what happened to robert lincoln? never hear about that anymore except for that time on the train? is her any literature on him or a way to know what happened to that man? >> the best lincoln biographies out there will help you follow up that story. lincoln's role at appomattox was not a major one. he was a soldier who came to the war late. it was perhaps important symbolically. what i like to say about the composition of those entourages is that you have an grants entourage a large number of his right-hand men. these are his administrative officers, aids the camp, most important generals. they are there to bear witness to the surrender at this joyous moment. and interestingly joyous moment for them, they give us perspective on what happened there that conflicts with each other. we don't have a detailed account by robert lincoln or by others. they differ in their interpretation of what happens. some of the officers feel that lee at this moment of surrender was capable of cordiality, others felt that lee

that morning, abraham lincoln has breakfast with his family. robert todd lincoln, his eldest, joins them for breakfast. he was at appomattox. he was part of ulysses s. grant's staff, and he was telling the story to the family about what had just taken place. the city was in celebration of her and the lincolns themselves were celebrating and finally seeing the end of this incredible war coming to an end and all the burdens that had on the president. he decides that, to celebrate in different kinds of ways. one thing he decides is go on a carriage ride with his wife mary lincoln. it is an incredible ride. mary asks whether they should invite anyone to join them. abraham lincoln says, no, you like to go, just the two. they talk about their future. and lincoln turns to her and says "now is the time where we should put aside our sorrows and think about the future." and he says he would like to go to see the holy land and see the gold mines in the west. and mary talks about how she would like to go see the capitals of europe. should they move back to spring

what happened to robert lincoln? never hear about that anymore except for that time on the train? is her any literature on him or a way to know what happened to that man? >> the best lincoln biographies out there will help you follow up that story. lincoln's role at appomattox was not a major one. he was a soldier who came to the war late. it was perhaps important symbolically. what i like to say about the composition of those entourages is that you have an grants entourage a large number of his right-hand men. these are his administrative officers, aids the camp, most important generals. they are there to bear witness to the surrender at this joyous moment.

that morning, abraham lincoln had breakfast with his family. robert todd lincoln, his eldest son, joined him for breakfast. and he was telling the story to the family about what had just taken place. the city was in celebration. and the lincoln's themselves you know, or celebrating and finally seeing the end of this incredible war and all of the burdens that it had on the president. he decides that day to celebrate in different kinds of ways. one thing he decides this to go on a carriage ride with his wife. and it is an incredible ride that the two of them take. mary asked whether they should invite anyone to join them. abraham lincoln said, no, he would like to go just the two of them to and they take us right around the city and a talk about their future. lincoln turns to her and says, now is the time where we should really put aside our sorrow and think about the future. and he says that he would like to go to, you know, see the holy land. and see the gold mines in the west. and mary talks about how she would like to go visit the capitals of europe

his name was robert lincoln. he was the son of abraham lincoln.cently graduated from harvard and joined general grant's staff in mid march and here in the mclean parlor. we don't have a record of how general lee reacted to meeting robert lincoln. the 8-year-old daughter of wilma mclean left a rag doll on the couch in the parlor where the meeting occurred. and when everyone came in they took that doll and placed it on the mantle. of the parlor. and afterwards, the officer started tossing that rag doll around. and it was kept as a war souvenir by captain thomas moore. they called it the silent witness. the moore family kept that doll in new york. the men would exhibit it as a war souvenir. in the early 1990s the ladies of the family saying the men had passed away they wanted that to come back to the appomattox courthouse, and it's now on the second level of our visitor center museum. once the letters were finished by parker and marshall they were exchanged. the commanders lee and grant did not sign one document. they simply exchanged those letters.

