and the standalone was general robert e lee. we put robert e lee because of all the figures in my life and myyouth , he was the iconic leader. i went to washington high school, west point like robert e lee had. i live somebody from his boyhood home though for me, he was the exemplar of military and battlefield quality and leadership. and it's complex to write about robert e lee and i have a complex relationship with his memory. but i didn't think i could honestly write a book about leaders without addressing the one that i had spent the most time in my life thinking about. >> you said you reevaluated robert e lee and there's a portrait of your life gave that you've thrown out, why is that? why have you changed your mind about that?>> my wife is in the back and when i was the 2nd lieutenant, he spent $25 and bought me the same thing. you get a painting for $25, frame and it was just a prince. a more famous painting and they painted clear acrylic to make it look but we had in our quarters everywhere we lived and i loved it because

nobody got close to robert e lee. if you interesting men -- infantry, you had 71 percent casualty. grant is not even in the same neighborhood as that. and yet, robert e lee 's army stayed entirely loyal to him through the war. then after the war until 1870. and in his memory just kept getting burnished even more. here is a guy if you look at results, he had a huge casualty rate. and he lost. not a small thing. and yet, the loyalty to him, and part of it was how he was. he was a charismatic, devoted person. he was loyal to his people, personally courageous with them. all of the things that make us feel good about working for someone or around someone. d.robert ely epitomizes that. immediately after his death, there was just this series of extraordinary platitudes that described him as the tegreatest american general. by franklin roosevelt, anwinsto churchill. just really iconic members of our history putting lee in a category by himself. >> in terms of other people, you mentioned disney, talk about walt disney. and it doesn't seem to be the most pleasant box. praise, demanding, perfe

nobody got close to robert e. lee. if you were the infantrymen and they had a 71% chance to be a casualty, 71%. grant isn't even in the same neighborhood as bad and yet robert e. lee's army stayed loyal through the board and after until his death. so if you look at results, there was a huge casualty rate and he lost. part of it is how he was. he was a charismatic devoted person and was loyal to his people and courageous. all the things that make us feel good about working for someone and around someone, robert e. lee epitomized. he seems to be very grudging and demanding and a perfectionist. why do people find his leadership style compelling? >> in 1934 after some success, they created mickey mouse with steamboat willie and the evening of 1934 they gave every employee in the country 50 cents and were told to go get dinner and come back to work to the auditorium. in the auditorium that night for the next three hours he acted out every part in the story but he wanted to create a feature and it turned out to be snow white.

the lexington church well known as the robert e lee memorial church, change the name. christchurch alexandria were both lee and washta worship, plaques were taken down because they made worshipers feel -- washington worshiped, plaques were taken down because they made worshipers feel nervous. they said this is a church and not a museum. i looked in my dictionary the definition of a museum. it is a building reserving artistic and historical objects. since when has the worship of god not been artistic? when people bow at the cross, is that not historical? christians have been doing it for 2000 years. the episcopal church has lost one fourth of his membership in the past 20 years, and it is now freefalling because of the assault on lee, one of the most faithful members. one of the last public services that he performed was to provide -- preside on a cold october afternoon, then went home and collapsed giving thanks to god for his evening meal. churches are falling now and nobody in that denomination seem to care. so be it. abraham lincoln, he was commented that broken eggs

the statue of my ancestor robert e. lee is one of the five confederate statues on monument avenue the grandest street in richmond it stands eighteen meters tall and dominates the city's landscape. for over one hundred years richmond has honored as one of its greatest heroes until recently. in two thousand and fifteen nine black church goers in south carolina were shot by a white supremacist the killer was photographed with a confederate flag a symbol for racists of white supremacy and soon after the city council in new orleans voted for their confederate statues to be removed the state of louisiana was once a major center for the slave trade. and public consultations took place in virginia which once had the largest and slave population in america in richmond the debate over the monument avenue statues was heated now is the time for us to tear down participation trophies for the easy side during the rush. shouldering. the fight. let's remember too that after the arlington county could to help reconcile and rebuild relations

