weekend, every weekend, c-span 3. talks ian guelzo ability reconstruction. *-*- >> the midtown

dawson isd nathaniel the one who planted the trees we see here, be live oaks and the magnolias. she was part of the ladies memorials association with became the daughters of the confederacy and she wanted to have an area to memorialize those who fought in the war. the city of selma gave her the plans to use to build this confederate circle. in this circle there are graves of confederate and non-confederate soldiers that were moved and reinterred here. wasave the monument of that built in 1878 to commemorate the lost cause. there are 155 confederate soldiers whose remains were moved here and buried right here behind me. they mark those who died in the war. in this cemetery, we can see the rise of the state and we can see prosper, howlly the state was involved in a civil war, and we have many prominent people who have worked to make selma a better place after that time. >> our city tour staff recently traveled to selma, alabama. learn more at c-span.org/citytour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> next on lectures in history, tulane univ

her husband, nathaniel dawson, was the one who planted the trees we see here.s memorial association and she to where have an area she can memorialize the people in the war. the city of selma gave the land to them to use and build this confederate circle. in the circle, there are graves of confederate unknown soldiers in, plus, weed have the monument that's was built in 1878 to commemorate the lost cause. there are 155 confederate soldiers whose remains were moved here and are buried right here behind me. that's to mark those who died in the war. in this cemetery, we can see the how it the state and prospered, how the state was involved in civil war, and we have many prominent people who made selma a better place after that time. >> our cities to her staff recently traveled to selma, alabama, to learn more about its rich history. learn more about selma and other stops on our two or at c-span.org/citiestour? you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. tonight, on q and a, the university of virginia history professor william hitchc

dawson,and, nathaniel is the one who planted the trees we see here.ted to have a place to those fallen in the war. the city gave to the udc to build this confederate circle. there are grades of unknown confederate soldiers moved -- graves of unknown confederate soldiers moved here. there are 155 confederate soldiers whose remians were -- remains removed. and were buried here to mark those died in the war. we see how the state basically prospered, how it was involved in the civil war, and many prominent people who made selma a better place after that time. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] staffcer: our cities tour recently traveled to selma, alabama. learn more about the city and other stops on her tour at c-span.org/citiestour. if you're watching american history television, all week and every weekend on c-span3. taylorer: next, quintard onlores slavery, focusing kansas and missouri before and