quickly the war -- the union was imris emancipation was the fact that the policy announced by simon cameron and his correspondence from benjamin butler was coming from d.c. it was brittle over the united states. cameron does not have -- it was spread all over the united states. officials in d.c. don't have control over people in the field. but everyone is following the orders. some were returning slaves on a fugitive slaves to their masters when masters came to union army camps. william comes to sherman for a while. there is that gap between policy and enforcement going on as well. if you look at the black press, one of the things that it is filled with in 1861 and 1862 are outraged stories that leaked out of union army camps about fugitive slaves being returned to their masters. there are some pieces of federal policy that seem to indicate conservatism on slavery. it at the same time, republicans in 1862 are pressing home and anti-slavery agenda. d.c. emancipation happens in the spring of 1862. and lincoln starts to work on a plan to start emancipation -- a process of gradual emancipation

if you are a politician, you can get stuck in russia like simon cameron, the former secretary of war. early's valley campaign for the grant to draw on more than just military skills and judgment of personnel. in order to direct and effective campaign against early's raiders, he had to ride herd over field commanders in the military and political bureaucrats and officials who had mastered the art of resistance to policies and directives they did not like, even if the ranking general officer and the president supported them. to become ato learn quick study on the political nature of the commanding general's possession. fortunately for grants, he had lincoln, a consummate politician as his commander-in-chief. thank you very much. [applause] which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] watching: you are "american history tv," 48 hours of american history programming every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. sunday on "q

does is right back to washington until secretary of war simon cameron what he has done and asked for instructions. when the captain met a few days later, there is no record of lincoln making a positive statement on this policy, which lincoln jokingly called butler's fugitive slave law. thing we havely about making commenting on this terrific, but he did not resend it it. -- but he did not resend it. he loves his policy to stand. what happens from may forward is there is a flood of runaway slaves coming into butler's lines in virginia. and this is happening elsewhere. one of the things slaves iserstand across the south whatever might be set in the north about the conservative purposes of the war, and this war is only about union, they understand that if these troops in blue marching south are fighting slaveholders, these troops in blue are their allies, and good things could happen in future lines of this army wearing blue. slaves run away at the first opportunity and continuing make an issue of themselves. they continue to be an issue throughout the summer. around the same time durin

cameron mathison with news about everybody's favorite show, america's got talent. >> we were pretty shocked when nick cannon was out and tyra banks signed on to replace him as host. simon cowell and i sat down and talk about it with the his malibu mansion. >> come over to the house tomorrow. she turns up. ripped jeans, not really any makeup. sat down. and within five minutes. we literally all said, we would love you to join the show. it was that quick. >> are we ready to get agt started in. >> tyra is off to great start but her real test is when the show goes live that's because according to our source she often requires several takings. as for that job interview at simon's, the place is insane. cowell recently gave us a tour. that grand piano is just the beginning. simon's home is more than 9,000 square feet. six bedrooms. six baths. a massage room, a sleek lap pool and a superhip cabana. >> these doors have to be open the whole time, even when it's cold. >> it's dream home with plenty of space for family time. simon is father of a 3 year-old. tyra's son is nearly 1.5. >> have you bonded being over first-time paerpts. >> yes, i haven't met her son. she met eric. they