on the second manassas campaign. he said, quote, the actions determined on, jackson was directed on the 25th to cross above waterloo and move around the enemy's right so as to strike the orange and alexandria railroad in his rear. jackson wrote in his april 1863 report, "pursuing the instructions of the commanding general, i left jeffersonton on the morning of 25th to throw my command between washington city and the army of general pope and to break up his railroad communications with the confederate capital." oh, excuse me, federal capital. one clear issue with these reports, there was nothing mentioned about what jackson should do after cutting that railroad. so far this campaign had been one of an offense in both strategy and tactics. maneuvering pope out of his strong position, an offensive strategy. bringing him out into a piece of ground that would favor a confederate assault, again, offensive tactics. would or should jackson remain with this strategy that has already been set by lee after he cuts that railroad

stonewall jackson's stand at second manassas. then general robert e. lee's antetum defense, the defense at stones river and union general john buford's gettysburg defense. american history tv is in prime time all week with recent civil war conferences. on tuesday, a seminar with robert e. lee and grant. american history tv and prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. dan welch talks about confederate general stonewall jackson's defensive stand at the battle of second manassas in virginia which took place in late august 1862. jackson's troops held their ground against repeated assaults by union troops, buying time for the confederates to launch a flank attack and send the union army into retreat. this 50 minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. >> dan welch is a music educator in ohio. but for many, many years he's had a deep passionate love affair with the civil war as manufacture many of us have had and he fell in love with the civil war at gettysburg. he studies at the gettysburg ins

. -- second manassas. two-minute warning ladies and gentlemen, two-minute warning. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen. good morning. after we wrapped up last night, i crawled under the book table and slept for about an hour and a half and we got back up. i hope you guys had a restful night's sleep. i am christmas koski, i want to welcome you to our presentation in stephenson ridge. to thank the folks from c-span and our audience at c-span live. mary andce, hunter, angie who kept as caffeinated this morning. [applause] colleagueshank my thanks to the folks at the front desk. we have an ambitious schedule today. today we are meaning serious business. we have a speakers today. the first one comes to us from ohio. very good. dan welch is a musical educator in ohio, and for many years he has a love affair with the civil war. he fell in love with the civil war at gettysburg. eventually he studied at the gettysburg institute and has become a ranger at the battlefield park, or you can find him in the summer time

and second manassas. jackson's defensive line had been bruised and battered. they had been subjected to numerous federal attacks throughout august 29th and now on the afternoon of august 30th, some of jackson's units literally had nothing left to give in the lines defense. along jackson's right the men of brigadier general william starks brigade under the command of colonel leroy stafford and colonel bradley johnson had been engaged for the last 30 minutes in a furious defense of that portion of the line. the immense pressure was part of fitsjohn porter's assault on jackson's position. over the course of the last 30 minutes as men from new york, michigan, pennsylvania, and massachusetts assailed the confederate defenders the cartridge boxes of the confederate defenders had run dry. numerous con fed rats left the fight and droves scouring the dead and dying in search of ammunition but with little success. the stout resistance along the railroad em bank mentes with physically quieting as the guns slowly silenced. according to an article in the philadelphia weekl

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strategies employed by the union and confederate armies and hear from historians on gettysburg, second manassas, ante and other important battles. p.m. on american artifacts, american presidents, like orchids. we tour the presidential portraits exhibit at the herbert hoover leapt -- presidential library in iowa. and president lyndon b. johnson's exhibit. >> lyndon johnson was always on the telephone. telephone installed in bathroom and he would talk with people, he would bring people in and talk them, i think it would be a little disconcerting. he also recorded telephone conversations he had and that bathroom and he would talk withwas supposed to be not opend the public until the years after he had died. the among the presidency, harry truman at celebrities. archivist david clark looks back on the president's relationship with celebrities, politicians and entertainers. truman didn't necessarily seek out entertainers are well-known people, yet he cultivated relationships. especially jack benny, he had a good friendship with. -- clip. clip very ♪ [laughter] [applause] from american history tv, ev