in 1848 lincoln wrote a letter about a foolish dream he had about robert todd lincoln and it made him very concerned until he got a letter back from mary that stated that robert was okay. in june of 1863, 15 years later lincoln sent a telegraham telling her to put tad's pistol away because he had an ugly dream about him. pointing to the last dream historian richard whiteman fox argued that lincoln believed dreams had some predictive capacity. they weren't actual revelations into the future, fox writes but gave one a sense however murky of what might come to pass. i think that this is a very good assessment of what lincoln's view of dreams was. now, one of lincoln's most famous dreams was depicted in the recent spielberg movie. lincoln said this to his cabinet. i had the strange dream again last night and we shall judging from the past have great news very soon. secretary of the navy wells asked lincoln about the nature of this remarkable dream to which lincoln replied it had to do with wells' expertise, the water. lincoln then described the dream in some detail. he was on a ship out o

another interesting aspect is there was a young captain named robert lincoln. another interesting participant there was a witness to this ceremony. this ragdoll of lula mclean. it was sitting on the couch when the officers came in and they moved it to the mantle during the meeting. some of them took the doll off the mantle and began tossing around. the doll was taken home as a war souvenir. in the 1990's, the family wanted the doll to come back to appomattox courthouse and it is now on display. the meeting lasted about an hour and a half. it was said to be a gentleman's agreement. general grant was in generally in agreement with the terms and ordered rations to send to be feed -- sent to lee's army. general lee, goes out into the yard, calls for his worse, traveler, and writes back to the confederate army bearing the news of his surrender full top the gentleman had owned the house, was originally from alexandria and had married a wealthy widow from manassas and that's where he lived at the time of the first major engagement there. after the second battle of mas

another interesting aspect is there was a young captain named robert lincoln. he was the son of president abraham lincoln. another interesting participant, a witness to this ceremony. this ragdoll of lula mclean. it was sitting on the couch when the officers came in and they moved it to the mantle during the meeting. after the meeting, some of the officers took the doll off the mantle and began tossing around. captain thomas moore of general sheridan's staff took the doll home as a war souvenir. in the 1990's, the family wanted the doll to come back to appomattox courthouse and it is now on display. the meeting lasted about an hour and a half. it was said to be a gentleman's agreement. general grant was generous with the terms. when general lee says he has nothing to feed his men, grant orders rations to be sent to lee's army. general lee, goes out into the yard, calls for his horse traveler and writes back to the confederate army bearing the news of his surrender. the gentleman that owned the house, wilmer mclean, was originally from alexandria. he had married

another interesting aspect of general grant's staff, there was a young captain named robert lincoln on his staff. he was the son of abraham lincoln -- president abraham lincoln, and he was in the room. another interesting participant in the ceremony, maybe not a participant, but a witness to the ceremony, was this ragdoll of lulu mclean, the youngest daughter of wilmer mclean. it was sitting on the couch with the officers came in. they moved it to the mantle during the meeting. after the meeting, some officers took the doll off the metal and began tossing around. captain thomas more of general sheridan's staff took that all home with them as a war souvenir. in the 1990's, the family wanted the doll to come back to appomattox courthouse and it is now on display in the visitors center. the meeting lasted about an hour and a half. it was said to be a gentleman's agreement. general grant was very generous with the terms to in the end when general lee says he has nothing to feed his men, general grant orders russians to be sent to feed lee's army. the men shake hands big general lee departs

after the assassination, robert todd lincoln with mary decides to dispose of some of the lincoln's property. they carriage itself is sold to a doctor in upstate new york who uses it for his daily rounds. and then eventually it is sold to the studebaker brothers who are building a collection of historic carriages. they were carriage builders before they built an automobile company. it becomes part of the collection and one of their treasured objects. when the studebaker company goes out of business their collection of carriages and automobiles is transferred to the studebaker museum in south bend, indiana, where it now resides and who very generously lent this carriage to us in ford's theatre for the 150th anniversary. there is a reality to our story. and at the national museum, it's the objects that can tell the stories and they become real to people. we know so much about abraham lincoln. i mean, you can imagine, how many books are written about him all the time that to be able to see the carriage he wrote in -- he rode in, the hat he used to wear and start to understand and reality when a

