the capture of new orleans. the leading port and largest city and the gayway teway to th carrier of the lifeblood, the mississippi river. after kidable effort, faragut got his supplies across to the gulf of mexico in march 1862. they were supported by 20 skooners that had been modified and strengthened to carry a mortar to bombard the confederate defenses at two forts, flanking the mississippi 70 miles below new orleans. forts jackson and saint phillip. together, these forts mounted 126 big seacoast guns, most of them on the river to try to blow out of the water any fleet attempting to come up the river. in addition the confederates the few gets a fleet of eight gun boats, converted from river steam boats. one small iron-clad, css manassas, and, another large, but uncompleted iron-clad, the css louisiana. which had its guns in place but didn't yet have engines in working order. so it was anchored near the fort as a floating battery. the fleet was supported by an army of 15,000 union soldiers commanded by benjami

and there's a wealth in new orleans. there's just a whole different culture understanding the french government. one other thing i wanted to say to all of the descendants, i am really pleased to see you. i'm a genealogist and i'm the only african american on staff at the office, okay, and i came here because i was hoping to hear something more about your lineage. i have been fascinated by your families since i was a kid. i've read about your families. for quite a long time and have been fascinated by the individual accomplishments and the continuity of those accomplishments, the effect, the influence that your ancestors had on our society. one question i wanted to ask each of you, or if you could answer this, when you found out at that juncture what your ancestor did, what kind of influence did it have on your life? >> steve? >> i guess the real big impact for me is when we found nancy syp syphax at the decatur house. this occurred here in d.c. happened to be at an event and they saw her name on the placard in the buildi

and then they sold their merchandise in new orleans for a good price. new orleans merchants actually thought they were pretty good guys, because they were making money off of them. the u.s. navy destroyed their base in september of 1814. shortly thereafter, the british approached lafeat and offered him a deal if they would throw their lot -- if they would throw their lot in with them. they offered him a commission in -- i think it was the navy, and also a land after the british success at new orleans. but he said, i need some time to think it over. and instead, he negotiated with the americans, and threw his lot in with them. basically in exchange for pardon for all of his past crimes. he was willing to side with the united states. now, the myth is that he played a significant role in the battle of new orleans. his men did help man some of the artillery batteries in jackson's line. and the lafeats really knew the terrain around there, so they provided some intelligence to jackson. but they did not provide him with cannons or muskets. much of his role --

one vote. >> how much do you think the efforts assisted farragut's activities in new orleans? the confederate forces. >> that was an important factor. originally the confederates had created what they called a river defense fleet down in new orleans, the 14 vessels, which could have given farragut a lot of trouble. but they were called up river, six of them were sent up river. i think ultimately this was a decision by confederate secretary of the navy steven malary and then endorsed by jefferson davis so those six vessels had been sent up to contest the union fleet's effort to capture island number ten. near new madrid, missouri. this was in late march. that lessened the opposition to farragut. another example of what lincoln was trying to get his commanders to do was to move simultaneously against confederate defenses to thin out those defenses rather than just one at a time. and so clearly i think simultaneous advance by the upper river fleet union fleet and especially island number ten was of material aid to farragut effort. no question with about it. >> a similarity, at le

he was not in the battle of new orleans. his reputation was inflate and that of his brother probably underrat underrated. yes? >> i was wondering if you can comment on mr. taylor's book about talking about the war of 1812 being more like a civil war given that loyalives were from the states and largely in upper canada and lower canada because of the french and others that were there longer. it was more or less brother against brother and sometimes literal literally he got sent to the peninsula. the other thing to extend the henry clayism a little bit and project it into beyond the war of 1812, in 1867, during the civil war, the american athd bass dor in upper and lower canada, by saying which side are you on meaning the north or the south. he said we are neutral. he said then you are against us. that was an urge to get the rail line across canada. they keep it as a separate country. >> alan taylor is a historian and a scholar. they wrote a book published two years ago and the civil war of 1812. a fine study of what happened