virginia remained with the union, robert e lee would have -- robert e. lee would have fought for the union. as simple as that. you have to think about that, we now live under a federal government that does everything for us. 1860, the federal government. he touched your life in one way -- it delivered mail to your post office. you tried cases in state and local courts. rarely did you go beyond that. 10% of americans in 1860 had ,ever been out of their county much less out of their state. it was all localism. there was no flak of which anyone was aware. we had no national anthem, no national motto. all of that comes later, thanks to the civil war. but state was important at that time. and it still is. we virginians talk so much about our history, we bore people. but we have so much history than anyone else. there is a lot we have to talk about. the hatemongers who swarm around lee forget another important facet of his life. although he is member as one of the greatest military commanders of all time, i personally think achievementnduring came in the five y

robert e. lee saved the peace. and we meet today because of those two men, not one, but because of them. >> but not many people know that. >> and in civilian clothing would do it. but the cost of just switching his coat would be astronomical. we just -- that's enough i think to say. >> let me interject a point of order here. please keep your questions brief. don't hide statements in questions and i hate to say that. i'm dear friends with all of you but we have a lot of people that would like to ask questions and a very short amount of time. get up to the microphone and ask your question and wait for your answer. >> okay, over here. >> another way -- another thing that you mentioned we're missing ignorance, amnesia and you did mention impatience, so without asking a historian to give a sound biegt in the argument in response, what is a sound bite to turn the argument on its head when you are having the conversation which is the first battle to get to a conversation. to add statues likin ted of being obstructionist,

robert e alone! robert e lee alone -- robert e lee alone spans at 60 feet. we started digging further, taking a look at this trend of virginia -- virginia building, and this it mirrored what was happening on the national scale from the slide that i showed you earlier, and in fact, it did, there are again, this period from 1880 through 1899 and actually that wasn't supposed to happen. so it is a touchscreen that is lovely. this is where we see the really boone in the monument building and in fact in some communities, like little augusta county or in other counties, what you are finding is that communities with less finances and i have to say let me back that up and say white members of the community would gather their resources and pay for what they could afford. many times that was a mail-order type of statue. that is really fascinating because i was actually up in michigan back in february and giving a speech and as we passed the public square, i immediately recognized the civil war soldier except this time it is the exact same guy that is in front of the c

and when i first started making this film the focus was really just on statues you know like robert e. lee is my family member and you know seen what happened in charlottesville with the unite the right rally right right wing protests that erupted there around the plant removal of one of his statues i nationally wanted to take a look at you know that issue the more i got into it though and looked at the legacy of enslavement that that my family had left for me in this country the more i realized that the root causes of institutional racism and inequality that we see today really need a much bigger way to address it and reparations was the one that i landed on james what struck me was that while this film tendency is was learning about black people one on one level so much that they didn't know and so much they didn't understand how is that possible as an american living in a multicultural multi racial society that there were some very basic things that he didn't know about black people. i think that it's really just so easy to live in a bubble in america and you know if i'm honest i lived

robert e. lee dying in 1870. george thomas dying in 1870 spared us. 1872, if someone wrote his memoirs. in all seriousness, they never got their shot to say with a felt about things. -- if you want to do somebody in the best way is not to mention them at all. commentever hear the that the argument dies and then become a footnote. i think the reputations of -- thomas andl lee are shaped by the fact that did not write memoirs even know they had strong opinions about their performance in the war and reasons for victory and defeat. grant can say i have said what i have to say. i understand there are many george thomas fans out there. i will say something very kind and i will let it go at that. which is still, as you said, you detect throughout the memoirs that these two did not always get along and there was such a fundamental clash of personalities that grant would overlook in sherman or sheridan things he would not overlook in thomas. there was no chemistry between them. >> yes, sir. >> yes. one of the things that

that was later published about who were the most prominent of the confederate statuary, clearly robert e. lee, the one you see in green. i know it may be a little difficult to see each of these circles. but the bubbles. robert e. lee is in green. jefferson davis is in gray. you have stonewall jackson in yellow. jeb stuart is the large blue. and nathan bedford forest, in the top left. and below him is pierre toutant. so -- yeah -- beauregard. you know what i'm talking about. and they're the most prominent on the landscape. so in richmond, we have a number of confederate statues located throughout the city. but the one clearly that is more prominent are the five that sit on monument avenue. the grand boulevard in our city that was developed as a real estate boon, and it was never -- and this is a thing that folks don't know, and what we -- we had the opportunity to share with our community, is that it was never -- monument avenue was never intended to be confederate row. it really kind of happened happenstance. and it happened happenstance shortly after lee died. and it was clear everyone wante

