you have robert e. lee riding with you into action. then they realize, robert e. nd of shames them and says, you can go in action and wall street goes up and see you can lead them into action, this is 8 pretty warm spot that we're in and he would rather not be here. he said i got this. i can tax care of this. he stepsp aside and longstreet starts to launch counter p attacks. and they're going to go straightforward into two brigades from the second and fifth quarter. the four recommended 800 men are going the same horrific casualties. 800 m" go into action, 250 of them come out out later that afternoon. they were the first ones to go in and they went in by themselves. they÷ú sacrificial lamb. to me, this is the last for them and last hoorah as they're broken multiple times on the battlefield. . the men are back through them from will cox and heat. this has to be one of the toughest jobs to try to get on the line asd8 they go into acti, charles lead staff starts looking and he said it was -- my heartbeats quicker than to think about the moment, even at this distant t

display of windows dedicated while this church was still under construction to memorialize generals robert e. lee and thomas stonewall jackson. as we're gathered here, not in front of the memorials, which are over there by president wilson, let me tell you what lee's inscription says. to the glory of god, all righteous and all merciful, and in undying tribute to the life and witness of robert edward lee, servant of god, leader of men, general in chief of the armies of the confederate states, whose compelling sense of duty, serene faith and unfailing courtesy, mark him for all ages as a christian soldier without fear and without reapproach. the lee windows show the general as a soldier, educator and engineer. stonewall jackson is shown kneeling prayerfully in camp while a bug ler plays and he reads the bible. and he's shown in an adjacent window as an armored crusader, arms uplifted while heavenly trumpets play, going to glory. his memorial reads, in part, like a stonewall in his steadfastness, swift as lightning and mighty in battle, he walked humbly before his creator whose word was his guide. t

maybe we'll have robert e. leeis in another box, both of them in shame. >> i thought he was attending grover's. ♪ ♪ >> booth goes to humphrey's stable to reserve a horse, then to write a letter, a confession, an explanation, a manifesto signed by him on behalf of himself, louis powell, david herold and george atzerodt. later he and mrs. lincoln take a carriage ride alone. according to mary todd lin cop, she's never seen her husband so supremely cheerful. they talk about the past, about the death of their son willie, three years before. about the future, traveling abroad and lincoln's plan to return to his law practice. lincoln tells mary that on this particular day, he feels that the war has come to a close. they end up at the washington navy yard where lincoln summons a young naval officer, william h. flood. >> mother, the last time we saw young flood here we were in springfield. i was a lawyer and he was but knee high to a grasshopper. his mother was kin with governor carlin. >> i remember priscilla flood. >> and

maybe we'll have robert e. lee and old jefferson davis himself in another box, both of them in chains. john wilkes booth: i thought he was attending grover's tonight. [singing "honor to our soldiers"]. tom hanks: booth goes to pumphrey's stable to reserve a horse, then to write a letter, a confession, an explanation, a manifesto, signed by him on behalf of himself, lewis powell, david herold and george atzerodt. meanwhile, mr. and mrs. lincoln take a carriage ride, alone. according to mary todd lincoln, she has never seen her husband so supremely cheerful. they talk about the past, about the death of their son, willie, three years before, about the future, traveling abroad and lincoln's plan to return to his law practice. lincoln tells mary that on this particular day he feels that the war has come to a close. they end up at the washington navy yard, where lincoln summons a young naval officer, william h. flood. william h. flood: mrs. lincoln. abraham lincoln: mother, the last time we saw young flood here, we were

after this, robert e. lee retreated and one week later surrendered his army at appomattox effectively ending the civil war. this hour-long talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. >> there is something to the saying the best for last. of the many books we have talked about and the authors we have talked about, i have never seen a more solid piece of writing come across my desk then i did when this first rap of "the dawn of victory" appeared in my inbox. we develop a manuscript and chris will work on history and when edward sent me "the donna victory" it was pristine. i've never said that about a manuscript before. remember, i get paid to help deconstruct people's writing. i've never seen a piece of writing more magnificent and believable. a story that is often overlooked. forget about petersburg. it is so overlooked and so underrated and edward does such a magnificent job doing justice to an incredible phase of the civil war. literally, the make it or break it point. it is the breaki

in 1959, the navy launched the uss robert e. leer of the army that fought against the united states of america. robert e. lee led the campaign that killed more than 110,000 united states soldiers. that is as many united states soldiers who were killed in world war i. robert e. lee is responsible for their deaths, and more than twice the number, twice the number that were killed in vietnam. in 1963, the navy launched the uss stonewall jackson, named for another treasonous general, and in 1971, the navy commissioned the uss dixon, named for the commander of a confederate ship. the hunley commander sunk a ship. it sailed in the navy until 1995. two nuclear aircraft carriers still in service are named for u.s. senators who campaigned for sgags. the john stennis, which was commissioned in 1995, named after a segregationist. ships have been named after chavez, lucy stone, med ger ever everers and harvey milk. the decision was defended saying i have named them after commanders, but i think you have to represent all the values that we hold