welcome back to new orleans, everyone.ck down to the court for the trophy presentation. jim nantz standing by with the new national champions, the kentucky wildcats. jim? jim: thank you, greg gumbel. they have played "my old kentucky home" inside the dome here, celebrating the kentucky wildcats' national championship and a shoutout to the city of new orleans. just a great final four host city. it was great to be back here. president of the ncaa dr. markham rick is here for the presentation, along with the chairman of the division 1 men's basketball committee. the trophy presentation to the national champions. >> well, what a wonderful championship this has been. first of all i'd like everyone to join in congratulating the kansas jayhawks in an absolutely spectacular championship game. and coach calipari and the kentucky wildcats, what a fabulous tournament. congratulations, coach. there's your championship trophy. [cheers] >> wow. jim: what is that like to hold in your hands? >> it's kind of heavy, to be honest with you. i

welcome back to new orleans, everyone.ck down to the court for the trophy presentation. jim nantz standing by with the new national champions, the kentucky wildcats. jim? jim: thank you, greg gumbel. they have played "my old kentucky home" inside the dome here, celebrating the kentucky wildcats' national championship and a shoutout to the city of new orleans. just a great final four host city. it was great to be back here. president of the ncaa dr. markham rick is here for the presentation, along with the chairman of the division 1 men's basketball committee. the trophy presentation to the national champions. >> well, what a wonderful championship this has been. first of all i'd like everyone to join in congratulating the kansas jayhawks in an absolutely spectacular championship game. and coach calipari and the kentucky wildcats, what a fabulous tournament. congratulations, coach. there's your championship trophy. [cheers] >> wow. jim: what is that like to hold in your hands? >> it's kind of heavy, to be honest with you. i

we went to new orleans, to bourbon street. i fell down and my friend picked me up and we were picked up by the new orleans police and accused of being drunk in public. i've been here 21 days. the first few days we were in the new orleans county jail. we were left without food or water for three days. near riots broke out. there were people breaking windows, starting fires. most of us were afraid that we were going to die there, it was so horrible. water was up to our shoulders by the time they got us out of there. they put us in small boats, took us to this bridge area. i saw my friend for about two minutes, first thing he said to me, he said, this is a goddamned nightmare. >> while a nightmare for some, for others, including the first women inmates to sleep at angola in 44 years, a blessing. >> i was so weak, i couldn't even -- i could barely walk when they got me, put me in the boat to come out of there. we had about that much water to drink within three days. and one sandwich. the warden came and got us and put us all like

he does reunite with the family and they are able to make it out of jamaica and to new orleans. when he leaves jamaica, is brought to new orleans, his stock rises instantly in the british empire as an eyewitness to the events that just happened. this is an excerpt from a letter that he wrote to mills, the classical liberal, sometimes member of the parliament. mill finds out about what happened to gordon, what happened to clark, the brutal suppression occurs and begins to petition within the british government to bring up governor eyre on charges of murder and violation of due process of law. well, menard becomes an instant correspondent with mill and writes him a firsthand that he presents as evidence in the court. unfortunately, governor eyre escaped any repercussion with there was a the law for the charges. there was a vibrant debate that occurred in the british parliament at the time that separated the two factions of english politics, the liberal faction and the kind of colonialist faction. some of the leading figures of british politics at the time were involved. mill, who

well, rifles did not play a very significant role in the battle of new orleans. all the evidence suggests it was those eight batteries of artillery that anchored jackson's line. even the british reported that the canister and grape shot fired from those weapons, it just tore huge holes in the advancing british lines. and my guess is that u.s. muskets probably played a more significant role than rifles. rifles were probably third in inflicting damage on the british advancing lines. rifles to be used properly had to be aimed. and i don't think people were aiming their rifles or muskets. we have some contemporary reports that simply indicate that the riflemen and the musketmen were simply holding their weapons above the earth works and pulling the trigger without looking. and who can blame them. it was a lot safer that way. and that's one of the reasons the casualties were so unbalanced in that battle. remember, the british sustained 2,000 killed, wounded and missing. jackson's main line sustained only 13 killed and wounded. it is also widely believed that this batt

