this is why i close my remarks tonight by talking about robert e lee. claim to fame has led the military insurrection but robert e lee whose military genius was not able to succeed of the .ilitary goal yet he failed only after having taken the lives of three quarters of a million people. robert e lee like many others high ranking members only citizenship sided with the confederacy. after lisa renders in appomattox virginia. the country to which he had pled his allegiance no longer exists. as the example but there were others. in the confederacy could no longer claim u.s.n, citizenship they wish it was significant. and so andrew johnson after president lincoln's assassination begins a series of pardons pardons people who were involved with the confederacy. the foot soldiers johnson is partisan more high-ranking. one major exception confederate general robert e lee for any ferniewartime crime after surreg to grant and a few months later he tried to destroy into the constitution they did not sign off 1970, state department archivist found amnesty request pr

and then robert e lee quotes the elder robert e lee another war hope as he expresses it. and so we with large problems and had little means at hands with which he could them. and then the capture of port royal on november 7th had given the union army and navy base from which they can continue to stage raids the coast. sea power enabled the federal mobility. its heavy naval ordnance provided support for forays ashore. lee his son custis that the enemy never went 400 yards from his steamers, not even to the extent of the range of. his guns. lieberman the fact that the union force could, quote, move great facility and rapidity and land anywhere he can bring his steamers and burn, pillage and destroy and we cannot prevent him to his wife. we explained there are so many points of attack and so little means to meet the enemy tis daughter. and we explained strategy in the theater and opined against ordinary numbers. we are pretty strong, but against the hosts, our enemies seem able to bring everywhere. there is no calculation. we could do little but recommend concentration of hi

robert e lee, won many battles one year ago. they tried to get robert e. lee to be on the north.to be with my state. that was his whole thing. i have had generals tell me that we have had great generals. more than what you see on television. we defeated ices in record time. it was supposed to take years. we did it in a matter of weeks. tough guy. their favorite general in terms of this, was robert e. lee. >> in terms of strategy? >> strategically. >> in the most unexpected of detours, donald trump, touched on whales, and his apparent concern about the impact of windmills on their psychology. >> i want to be a wells psychiatrist. it drives the wheels crazy. something happens with them. for whatever reason, they are getting washed up on shore. and yet, the environmentalist, they don't talk about it. >> do you know that unique style of storytelling that donald trump has? in common language, it is called rambling. donald trump, says it is an art form, called the weave. while he was doing the weave, joe rogan, actually called him out on it. >> i like to give the weave. >> you like to

it's l pitted as you know robert e. lee's army of northern virginia against john popes army of virginia and pieces of george mcclellan said army of the potomac. i believe it should be framed as the second of three acts in a sprawling drama extending in june through september 1862. it's typically relegated to supporting role. second manassas garners less attention than the more celebrated seven days which brought leaked to the for an edited macaw lens advance on richmond or antietam which marks lee's first foray on the united states soil and let a family can to issue his limited proclamation of emancipation. semi-segment nasa seems less important, a bridge as it were connecting to more noteworthy events by the fact all three of these elements of this one sprawling campaign i think of this protracted offensive on lee's part that we entered the war, reoriented the war in the eastern theater, these are significant attention. second manassas shape to defining elements of the confederacies bid for independence. first, it provided t

as you know, robert e lee's army of northern virginia against john pope's army of virginia and pieces of george v mcclellan's army of the potomac. and i believe should be framed as the second of three acts in a sprawling drama extending from june. through september 1862. it's typically relegated to a supporting role. second manassas garners less attention. the more celebrated seven days, which brought later four and ended mcclellan's advance on richmond or antietam, which marked lee's first foray on the united states and allowed abraham lincoln to issue preliminary proclamation of emancipation. somehow, second manassas seems less important. a bridge, as it were, connecting two more noteworthy events. but in fact all three of these elements of this sprawling campaign, i think of this protracted offensive on lee's part that reentered the war, reoriented the war in the eastern theater deserve significant attention. second manassas, two defining elements of the confederacy's bid for independence. first, it provided the initial testing ground for a new style of leadership and command struc

