they are called grant's first petersburg offensive and many of the combat sites are preserved in petersburg national battlefield, so most of you have visited some of these places where that combat occurred. much less familiar are the actions that immediately follow the first offensive. operations conducted between june 21 and july 1. these initiatives including a two corps infantry effort and one of the world's most extensive cavalry raids, are collectively known as grant's second petersburg offensive and are the subject of my talk this evening. at the conclusion of the first offensive, army commander george gordon meade confessed to grant that he found it a source of great regret that i'm unable to report more success. grant withheld any criticism. i'm perfectly satisfied, he said. that all that's been done could have been done, and that the assaults today were called for by the appearances and information that could be obtained. grant then advised meade, now we'll rest the men and use the spade for their protection until a new vein can be struck. this promise of inactivity and static warf

grant the final battles of the petersburg campaign. latest book "a campaign of giants - the battle for petersburg, volume 1 - from the crossing of the james to the crater" ulysses s. grant is certainly a must read for all civil war enthusiasts. i was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to do the maps buck. i said ulysses s. grant you know what? you're doing good work and he ave me an opportunity to showcase that so that ulysses s. grant i'm most grateful. will is certainly a historian we all look up to but he's to just an inspiration ulysses s. grant his support for the next generation of civil war historians. honored to introduce will green ulysses s. grant keynote speaker. [applause] >> you didn't have to get dressed up to do that. that was very kind of you. [laughter] >> he's famous for his black flyers. follow john as it turns out. also was impressed with a number of hands that went up ulysses s. grant who watched c-span civil war on ulysses s. grant although who in their right mind would not watch lecture as opposed ulysses s.

author of a the campaign of giants, the battle of petersburg, volume one. the emerging civil war blog hosted this talk is part of a symposium on forgotten battles of the civil war. i will be sure to be short with my introduction as the petersburg campaign certainly has quite a bit to discuss. for the sake of our c-span audience, who we deeply appreciate i want to run through a few highlights of our keynote speaker. wilson greene is the former executive director of pamphlet hiic

petersburg offensive. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, it's lecturer in history. we visit the pace university classroom of professor taylor who talks about american cartoons in world war ii and the ways in which they supported and even influenced war effort. at 10:00 p.m. on our weekly america," we wind the clock back and feature several films from the 1940 four presidential campaign between franklin d roosevelt and thomas dewey. that's what's coming up here on american history tv. > i'll be the petersburg campaign certainly has quite a bit to discuss. c-span sake of our audience, who we deeply appreciate i want to run through keynote hlights of our speaker. wilson green is the former xecutive director of pamphlet historical park and the national museum of the civil war soldier located near petersburg ulysses virginia. he previously severed as the first president of the for the preservation of civil war

robert really wants to break out from petersburg and give up petersburg and get to the open, field he fights a terrible battle at ford statement with 20,000 soldiers, his last great attack but the grand poll says the attack and realize he's much fifth and his other lines to do it to the union strike back at the white old road. and they will breakthrough confederate lines on april 2nd, 1865. lee will be forced to give up petersburg and flee to the west. 1865, so lively to the west he is trying to join justice on union and he suffered a terrible defeat at the battle, where he loses a third of his, army sees was happening he says, my god, has already been dissolved? a terrible situation, that lee will be brought and compelled to surrender. on april 9th, sitting 65 at the mcqueen house in virginia, and that's not the only surrender, joe johnson will surrender as well, william to consist, a much larger surrender and if asked any story, if you ever read about it. here is that a place in it's not the last one. the civil war effectively over upon what's left it terribly burned richmond just b

overland, petersburg in the east, atlanta, vicksburg in the western theater. a word or two may be in general -- maybe in general about the atlanta campaign for people who may not have that much familiarity with it. very briefly. it is a major, long campaign. 100,000 union troops under william p. sherman divided into three armies. the thomas army of the cumberland, the mcpherson's army of the tennessee until he was killed and replaced by oliver harwood. and then finally, harwood. and then finally, the third field army under sherman, the -- the army of ohio's john scofield, going against the confederate army of tennessee, led by joseph johnson until july 18 when he was replaced by john bell hood. the campaign began near dalton, georgia, in the first week of may. there was almost continuous contact, and about nine or 10 major battles along the way until atlanta fell on september 2, 1864. sherman drove 100 miles into confederate territory. a campaign of that length and size is unusual. the history of operations was affected by many factors, however i look primaril