his name was robert lincoln. he was the son of abraham lincoln, recently graduated from harvard and joined general grant's staff in mid-march. we don't have a record of how general lee reacted to meeting robert lincoln. the daughter of wilmer mclean left it all on the couch in the parlor where the meeting occurred. when everybody came in, they placed the doll the mantle. afterward, the officer started tossing the ragdoll around. it was kept as a bore souvenir by captain thomas moore. they called it the silent witness. the family kept that doll in new york, and they would exhibited as a war souvenir. in the early 1990's, the ladies of the family wanted that doll to come back to appomattox courthouse. it is now on the second level of our museum. once the letters were finished, they were exchanged. the commanders did not sign one document, they simply exchanged letters. the meeting concluding, lee and grant shook hands general lee went onto the porch. once lee mounted grant came out of the house and tipped his hat to

so these were things, all of these artifacts were given -- eventually his oldest son, robert todd lincoln, and given to the library of congress by the lincoln family. just a collection of mostly ordinary objects that now are extraordinary. a handkerchief. a wallet. two pairs of glasses, including this pair, not only repaired with a piece of string that shows his humble origins, but also for washington, d.c., from franklin company opticians in washington, d.c. these folding spectacles folded into this metal case. a glass polisher for the lens. we have a pocket knife and a watch fob. and then uniquely and strangely, he was carrying a confederate $5.00 bill. we do not know exactly why. he had visited richmond just weeks before. and it is perhaps a reminder that the war was coming to a close, that success was being made. and just a souvenir. he was a regular person. he wanted souvenirs, right? finally, we have a couple pair of cufflinks he was wearing that night. initial cufflinks, something you would have wanted with theater on a nice evening out. and then finally, we have mary lincoln's clo

his name was robert lincoln. he was the son of abraham lincoln.cently graduated from harvard and joined general grant's staff in mid march and here in the mclean parlor. we don't have a record of how general lee reacted to meeting robert lincoln. the 8-year-old daughter of wilma mclean left a rag doll on the couch in the parlor where the meeting occurred. and when everyone came in they took that doll and placed it on the mantle. of the parlor. and afterwards, the officer started tossing that rag doll around. and it was kept as a war souvenir by captain thomas moore. they called it the silent witness. the moore family kept that doll in new york. the men would exhibit it as a war souvenir. in the early 1990s the ladies of the family saying the men had passed away they wanted that to come back to the appomattox courthouse, and it's now on the second level of our visitor center museum. once the letters were finished by parker and marshall they were exchanged. the commanders lee and grant did not sign one document. they simply exchanged those letters.

another interesting aspect of general grant's staff, there was a young captain named robert lincoln on his staff, and he, of course was the son of president abraham lincoln and he was here in the room. another interesting participant in the ceremony was a, or at least maybe not a participant but a witness to this ceremony was this rag doll of lula mcclain, the youngest daughter of wilmer mcclain. it was sitting on the horsehair couch when the officers came in, and they moved it to the mantle during the meeting. after the meeting, some of the officers took the doll off the mantle and began tossing it around. captain thomas moore of general phillip sheridan's staff took the doll home with him as a war souvenir. in the 1990s, the family wanted the doll to come back to appomattox courthouse, and it is now on display in the park visitor's center. the meeting lasted about an hour and a half. it was said to be a gentleman's agreement. general grant was very generous in the terms. when the end, when general lee says he has nothing to feed his men, general grant orders rations to be sent to fee

his name was robert lincoln. he was the son of abraham lincoln.uated from harvard and joined general grant's staff in mid march and here in the mclean parlor. we don't have a record of how general lee reacted to meeting robert lincoln. the 8-year-old daughter of wilma mclean left a rag doll on the couch in the parlor where the meeting occurred. and when everyone came in they took that doll and placed it on the mantle. of the parlor. and afterwards, the officer started tossing that rag doll around. and it was kept as a war souvenir by captain thomas moore. they called it the silent witness. the moore family kept that doll in new york. the men would exhibit it as a war souvenir. in the early 1990s the ladies of the family saying the men had passed away they wanted that to come back to the appomattox courthouse, and it's now on the second level of our visitor center museum. once the letters were finished by parker and marshall they were exchanged. the commanders lee and grant did not sign one document. they simply exchanged those letters. the meeting