and when i first started making this film the focus was really just on statues you know like robert e. lee is my family member and you know seen what happened in charlottesville with the unite the right rally right right wing protests that erupted there round the plan removal of one of the statues i nationally wanted to take a look at you know that issue the more i got into it and looked at the legacy of of enslavement that that my family had left for me in this country the more i realized that the root causes of the institutional racism and inequality that we see today really need a much bigger way to address it and reparations was the one that i landed on. james what struck me was that what this film turned into was learning about black people one on one level so much that they didn't know and so much that they didn't understand how it's not possible as an american living in a multicultural multi racial society that there were some very basic things that you didn't know about black people. i think that it's really just so you see to live in a bubble in america and you know if i'm honest

facilitated the union commander and his 55,000 soldiers against confederate commander robert e. lee who had about 30,000 soldiers that morning so they had a two to one advantage but when you are dealing with a gentle as aggressive and imaginative it's almost a parody. he was fully prepared if mcclellan and the union army overcommitted on part of the field he was very imaginative he could figure out a form ability. it was perfectly possible for either side to win this battle. he was very improvisational so on the morning of the battle he was content to sit back and react. the union general had what appeared to be a simple three-part plan. he was going to have to soldiers come down from the north through that cornfield and try to cross the confederates and push them onto the plateau. at the same time he would have the union soldiers come across antietam creek and push them the other direction and squeeze the confederate soldiers onto the plateau and then when they were compacted and compounded he was going to strike from the center so this would appear to be a simple three-part plan t

i don't know how african-americans who walked under robert e. lee felt or thought. i wonder if there's any kind of reception on the other side about people talking at the time. felthe time about how they about these monuments. an alternate view. monumentspoint to the -- the african-american newspaper. that is a clear case of and -- whaticans was his name? john mitchell was a member of the city council at the time. he is the -- he is beside himself. we have that. rich of be wonderfully people confronting monuments. to think about a way in which the lincoln memorial -- i happen to think it is the biggest and most important of the civil war memorials in this country. whether it is marian anderson or martin luther king and using this monument -- that's the thing about monuments. that needs to be part of our conversation. when his monuments are put up, they are intended to speak for themselves. it is supposed to endure forever. will look at the monument without thinking about august of last year. the memory changes, the meaning changes. nothing is set in stone. whatever

robert e lee is the one you see in green, which may be difficult to see. robert e lee is in green. jefferson davis is in grave. stonewall jackson in yellow. jeff stewart is the blue one. forrestnathan bedford him,e top left and below pierre. you know who i am talking about. they are the most prominent on the landscape. in richmond, we have a number of confederate statues throughout the city. the one that is more prominent are the five on monument avenue, the grand boulevard developed as a real estate boon. a thing folks don't know and we had the opportunity to share, it was never, monument avenue was never intended to be confederate row. it happened happenstance. leeappened shortly after died. it was clear everyone wanted to do some kind of memorial to lee, and it became a conversation about it can be nowhere else but richmond. it took 20 years. when it was finally determined to place it on the western side theren that had nothing but an open field, and the desire to bring this old heart, the house building began in earnest. today it has some of richmond's , in expensive real estat

robert e lee is the one you see in green, which may be difficult to see. robert e lee is in green. jefferson davis is in grave. stonewall jackson in yellow. jeff stewart is the blue one. forrestnathan bedford him,e top left and below pierre. you know who i am talking about. they are the most prominent on the landscape. in richmond, we have a number of confederate statues throughout the city. the one that is more prominent are the five on monument avenue, the grand boulevard developed as a real estate boon. a thing folks don't know and we had the opportunity to share, it was never, monument avenue was never intended to be confederate row. it happened happenstance. leeappened shortly after died. it was clear everyone wanted to do some kind of memorial to lee, and it became a conversation about it can be nowhere else but richmond. it took 20 years. when it was finally determined to place it on the western side theren that had nothing but an open field, and the desire to bring this old heart, the house building began in earnest. today it has some of richmond's , in expensive real estat