what does robert e. leetification around richmond in 1862 when he's being called grammy lee. what's his intention for those. re springboard.ntion for those. they're a springboard to attack. last resort of the last you need, but the idea is toç move forward from these earthç work. make a slight rearrangement, south carolinians to strike at exposed zvymflank. she's looking for additional reinforcement to try to push -- the federals completely you have r off their one÷ú position on t plank roadçç but this bar represents the ego ofp joshua cha chanderlan as single handedly, he managed to drive all three federal bring÷ú gads back into s own entrenchment. but what happened here is that the fifth core now is÷ú isolate tickets, who on march 31st perhaps the most successful day you'll experience in the american civil ÷úwar. trying to kostrike. picket and lee were able to push across chamberlai÷úchamberlain'm phil sheridan is quite embarrassed. sheridan, perhaps at its worst day of american se]u&1 war. and he's n

now robert e. lee has a whole in his line, a half a mile wide.ltering into the interior with 20,000 more in the sixth core, getting ready to flood into that gap. here's where lee rides to the battlefield with his army on the brink of annihilation. he has to figure out what to do. first man he looks to is richard yule, his second in command yule is going off like a tea pot on the boil. slapping them with the broadside of the sword. and they continue to stream past him in panic, and lee the calm picture of composure rides up and says, general yule, how do you propose to control your men if you cannot control your ssel and he gives yule a time-out. gordon is ready to go, send me in, coach lee is going to personally leave gordon's men to hook up with lane and drive in this direction to plug the gap. except the men won't go. they start yelling general lee to the rear. we will not go forward unless general lee goes to the rear. a very angry lee, starts to visibly get upset, that's when gordon steps up, he's in full cheerleader mode. these men are virgi

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among the better class, the idealized model for acceptance of loss was robert e. lee'sdignified surrender. but most of them foreign ministers and destined to remain losers to a short and violent lives whose life was natural because unavoidable it had to be accepted. fostered by caps-off speared. white men who it taken the law into their own hands than i did the crime and imposed their own version of justice and were now prepared to let foster back b. provided he was not stiff neck. that was their turn and accept it as a loss. so i think the fact that he continued to struggle with this case and to fight and to not give up was what ended his law career and forced us to move to montgomery. >> thank you very much. thanks to both of you. it's a great session. remember, you can purchase their books and they'll be signing right after this at the signing colony. leary churned. -- we are adjourned. [inaudible conversations]

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on the estate of robert e lee, the contraband camp during the civil war. it was the inhabitants of the village the first doug arlington cemetery, that became arlington cemetery. it is a moving place for a lot of reasons but one particular one you might not have known, section the 7, row after row that say citizens, citizen. those are free people from friedman's village, he died, and where buried, almost 20th century. early areas become neighborhoods. the war is over, it becomes less in terms of protection. and confederate soldiers down. the army is there, obvious advantage that isn't so obvious after the war. this happens as people leave, hit the road and try to find loved ones they haven't seen in 20 years. after the war, things, army supplies i gathered so that is gathered and some are left to their own devices. the story of what happens after, as varied as any other part of the story. the summer of 1862 in particular, the idea there is a labor shortage. i have a bunch of people here that could use something to do. i have a 4 to fight and they make me fe

it included robert e lee, two of his sons, and a nephew of his. lee greeted the news with judged byion, just -- his very quick decision to file for a pardon with the government. some say it was lost or stolen, the secretary of state ended up with it as a souvenir and gave it to a friend. it was not found until the 20th century in the archives. lee did not receive his pardon until 1975. by themselves, the paroles created very little obstacles for trying these men for treason. this was a big surprise to me, a shock in fact. legal experts easily set it aside. the attorney general said so in an opinion he gave to the president. he and other legal experts -- this is his reasoning, not mine -- grant and other generals had acted as military officers. the terms encompassed on the -- only military action and did not secure the parolees from civil prosecution. military actions they argued , lasted only during the war. once that ceased -- that ceased once hostility ceased. the attorney general observed, and this is compelling, only a president could issue a

it was part of virginia then. ,ntil this prominent psion robert e lee, comes home from his post in texasrlington. he goes to buchanan and says, i think we ought to do something. he says all right, take some troops. course, lee does capture brown. they have sort of a show trial, he eventually gets hanged. by this time, he is a martyr. victor hugo is writing about him, rauf waldo emerson, walt whitman. of course, that angers both sides, exacerbating any problem because of his inaction. wendy kirkland art gallery shut down in washington, they had to get rid of a lot of paintings. you say the national gallery of art refused to take the buchanan paintings. mr. strauss: here's the problem. one of the great things about harriet lane is that into her dotage she was the go to woman for every party in washington. went to her first sons died, she endowed johns hopkins children's lab -- children's research lab, which is still in her name. collection, art some of which is buchanan art. she gives it to start a national gallery of art. she essentially started the national gallery of art. one of her fav