. >>> a group of former new orleans police officers may be headed to prison. the district officers were convicted in a 2005 shooting of up armed hurricane katrina victims just days after the storm hit. >> ainsley earhart has more. >> seven years ago, a tremendous injustice was committed against the people of new orleans, the victims and their families. this injustice was served withious today. >> reporter: five former new orleans police officers have been sentenced to prison. ed to they were all cop stricted for playing a role in the deadly shootings of unarmed resident in the days after hurricane katrina. >> today is a somber day for the city of northerly ends but today is also an important day in the journey for justice for the victims, the family members and the city of new orleans. >> reporter: police shot six people at the danziger bridge. a frier convicted the former cops of civil rights violations and a cover-up. the prison terms range from six to 65 years. >> when you do something, it should always be in mind that, at some point, it needs to with stand

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the notion, for example, andrew jackson fought in new orleans or the scottish 93rd regimen at new orleans wore kilts, or that the great flag at fort mchenry, which is now at the smithsonian actually flew over the north, none of those things are true. those are the smaller misconceptions that are widely believed about this war. where do the myths come from? well, a lot of them come from participants. they either misremember or mistell the war. there's a tremendous amount of tension, especially in the 18th and early 19th century when black powder was used. very quickly, the battlefield was covered with smoke, so often people engaged in the battle had little idea of what was going on. it is sometimes said even today that if you asked people who were in a battle to describe what they saw, what they heard, what they experienced, it will sound like they were in two different battles, and i would add to that and say if you ask them 20 years after the event, it will probably sound like they were in two wars, because we have a way of shaping our stories over time to fit our preconceptions as well

today, orleans was shut down completely. there will be some big delays in the city most likely. 60 on the west side. everything running smoothly on the north side over towards the 83's. the j.f.x. and the harrisburg expressway in great shape at this time. travel and without delay east and west down to the annapolis region. route 24, problem free down towards the fort mchenry and beyond. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> good morning. mta commute off to a good start. on the rails, looking good. no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. light rail on schedule. metro subway also on time this morning. i am kurt kronke. >> good morning. it will be a chilly start on this wednesday morning. nothing going on as far as rain or snow. we have the jet stream is digging down to the south. there is an impulse of the carolina coast and another coming in from the northwest. we have some rain and snow shower

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southbound orleans will close near broadway. orleans will close in both directions at 3:00 p.m. until midnight tonight. 11 minutes on the outer loop northeast side. we continue to move well on the beltway. this is 50 at sandy point. this is the fort mchenry. problem free. just building volume. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we are following breaking news. an earthquake has hit the waters off the western coast of indonesia. >> the country has issued a tsunami watch. we will continue to follow the story as more details become available. >> after three years, it appears the animal cruelty case against travers and tremayne johnson is finally about to come to an end. >> there accused of setting fire to and killing a dog. jennifer franciotti has more. >> the prosecution rested its case yesterday. the jury heard testimony on monday. the judge said the case was moving too slowly. a crime lab technician took the stand. the brothers involved are travers and tremayne johnson. was surveillance video of the dog on fire. the jury learned that an ignitable substance was found on ge

came all the way to new orleans to watch him. you know i should have been outraged and i certainly was surprised i had to think back and think two thousand and eight what was i doing at that time it turned out the report wasn't even accurate i wasn't even at the protests when they spied on me i was at a film festival introducing a bill and so i could be upset but it's also kind of absurd by the new york city police department flying officers all the way down to new orleans to watch me introduce the film in a film festival i think it's a pretty good question but something i want to tell you right because we see that they have these wide sweeping surveillance programs and yet you weren't even speaking at this event this is the people summit i believe their documents you they called you one of the lead organizers of this event so what does that say about the kind of intelligence gathering right so the information is inaccurate they are doing a huge waste of money by coming down to new orleans what does any of this have to do with ke

