robert crick, your nomination was thomas stonewall jackson. outside of the south in 1862, how well-known was stonewall jackson? >>. >> '62 began, he was barely known in the south and probably not at all in the north and the impact that he made in 1862 seems to me to be in large part eight consequence of that explosion as though on a cat at that time put to fame. his impact on the year in the minds of southerners and of northerners both the soldiers in the field and the civilians at home on both sides of the river went from nothing to i an great deal and that is part of my case in making him the man of the year for 1862. he gave the south the opportunity to look for some success and find a good bit of it later in 1862. they had had non, not i an tincture of success until jackson a little bit in march but mostly may and june in 1862 in the virginia shenandoah valley won victories is of some consequence. they had some substance but they were not as important in actual fact as they were in the minds on both sides about the new nation having a life

robert crick was the former head of fredericksburg battlefield. we heard from david blithe who dominated frederick douglass. james mcpherson nominated a miller david farragut and you heard the nomination of george b. mcclellan. we're going to open up our phone lines for your thoughts and your comments and questions about the day and hear your comments for john mountcastle as well. a couple of ways you can participate by phone, the numbers are 202-3855. and also for the mountain and pacific it's 585-3856. we wanted to remind you in case you missed today's procedure at the library of virginia, we will reair all of this in its entirety including the phone segments this evening at 6:00 p.m. eastern and 1:00 a.m. eastern on sunday morning. that's ahead of us. also this afternoon if you don't get through on the phones if you want to make a comment at twitter.com you can do that and the handle we're using for twitter is totw1862. and also on facebook, facebook.com/cspan. before we speak to john mountcastle. a tweet from tammy price, she says her choice f

the nomination so far from robert crick, was stonewall jackson. david blight from yale choosing frederick douglass and james mcpherson with admiral david farragut. we're going to open up our phone lines for your questions and comments to james mcpherson in just a moment. 202-585-3886 for mountain and pacific. make sure you mute your television when you call. in you can also send us a tweet. twitter.com/c-span. our hashtag today if you want to jot this down #poty 1862." post your choice on person of the year on facebook. just a quick tweet and facebook reading, ben says that his choice would be horace greeley, second choice would be robert e. lee. that's from ben denikian. on facebook a look at our facebook page, james -- george b mcclellan "as much as i desize him, the army of the potomac is not what it will become in 1863." some of the thoughts of viewers on twitter and facebook. let's go back to the library and james mcpherson who just nominated admiral david farragut as his choice for person of the year 1862. james mcpherson if you look at the

you heard david choosing frederick douglasss as his choice for person of the year 1862 and robert crick who was the chief historian at fredericksburg for 30 years chose thomas stonewall jackson. we're going to open our phone lines here and take your calls. so you can get a chance to talk to david blythe momentarily. the numbers are if you are on the eastern seaboard, if you're eastern and central time zones, 202-585 i 3885. mountain and pacific, 202-585-3886. make sure you mute your television. if you want to tweet us, our hash tag is poty 1862. and we will have one tweet from kashia who agrees with professor light that she says i think douglass should be the person of the year 1862. also at facebook.com/c-span, wes are posting the question there, as well. if you want to take a look at facebook and post your comments, you're welcome to do that. a couple here stephen grill says in a sense, lincoln was person of the year every year he was president. i suppose next to abe in 162, you would have to choose robert e. lee. david blythe joins us from the impt library in virginia, and he's going

here robert burks distinctive style, some crick labeled him bubble gum sculpture gives this. the famous scientist holds in his left hand a document listing some of his most significant theories. the same bench has quotes, einstein's unwavering belief in human tolerance, equality before the war, duty of any truth seeker to reveal his findings no matter where they lead. the circular floor of the memorial features an extra no, ma'am cal map featuring the universe as it and on the date of its dedication in april 1979, which also coincided with einstein's 100th birthday. thirty years later visitors of all ages are drawn to the iconic figure of the grounds of the national academy of science. children especially enjoy climbing into the lap of the scientific genius with the smile of a grandfather. >>> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week. and every weekend american history tv, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites and join in the conversation on these social media s

here robert burks distinctive style, some crick labeled him bubble gum sculpture gives this. the famous scientist holds in his left hand a document listing some of his most significant theories. he holds a document listing his theories. the same bench contains quotes testifying to ooin stain's unwaivering belief in tolerance, equality, and the duty of a truth seeker to reveal his findings. the floor of the memorial features a map showing much of the universe as it appeared on the date of its dedication in april of 1979, which also coincided with einstein's 100th birthday. thirty years later visitors of all ages are drawn to the iconic figure of the grounds of the national academy of science. children especially enjoy climbing into the lap of the scientific genius with the smile of a grandfather. >>> astronaut john glen piloted into space 50 years ago this month. up next, roy neil interviews nasa's mission operations director gene kranz. he was acting flight director when the astronauts landed on the moon. he and his team played a significant role in guiding three astronauts b

bob crick insists the army of north virginia stood its ground in the face of vastly superior numbers and that this was the dumbest thing that anybody -- and robert e. lee included -- could ever have done. i think he stayed put on the 17th because he thought he could win. he thought he could fight mcclellan on the defensive. whatever. he stayed put on the 18th all but daring mcclellan to renew the offensive. and then finally, barely, was able to get across butler's ford and back across the potomac into virginia. and then, of course, he fought on december 13th at fredericksburg. the plain between fredericksburg and crossed a significant drainage ditch, then the attacking ranks had to cross more open ground to confront a sunken road which formed a perfect four-foot trench for confederate infantry. behind the sunken road, marie's height rose precipitously studded with artillery and more infantry. the assault disintegrated into murder. lee saw the enemy founder and saw his own men leap from their cover and chase their fleeing foes. it is well that war is so terrible he said we should grow too fond of it. again and again the federals charged and each