i talking about robert e lee. that robert e the one whose claim to fame to have led the military insurrection objective. it was to literally destroy the united states of america. the robert e lee, whose military genius was immense and yet was not able succeed at that most important of his military goals, and yet he failed. but he didn't. he failed only after having taken the lives of quarters of a million people in the civil. and as robert robert lee, like many other high members of the confederate states of america, he disowned his citizenship in the united when he sided with the confederacy. and then after lee surrenders to ulysses grant the battlefield in appomattox virginia, the country which he had pledged his allegiance was no longer exists, leaving stateless. and lee is a prominent example. but there were others in the confederacy who had sided with the confederacy, who also can no longer claim u.s. can, no longer claim citizenship in that country. then the country that they wished still existed. and so andr

robert eed lee directly linked e campaign.ince a victory of the seven days the commanding general assured his soldiers on october 2, you defeated the enemy. expelled him from the rappahannock utterly repulsed him on the plains of manassas and forced him to take shelter within the fortifications around its capitol. you cross the potomac. a storm the department and repulsed every attack in the enemies in front. within 4 miles. three records a few examples of greater fortitude and endurance of this army as exhibited. newspapers similarly consist of one operation punctuated by a series. pose the question on october 4. was not southern prowess in this as it was before richmond or on ther plains of manassas. nobody ever just says manassas it's always the plains of manassas. the first time i got to manassas i looked around i was 14 years old and didn't get it. ii still don't get it. but anyway it's the plains of manassas in the late 19th century. now it's the plains of manassas with a nts we all of dulles. the macon georgia journal a

as we remember from his dissertation on robert e. lee's critical civil war battle of gettysburg. >> and the statement of robert e. lee, never fight uphill, me boys. never fight uphill. they were fighting uphill. he said, wow. that was a big mistake. >> jon: "he should have used the alien enemies act of 1798 to clear his enemies." wow. from the man himself, that is his priority, day one, "i'm going to round up all the so-called "illegal immigrants." it's a tough policy, but i guess it's got to be done. and it's not like anyone else -- i.e. legal immigrants, or american citizens -- are going to be caught up in that dragnet. i'm sure trump's got a very detailed and precise plan. how many people are we talking about? >> millions of illegals. >> they think it's 2 million, it's probably five times that amount. >> you hear 15, 16, sometimes you hear 17. >> we have 21 million. at least 21 million. i think it's much more than 21. >> jon: so we are going to be rounding up and deporting between -- two and more than 21 million people? but listen! they

now, ultimately, of course, because we have the battle of antietam robert e lee made the decision to not bring his army all the way across the potomac river back into virginia, but instead to stop and make a stand at sharpsburg. so the majority of lee's army stopped at sharpsburg just a few miles away from shepherd's town. but the wounded from the fighting that south mountain and the stragglers continued, making way toward shepherdstown itself, which had become the designated hospital gathering point for the army of northern virginia. y shepherdstown. nobody ever, of course, lists why the confederates show shepherdstown. but looking at a map, it seems pretty simple. shepherdstown is very close to the battlefield at sharpsburg, but it's far enough away that it's not going to come under fire. of course, there's plenty of buildings. sharpsburg excuse me, in shepherdstown as well, that could be taken over. and used as hospitals to provide for those wounded soldiers. and most importantly, there's two great water sources at shepherdstown and of course, the potomac river and the very bucolic

robert e lee directly link the three pages of the summer campaigning if the victory of the seven dayshe commanding general "you have defeated the enemy of cedar mountain expelled him from the rappahannock utterly repulsed on the planes manassas and forced him to take shelter within the fortifications around his capital without hoping for repose you cross the potomac stormed the heights of her very and on the fields of shelter repulsed every attack along the enemy's front of more than four miles. lee affirmed " history records few examples of greater fortitude and endurance in this army as exhibited. newspapers similarly conveyed operation punctuated by a series of large battle charleston daily courier posed a question on october 4 was not southern paralysis splendidly illustrated in sharp sword as it was before richmond or on the planes manassas? nobody averages says manassas is always the plains of manassas. first time i got to manassas i looked around i was 14 years old and didn't get it. i still don't get it but anyway, if the planes manassas in the mid-19th century. they printed a