was one of the white nationalists protestin removal of a statue of confedate general robert e. lee last year. police say that afternoon fields rammed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters and killed 33-year-old heather hey. fields' attorneys hasn't given y idea what his defense might be as he appears in court tomorrow. >>> officials in california hoping to get the deadly camp fire obtained. this started on november 8. there are 84 confirmed deaths and more than 400 people are still unaccounted for. two rainstorms that hit last week helped slowhe flames. firefighters have the camp fire % contained. they believe it should be fully contained by tuesday however a contained fire is still burning and fire officials say they'll be work tong fig on the fire fo months to come. >>> a stark report from the feds predictss weather cri like the california wildfires will only get worse. the climate change reporthe war in t years to come more frequent and devastating weather events as the average temperature continues to rise. the report highlights staggering consequencesnomic with rising sea

it was clear everyone wanted to do some kind of memorial to robert e. lee, and it became a conversation about it can be nowhere else but richmond. it took 20 years. when it was finally determined to place it on the western side of town that had nothing there but an open field, and the desire to build this grand boulevard, the house building began in earnest. today it has some of richmond's architectural and real estate, in the state, frankly. the whole area is a national historic district. each of these monuments, save two, are considered historic landmarks. i'm sure everyone in this room has been there at one time or another. would that be a fair assessment? raise your hand if you have been there. they are massive. lee stands at 60 feet. we started digging further, taking a look at this trend of virginia's building. does it mirror what is happening on the national scale from the slide i showed you? it did. there are, from 1880-1899, and actually, that was not supposed to happen. it is a touchscreen. that is lovely. until 1910 is where we see the boom in mo

grant as fought it the outskirts richmond and peters bigger nd robert e. lee set up defensive lines it protect those cities. very une of 1864 until late in march of 1865 the two are facing each other and it was really trench warfare. we that different from what will see in world war i. so, grant is always looking for i break ties, how can in to petersburg or richmond and lee is looking to defend. that grant's ngs army tried to do was to dig a the l underneath confederate fortification, pack full of black powder, detonate it, create a huge rush army troops through. it wasn't a new idea. grant will tried the same thing convictionberg in the summer of 1863 and world war within sides will try the same thing to create a breakthrough. unfortunately for the union side petersburg rke -- the death face went off as it should. huge crater l a from this explosion of black poutd powder. the unfortunate part is the trained diers were not how to maneuver a huge crater and they went in and rather than they went down in. back in the er was rear drunk and so they became a fish

even the leaders, robert e. lee and jefferson davis. davis spent a couple of years in prison. lee, not even that. but it brings to mind a comment from a woman. i do not remember what said she was from but when she heard this offer of sort of blanket pardon, her response went something like pardon? pardon for what? for coming to our homes and our towns, burning our crops, killing our men, our fathers, our brothers? we don't need a pardon for that. and that sentiment, i think, has somewhat continued on. the view from the northern side is, well of course the southern side was wrong in how they were fighting, challenging the united states government, fighting whether you accept or not for slavery. but not all southerners view it that way. not all view it that way. so reconciliation in a civil war, not just ours, but many others, can be very difficult. very difficult. anything else. >> a a friend in georgia said to me, the carpet baggers did more harm than the whole war. and i thought that was an interesting comment. i guess going down foreclosing on their lands and reconciliation n

and when i first started making this film the focus was really just on statues you know like robert e. lee is my family member and you know seen what happened in charlottesville with the unite the right rally right right wing protests that erupted there round the plan removal of one of the statues i nationally wanted to take a look at you know that issue the more i got into it and looked at the legacy of of enslavement that that my family had left for me in this country the more i realized that the root causes of the institutional racism and inequality that we see today really need a much bigger way to address it and reparations was the one that i landed on james what struck me was a well placed film tendin two was learning about black people one on one there was so much that you didn't know and so much that you didn't understand how is it possible as an american living in a multicultural multiracial society to the some very basic things that you didn't know about black people. yeah i think that it's really just so easy to live in a bubble in america and you know if i'm honest i lived in a

yesterday it was robert e. lee. today ben carson. >> laura: ben carson. first of all -- we haven't seen much of ben carson. i want to see more of ben carson. why is he? by the way? i like him. i don't see enough of him. raymond, shortly before stacy abrams defeat frank rich said if kemp wins georgia hollywood should put its money where its mouth is and pull all production out of the state. i think this is a great writer. this is getting completely out of hand. what's going on? >> it started the bandwagon effect. a lot of the starts have jumped on. alissa malone tweeted is the entertainment industry willing to support the economy of a totally corrupt state that sue -- suppresses democracy. i want to stop here for a second. imagine if the people of the united states look to california and said this is a corrupt state. these people disagree with me. we shouldn't help them. you have to give diversity, and allow states to vote their own way. you don't get to bully them. >> laura: we didn't plan it this way. the show is revealing what the left is doing to shut

