who, um, joined the confederate army in october of 1861 when the confederate armies occupied southern kentucky. and he ultimately became a lieutenant in the ninth kentucky cavalry that rode with john hunt morgan. and, um, he was probably prouder of having ridden through the war with john hunt morgan than he was almost anything he ever did in life. and he penned this memoir for his daughter whose name was minnie belle. he married shortly after the war was over, and his wife died after giving birth to minnie belle. and so he raised this child along with his two sisters and a brother in bowling green, kentucky, a county, warren county, it's a neighboring county to butler, and bowling green is the county seat, so a rather large community in southern kentucky. and so he raised minnie belle, and he wanted minnie belle to understand what he did during the war. and so in 1872 he set about writing these memoirs. and they were titled then "memoirs of my experience in the war for southern independence." and they were really meant, as he says in his little preface to these memoirs, that they were meant fo

the state who joined the confederate army in october of 1861 the confederate armies occupied southern kentucky, and ultimately became a lieutenant in the ninth kentucky calvary that road with john morgan and he was probably prouder of having ridden through the war with john morgan and he was almost anything he ever did alive, and he handled this memoir for his daughter whose name was bill and he married shortly after the war was over, and his wife died after giving birth so he raised this child along with his two sisters and brother in bowling green kentucky in the county, warren county as a neighboring county to butler and it's the county seat so a rather large community in southern kentucky. and so he raised many bell and wanted many bell to understand what he did during the war. and so in 1872 he set about writing the memoirs, and they were titles then memoirs of my experience in the war for southern independence, and as he says in his little preface to these memoirs that they were met for her and he bemoaned repeatedly in his memoir how she had ancestors who were in the revolution from vir

he's a southerner, from kentucky. he comes from a slaveholding background and in fact, his wife was the daughter of a wealthy planter and sold off the slaves that she had inherited. and he has a career officer in the u.s. army who finds himself tatian at this sort of sleepy little post in charleston

he's a southerner, from kentucky. he comes from a slaveholding background and in fact, his wife was the daughter of a wealthy planter and sold off the slaves that she had inherited. and he has a career officer in the u.s. army who finds himself tatian at this sort of sleepy little post in charleston harbor. it was really kind of the cushy army post before the civil war where they send officers to while away their time, going to bar-b-q's. and very quickly however, he is a defender of an unfolding national crisis. the south -- the southern states begin to succeed and december of 1860, a month or so after lincoln's election as president. .. >> these guyings were in a brass band, and they quickly realized they're in the middle of an unfolding crisis. south carolina is sort of the center of the white hop succession fever, and charleston is the center of that. southern militia starts this little fort. anderson realizes this fort is dispensable, should it come to that, as a public park, and they're looking out at the troops

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the wisconsin-based group which i guess is not in kentucky promotes the separation of church and state and the practice of pis si ng off southernersor profit. in a letter to the superintendent, quote, the prayers constitute a government endorsent in of religion. they said, "people were jolted when we did the national anthem and kicked off without a prayer." speaking of prayer, does captain pink butt have one when it comes to climbing his cage? >> come on you can climb. come on you can climb. put your other hand up. you can do it. you are doing it. you have to take a break. >> captain pink butt, are you a stupid animal. i don't know why i said that. i apologize, captain pink butt. we are still on for drinks, by the way, and i am buying. marvin hoover, you hate god. you no doubt side with the -- with this freedom from religion group. >> yes, freedom from religion. that's what separation from church and state had to do about. it had nothing to do with that. the founders hated god too. and the whole point of this is we should just be promoting eighth yism across the board. >> are you being sarcastic, by the way. >> yes, i have my tong

