if you count winning battles as who occupies the field, clearly phil sheridan had done that. you gauge who won or lost by whose goals were achieved, clearly wade hampton had won. hampton has still screened the army of northern virginia. sheridan had no idea where lee's main force was. and at the same time, hampton had discovered where grant's army was. in scooping up union prisoners, he had also picked up some union infantry and was able to learn grant's location. so the battle of haw's shop will really be the first meaningful engagement in the battle of mead up to our fight here at cold harbor. well, lee decides to take up a strong defensive line during that same day, may 28th, and early the next day. if you take a look at the pamonkey river, and look at richmond, the next defensible line below the pamonkey is the tatamoney creek. it's a marshy, high-banked, small stream that runs just below the pamonkey. lee decides to take up a line there. during the last part of may 28th, all night and into the next day, the confederate army in northern virginia moves into place. well, wh

if you count winning battles as who occupies the field, clearly phil sheridan had done that. but if you gauge who won or lost by whose goals were achieved, clearly wade hampton had won. hampton has still screened the army of northern virginia. sheridan had no idea where lee's main force was. and at the same time, hampton had discovered where grant's army was. in scooping up union prisoners, he had also picked up some union infantry and was able to learn grant's location. so the battle of haw's shop will really be the first meaningful engagement in the battle of mead up to our fight here at cold harbor. well, lee decides to take up a strong defensive line during that same day, may 28th, and early the next day. if you take a look at the pamonkey river, and look at richmond, the next defensible line below the pamonkey is the tatamoney creek. it's a marshy, high-banked, small stream that runs just below the pamonkey. lee decides to take up a line there. during the last part of may 28th, all night and into the next day, the confederate army in northern virginia moves into place. we

well, if you count winning battles as who occupied the field, clearly phil sheridan had done that, but you gauge who won or lost by whose goals were achieved, clearly wade hampton had won. hampton had screened the army of northern virginia. sheridan had no idea where lee's main force was, and at the same time hampton had discovered where grant's army was because in scooping up union prisoners, he'd also picked up some union infantry and way able to learn grant's location. so the battle of hawes shop is really the first engagement that lead up to the battle at cold harbor. lee decides to take up a strong defensive line during that same day, may 28th, and early the next day. if you take a look at the pam k pamunky and you look at richmond, the next defensible line is the creek. it's a marshy, high banked small stream that runs just below the pamunkey and lee decides to take up a line along the creek. so during the last part of may 28th all night and into the next day, the confederate army of northern virginia moves into place. well, what happens on may 29th? grant has now pulled his cava

and there was old phil sheridan, general sheridan, in the center of the circle with the requisite pigeon on his head, and it's a wonderful statue. it's a beautiful statue. he's the one that did the faces of the presidents in the black hills. and i wondered at the time as i wonder about charles sumner in the public garden in boston how many americans have any idea who that man is? how many people drive around this circle every day twice a day have any idea who they're looking at or why it's called sheridan circle? at the same time, gershwin's rhapsody in blue was playing on my car radio. and i thought gershwin is as alive at this minute for me and anybody else stuck in this traffic jam who has tuned into the same station as he was in the 1930s. he's real, he's with us, he's part of us. now, who's the more important character in history, phil sheridan or george gershwin? well, the answer, of course, is they both are very important. and it may be that thinking about gershwin started me thinking about americans in arrest and the whole part of ger, win's repertory and the movie and gene kelly

phil sheridan and written off with a cavalry corps. he had convinced grant that he could lead the cavalry corps toward richmond and draw steward in the battle and destroy the confederate cavalry. seceded. a place called the yellow tavern about 6 miles north of richmond. during the battle stewart was wounded. a union soldier from michigan with a pistol shot him in the side. taken it to rich many died the next day. update : the confederate army. they have some good confederate commanders that could take place but nothing quite like storage. so it was another loss during the campaign. yes. >> this situation. the military supply. guns and ammo. well supplied. >> guns and ammo. >> yes. actually. the question was after the battles were the army's well supplied with arms and ammunition? they were. both armies. the difference was the confederate army did not have enough food. the troops were about half starved. and it just got worse and worse for them. they had a real problem with their commissary. so much at that stage a problem. they're not

when it's all over with, phil sheridan picks up the table that the documents were signed on, later presents it to elizabeth custer with these words -- "i don't know of anyone who has played a greater role than ending this tragic conflict than your gallant husband." that table is in the smithsonian today. arrogant, vain, overconfident, aggressive, fearless, relentless, legendary. the boy general, brigadier, 23, major general, 26. he leads thousands of men into battle time after time after time. his success, the adulation he receives, the recognition is going to contribute to his death certificate on the back of that aggressive, fearless, relentless, legendary. ridge. custer decides he's going to attack. he orders captain frederick benteen off to the south to scout with 120 men, three companies. benteen hates custer's guts. has no use for him. benteen questions his orders. general, if this village is as big as they say it is, we're going to need every man we've got. you have your orders, benteen. follow them. you're dismissed. benteen hates custer. custer hates benteen. reno hates both of the