reality," he profiles 13 famous leaders from a wide range of fields including margaret thatcher, robert e. lee, coco chanel, walt disney just to name a few. general mcchrystal is also the author of two other bestsellers, "my share of the task: a memoir" and "team of teams: new rules of engagement for a complex world." if you haven't already, i encourage you to read them. paul davis, head of communications at royvan, will be conducting tonight's interview. so without further ado, please join me in welcoming general mcchris call and -- general mcchrystal and paul davis to the stage. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> well, great. sol as adele very kindly said, the title of the book is "leaders: myth and reality." so, general mcchrystal, what are the most prevalent myths about leadership? >> let me first thank you for having me here today and thank adele for the wonderful introduction. and let me say that my two co-authors are in the room today. jeff eggers, a former navy seal, and jay man gone, a former marine. together we had this cumulative, amaze being iq. [laughter] had i left the group

not everybody does them all because we have robert e. lee, oh, god, robert several lee, wonderful part of history. it bothers me that if we're going to have martin luther kick day, this is a quote, why don't we have a george washington? i think george was a pretty important guy. but even free speech advocates like the aclu also speaking out against klemp's latest poor choice of words, it's kansas chapter condemning the remarks writing this, in part. it says at a time when hate-based violence is on the rise across the country, we must make it clear that we stand together as diverse communities and that we do not tolerate hate-based speech especially not in local government. okay? so there we go. let's discuss now. charles blow, scott jennings. good evening. >> good evening. >> where are we with all of this? what is going on here? >> well, there are two things that i no longer debate. climate change and racism. right? these are facts. and whenever people are trying to debate them, they're really talking about degree. you're overexaggerating th

, was one of the white nationalists protesting the removal of a statute of confederate general robert e. lee. police say fields rammed his car into counterprotesters and killed 33-year-old heather heyer. eld's attorneys haven't given any hint as to what his defense might bee when appears in court tomorrow. >> loved ones gathering to honor a young man killed 10 years ago. marcel was driving home from a concert in 2008 and someone opened fire on thes car he wa in. he was shot in the head. last night, despite the rain and the cold, his mom and dad joining family and friends at ene spot onal avenue where his car stopped. >> fortunately, we don't know what happened or why he'sot here. and we want to keep it out there and maybe somebody will come forward who saw anything that day. >> marcel's killer has never been caught. the detective assigned to that case was at the vigil last night and said there are no new leads. >>> as you prepare for your work week ahead after the holiday break, we have an important metro reminder to pass along for you. the yellow line shutting down w for tks starting tomorr

he was one of the white nationalist protesting the removal of a statue of confederate robert e. leeat afternoon fieldsammed his car into a kroucrowd of protest and hild heather heyer. keep eye on the nbc washington app for updates from the courtroom. >>> activists fighting gun violence march in honf 10-year-old ma chi wilson. anterday, the crowd followed ice cream truck through the streets of her northeast doimor neigod. this summer had was walking to an ice cream truck when she was shot and killed. crowd message was simple, asking for peace in their >> we're just asking foam put down t guns and stop the violence. please, put down the gun >> six people are charged in connection with her death, including a high school student. >>> right now, authorities say speed and a wet,ma slick road have caused a 28-year-old maryland mothertor lo to lose c of her car and slamnto a tree. they say she was on her way to drop off a plate of food to a relative when she died. porter leaves behind a 3-year-old daughter. r family says her little girl was the most important person in the world to he >> sh

saved professor of civil war studies, the author and editor of four books, -- the generalship of robert e. lee and one of my favorites, the last generation. the university of north carolina published in 2005. he has published numerous articles in popular journals, speaks frequently to popular audiences. and every june, as some of you know, he directs the civil war institute summer conference that draws over 300 attendees across the country and i can assure you it's one of the premier of events that we have in the nation every year. soon to be released in the fall of 2018 is his book the war for the common soldier, part of the history of the civil war series. and pursues this critical question: how does civil war soldiers endure the brutal and unpredictable existence during army life during the conflict? i've read large portions of the many script and it will literally change the way we think about the topic of the common soldier. the release date is in october. >> amazon in november. [laughter] early november. james: amazon in november. without further ado, pete's talk. let's have a warm welco