as we began to explore these early attacks against jackson's defensive line at second manassas, one of the things that i hope is beginning to stick out about the federal plan is that each and every time these units going in are going in on their own hook. jackson's line in the entirety has yet to be pressed to the full federal advantage in numbers. but why had general carney failed to advance? frans siegel's assaults, from the sherz brigade and millroy and shafrpg had a significant impact on the left of jackson's line, especially ap hill's front. several of the attacks had even broken through jackson's defense. for example, the 82 nld ohio detached by millroy to assist to the right had temporarily broken jackson's line in an area known as the dump. both participants in the morning attacks on august 29th and historians since contend that had carney assisted, had he followed up and supported siegel's advance that jackson may have been pushed out of his defensive position. was jackson's line a good defensive stand after all? the general on the left here reported "several orders were stoen

we're going to show you stonewall jackson's stand at second manassas. then general robert e. lee's antetum defense, the defense at stones river and union general john buford's gettysburg defense. american history tv is in prime time all week with recent civil war conferences. on tuesday, a seminar with robert e. lee and grant. american history tv and prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. dan welch talks about confederate general stonewall jackson's defensive stand at the battle of second manassas in virginia which took place in late august 1862. jackson's troops held their ground against repeated assaults by union troops, buying time for the confederates to launch a flank attack and send the union armin

lee at second manassas, grant at iuka in vicksburg. the myth is that lee is a virtually undefeated genius only overpowered by superior numbers and resources while grant is of course a plodding butcher who won only by overhauling power. yet in fact in many respects their skills and their general ship approach the identical. there's no question lee had genius, and his was hardly a hopeless task. and grant did have great advantages. for a start, actually early in the war grant had more experience. we tend to forget, he was already a national hero in the north after donaldson and then again after shiloh at a time when lee was being virtually forgotten in the south because of a campaign in western virginia that did not come out well. only after he took active command of the army of what he termed the army of northern virginia in the summer of '62 does the robert e. lee that we know begin to emerge. grant had more men, was better equipped and supplied and was backed by seemingly unlimited resources. but counter that with the fact that lee fo

strategies employed by the union and utter it armies and hear from historians on gettysburg, second manassaserican artifacts, american presidents like portraits. we tour the exhibit at the herbert hoover presidential library and museum. at president lyndon b. johnson's exhibit -- >> he was always on the telephone. installed inphone his bathroom. he would talk with people and bring people in there and talk with him in the bathroom, which i think would be disconcerting. he recorded telephone conversations with he had, and those were supposed to be not open to the president until 50 years after he had died. >> at 7:00 p.m., harry truman and celebrities. david clark looks back on the president's relationship with celebrity athletes, politicians, and entertainers. president truman did not seek out entertainers. he cultivated relations, especially he had a good friendship. [happy birthday playing on violin] [laughter] >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. of the headlines from voice of america, republican senators seek to ramp up u.s. port security. writing one day after

basically it recounts everything that they had done from the seven days through cedar mountain, second manassas and sharpsburg. and at the end, this is what lee says about that very quick incredible turnaround that the army of northern virginia is able to start in the eastern theater of the war. he says, history records few examples of greater fortitude and endurance than this army has exhibited. and i am commissioned by the president a thank you in the name of the confederate states for the undying fame you have won for their arms. lee is looking at this positively. but the last sentence, second to last sentence, of this order is this, and you cannot help but reading it and hear when you read it in lee's voice a sense of disappointment. that his offensive campaign into maryland, his offensive battle at antetum had failed. this is what he said. much as you have done, much more remains to be accomplished. thank you all very much. and i'll be happy to answer any questions. [ applause ] >> anybody have any questions for kevin? we'll head over in this direction. please introduce yourself, tell us w

it recounts everything they had done through cedar mountain, second manassas, and sharpsburg. says about that quick, incredible turnaround that the army of northern virginia was able to start in the eastern theater of war. "history records fewer examples of greater fortitude than this army has exhibited, and i'm commissioned by the president to thank you in the name of the confederate states for the undying fame you have won. and the second to last sentence of this order is this, and you cannot talk hearing a sense of disappointment, that is offensive campaign into maryland had failed. this is what he said. "much as you have done, much more remains to be accomplished." thank you all very much. i would be happy to answer any questions. [applause] >> anybody have any questions for kevin? we will head over in this direction. please introduce yourself and tells where you are from, and be sure you have a question. >> bob, youngstown, ohio. lee knowpoint did th there was a possibility a veto would get to the -- possibility ap hill would get to the battlefield and his mind shift the