jane was born into slavery and worked as a nurse in petersburg. she gained her freedom in 1824 as a reward for heroically nursing the citizens of petersburg through an epidemic. to reward her for that service, her owners freed her. jane minor went on to continue practice nursing. we have some objects related to her practice. bloodletting was a very standard practice up through the middle of the 19th century. we have a couple items that were one was a nice you would use cut into a vein and another upping jar.s c you would burn a candle underneath it to create a vacuum and that you would put that cup over the lacerated skin to draw out the blood. these are the tools jane would have used in her daily practice as a nurse. in addition to being a nurse, became an emancipator. she went on to use her earnings to purchase the freedom of 16 other enslaved women and children. it is a pretty remarkable story. and we have some reproductions of the deeds that were issued by the petersburg court. it shows what is often a two-step process. first jane purchasing e

petersburg. what actions will you take, mr. secretary, to get our embassy staffing numbers back to where they need and reopen that st. petersburg consulate so that it can serve american citizens who are visiting abroad. mr. sullivan: we have an ongoing discussion with the russian foreign ministry on these issues. it's gotten to the point where we were -- our staffing revel was cut to 455 u.s. direct hires. in fact, because the disputes we have with russia extends beyond just the initial expulsion of 60, but their refusal to give visas for us to be able to backfill we are substantially below 400 people at this point in our mission. i think the problem is even greater than you described it. it's very acute. that's become clear to me over my 2 1/2 years as our mission has sha runge, we lost the consulate -- shrunk, we lost the consulate in st. petersburg. the price is we closed the russian consulate in san francisco. we don't have plans to allow them to reopen that consulate which was used for other than diplomatic purposes. not h

petersburg to lindberg in june. potomac river into maryland, defeating lou wallace and pushed to this point. they were all part of the general's, larger objective of creating a strategic diversion. when that would relieve pressure from the army of virginia at petersburg. from lee's perspective he thought it had been a great success. amy explained that so far it was intended to relieve the territory in that area. it has up to the present time been successful. he believed he had carried out his task. -- ultimately old back into the shenandoah valley through snickers gap. the rank-and-file of the army might not have agreed about what the push to the nation's capital achieved. but they were all in agreement about one thing. they were exhausted and wanted a rest. they established camps either along the shenandoah for a little bit further west near berryville. his troops had hoped that after a month of maneuvering and fighting they would be able to get a -- rest. president lincoln would not allow it to happen. a union for

but for the louvre many making an exception jeremy taj in st petersburg has lent out madonna bennelong the vatican has provided the unfinished. $160.00 painting sculptures letters and drawings have been made available it's a one time only event. fortunately many were generous in particular the bill gates foundation and the queen of england queen elizabeth is the biggest land many were very generous for others there were clearly more tensions involved we understand that because many institutions are defined by that the vinci's they hold and one country and it's really there was some unhappiness about the french exhibition in artist only dined in front of the famous vitruvian person only came at the last moment. another there when she also he started as an italian became a universal genius his words skating's drawings impressed everybody in the world. more than 200000 tickets have been so it's definitely one of the exhibitions of the year. the real mona lisa is not part of the exhibition she'll be keeping her eye on things from nearby and only surprising visitors to the show in a digital

draw in that match at leipzig the hosts came from behind to beat russian champions and it sent petersburg then it took the lead 1st scoring in the 25th minute but after a tactical change at half time likely rallied 1st equalising 4 minutes into the 2nd half through conrad lima and the 21 victory was sealed by marcel severe who converted a long range shot to put leipzig top of group g. . this is the news just a top just a reminder of our top story. u.s. president donald trump has lifted the sanctions imposed on turkey after an crowell launched an offensive into syria earlier this month trump's ace turkey has agreed to a permanent ceasefire in northern syria. you're watching news from berlin coming up next is the so-called islamic state aiming to use the philippines as its bridgehead in asia stay tuned for our documentary. don't forget you can get all the latest news on our website a state of new doc thanks for watching. welcome to the book is the game here for d.w.i. . we have plenty to talk about and. less coverage. 3 more. until we have. let's have a look at some of them. so you don't wa

rb leipzig are the new leaders of group g after beating zenit saint petersburg 2—1 while benfica beatin group h, michy batshuayi scored the only goal of the game, four minutes from time, as chelsea won at ajax to move level on points with them at the top of the table. two points clear of valencia, who drew at lille. in asia, urawa red diamonds are through to the champions league final for the second time in three years after beating guangzhou evergrande. the only goal of wednesday's second leg in china was scored just after half—time by shinzo koroki as urawa completed a 3—0 aggregate victory. the champions of 2017 will now face the saudi side al hilal in next month's two—legged final when both teams will be aiming to win the title for a record—equalling third tme. staying with football, they've reached conference semi—finals in the mls cup playoffs. in the first of the eastern conference semis, new york city are playing toronto at citi field. it's 1—1 with 15 minutes to go. and coming up later, the first of the western conference semi—finals between seattle and real salt lake. tribut