along with the victories won by phil sheridan in the shenandoah valley later in september, helped to boost the confidence of northern voters that the lincoln administration was going to win an ultimate victory, and that the president needed a second term in office. so the fall of atlanta helped to reassure the re-election of lincoln and also offer public affirmation of his war policies, that lincoln gets a popular mandate, as you all know, to continue a war that would end on the basis of both reunion and emancipation, something that wouldn't have been the case if the democrats have won. at the same time, the fall of atlanta helped ensure that u.s. grant would remain as general in chief. and that these two men would be the architects of ultimate union victory in the civil war. thank you. do we have time for a few questions? you want to come up to the mike s. >> was there any thought to the confederate armies? >> yes, in fact that ultimately did happen, but it was after the atlanta campaign. and davis did reply. so the question was, if you didn't hear it, was there any thought of putti

phil sheridan or george gershwin? the answer is they are very important. it may be that thinking about gershwin started me thinking about americans in paris on the whole part of gershwin's repertoire and the movie and team kelley and all of that and paris paris and paris. i don't know where the idea first began. maybe back when i was in high school. i don't know. c-span: one of the things you read through the book or 500 pages lots of different characters, you read about central paris. today there's an 11 million plus people in the whole area. we have some photographs put on the screen so you can decide where to start we can just throw up anything with god in that area. shuns other day palais royale. i mean, how much of an area did you read about? >> guest: right now we are looking at the tillery gardens. they are very important in the story about the people i've written about. they are right at the louvre. one ended loot and baby duck tours sean doleac, which goes at. you can see it in the difference there. the general neighborhood of this book is very mu

along with -- so the fall of atlanta along with the victories won by phil sheridan in the shen do withshally later in september helped to boost the confidence of northern voters that the lincoln administration was going to win an ultimate victory. and that the president needed a second term in office. so, the fall of atlanta helped to reassure the real election of lincoln and also public reaffirmation of his monodates to continue a war to end on the basis of both reunion and emancipation, something that wouldn't have been the case if the democrats had won. at the same time, the fall of atlanta and lincoln's re-election helped ensure that u.s. grant would remain as general and chief and sherman as his chief lieutenant and that these two men would be the architects of ultimate union victory in the civil war. thank you. do we have time for a few questions? okay. if you all want to come up to the mics if anyone has any questions. yes, sir? >> was there any thought to put robert e. lee in charge of all the confederates armies? >> yes. in fact, that ultimately did happen but it was after the

along with the victories won by phil sheridan in the shenandoah valley later in september, helped to boost the confidence of northern voters that the lincoln administration was going to win an ultimate victory, and that the president needed a second term in office. so the fall of atlanta helped to reassure the re-election of lincoln and also offer public affirmation of his war policies, that lincoln gets a popular mandate, as you all know, to continue a war that would end on the basis of both reunion and emancipation, something that wouldn't have been the case if the democrats have won. at the same time, the fall of atlanta helped ensure that u.s. grant would remain as general in chief. and that these two men would be the architects of ultimate union victory in the civil war. thank you. do we have time for a few questions? you want to come up to the mike s. >> was there any thought to the confederate armies? >> yes, in fact that ultimately did happen, but it was after the atlanta campaign. and davis did reply. so the question was, if you didn't hear it, was there any thought of putti

he's going to have cavalry under phil sheridan make a raid up to the north. cut off some of the rail lines, maybe even move up into the shenandoah valley, take places like lynchburg and cut off the james river canal. he's then going to take the army of the potomac, pull it out of cold harbor, swing it south, cross the james, and then that army, in combination with butler's army and the 18th corps can take petersburg, cut the supply line to the army in northern virginia, and finally defeat lee. the union plan works like clock work. sheridan heads off on his raid. it will end disastrously at the battle of trevilian station, but it serves its purpose for the time. and on the morning of the 13th of june, lee and his men look across and discover that the union earth works are empty. grant once again has managed to pull his army away without lee figuring out what had happened. the union army swings south, down to the james river. grant intends to cross. but lee does not understand what grant means to do. lee thinks that what grant might be preparing to do is to swi

he's going to have cavalry under phil sheridan make a raid up to the north. cut off some of the rail lines, maybe even move up into the shen an doea valley, take places like lynchburg and cut off the james river canal. he's then going to take the army of the potomac, pull it out of cold harbor, swing it south, cross the james, and then that army, in combination with butler's army and the 18th corps can take petersburg, cut the supply line to the army in northern virginia, and finally defeat lee. the union plan works like clock work. sheridan heads off on his raid. it will end disastrously at the battle of torrian station, but it serves its purpose for the time. and on the morning of the 13th of june, lee and his men look across and discover that the union earth works are empty. grant once again has managed to pull his army away without lee figuring out what had happened. the union army swings south, down to the james river. grant intends to cross. but lee does not understand what grant means to do. lee thinks that what grant might be preparing to do is to swi