think of lee at second manassas, antietam, and chancellorsville. grant in the viks vicks burg campaign. making his men stretched each days rations the last three, and counting on the land to provide everything else. and in the crossing of the james, of course. both will make the big decision. if there is one thing that sets them apart from almost all other army commanders in that war it is that they were willing. they could take a huge risk knowing that it risked the lives of thousands and then get a good night's sleep. both will bring along and nurture promising subordinates. grant is responsible for the rise of sherman. nobody else would put up with him. he is responsible for the rise of mcpherson and sheridan and others. he works diplomatically with mead once he came east and generally preserved goodwill between them. lee brought along jed stewart, ap hill, john gordon and others. the seniority is involved to some degree in the rise of all these men. lee's approval of their progress dominated and anyone familiar with lee's handling of officers w

evidence that was there was no espionage or -- >> tucker: this guy behaved badly at the second battle of manassas. do you hear what i'm saying? >> we're in a different realm here. talking about two different things. we're talking about this individual, robert lee, the sports caster and what espn should have done. we can have debate about that. but i do think it's also appropriate to recognize the context we're living in. >> tucker: just be clear, i'm not settled on twitter, comparing this guy to the interment. i'm saying the principal was the same. people should be punished for what they did or what people that look like or sound like them did. >> again, there's two pieces of that. one is whether or not robert lee of espn is being punished here. >> tucker: no, he's being rewarded. >> and i think that is the -- the second point is that we have to consider context and history. >> tucker: yeah, i'd rather not. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> tucker: for many many the left wing twitter mob, this image of a white girl with an aclu t-shirt is deeply offensive. more next on that. >> tucker: the aclu is a

still there, tying up the second eastboundthe right out of manassas towards it centreville. the delays are stacking up as you travel eastbound on 66. on the top stretch of the beltway here out of college park, no accident, a bit of volume with a 40 minute ride from college or 270. back in the next 10 minutes to update your ride to the west. larry? video coming in, a terrifying moment caught on camera as a deadly earth take rocks a tourist town. first, your money on the run. the tiny metal chip in your credit card could be a big >> you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. 6:25 is the time right now and there is a problem with the security chips on your credit card and debit card. they can physically fall out of your card and if they fall into the wrong hands, that's a >> this morning and a first look , the chip transactions are meant to make our cards more theye and in most cases do, but experts warn that the chip can fall out. this happened to jason knowles of wl us. -- wls. >> i didn't realize for days because i was still to use the card with a magnetic str

history tv on c-span 3, author dan welch on confederate general stone wall jackson and the second battle of manassas in virginia. in that battle, the confederate general earned the moniker stonewall. this is 50 minutes.

is no evidence that there was any espionage -- >> tucker: this guy behaved badly at the second battle of manassasak -- you know what i mean? >> i hear what you are saying, but we are getting in a different from. we are talking about two different things. we are talking about this individual, robert lee, the sportscaster, what he should have been doing, and what espn should have done. certainly, we could have debated about that, but it's also appropriate to recognize the context that we are living in -- >> tucker: just to be clear, settle down, twitter, i am not comparing what happened to the sky to the internment, i'm merely saying that principle is the same. people are to be punished for things they personally did not for for people who look or sound like them. >> again, i think there are two pieces to that. one is whether or not robert lee of espn is being punished. >> tucker: no, he is being rewarded. [laughs] >> the second thing is that we do have to consider context, we do have toxt consider -- -- tre when i would rather not. thank you. for many in the left wing twitter mob, the image of thi

this looks -- i'll show you that in a second. 73 in washington. 63 in frederick. 68 manassas. still the upper 50s in martinsburg. annapolis, 73. clinton at 68 degrees this morning. this is future weather. most of the area stays dry today and mostly sunny. we could see a few more clouds off near the shenandoah valley. the higher elevations may be an isolated sprinkle. if you're headed that way, maybe visiting wineries in the area, 78 degrees friday. 77 saturday. 76 sunday. mostly sunny. just beautiful to be outside for tropical storm harvey in the gulf of mexico. future weather takes it into southern texas tomorrow. it's going to stall a little bit. could be dropping 15 inches or more of rainfall. next week and labor day weekend, the remnants of it. some of that moisture could be here. we could be talking about rain over part of your labor day weekend. not this weekend, though. we'll be updating that as we get closer. 82 for a high. low humidity. tomorrow, 80 for a high. mostly sunny. across the weekend, upper 70s saturday and sunday. could be in the mid-70s this weekend. if yo