the other day it was robert e. lee. today not even ben carson is safe. i don't like this idea of targeting political opponents this way. >> laura: ben carson [laughs] we haven't seen much of ben carson. i want to see more of ben carson. where is he by the way? i like him but i don't see enough of him. raymond, before stacey abrams defeat in the georgia governor's race, frank rich tweeted "if kemp wins georgia, hollywood should put its money where its mouth is and pull all production out of the state." i thought frank rich was such a great reviewer. such a great writer but this is so sad to me. this is getting completely out of hand. what's going on? >> they started a bandwagon effect. now a lot of hollywood stars. alyssa milano m and others. alyssa milano tweeted "there are 20 productions shooting in georgia. is the entertainment industry willing to defer the economy of a totally corrupt state that suppresses democracy?" where the winner isn't the best choice for the people but the best schemer or creek?" imagine if the people of the united states look t

why don't you just have robert e. lee charge the line with shiva and ganesh? you guys ready to order? hang on, honey. shiva and ganesh, the hindu gods, against the entire union army? and orcs. i'll be back. koothrappali: excuse me. ganesh is the remover of obstacles and shiva is the destroyer. when the smoke clears, abraham lincoln will be speaking hindi and drinking mint julepsve and . what do you recommend for someone who worked up a man-sized appetite from a morning of weight training and cardio funk? a shower. i'll take the heart smart platter.

. >> oh, yeah, hundreds of messages on twitter, mail at my house.rt a n of robert e. leegreen button on a gas chamber where my face had been photoshopped into it with a star of david on ml in reference to the confederate statue issue here invi charlotte. >> thompson: i saw you that night over at the county d government headquarters u looked stricken. >> stricken is not a bad word for it. i wish that had known more. i wish that we had been given more information by y the state intelligence apparatus. >> thompson: did ty say anything like, "hey, these guys are going to come with clubs, they're going to come with pepper spray, they're going to come with, you know, implements of violence"? >> no. we had one briefing with three members of the vginia state police who came and talked to us on city council. they did not present us with any evidence of a crible threat. >> thompson: as i understand it, about ten people altogether have been prosecuted from those days, does that sound accurate to you? >> it sounds like it should be a lot higher. ♪ >> thompson: unite the right was a w

was one of the white nationalists ptesting the removal of a statue of conferate general robert e. lee. police say that afternoon, fields rammed his car into a crowd of counter-prrs counter-p killed 33-year-oldhe heather r. keep an eye on the nbc washington app for updates from the courtroom. >>> we have new details in thed h of a virginia police officer killed in the line of duty w winchester police officer hunter edwards crashed his cruiser saturday night. he was responding to a 911 call for a fight. the city of winchesterth tweete picture, showing fellow officers saluting edwards' casket yeerday. his cruiser is draped with black bunting and on display so mourners can leave tributes. virginia governor ralph northam has ordered the u.s. and virginia flags throughout the commonwealth be lowered to half-staff on the day officer buried.is >>> a new investigation into the safety of some medical devices. we'llook at device designed to control back pain. nearly 60,000 americans use it, but is it safe? >>> plus, predent trump lling on mexico again this morning to do something about migrants

he also discusses the character of robert e lee and talks about the organizations and people who seekto remove his statue from around the country. this talk was part of a conference on confederate icons hosted by the shenandoah valley battlefield foundation. >> good morning again everybody and thank you so much for being here in harrisburg virginia in the heart of the national historic district that is comprised of eight counties in the shenandoah valley. we are thrilled to have you all here and we are doubly thrilled to have this amazing panel of speakers you talk to us about confederate icons, history, memory, and the future of our past. this is one of the largest one- day conferences that the battlefield foundation has ever had, and we k

books including leave young artillery rest, william r gp room, personified the generalship of robert e lee and among my favorite, the last generation, young virginians in war, peace, or sorry, peace, war, and reunion. the university of north carolina press published in 2005. he has published numerous articles -- he directs the civil war institute, summer constant at gettysburg with universities across the country, and a number of different capacities, i assure you it is one of the most premier events that we have in the nation every year. soon to be released, the fall 2018, his book, the war for the common soldier, it is part of the university of north carolina history of the civil war series, and pursues this critical question. how did civil war soldiers endure the brutal and unpredictable existence of farming life during the conflict? i have read large portions of this manuscript, changing the way that we talk about the topic of the common soldier, again i believe that date is october, the release date in october? >> -- [ laughter ] -- >> amazon in november. so, his talk today is titled