among the better class, the idealized model for acceptance of loss was robert e lee's dignified surrender but most of them, born losers invested to remain losers throughout the short and violent lives lost in this light was natural and because it wasunavoidable , it had to be accepted. foster back and lost. white men who would havetaken both law into their own hands the night of the crime , they would have imposed their own version of justice. we are now prepared to let foster back be, provided he was not stiffnecked. and accepted his loss. and so i think the fact that he continued to struggle with this case and the fight and not give up was what ended his law career and enterprise in montgomery. >> thank you very much, thank you to both of you. [applause] just a great session. remember you can purchase their books for sale at the sears area and he will be signing after this at the signing column and we are adjourned. >> here's a look at some of the current best-selling books according to the conservative book club. topping the list is fox news host bill o'reilly and his story of martin t

robert e. lee, abraham lincoln. this becomes part of the memoir. grant gave his own thumbnail sketches of why abraham lincoln, in his own words, is the greatest figure of this era. it is memorable to read this. it is very clear spare english language. he liked the sachsen language. sturdy one-syllable words. grant rights in the same way. he likes the saxon language. brian: from the time he started writing until the end, how long did it take him? ronald: 13-16 months. the word was out that he was dead before the morning came. mark twain wrote in his journal, he said the whole nation waster -- is waiting to hear whether grant is alive or dead. and if grant is to die, in every community across this nation there will be bells ringing every 30 seconds. 63 bells. that was the stature of grant that was held by the entire country. he soldiered on. he went to mount mcgregor. he tried to get away from the heat and humidity of new york. he was going to finish this memoir. it is an amazing story. the doctors believe that he only lived as long as he did because

washington national cathedral installed two stain glass windows honoring confederate generals robert e. lee and stonewall jackson. a response to the decision to remove pictures of confederate flags from those windows. we talk about the flags' history to slavery as well as modern day racism. is about an hour and 50 minutes. >>> welcome, everyone. thank you for being here tonight. my name is randy hollerith, i'm the dean of the washington national cathedral. it is an honor and pleasure to have you here with us. and to begin the first of a series of conversations that we hope will be a blessing to many.

let me end with the story of j tzhugh's -- jay fi slave, the story robert e. lee referred to in a letter i found at the virginia historical society archives. on wednesday -- it is right upstairs -- on wednesday, august 24 after a revolt had been suppressed that before the whites had any idea they had won, tech captured slaves told them the whites were beginning to rally and revenge defeat from the morning at samuels plantation. based on this intelligence, whites decided to reinforce the men already at the plantation. alexander pete pete, the one who led the first group to encounter the rebels, took about 10 men to go to buxom and defend it should be attacked. it was rumored the blacks are going to rally and attack this lactation. these reinforcements brought the total number of whites defending the plantation to 16, not counting the plantation's owner. this force was significantly stronger than the one that had repelled the rebels the day before. it was six white in the house when the rebels made their first raid. they have been looking for allies did not realize

friedman's village on the estate of robert e lee. was a contraband was a contraband camp during the civil war. it was the inhabitants of friedman's village that first dug the grave that became arlington cemetery. if you go to arlington today it's a moving place for lots of reasons. one particular is that in section 37 there's row after row of graves that says on it, citizen. citizen. those are freed people from freeman's village who died and were buried in arlington cemetery. so that stays almost to the turn of the 20th century. others in urban areas become neighborhoods and they say african-american neighborhoods for decades after the war. but there are plenty of camps that once the union is gone it becomes less 70 just in terms of protection to have former slaves in one place at one time particularly after confederate soldiers come home. there's a some of it happened as people leave, they hit the road and try to find the left once ones i haven't seen in 20 years. some of the things you know army supplies are gathered for the army a

lincoln, robert e. lee, these become part of the memoir, grant gave his own thumbnail sketches of why abraham lincoln, in his own words, is the greatest figure of this era. so it's just memorable to read this. it's very clear, spare english language. lincoln said he likes the saxon language. sturdy one-syllable words. grant rights in the same way. brian: from the time he started writing until the end, how long did it take him? ronald: it took him probably about 13, 14 months. brian: how sick was he during that period? ronald: at one moment the word was out that he was dead, would die before the morning came. journal writes in his in hartford, connecticut, he said the whole nation waits to hear whether grant is alive or dead. and if grant were to die, in every community across this nation, there will be bells that will be rung every 30 seconds. 63 bells. hat is the stature of grant that was held by the entire country. he soldiered on. he went to mount mcgregor. near saratoga springs in the summer to try to g

in a prominent sione robert e lee comes home from a post in texas to arlington., we ought to do something. all right. take troops out and see what you can do. of course, he can tours -- captures brown. he's eventually hanged. by this time he's a mater. victor is writing about him. walt whitman is writing about him. now, and, of course, that angers both sides. exacerbating any problem because of inaction. >> when the cochrane art gallery shut down, they had to get rid of a lot of paintings, you say the national gallery of art refused to take the buchanan picture by george heely. >> one of the great things that the go-to woman in washington said, when two of her sons died she endowed the john hop kins research lab. she had an art collection, some of which is buchanan art. and she gives it to start a national gallery of art. she essentially started the national gallery of art. and one of her favourite paintings was a portrait of her uncle. when they dispersed the art, the portrait of the founders uncle. who the president doesn't make it in the cut. >> do you have an