charge. >> when hurricane katrina flooded new orleans it destroyed the school system.hools thought maybe that is what needed to happen. >> probably one of the worst school districts in the country ai. horror. >> before hurricane katrina i was a fail. >> you rebuild there? or build something new. >> louisiana built something new. they made it easy for people to open charters. >> saying here is the plan. >> ben start aid charter school. >> we have control over the quality of instruction. >> and in 2008 he was the only employee, drove his car around new orleans until 3:00 in the morning put be up signs. >> this number here? that is my cell phone. >> he had to, because students had to choose to go there. >> they didn't just get sent here. >> we're putting these up everywhere. >> he went to houses to recruit. >> we never had that. >> her son goes to sci. >> i came here and talked to me z talked to ricky and explaining to him about the hours and academics and stuff. >> in school, only a third of the students who are proficient on state tests. >> i know half of them didn't kn

he wasn't at the battle of new orleans on the day of the battle. he was probably running some message somewhere for jackson to someone else. his reputation somewhat inflated that of his brother, somewhat underrated. yes. >> i was wondering if you could comment on the book on 1812 being more like a civil war being that loyalists were from the states that largely in upper canada, yes, lower canada was a different story because of the french and others there longer, but it was more or less brother against brother and sometimes literally, in particular, because people lived on both sides of the river and niagra peninsula. the other thing, just to extend the henry clayism a little bit and project it beyond the war of 1812, in 1867, canada became a country confederated. but during the civil war, a few years before that, the american ambassador to upper and lower canada threatened the first prime minister by saying which side are you on? meaning the north or the south. and he said we're neutral. he says well, then you're against us. and that was actually

orleans is closed in the city. we will update some of our cameras. building volume in the southbound direction in ellicott city heading down towards the d.c. area. this is the beltway at security, building big time. those delays from liberty down towards edmondson. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> you will need a light jacket as we start the day in the 30's and moving towards 59 for the afternoon high in baltimore. 40's in parts of the mountains. the wind will be 10 to 20 miles per hour. high pressure does build in. 72 on saturday. sunday could get near 80 degrees. a storm system passes up to our north. better rain chances into next week. we stay pretty warm in the 70's and 80's. >> 41 degrees on tv hill. you could say this dog is a real skate rat. >> cool. we are still taking your answers to our water cooler question of the day. do you think states with "stand your ground" laws should allow them to remain on the books? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. at bank o

we don't know how margaret was moved to new orleans. she could have gone by ship or she could have had had to walk to new orleans. based on a birth certificate, we know margaret gave birth to a son in 1842 and he was given the name peter joseph. the father was an austrian merchant who was named spar row joseph who came to search of his fortune. we have not been able to document the relationship between margaret and him, but we know that peter was born free when his mother prior to his birth. this lead me to the speculation about margaret possibly been forced to work in a brothel. at age 13, peter wrote a letter to his grandmother nancy. somehow he knew that nancy was at the cater house. i don't know how he knew that. but they probably also remained in contact with one another. at any rate at the 1857 letter provides an interesting clue. that letter is over on the wall if you get a chance to look at that. finally, we know that peter was a civil war veteran. he's over on the wall at the civil war memorial. in 1869 peter and his wife and t

they were in new orleans in january of 1836. as a matter of fact, they were going to speculate in texas land. they passed on the loan. but they donated the texas warship brutus to the navy. so if you're going to speculate in land why not donate a warship to help take it from the mother country first? they had also been partners with robert triplett in a land deal in nacogdoches in late 1835, but triplett had bowed out of the deal and decided not to invest the funds because he didn't feel like he could clear title. so the allen brothers went down to galveston where they were planning to put their city and they looked at the tract of land and they looked at the title and they said, you know, you've got title to this and menard's got title to this and i don't think y'all are going to work it out. so they had to pass on putting their city there because of the problems associated with that loan. so then they go up to harrisburg. well, harrisburg was at a navigabna navigable bend in the bayou where the turn in the ship channel is now.