we don't have a detailed account by robert lincoln or by others. they differ in their interpretation of what happens. some of the officers feel that lee at this moment of surrender was capable of cordiality, others felt that lee was so tense and distraught that he was not capable of cordiality. on the confederate side we have only one man with lee, charles marshall. [applause] there are not as many confederates who bear witness and he will be prolific and writing about the surrender scene after the war. one of the challenges of re-creating this moment down to the challenge of figuring out who was in the room and what they were thinking was partially the fact that grant wrote that famous memoir of 1885 and he tells us in the memoir how he felt at that moment. leave it not need such a story. he lived for only another five years after the surrender. lee's views have to be reconstructed from proximate sources, from those close to him , from the way people reacted to him. i will conclude by saying that in the immediate aftermath lee was a very controver

lincoln memorial. this national memorial honors a man who dedicated his presidency to the reunification of the union. and he campaigned vigorously for the 13th amendment. at its dedication in 1922, dr. robert moden focused on lincoln's vision for a new birth of freedom as the focal point of the me moral up to that point. from that point on however, the lincoln memorial became a national stage for those fighting for civil rights. others who followed in bowden's footsteps include mary anne anderson at the lincoln memorial in 1939 when she was barred from singing at the segregated constitution hall. and, of course dr. martin luther king, jr. who gave his famous i have a dream speech here during the march on washington for jobs and freedom in 1963. two years late ere, dr. king took his struggle to selma, ael al. king and 600 civil rights supporters attempted to march to montgomery, alabama, by way of the edmond-pettis bridge. they were met with tear gas and billy clubs. the clash was televised around the world and would become to be known as bloody sunday. a few weeks later, on march march 21st 1965 dr. king successfully led the march from selma to montgomery. where he delivered speech to the

another interesting aspect of general grant's staff, there was a young captain named robert lincoln on his staff, and he, of course was the son of president abraham lincoln and he was here in the room. another interesting participant in the ceremony was a, or at least maybe not a participant but a witness to this ceremony was this rag doll of lula mcclain, the youngest daughter of wilmer mcclain. it was sitting on the horsehair couch when the officers came in, and they moved it to the mantle during the meeting. after the meeting, some of the officers took the doll off the mantle and began tossing it around. captain thomas moore of general phillip sheridan's staff took the doll home with him as a war souvenir. in the 1990s, the family wanted the doll to come back to appomattox courthouse, and it is now on display in the park visitor's center. the meeting lasted about an hour and a half. it was said to be a gentleman's agreement. general grant was very generous in the terms. when the end, when general lee says he has nothing to feed his men, general grant orders rations to be sent to fee

lincoln lost three of her children. the only one to lead make it to adulthood would be robert todd lincoln.ry lincoln is a very interesting topic. the madness -- "the madness of mary lincoln," is one of the best works that does justice to her. here we have president lincoln, the mark of war, showing the four years of caring the countries -- carrying the country through the conflict. it was believed that that picture was taken place around april 10, 18 65, just days before his assassination. you get the idea of how much he has aged during the years of all the challenges. john wilkes booth, shakespearean actor, he was part of a renowned acting family. the move family -- booth family was from maryland. he had two other brothers who were also famous actors. john wilkes along with his brothers were quite renowned in the 1850's and 1860's, performing on stage many of the shakespearean classics, such as hamlet mcbeth, julius caesar. he was comparable to the most renowned star the physic of today back in his own time. at the same time that he was renowned before the american public as an actor, he