petersburg police arrested that former amazon driver. >>as they should they say daniel zambrano is now facing charges for grand theft. dealing in stolen property. let's take a live look outside right here in san francisco to talk about our 4 zone forecast there's the embarcadero it was windy and some of the other shot so looking little bit calm here. but the bear. >>it's been then with the little bit. >>classic fall weather chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here. for the 7 day forecast. yeah we're working on a real yes, give me. we're going to these temperatures cooking i would be surprised we saw some 90's may return to bay area so yeah, this kind of in between though right now you can see >>as all right now at the airport winds kind of kicking up around the bay area see that in the tree down below in blustery at times but yeah, the camera kind of shaking in the wind there as well, but no delays at sfo oakland, or san jose we are looking good, but those winds have blown around you can see ghat 29 miles per h 20 in the palo alto 17

barbara was aiming for st petersburg moscow and kiev ukraine 3 destinations of major significance. ukraine with its rich lands and resources was an important industrial and economic source for the u.s.s.r. to cut it off from the soviet union would strike a big blow indeed. for most of the soviet union the 2nd world war was about fighting the invaders of the land. but it wasn't quite so simple for ukraine the truth is ukraine has never been a united country. when world war 2 broke out a large part of western ukraine's population welcomed the german soldiers as liberators from the recently forced upon them soviet rule and openly collaborated with the germans. the real scale of collaboration was not announced for many years after the war but we now know that whole divisions and battalions were formed by ukrainian collaborators such as s.s. c. and not to go and roll into battalions. just in the beginning of the war more than $80000.00 people from college cina region voluntarily enrolled into division s.s. galad seen in a month and a half notorious for their extreme cruelty towards the

russia what's that like in the days of in st petersburg russia what's that like in the days of the anti russian hysteria from the so-called liberal america the anti russian hysteria from the so-called liberal america. well i would say that it's same as ever because nobody here has it well i would say that it's same as ever because nobody here has any clue that i've spent a couple of decades living in the u.s. i just run a clue that i've spent a couple of decades living in the u.s. i just russian i live in russia that's the most natural thing imaginable. when i live in russia it's the most natural thing imaginable. the united states and the madness there they it gets covered in the news the united states and the madness it gets covered in the news but it's not a major topic of interest to most russians about but it's not a major topic of interest to most russians about do only time it really comes up is when i. try to how do you only time it really comes up is when i. try talking about the united states to one of the local liberals they do exist there are few and talking about the united

in russia we the year we were talking about really were in st petersburg in russia we. we were talking about really what's happening the global economy we've got the ascent of china we've got the ascent of russia what's happening the global economy we've got the ascent of china we've got the ascent of russia we've got the u.s. seemingly twiddling their thumbs you're talking about russia and we've got the u.s. seemingly twiddling their thumbs you're talking about russia and china pretty much as centralized governments just. as centralized governments you use a phrase stalin ism 2.0 and you know as an american. stalin ism i look what it is and i know said ok and now i would go as a direct think arc that in a decent as approach that we have i look at this and i say ok i would think that a decentralized approach that we have in america is is something to pursue but clearly the u.s. model is break out in america is is something to pursue but clearly the u.s. model is breaking down for various reasons so we've got to get a perspective your perspective i think is extremely kin

blogspot dot com to me to welcome back great to be with you again next year over in st petersburg in russia we. we were talking about really what's happening the glue in russia we. we were talking about really what's happening the global economy we've got the ascent of china we've got the ascent of russia we've got the u.s. economy we've got the ascent of china we've got the ascent of russia we've got the u.s. seemingly twiddling their thumbs you're talking about russia and china pretty much seemingly twiddling their thumbs you're talking about russia and china pretty much as centralized governments you use the phrase as centralized governments you use the phrase stalin ism 2.0 and you know as an american i looked on as a 2.0 and you know as an american i look at this and i say ok i would think that a decentralized approach that we have in america at this and i say ok i would think that a decentralized approach that we have in america is is something to pursue but clearly the u.s. model is breaking down for very is is something to pursue but clearly the u.s. model is breaking down fo