they surely would have been done the same when they occupied if they occupied new orleans. i see no evidence to suggest they planned to sac the city. is there evidence that they planned to keep louisiana if they succeeded in this campaign. this myth is built on the orders that the commanding british general carried with him. that provided for establishing civilian government in southern louisiana if the british prevailed in this campaign. but that was to be a temporary government. you look at the diplomatic documents and what the british officials were thinking, this whole campaign on the gulf coast wasn't even on their radar. in fact, at one point, the british prime minister, lord liverpool, dismissed the whole campaign saying that new orleans was the most unhealthy place in america. so if the british conquered southern louisiana, i'm sure they would have restored it just as they did the 100 mile ats the end of the coast, just as they restored mack gnaw island, prairie duquesne and cumberland island in georgia. the peace treaty provided for returning to the status quo ante

happened in new orleans, in other locations. did any one at any point ever bring to your attention or did you discover independently, that this kind of thing was going on so that you could intervene to prevent what sadly came to a crescendo here? >> well, we rely on gsa employees to tell us. we did not have hotline complaints about this conference. and i do commend the deputy administrator for bringing it to our attention. >> susan brita. >> susan brita. >> she did that at the direction of the administrator, is that correct? is that your understanding? >> it's my understanding. but we have the administrator here. >> i'm just asking you as the i.g. what your understanding was. was your understanding miss brita was acting alone or at the direction ever martha johnson? >> i viewed the deputy administrator as the alter ego of the administrator. >> so the sequence was, though you had been on the job since 2005, the first anybody in the agency alerpted you to this kind of excess, for this kind of occasion, was when susan brita acting

in new orleans went to the provost art marshall's office convinced this must be a mistake. they couldn't possibly be expecting them to take an oath of allegiance. they figured if they talked to the right guy, in just the right way, you know, there would be an exception made for them. he said they came becrinolined and bejeweled, talking all kinds of flirtation talk, but they all had to sign the paper or get pushed out of the city of new orleans.un talk, but they all had to sign the paper or get pushed out of the city of new orleans.had to sign the paper ot pushed out of the city of new orleans. there was a little bit of a rough awakening. but if the confederate government was forced to contend with the women in their new individual capacity as traitors, they faced another arguably more daunting political challenge from the mass of white southern women in their new collective identity as soldiers' wives. the south was an agrarian society, whole regions of it populated by yeomen and poor white families. there had never been any expectation that women would be able to make sub

timing could not be worse for the new orleans saints. on the same day they asked for leniency from the nfl an audio recording of saints coach was released. you will hear the coach ordering his players not just to hit the forty-niners hard but to hurt them. seriously. larry is here and football is a brutal sport we all know that but this goes beyond that. >> this is clearly over the line. i think everybody would acknowledge that. go for the acl on michael crabtree. head open kyle williams. those were the specific strikes instruction from his ex saints coach williams. he told the players target key areas of the 49ers with the intent to injur injure. >> we will coo kill. every single one of you before you get off the pile l, effect the head. >>reporter: indicting account of the saints bounty program to date. audio recording prior to the play off game against new orleans featuring suspended former defensive coordinator greg williams encouraging team to injure opposing players like quarterback alec smith and offering reward for the big hi hit

that was about five weeks after the battle of new orleans. if the british prevailed at new orleans, they planned to sac the city and retain louisiana after peace was restored. two myths here, the first is that the british planned to sac the city. it was believed in the united states after the war that the sign and counter sign of british troops was beauty and booty. that may or may not have been true, but no evidence that they plan to sac the city. they kept a tight leash on the soldiers. they surely would have been done the same when they occupied if they occupied new orleans. i see no evidence to suggest they planned to sac the city. is there evidence that they planned to keep louisiana if they succeeded in this campaign. this myth is built on the orders that the commanding british general carried with him. that provided for establishing civilian government in southern louisiana if the british prevailed in this campaign. but that was to be a temporary government. you look at the diplomatic thing and the campaign on the gulf coast was not ev