lincoln's oldest robert todd was at his death bed that april morning 16 years later as secretary of waror president garfield lincoln was there an eyewitness to garfield assassination at a washington, d.c. train station. in 1901, he was there again lincoln at the pan american exposition in buffalo new york when william mckinley was assassinateed. truth stranger than fix. iain and lucy? >> absolutely bruce. >> usually it always is. >> dangerous situation to comes to peaceful end but the video a dramatic. >> a driver goes the wrong way for miles down several highways. police could not waste a second in stopping her. how they did with tax strips. >> talented kids earned their spot in a robotic championship but they need your help to go and they don't have. time. howard? >> flyers general manager ron hextall makes a decision on his head coach. well sort of made a decision and phillies have made a line yup change with ryan howard. that's all coming up in sports. ♪ >>> wrong way driver. >> there was car driving the wrong way down the -- >> i just saw the lights coming towards me. >> there was

another interesting aspect of general grant's staff, there was a young captain named robert lincoln onis staff, and he of course, was the son of president abraham lincoln and he was here in the room. another interesting participant in this ceremony was -- at least, maybe not participant but a witness to this ceremony wast( this rag doll of lula m mclean youngest daughter of wilmer mclean. it was sitting on the couch when the officers came in and they moved it to the mantle during the meeting. after the meeting some of the officers took the doll off the mantle and began tossing it +xuty captain thomas moore of general phillip sheridan's staff took the doll home with him as a war souvenir. in the 1990s, the family wanted the doll to come back to appatomattox court house and it is now on display in the park visitors center. the meeting lasted about an hour and a half. it was said to be a gentleman's agreement. general grant was very generous with the terms. in the end when general lee said he had nothing to feed his men, general grant ordered rations to be sent to feed lee's army. the men

through his friend from harvard, robert todd lincoln he got an appointment in the court of st.james. from there he became the first secretary of the embassy in rome and then served one year stints at 9 minister to both belgium and japan but after that decided he had enough of working life and pretty much retired. but no one entertained like the andersons. this seems like a shot out of downton abby. the andersons were somewhat in my mind outliers it socially. they had their foot in the almost all of washington social spheres. they loved to entertain and they entertained official so the, cave dwellers are foreign dignitaries all with a wealth and os tentitiouses they nat smart set could the only hope for. the andersons would throw huge dinners and at staff would be dressed in full delivery with white wigs, tail coats with buttons and knickers and patent shoes. isabell was not at idle society woman. she was also an author and wrote several children's books and plays. she wrote a book about her life in washington called "presidents and pies." and it's kind after interesting read. i

that morning, abraham lincoln has breakfast with his family. robert todd lincoln, his eldest, joins them for breakfast. he was at appomattox. he was part of ulysses s. grant's staff and he was telling the story to the family about what had just taken place. the city was in celebration of her and the lincolns themselves were celebrating and finally seeing the end of this incredible war coming to an end and all the burdens that had on the president. he decides that, to celebrate in different kinds of noise. -- kinds of ways. one thing he decides is go on a carriage ride with his wife mary lincoln. it is an incredible ride. mary asks whether they should invite anyone to join them. abraham lakin says no, -- abraham lincoln says, no, you like to go, just the two. they talk about their future. and lincoln turns to her and says "now is the time where we should put aside our sorrows and think about the future." and he says he would like to go to see the holy land and see the gold mines in the west. and mary talks about how she would like to go see the capital

and so april 1861 and emissary for abraham lincoln asks robert ely to ride across my arlington and come to the city of washington. that emissary's. that emissary's name is francis player command he makes an extraordinary offer he says will you lead the main union army to crush secession? and as we remember the story he tried in every way to convince robert ely to say yes. he said the country looks to you as a representative of the washington family to save the union george washington forged, and that was hardly an exaggeration. here was the son of george washington's most famous eulogized and a son-in-law of george washington's adopted child. and so now only one word separator robert ely from the pinnacle of his profession from command of what would be the largest american army ever raised from glory that know american since george washington and known command what did he say? well, that he well, that he opposed secession command he did. he thought secession was illegal. equally significantly he thought george washington was opposed. and that was not given at the time because people on

next robert kenzer nominates abraham lincoln, citing lincoln's influence in the amendment that eradicated slavery in the oustu.s. this is about

next, robert kenzer nominates abraham lincoln, citing lincoln's influence in the amendment that eradicated slavery in the u.s.. this is about 45 minutes. influence in the amendment that eradicated slavery in the oustu.s. this is about 45 minutes. >>> you'd like to congratulate all of you who voted for the virginia ham sandwich as the sandwich of the year. i had one of them, and mine was not the deciding vote, i want you to know. our next speaker is robert c. kenzer. bob is the william benford vest chair of history at the university richmond, where he has taught for almost 25 years. for most of those year he has been the ally for the lecture series which we do each year jointly with the university of richmond in september. like will green, bob has a bill cooper connection. bill studied under the late david donnel at john hopkins university. bob was also a david donnel student, although a few years later at harvard university. he teaches a wide variety of classes for the university of richmond, including several on aspects of the civil war in film. his research interest

david: when lincoln was assassinated, it was five days after robert e lee surrendered to general ulysses s. grant. you getting back into the moment, this is the first presidential assassination in the country's history, something americans had never experienced before. they had just experienced four years of death and warfare. it was a terrible time. sarah: there is real value, we feel, and we've learned this from watching our visitors, in finding out what regular people experienced with the assassination. so often, we only hear about the association -- the assassination from stories of people who were major players that night, and even sometimes, we will learn about the stories of people who were secondary players on the night of the assassination, like dr. leal, but we don't get to what regular people experienced. that was what the "remembering lincoln" project was meant to solve. we found partners in historical societies and libraries and institutions across the country that are allowing us -- that have allowed us to digitize items from their collections and put them together so you c

next robert kenzer nominates abraham lincoln, citing lincoln's influence in the amendment that eradicatedthe oustu.s. this is about 45 minutes. >>> you'd like to congratulate all of you who voted for the virginia ham sandwich as the sandwich of the year. i had one of them, and mine was not the deciding vote, i want you to know. our next speaker is robert c. kenzer. bob is the william benford vest

robert e. lee was second with 24. lincoln, davis were right even and the freed men were last. second with 24. and the freed men were last. and the freed men were last. >> each year, "time" magazine selects a person who has had the most influence in the previous 12 months. if the same question was posed in 1865, who would "time" have selected as person of the year? the library of virginia and the american civil war museum invited five historians to their nominees. next, a. wilson greene nominates confederate general robert e. lee. this is just over 50 minutes. >> ok. let's go ahead and get started. good -- i should say cold morning, everyone. let's go ahead and get started. good -- i should say cold morning, everyone. i'm the co-ceo of the civil war museum. on behalf of my co-ceo kristi coleman and the museum in thely braer of virginia, i want to welcome you here to 1865. that is to welcome to the 2015 symposium on the person of the year for 1865.

david mckenzie: when lincoln was assassinated, of course this was five days after general robert he lead surrendered to general ulysses s grant down at appomattox courthouse, and this is, going back and the moment, the first presidential assassination in the country's history. it is something that americans had never experienced before. they had also experienced four years of death and warfare. it was a terrible time. and it is really getting back into the moment is what we are trying to do here. sarah jencks: there is real value, we feel, and we have learned this from watching our visitors, and finding out what they can the people experience with the lincoln assassination. so often, we really only care about the assassination through the stories of the people who were major players that night. and even sometimes then we will then about the stories of the people who were secondary players on the night of the assassination, like the doctor, but we don't get to hear what regular people experienced. and that was what the project was meant to solve. we have been so lucky because we found par