robert e. lee does not reprimand his generals for this kind of behavior. he says nothing. and so what we see at fort pelo and what we see in the enslavement of black troops, what we see in other places is a -- of the law of war. not under the lieber code but under the official military code of the army that these officers had learned when they had gone to westpoint. so i'm running out of time. i only have about 30 more pages i wanted to give you. do i have time to take a question even though -- you told me you were a district disciplinarian. yes? >> in terms of the lieber code, did the confederacy have its own version of it it? did they recognize it? >> so what happens is the lieber code is implemented, confederates find out about it because it is published and they probably find copies from captured u.s. soldiers. the lieber code does not apply to the confederacy but the united states makes it clear that we will hold the confederacy of the rules of war in the lieber code. now there is a certain kind of arrogance to that. you can't tell the enemy you got to obey our laws.

robert e lee remarked that it is well that it is so terrible or we would grow too fond of it. the history of the united states is in many ways a history of warfare. by my calculation about 1/5 of u.s. history since the revolution has been taken up, there are major wars, big foreign wars, there are also numerous military adventures. some of you may not know that during world war i we invaded the pacific shores of the soviet union in an attempt to march to moscow to overthrow the new communist regime. so the union, it goes on and on and on of american military adventures. i am neither condemning nor endorsing these. some of them i think are highly moral and worth doing. others are very problematic. what is important to understand is that war is constantly part of u.s. history. i suspect it is even more part of british history. of course, britain always had a colonial war somewhere. the sun never sets on the british military. that would be the warfare you can get a map from the earliest part of the 20th century where the british, great britain and all the colonies will be in red

could tell us about those where they are and to whom they were given or are they in your book robert e. lee's father has a famous quote on them and many the people that lafayette visited received a guilt and one is on my campus of johns hopkins university at the campus and others have them but i don't know who they are. >> at me tell you there's a huge distribution of gifts all during and through. i don't recall a particular one or type of gift that was given to the were all over the place just to give an example of that on the tour itself there is literature available. we are now beginning to remember it. no, i'm ron? >> there's a little informationb available right now. >> we know that lafayette went shopping in manhattan, lower manhattan. >> these are from france and made in france. >> i do know it but things in france but i know he bought things in lower manhattan. >> i can chime in on that. he went shopping to the extent that it was commercially unviable for him to take a regular commercial packet back to france. the government hadgo to arrange john quincy adams was president by this tim

robert e lee remarked, it is well, war is so terrible or, we would grow too fond of it. now the history of the united states is in many ways a history of warfare. by my calculus ation about one fifth of u.s. history since the revolution has been taken up in warfare. there are major wars, of course, there are big wars, but there are also numerous military adventures in china, mexico, nicaragua, dominican republic, the soviet. some of you may not know that during war one we invaded vladivostok, east, the pacific shores of the soviet in an attempt to march moscow to overthrow the new communist. soviet union. lebanon. grenada. kosovo libya. syria. somalia. it goes on and on and on. of america. american military. i am neither condemning nor endorsing these adventures. some of them, i think, were highly moral and worth doing. others are very problematic. but what are important to understand is, is that war is constantly part of u.s. history. i suspect, by the way, it is even more part of british history because course, britain always had a colonial war somewhere. the sun never