qualifying for next year's european football championship after beating scotland for mail in moscow st petersburg will be one of the host cities of next year's events spoke exclusively to us for president alexander fed and he told us why he hopes russia will qualify. in any case if countries fail to qualify how how more much more challenging with that become in terms of logistics for the organizers for the logistics not much more challenging but the problem is that whenever the home team doesn't qualify take some spirit of the competition but still you have to know that 30000000 people will have the chance to be in the stadium during the euro until july we've got 19000000 the quest for. so everything will be sold out for sure i would love as many host teams to qualify but we cannot influence that. the full interview will be available shortly on our website all to call me as well any other stories you want to read up on we're back in 30 minutes in the meantime with the latest global news headlines. in his community there are people who believe that it's ok. it's really hard there are no jobs and y

petersburg nestor damaged several homes and businesses friday night. storm surge caused flooding and washed away parts of coastal roadways. officials say there have been no reports of injuries. >> sounded like a freight train. i had no idea the damage that was going on around us was this extensive until we opened up the door. >> reporter: if there is good news it's that nestor spared part of the florida panhandle which was devastated by hurricane michael aear ago. and is delivering much needed rain to parts of the southeast suffering from drought conditions. chris pollone, nbc news. >>> even thoughtor is categorized as a tropical storm it could still bring in more than 2 inches of rain to parts of the south, georgia and north and south carolina could also see tornadoes developing there. we should say that you have a touch of some kind of cold or something. >> i think i have a cold. to those who tweeted and said, hey you're a little congested are you okay? i'm fine. drinking some tea. bear with me through this weather forecast. >> you're doing great. >>

will stay on the new york stock exchange meanwhile the 3rd largest russian stock exchange the st petersburg market is reportedly considering moving to russia's far east to be closer to opportunity you have a lot of boss to keep an eye on that in japan the nikkei is up for the week as well so notable spikes in both directions. on that market during the week but ending up solidly on friday on continuing optimistic reports about u.s. china trade talks in shanghai their stock exchange the world's 4th largest and capitalize zation at $4.00 trillion dollars for the week one interesting note there regarding the recently launched star market under the shanghai exchange that's a tech focused regional answer to the nasdaq global in next compiler m.s.e. a m a c i announced on friday that it will begin including star market information in their global investable market indexes in bombay the sensex is down for the week big selloffs no surprise in bank stocks late this week of course in the wake of renewed worries about the sectors stability after the latest banking scandal at punjab in maharashtra co-op

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or the national life saved the hosts came from behind to beat russian champions zenit st petersburg zenit took the lead 1st scoring 25th minute but after tactile change of halftime leipzig responded 1st equalizing 4 minutes into the 2nd half through conrad lime or then the 21 victory was sealed by marcel but sir you converted a stunning long range shot to put leipzig top of group 2. over aussie dortmund to travel to italy for their champions league clash wednesday losing to interval on the host went ahead of the 22nd minute with a goal from toro martinez he later missed a penalty but just before the final whistle teammate antonio country have made no mistakes scoring to make it to no one that means injury milan are now tied for 2nd with door in. well just 100 years ago with salt there were salt there were more than 2000000 penguins living along the southern coastline of namibia south africa but now africa's penguin colonies are endangered but the population decreasing rapidly or correspondent even krishna's it in an organization in cape town that's trying to put a stop to this alarming de

for next year's european football championship after they defeated scotland 4 nil in moscow st petersburg will be one of the host cities for next year's event and he spoke exclusively to you wait for president alexander cziffra who told us why he hugs russia will qualify. in any case if countries fail to qualify how how more much more challenging with that become in terms of logistics for the organizers for the logistics not much more challenging but the problem is that whenever the home team doesn't qualify take some spirit of the competition but still you have to know that 30000000 people will have the chance to be in the stadiums during the euro and july we've got 19000000 bequests with tickets. so everything will be sold out for sure i would love as many host teams to qualify but we cannot influence that. if you want to see more you can watch the full version of that interview to be available very shortly on our web site that is our dot com. stay with us throughout the evening we're going to make a substitution of a row now and you can check out our latest headlines with my colleague