david mckenzie: when lincoln was assassinated, of course this was five days after general robert he leadurrendered to general ulysses s grant down at appomattox courthouse, and this is, going back and the moment, the first presidential assassination in the country's history. it is something that americans had never experienced before. they had also experienced four years of death and warfare. it was a terrible time. and it is really getting back into the moment is what we are trying to do here. sarah jencks: there is real value, we feel, and we have learned this from watching our visitors, and finding out what they can the people experience with the lincoln assassination. so often, we really only care about the assassination through the stories of the people who were major players that night. and even sometimes then we will then about the stories of the people who were secondary players on the night of the assassination, like the doctor but we don't get to hear what regular people experienced. and that was what the project was meant to solve. we have been so lucky because we found partne

robert e. lee was second with 24. lincoln, davis were right even and the freed men were last. second with 24. and the freed men were last. and the freed men were last. >>> you're watching american history tv in primetime and every weekend here on c-span3 experience american history tv, starting saturday at 8 a.m. eastern. for more information, follow us on twitter at c-span history. like us on facebook or visit our website at c-span.org/history. and with congress out this week for their spring recess, we continue american history tv in primetime on friday night with a look at the history of washington, d.c. beginning at 8:00 with historian kenneth bowling on how d.c. became the capital of the united states. that's followed by a bying of grapher scott berg on pierre charles len fant, the french architect who designed washington. and at 10:40 architectural historian, steven hanson, chronicles the history of one of washington, d.c.'s most famous neighborhoods, du pont circle. that all begins friday the 8 p.m. eastern right here on c-span3. >>> here are some of our featured programs for the holid

robert e. lee or maybe abraham lincoln, and i was a little dishart neartened, because i didn't think i could f th legitimately make the case for either of those or maybe even should make the case for them for person of the year in 1865. i thought their laurels should plea come in different years. but i was extremely pleased when he asked me to talk about deserv someone elsees and it's the person i think deserves to win for 1865. job i think my colleagues did an excellent job, but this is the person i think deserves the on designation. not only for what this person did in 1865, but for how those deeds changed the world, and a deed affected the life of every person in this room. now you recall that on may 23 and it24 1865, union soldiers of every rank flanked the president and had a mighty victory display, but someone was absent from that parade. raerson was prominent enough that aides in the white house went out onto the portico to see if they had missed the moment, if they could see this person in the parade. and they were quite annoyed when they didn't see who they thought they were going to.

robert e. lee was second with 24. lincoln, davis were right even and the freed men were last. second with 24. and the freed men were last. and the freed men were last. screeria -- nigeria. - including 16 -- six unique stories. the 100th anniversary, visiting battlefields, american artifacts, touring museums and historic sites. discover what revealed. history bookshelf's, the best-known american history writer looking at the policies and legacies of our nation's commanders in chief, lectures in history with top college professors delving into america's past. and our new series figure it -- featuring educational films from the 1930's through the 19 70's. c-span3, created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or television satellite provider. jacob a back either in a couple minutes or at tworequest you have to bring together these two very different organizations, to really get to that space. as an academic health center, we are not going to build huge cloud databases. that is what they will do. they are great at that stuff but they do not know anything about doing clinical tri

next robert kenzer nominates abraham lincoln, citing lincoln's influence in the amendment that eradicated slavery in the oustu.s. this is about 45 minutes. >>> you'd like to congratulate all of you who voted for the virginia ham sandwich as the sandwich of the year. i had one of them, and mine was not the deciding vote, i want you to know. our next speaker is robert c. kenzer. bob is the william benford vest chair of history at the university richmond, where he has taught for almost 25 years. for most of those year he has been the ally for the lecture series which we do each year jointly with the university of richmond in september. like will green, bob has a bill cooper connection. bill studied under the late david donnel at john hopkins university. bob was also a david donnel student, although a few years later at harvard university. he teaches a wide variety of classes for the university of richmond, including several on aspects of the civil war in film. his research interest for many years has been civil war widows. he is currently researching a biography of a british-born civil war w