second. a lot going on. 67 in town now. manassas 50 degrees so that's really dropped. winchester 52. little room for these temperatures to keep dropping. we have generally fair skies, a few clouds off to the east and with high clouds coming from the north and west. okay, all eyes on this. this is our own potential little next named storm. it would be tropical storm -- would become tropical storm irma. right now they're just calling it a potential tropical cyclone down to the south of us. minimal winds right now. still the environment is not conducive to a rapid increase in speed or intensity. we'll continue to watch this. but we got a track on it. moves right up the southeastern shore, becomes a tropical storm irma right off cape hatteras and then quickly heads off to sea. so, we're going to get some rain from this. we're going to get some showers from this tomorrow. but it does not look like at least in the overall scheme of things it's going to be a big deal for us unless something radically 50's. today's high upper 70's, 79 now here in town, briefly i think we'll touch it but we'l

second man appears to go in after him. police have identified both men they say they're 30 of manassas be right now we do not know if alcohol a role. >>> emergency still working to rescue people as flood waters continue to rise. harvey has dumped historic levels of rain in all of about nine trillion gallons so far, at least 30,000 expected in the area shelters. the shower or thunderstorm is far from over. it's expected to make a second landfall near louisiana some time tomorrow. >> just can't get a breakdown there. that's for sure. we've been pretty lucky in our area, pretty nice today. >> caitlin roth here tonight. >> hi there, jim and sarah. i'm here and i'm talking about local weather that's bringing us a rainy day on tuesday. it's not going to be nice tomorrow, cool, breezy and just rain all day in the forecast. thanks, in part to this tropical cyclone off the coast of the carolinas expected to be tropical storm erma by tomorrow morning, rain is still south of our area. tropical storm watches and warnings have been issued on what is expected by morning, to be a it's almost there, winds sustained at 40 miles an hour, got

expire in the next 45 seconds, my concern is for you folks in prince william county along route 15 corridor and south of that. you guys need to take cover along route 15 northwest of manassas, between manassas and hay market. this area here, you're going to have strong winds regardless, potentially knocking trees down as we were reporting earlier. but we're going to just stay because hopefully we'll expire this. and i'm going to be doing facebook live and we'll continue to track the storms should the tornado warning -- they've canceled the tornado warning as of 6:30. i'll be on facebook live on the >> this man will not get away meth what he's doing, believe >>: asonthe president's new warning to kim jong-un about launching an attack. >> he will truly regret it, and he will regret it fast. -- mason: also tonight >> take your hands out of your pocket! ( gunfire ). >> mason: a police officer's camera glasses creaptu the moment a robbery suspect tried to kill him. preparing for the eclipse. >> reporter: you can't see anything through these, either. >> mason: and a warning about fakes. >> i mean, all our glasses have to be certified and tested. >> mason: and the secret to a lon

. >>> a second local civil war reenactment is crossed off the cochlear implan calendar. county cited, quote, recent events. earlier this month, the city of manassas cancelled a similar event because of national tensions over civil war monuments. >>> the annual hajj pilgrimage is under way right now in saudi arabia. people are gathering for the five-day ritual. crowd spent the day in supplication and contemplation. the hajj is required of all muslims once in a lifetime. >>> most people can remember exactly where they were when they heard that princess diana had died. it's hard to believe 20 years has passed. two decades ago, the princess was killed in a car crash in paris. she was 36 years old. and take a look. people have created a memorial outside kensington palace, the people's princess, as she was known, lived there until her death. visitors say even though they never met diana, she touched their lives. >> i think she touched so many people because of who she was and the way she conducted herself in the context of where she was living and who she became. >> yesterday, he sons, princes william and harry, greeted well wishers and accepted flower