well that match at leipzig the hosts came from behind to beat russian champions zenit st petersburg said it took the lead 1st scoring in the 25th minute but after a tactical change at half time leipzig responded 1st equalising 4 minutes into the 2nd half to conrad liner then the 21 victory was sealed by marcel sabates or who converted a stunning long range shot to put leipzig top of group g. . for us here dortmund travelled to italy for their champions league clash wednesday losing to inter milan the hosts went ahead in the 22nd minute with a goal from the toro martinez who later missed the paneling but just before the final whistle teammate antonio country made no mistakes scoring to make it to nil and that means in the milan are now tied for 2nd with dortmund in group f. . well just 100 years ago it was thought that there were more than 2000000 penguins living along the southern coastline of namibia south africa but now africa's penguin colonies are endangered with a population decreasing rapidly did abuse adri increase resulted in organization cape town that's trying to put a stop to

alleged russian interference in the 2016 presidential election the documents authors claim the st petersburg based internet research agency attempted to use social media to swing the vote in dollar terms favor and more broadly to sow distrust in american democracy. the committee found that internet research agency sought to influence the trying to 16 u.s. presidential election by harman hillary clinton's chances of success and supporting donald trump at the direction of the kremlin. of or no evidence is provided in the $85.00 page report to back up the allegations earlier this year the miller probe also pointed the finger at the internet research agency said in july a federal judge ruled there was no evidence the irate was connected to the russian government the kremlin has front of the new intelligence committee report not just a rehash of old allegations executive director of the ron paul in which didn't make out and says the new report proves something. well this is a house built on sand is what i would say the it's quite interesting because the report begins with the assumption that the

queen elizabeth sent two dozen drawings and the hermitage in petersburg, the vatican and private collectorshome for the exhibition. my own source and her own gallery which is visited by 30,000 people a day. the vitruvian man made the journey from venice following a court case to try to stop him. this photo drawing on paper is not often seen ——is not often seen and will only be shown for a limited period. it demonstrates the interest in science and nature as well is art. translation: leonardo da vinci with his universal talent to someone who is interested in milling things, some fancy geometry of mathematics, some fancy geometry of mathematics, some of animals, summer painting, he was interested in all human knowledge, we see a of ourselves and them. prepare to be amazed, says the gathering's chief curator. there almost a quarter million advance bookings for the retrospective drives next fabry. and tell me what you think about our talking point today. the idea that you much reading or near work, i.e. looking the idea that you much reading or nearwork, i.e. looking at the idea that you much r

next year's european championships that's after they defeated scotland for nothing in moscow st petersburg will be one of the host cities for next year's event and ante spoke exclusively to us for president alexander cheer for and he told us why he hopes russia will qualify. in any case if countries fail to qualify how how more much more challenging with that become in terms of logistics for the organizers for the logistics not much much more challenging but the problem is that whenever the home team doesn't qualify take some spirit out of the competition but still you have to know that 30000000 people will have the chance to be in the stadium during the euro and july we've got 19000000 the quest for tickets. so everything will be sold out for sure i would love as many host teams to qualify but we cannot influence that and you cost full version of that interview it will be available shortly on our website r.t. dot com right up to date i'll be back with more on our top stories in half an hour . you know world of big. law and conspiracy it's time to wade to dig deeper to hit the stories that

for next year's european football championships if they can beat scotland in moscow tonight st petersburg is one of the host cities for the euros our correspondent alexia spoke with the president alexander chair for when he told us why he hopes russia will qualify. in any case if countries fail to qualify how how more much more challenging with that become in terms of logistics for the organizers for the logistics not much much more challenging but the problem is that whenever the home team doesn't qualify take some spirit out of the competition but still you have to know that 30000000 people will have the chance to be in the stadiums during the euro until july we've got 19000000 the quest for tickets. so everything will be sold out for sure i would love as many host teams to qualify but we cannot influence that. on the full version of that interview should cancer watch it is available on the web site r t that comes to bring you up to date so if you're interested the results are that much currently goalless with around 4 minutes to go until. today with that much throughout the evening joi

year's european championships after going 3 nil up against scotland in a game here in moscow st petersburg you must know is a host city for those euros our correspondent he spoke exclusively with the president alexander and he told us why he hopes russia will indeed qualify. in any case if countries fail to qualify how how more much more challenging with that become in terms of logistics for the organizers for the logistics not much much more challenging but the problem is that whenever the home team doesn't qualify take some spirit out of the competition but still you have to know that 30000000 people will have the chance to be in the stadiums during the euro until july we've got 19000000 the quest for tickets. so everything will be sold out for sure i would love as many host teams to qualify but we cannot influence them. and of course the full interview on our website dot com will bring you the final score from that russia scotland game next hour here on our tail be back with the. result for you enough now. to. join me every thursday on the alex simon shill and i'll be speaking to guest