he didn't need all those to think that robert e lee was the great general. there are some people that still think that lee won the war, you know, and that grant just sort of stumbled along and, well, tried to stay sober. lincoln did not want to fight those battles in virginia. yeah. he had written to grant eloquently three or four months before he'd gotten turned down twice. he wanted to go. he wanted the casualty averse operation. that's why he likes it. because there is unrest in the north. and he was there. you know, it was an election year and it's election you write and you don't. lincoln was at what's at stake in this election. lincoln's answer was everything. yeah. everything is exactly right. yep. emancipation, freedom union, union, the country. yeah. this is why the war got so. sherman was right. wars get rougher at the end. they don't wind down. yeah, they wind up. you saw that? and. and he wanted to get it over quickly. and so you had to act. you had to act first. you had to be decisive. above all, make decisions. move. yeah. you know, and i've al

when burgoyne surrendered, where he was promptly removed from any more service and replaced major robert e lee for the remainder the war. i must just move aside for one second. mckay commanded before that. one of the three companies of canadians that part of burgoyne state last year. army for that campaign. for instance. we covered canadians this morning. you have a little shout out to the canadians serving under the british during that campaign. so they got their love. now now, the smallest of royalist corps was the one commanded by captain samuel, a physician from arlington, charlotte county, new york. he joined the british at the end of 1776 with five of his sons serving under and another as an officer, ebenezer jessup, his company of at least 37 officers and men, was divided into rangers and in the latter under captain chaps, the holy. speaking of back to him in captain peter van holstein in, september 1777, what commanded company of 27f those people? the survivors in 1778. received permission to move to new yorwhere they continued in a similar service in. and lastly, captain wilcox of, wi

when burgoyne surrendered, where he was promptly removed from any more service and replaced major robert e lee for the remainder the war. i must just move aside for one second. mckay commanded before that. one of the three companies of canadians that part of burgoyne state last year. army for that campaign. for instance.

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when burgoyne surrendered, where he was promptly removed from any more service and replaced major robert e leeainder the war. i must just move aside for one second. mckay commanded before that. one of the three companies of canadians that part of burgoyne state last year. army for that campaign. for instance. we covered canadians this morning. you have a little shout out to the canadians serving under the british during that campaign. so they got their love. now now, the smallest of royalist corps was the one commanded by captain samuel, a physician from arlington, charlotte county, new york. he joined the british at the end of 1776 with five of his sons serving under and another as an officer, ebenezer jessup, his company of at least 37 officers and men, was divided into rangers and in the latter under captain chaps, the holy. speaking of back to him in captain peter van holstein in, september 1777, what commanded company of 27 of those people? the survivors in 1778. received permission to move to new york where they continued in a similar service in. and lastly, captain wilcox of, william si

they are drawn by robert e lee who was in charge of building fort polasky. army officers, regardless of what they are doing, how this incredible impulse to be documented, recording and making notes about the places they are going. therefore, they provide a valuable amount of testimony for understanding the early american west and especially how white americans got about this space and time. >>>> how different is the education and other sources >> there would've been officer schools but they would have bee tactically focused. remember those countries compel military service from their citizens and the united states does not do that. this is a self-selecting group. they have to serve five years. there would have been officer training. west pointe does train officers but it would have been a lot less focused on tactics and strategy. >> a uniquely american kind of thing. what was the reaction of other countries of this new system of military? >> they did not think they were capable. they were looked down on. it is also funny. there's a long-standing conversation

that i borrowed from herman millville, who talked about the invasion of pennsylvania in 1863 by robert e lee and the army of northern virginia as the last invasion of the united states by a hostile force. that book was a narrative probably longer than it should have been. but, still, a long narrative. i have to say, it was well received on many hands and it joined the long shelf of other narratives describing the battle of gettysburg. does narratives run from, at one point the famous comprehensive history written in 1960 by edwin coddington, the gettysburg campaign, which was something of a ouvre text all the way to an extremity collection of books that break the battle down in 15 minute segments. you get a whole volume written just about one very small part of the action. sometimes the parts of those actions are given names connected to the battlefield the peach orchard, little round top cemetery hill, and so on like that. not only books but movies. one of the most significant movies appearing in the mid- 1990s, from the director john maxwell simply entitled "gettysburg." and it ran for fou