even robert e. lee and jefferson davis, they spent a couple of years in prison. lee, not even that. it brings in mind a comment from a woman, i do not remember what state she was from, that when she heard of this, offered a blanket pardon. her response went something like, pardon for what? for coming to our homes and our towns, burning our crops and killing our men and fathers and brothers? we don't need a pardon for that? that sentiment, i think, has somewhat continued on. view from the northern side is, of course the southern side was wrong and how they were fighting. challenging the united states government. fighting for slavery. but not all southerners feel it that way. reconciliation in the civil war, not just ours but many others, can be very difficult. very difficult. anything else? was, themment to me carpetbaggers did more harm than the whole war. i thought that was an interesting comment. lands, the on their reconciliation never started. the way lincoln envisioned it. the time after: the civil war is often cited for some of the animosities that continue. good-natured as th

i don't know anything about how, you know, an african-american who walked under a robert e. lee felt. or thought. and i'm wondering if there's any kind of reception on the other side, which, of course, is very rare, about people talking at the time, not now, when we extrapolate back, but at the time about how they felt about these monuments. whether in the north or the south, black or white. that is not the udc who created them, but an alternate view. >> yeah. so fantastic question. i would say, again, i'll point to the lee monument in richmond, is the -- probably the example we have. the best evidence. and that is that the richmond planet -- the african-american newspaper in richmond absolutely publishes countless editorials condemning this monument going up. so that is a clear case in which african-americans are -- and i'm forgetting -- what's the editor's name? john mitchell, the editor. thank you, john. was a member of the city council at the time, i believe. and he is -- you know, beside himself that the richmond city council is going to support a monument to a confederate

but, to listen to what robert called the whispering gallery, led by general robert e lee bullard, colonel allen greer which was chief of staff of the 92nd division, and the -- and formalized in the disgraceful army war college report of 1925 , here is what greer had to say. blacks could do nothing i am sorry, could do everything but fight. they were only dangerous to themselves and women. and there was much much more, maligning and disparagement from greer. but also, he had signed the document from general ballew, bulletin number 35, which told blacks, don't go where you are not wanted, no matter if you have the legal right to do it. you cannot do anything that will cause trouble, or we will deal with you. the war college report, all officers agree without exception, the [null] lacks initiative, displays little or no leadership, and cannot accept responsibility. they are also ranked cowards in the dark. nonetheless, and we would never guess this, some 70 black soldiers received a distinguished service cross, in world war i. the nation's second highest military honor, and that at least eig

but to listen to what robert called the whispering gallery led by general robert e. lee bull lard, allen greer who was chief of staff of the 92nd division and the formalized in the disgraceful army war college eport of 1925. here's what greer had to say. blacks could do nothing -- i'm sorry. could do everything but fight. they were only dangerous to themselves and women. and there was much, much more, ma lining and disparagement from greer. who had also signed the document from general belou, bulletin number 35 which told blacks don't go where you're not wanted. you can't do anything will cause trouble or we'll deal with you. the war college report all officers agree without exception that the negro lacks initiative, displays little or no leadership and cannot accept responsibility. they are also ranked cowards in the dark. nonetheless and we would never guess this fact that some 70 black soldiers received the distinguished service cross during world war i. the nation's second highest military honor and that at least eight african-american soldiers were nominated for the

look at his comments in dallas at a rally just a few days ago where he literally was praising robert e. lee and was telling black americans that they should be honored to vote for the republican party. this is pretty overt bigotry and appeals to some of the sentiments that the alt-right also espouses and yet too many within the christian community, particularly the more conservative christian community, give the president a pass on that. now, i know that southern baptist, thankfully, made a very strong statement asking president trump to denounce the alt-right, but i don't see leaders across the board having the same degree of courage. it's as though that part of president trump's kind of character and that part of his presidency is not a deal breaker. it's something that can be ignored because we're going to prioritize other things. so i think we have to be honest about that and i think that's the prophetic voice that needs to be clear and certainly many of us across the christian ecumenical community from catholic mainline to some evangelicals have been quite clear about that and will con