rain soaks i-10, from tallahassee to new orleans. and by this evening, it will be snowy on parts of i-84 and 90 in the cascades and northern rockies. >> and if you're taking to the skies, airport delays are possible in atlanta, charlotte and new orleans. >>> well, some quick thinking on the part of a 3-year-old boy in colorado springs turned what could have been a tragedy into a very happy ending. >> the boy's dad had just stepped outside his car in a convenient store parking lot, when someone jumped in and sped away with the boy still inside. the carjacker let the boy out in front of a nearby house, where he had the presence of mind to ring the doorbell in the middle of the night and say, help me, i'm cold. he was able to say his name and his parents' names. and police reunited the family. >> smart kid. >>> there is heartbreak, though, for a chicago area family this morning after her husband and father died in a bizarre attack. anthony hensley drowned when his kayak was overturned by an aggressive swan. swans are known to be protect

and we're joined from new orleans by gordon russell, city editor of the "times-picayune." so, the judge handed down sentences, but expressed a lot of frustration and anger. tell us what was going on? >> well, i can't speak for the judge, but he seemed to be frustrated by the plea bargains in particular. he seemed to feel that... he made a comment to the effect of it bothers them to use liars to convict liars and he seemed to feel the sentences granted to some of the officers who cooperated and agreed to testify against their fellow officers were two lenient and he was sort of boxed in by having to give long sentences to the officers who went to trial. >> brown: fill in that picture for us. he called using some liars to convict other liars. he's talking about people who pled and worked with the feds? >> yeah, there were five officers who pled and testified against the five officers who went to trial and he seemed to think that some of their testimony was self-serving. one of the officers who had a plea deal was michael hunter. he was driving the budget rental truck that wen

archer, to a fund-raising mission to new orleans. they left the day after christmas of 1835, arrived there in january of 1836. and they had a meeting at the city hotel, which was in the french quarter because new orleans was the largest fund-raising center for the south. and at this meeting it was chaired by a man named william christie. christie was an old veteran of the war of 1812. he was a long-time friend of sam houston's. and he was there as sympathetic a man they could ever find to chair this meeting. so the commissioners, austin, archer, and wharton, had this meet examining they tried to raise funds, and they had it in the ballroom of the hotel. and it probably wasn't much bigger than this room. and they had real estate speculators here. there were financiers there. some of these were just lodgers from the hotel who'd been following the texas cause and wandered in on the meetings. and austin and archer took turns railing against the mexican government. we have no representation in satulio. they have suspended the constitution

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it may be the big easy but new orleans is not going down easy when it comes to the suspension. the nfl may have laid down and had a fist on the new orleans saints for a bounty program, but now the head coach and general manager are fighting back. they will meet with the officials to appeal their suspension. the commissioner has vowed to make it an expedited appeal, hoping to have his ruling within a few days after the plead their case. this is in respect to a report that found new orleans rewarded about 27 players for hard hits that injured opposing players. there is one team in the n.c.a.a. tournament that not only met that exceeded the pressure -- kansas. the jayhawks relied on solid defense and three of the five winds have been determined by three or less points. last night, they raised the bar even higher. they faced a d.c. native who finished with 17 points and eight rebounds. but with just over one minute to go, kan. up one and remember that name -- elijah johnson. kansas would win in a nail biter. the other some -- other semifinal -- blue and red in the crowd for the blu

strong winds, even possibly a tornado, damaged homes in the city of new orleans overnight. >> and in dallas, they are waking up to major destruction, after a dozen or more twisters touched down. abc's diana alvear just arrived in one of the hard-hit neighborhoods in dallas. good morning, diana. >> reporter: rob and paula, good morning. not such a good morning for the community. look at what i'm holding in my hands. a piece of wood and a brick. both used to belong to that home or what's left in that home. there is an overturned car sitting in their yard. this shows the power of the storms combined. it really is a miracle that no one was killed. the tornadoes tore through dallas neighborhoods on tuesday, leaving a devastating path of destruction. residents ran for cover, as roofs were blown off their homes. >> get in the house. >> reporter: in arlington, first graders wereold to duck and cover. the national weather service called at least two tornadoes large and extremely dangerous. the storms lifted several tractor-trailers off the ground, hurling them through the air. trucks that wei