i think his name was robert e. lee twitty.d to vote for me that first time. but over time he became a supporter. but his dad something interesting when he told me when trump came into office, he said, i never thought i would see my fellow workers suck up to the boss' son like that, which was interesting. but had to deal with values, that's what he was talking about, character, what do you believe in. so a few weeks ago, we had one of the deadliest hurricanes in american history and biden and harris are down there in north carolina and accompanying families and in the midst of that, donald trump and his running mate are making up stories how the biden administration is withholding aid, just making stuff up. and even the maga republicans down in those areas on the ground said it was a called-faced lie. it is shameful. when did something like that become open. no matter where you stand on the issues, how could you go along with something like that? these are people in their most vulnerable and make stuff up and some of you got fe

in 1863 by robert e lee and the army of northern virginia, as the last invasion of the united states, by a hostile force. and that book was a narrative, probably longer than it should have been, but still a long narrative, and i have to say it was well received on many hands. and it joined the long shelf of other narratives, describing the battle of gettysburg. those narratives run from, at one point, the famous comprehensive history written in 1960, by edwin coddington, the gettysburg campaign, is something of an orb tax for people who want to read about the battle of gettysburg. all the way to an extraordinary collection of books that almost break the battle down in the -- in 15 minute segments. so you get a whole volume written about one very small part of the action. and sometimes the parts of those actions are given names, connected to the battlefield. the peach orchard, little round top, cemetery hill, and so on like that. not only books, but movies. one of the most significant movies appearing in the mid- 1990s, from the direct your ron maxwell, simply entitled gettysburg. and

that i borrowed from herman melville, who talked about the invasion of pennsylvania in 1863 by robert e lee and the army of northern virginia as the last invasion of the united states by a force. and that book was a narrative probably longer than it should have been, but still a narrative. and i have to say was was well received on many hands. and it the long shelf of other narratives describing. the battle of gettysburg. those narratives run from at one point the famous comprehensive history written in 1960 by edwin coddington. the gettysburg campaign is something of an earlier text for people who want to read about the battle of gettysburg all the way through extraordinary collection of books that almost the battle down in 15 minutes segments. so you get a whole volume written about one very small part of the action and sometimes those parts of those actions are given names connected to the battlefield. the peach orchard little round. top cemetery hill and so on. like that. not only books, but but movies. one of the most significant movies appearing in the mid 1990s from the director maxw

and i think his name was -- he says his name was robert e. lee tweedy. and so jeff was describing how he had to persuade his dad to vote for me that first time. but over time i guess he became a supporter. but his dad said something interesting he told me when trump came into office. he said, i never thought i'd see my fellow workers suck up to the boss's son like that. which was interesting. but it had to do with values. that's what he was talking about. character. what do you stand for? who are you? what do you believe in? so a few weeks ago we had one of the deadliest hurricanes in american history, and biden and harris, they're down there in north carolina, they're meeting with local officials, they're comforting families. and in the midst of that donald trump and his running mate are making up stories about how the biden administration is withholding aid and giving it to undocumented workers and not giving it to republican areas. just making stuff up. and even the maga republicans down in those areas on the ground said it was a bald-faced lie. it is

when burgoyne surrendered, where he was promptly removed from any more service and replaced major robert e lee for the remainder the war. i must just move aside for one second. mckay commanded before that. one of the three companies of canadians that part of burgoyne state last year. army for that campaign. for instance. we covered canadians this morning. you have a little shout out to the canadians serving under the british during that campaign. so they got their love. now now, the smallest of royalist corps was the one commanded by captain samuel, a physician from arlington, charlotte county, new york. he joined the british at the end of 1776 with five of his sons serving under and another as an officer, ebenezer jessup, his company of at least 37 officers and men, was divided into rangers and in the latter under captain chaps, the holy. speaking of back to him in captain peter van holstein in, september 1777, what commanded company of 27 of those people? the survivors in 1778. received permission to move to new york where they continued in a similar service in. and lastly, captain wilcox of