visibilities in just a second. 73 in washington, a little cooler than yesterday morning, not a lot of relief. and there you're 60's as you get outside the beltway to the west. 65 in manassasulpeper, 69 fredericksberg to the frederick. 72 in leonardtown. temperatures about where they should be this time of year. this map, i don't need to show you but reagan national 73, dulles is 65. and i don't have any clue where my maps are showing me right now. there's nothing on radar. other than fog, and not great visibility. keep that in mind, i was hoping to show you visibility. in some spots, visibility down to about half mile quarter mile or left and you'll see them in just a second. may need to take a few extra minutes on your way to work here. plan out extra time, behind me is gert. there you can see gert. gert is pushing off into the central atlantic. will not be a player for us, other than the continued tides that are a little bit higher, the storm surge a little bit higher and the potential for rip tides and we're going to be nice and quiet this afternoon, this is going to pick up the fog, once we get rid of the fog, we should be in for a nice improvement. dry later. could b

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second. let me start you with temperatures. 73 degrees here in washington. gorgeous start at the day. 64 gaithersburg as well as frederick and west minster dulles 68 degrees. 70 degrees for manassass. all right. let's take look at that future -- dew points first because guess what air mass change. near 70 yesterday. now in the 50's very dry air taken over. a couple stragglers hanging in the 60s quantico, freder fredericksburg, they too will be dropping. it will feel really pleasant this afternoon here's future cast sunny and bright lunch time hour. showers few and far between some showers still over the i81 corridor. watch as it tries to move across 8:30 p.m. watch out front royal hagerstown, charlottesville shower activity here in d.c. we may get night during the overnight hours after midnight here in washington. couple of sprinkles don't be shocked if you wake up tomorrow morning to maybe a few raindrops on your windshield. in fredericksburg, by the time we get to those morning hours should be beautiful for zip trip on friday morning. can't wait to see you in fredericksburg. saturday, sunday look fantastic. if you're planning your weekend. next chance of rain any showers at all

seconds. frs . >>> morning, everybody, monday's off to a quiet start, cool and comfortable r a lot of spots in the 50s. this morning. 64 washington, 68 annapolis r but only 54 in manassasplenty of sunshine for the first halfful day, more cloud cover this afternoon but no rain threat until the sun comes up tomorrow. if you're going to the marlins game this evening, it will good weather for baseball. showery weather moves in for tomorrow. >> that's your latest forecast. guys. >> just ahead we're going to have a lot more on this storm aren't flooding that is ravage southwest texas and dramatic new video of the rescues taking place across that region. >> also ahead this morning, the new test that just 3u67d e-llon musk's dream closer to reality. we will take you behind the scenes but first had is odd on nbc. >>> just ahead, from wild performances to something new >>> just ahead from wild perform appearances to something new from taylor swift. >> and what you can except from the new "will and grace"? natalie heads to the set with a sneak peek with the cast. but first your local news. on tuesday afternoon, linda discovered the chex mix™ combination of one corn chex, one rye

seconds. >>> good morning, everybody. a little sunshine out there on a monday morning. mostly cloudy day today. current temperature 71 in washington, still in the cooler 60s across most of the outlaying suburbs. 64 in manassas, 66 in prince gorjz county. rain chances will be i kreegs a bit, getting ritd by rain later on today. then rain chances go down and temperatures go up for the rest of the week. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> gert, short for ger trued, tropical storm. >> i'll find out. >> thank you so much. couple offing up the notorious drug king pin el chap poe returning to court today. we're going to hear from the high-profile attorney who wants to take that pais case. >> and new reports this morning about the special glasses you're going to need to protect your eyes if the could you be buying dangerous knockoffs, but first, this break. >>> just ahead, schools announcing a ban on homework. music to your kids' ears. is it tim and charlie, 4th graders. 3rd graders today, their new gogurt tubes are easy open. and p.e. consist of sitting around on mats. hippies. new ez open gogurt. kids never had it so easy. it starts up very quickly. it's instant, in fact. powerful. takes y

we're going to show you stonewall jackson's stand at second manassas. then general robert e. lee's antetum defense, the defense at stones river and union general john buford's gettysburg defense. american history tv is in prime time all week with recent civil war conferences. on tuesday, a seminar with robert e. lee and grant. american history tv and prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. dan welch talks about confederate general stonewall jackson's defensive stand at the battle of second manassas in virginia which took place in late august 1862. jackson's troops held their ground against repeated assaults by union troops, buying time for the confederates to launch a flank attack and send the union army into retreat. this