. >> booktv was in frankfurt, kentucky as part of our cities tour where we visited several southern cities over the next few months. to bring you a taste of their literary history and culture. for more information on this and events from other cities, visit c-span.org/local content. richard north patterson's newest novel "devil's light" discussed the possibility of a terrorists attack and another 9/11 in the u.s. he talked about this in san francisco. this is just over an hour. >> the program is presented in learningship and part of the commonwealth club under written by the bernard hoosier foundation. i'm jonathan curiel. i'm here to introduce mr. patterson. he has written a new work "the devil's light" which explores the knew collar mission of al qaeda, what happens when they steal a bomb and try to detonate it on the anniversary of 9/11, including the u.s. intelligence failure named brooke chandler who may or may not save the day. mr. patterson was an lawyer before becoming a writer, he also worked as a lawyer with the security and exchain commission. he is in the chairman of the organi

we also have a risk of strong storms from kentucky all of the way up into southern new jersey as warm meets warm moist air meets cool dryer air. you can see those heavy showers and thunderstorms now moving into the atlantic states. stretching from cleveland down to washington, d shark tank this morning. san jose seeing hazy sun to kick off the morning. other places like san francisco mired in the low clouds. our temperatures today ranging from the 60s in san francisco, upper 60s today with partly clear skies 73 in oakland, 80s around san jose, morgan hill towards pleasanton and livermore. close to 90 degrees. today the warmest day for the rest of the workweek. we're going to see a stronger sea breeze tomorrow which means extra morning clouds and cooler temperatures to head into the weekend. >> that's your latest weather. matt? >> thank you very much. >>> disturbing new revelations >>> thank you very much. p disturbing revelations. video shows how close they came to abducting other children several year after the kidnapping of jaycee duggar. tamra hall has more on this. >> good morning

what a southern california woman did that sent a rattlesnake into a raid. >>> it was a quick delivery for one woman in kentuckyshe was forced to give birth in the parking lot of a waffle house. >>> good morning. 280 is getting pretty crowded here in san jose. we'll tell you what could be causing this slow traffic. >>> welcome back. a waffle house in kentucky now has a special meaning for somebody. on sunday night, alexander woke up to what she thought were stomach pains but when contractions started, she headed to the hospital. but the baby she was carrying had other plans. she and her husband had to meet the paramedics in this parking lot of the waffle house. this is the family's sixth baby. >>> a southern california woman is recovering after being bitten by a rattlesnake. brooke o'neil said she was taking a walk in ocean side with her husband and daughter over the weekend. she said she didn't notice there was a rattlesnake on the sidewalk and accidentally rolled over it with the stroller. what did the snake do? bit her twice in the ankle. >> went minutes of getting bit, my whole body started to tremble. and

kentucky, tennessee, virginia. severe weather from the mid south across the mid atlantic region this afternoon. and we still have the heat to talk about way up there today in the southern about 110 degrees for the high today in dallas. richard, back to you. >> wow. it is hot down there. carl parker, thank you. >>> yeah. >> here's a look at other stories people are talking about. explosions aoe resulting through hamad this morning. no signs of ending their assault against the syrian uprising in its fifth month. >>> 100 people were killed in military assaults this weekend. >>> mcafee a massive cyber attack that infiltrated 70 companies and government agencies, including the united nations. it lasted five years, stole data from the united nations and companies worldwide. attacks are now being investigated appears to have been operating by a a government body and it points to china. >>> oregon woman strand for three nights in mt. hood surviving on berries, bugs and creek water until her rescue yesterday. pamela lost the trail and fell off aff officials say she tried to scoot to safety along the river bed because she could not walk. she's now in serious condition. >>> it is

kentucky this morning. severe weather across parts of missouri. north of kansas city across the missouri river valley across nebraska. out across the west you are looking pretty good. southerntoday. temps wise, it's all about the heat again today. it will be the case all week long. we will break all kinds of records again across the south unfortunately not getting nil kind of a break at all. tropics acting up again. this was what was tropical storm emily. now tropical depression depression emily again, it is all going to move off toward the east. no big concerns. take a look at the models, they all pull to the east. send it back to you. >> thanks, rick. >> want a break on your car insurance? all you have to do is let your insurance company spy on you. that sounds like a small thing. we will explain. >> president obama borrowing bits and pieces from president reagan. up next, a former presidential speech writer says his strategy is like crip tonight. it's propelling america. [ female announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables? maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit