>> stonewall jackson's flank attack at chancellorsville is his greatest battlefield triumph. er dark, he runs ahead of his own lines. >> confederate soldiers, understandably jumpy, mistake jackson and his men for union officers, and they fire. >> [ groaning ] >> general, general, are you hurt?! >> my arm! my arm! >> hold it. come on. >> [ grunting ] >> get his leg! >> [ groaning loudly ] >> i'm afraid the arm's ruined. we're gonna have to amputate... immediately. >> do for me whatever you think best, dr. mcguire. what an infinite blessing. >> ♪ as i went down in the river to pray ♪ ♪ studying about that good old way ♪ >> oh, sweet father in heaven. >> stonewall jackson's shattered left arm is amputated just below the shoulder. >> [ groans ] >> thomas. >> [ coughs ] please...call for dr. mcguire. >> jackson is recuperating, and then what happens is, again, really common in the war. he catches pneumonia. he is up for a couple days, and then he heads downhill very, very, very quickly. >> thomas, look at me. >> as jackson's condition worsens, friends and family come to his side, e

but lee's wartime leadership falters without stonewall jackson, the brilliant military mind behind hises. in the aftermath of battle, many believed the blame for the confederates' epic failure should rest on the shoulders of jackson's replacement, general james longstreet. but the fault truly lies with lee, who is not the same swaggering leader without jackson and who lets his overconfidence and thirst for victory cloud his judgment. >> can you see how our boys are doing? >> general. general, are you all right? >> after stonewall jackson's death, robert e. lee struggles to find a replacement who matches his aggression and tactical brilliance. >> we will defeat the federals, sir. [ all shouting ] god wills us to victory. we shall prevail. >> robert e. lee did not adjust to the loss of stonewall jackson. he could become careless, too focused on defeating the enemy at any cost. and now what he wants, more than anything else, is to take the war to the north. one more victory might be enough to save the day for confederate independence. [ horse neighing ] general jackson, have your men cook

i'll have my men there in two days. >> with pope in his sights, lee changes tactics and lets stonewall jacksonee sends jackson to raid the federal storehouses at manassas junction, hoping to deplete the enemy's resources and lay a trap for pope's union army. >> press on! >> jackson marches his troops 50 miles through a maze of union forces. under the cover of night, they pillage union supplies and burn everything they can't take with them. >> lee didn't believe in a chivalrous exchange of fire with the enemy. he believein the ablute annihilation of the opposing force. [ men whooping, cheering ] >> savoring the destruction of union property, lee's army grows more aggressive and confident, just like their leader. >> gentlemen, a moment please! to general pope and uncle abe. [ men cheer ] ♪ ♪ >> i didn't think you drank the bark juice, sir. >> i love liquor as much as any man in this army. [ men cheering ] but liquors are not good for me. i question whether they are much good to anyone. come. round up all the liquor. see it discarded. >> jackson's men disappear into the woods, setting a trap for

lee in his lieutenant stonewall jackson, were depicted as christian warriors. at the same time though reagan admits that in the normal services in protestant churches, southerners did not worship the confederacy. there was not an obsession with appeared in that it every sermon. i think this illustrates a larger point that historians might examine. there is a good bit of evidence to suggest that white southerners during the gilded age into the 20th century were not constantly thinking about the lost cause, were not obsessed with the confederacy or its heroes. that forpression is most white southerners in the decades after the civil war, remembering the confederacy was something confined to maybe 1-2 occasions over the course of a year, when there was a veterans reunion in town of confederate soldiers, or on confederate memorial day come up but other than that people went about their everyday lives. book is one bynt gains foster entitled ghost of the confederacy. associations that and organizations that were created in the decades after the civil war were vital t

lee and his lieutenant, stonewall jackson, were depicted as christian warriors. thate same time, he admits in normal services, and protestant churches, southerners did not worship the confederacy. there was not an obsession with appeared at that it every sermon. this illustrates a larger point that historians might examine. impotence good bit of -- of evidence that suggests that white southerners were not constantly thinking about the lost cause. they were not obsessed with the confederacy or its heroes. that for mostis white southerners in the decades after the civil war, remembering was confined to one or two occasions over the course of a year. when there was a veterans reunion. or on confederate memorial day. other than that, people went about their everyday -- everyday lives. book isimportant entitled ghosts of the confederacy. that associations and organizations that were created in the decades after the civil war were the file to perpetuate -- vital to perpetuating the lost cause. in the years immediately after the conflict, groups such as ladies memorial

stonewall jackson found himself pretty painfully divided from his sister. those are two of the best-known cases but this is the phenomenon that affected the ordinary in keeping with our team today. i think it's important to point out that this is a phenomenon deeply connected in many ways. this is something that white families experienced. lee talked about the hardships of african-american families, the way they were torn apart in different families. did,s what white families african americans of course were pretty unified around the union. this existence of whites divided families is all the more when one considers how these americans in the middle of the 19th century. cherished about family. constant, onene belief shared by americans north and south, east and west, it is that family life was to be private. occupy life -- what they consider to be public life. family was to be a protected space. increasingly considering a heartless competitive public world. this is especially important to the civil war generation as they had lived through some pretty wrench

and that stonewall jackson. by the way both of whom were opposed to slavery george washington's granddaughter but now they're going after william mckinley. thomas jefferson. the thing about it is said to me that i feel like as a white person that i've been the one discriminated against. discriminated against. i hear you and i spoke to you earlier when a lot of white americans feel like the country that they grew up in and understand is changing. it is. to his point let me say i agree with you. congress starts every day with a prayer what would dr. king think about the aclu. i think dr. king in his time the aclu was very pivotal to helping civil rights. there seems to be an overreach which is why i wrote this. i wanted americans to understand that the religious liberty cause as important as it second amendment is critical to who we are our founding fathers and those who imposed their religion on people. they killed people if they weren't catholics or protestants or whatever. we are a christian nation. it doesn't

they take stonewall jackson. by the way, both who were opposed to slavery. robert e. was -- now they're going after william mckinley, thomas jefferson. you know, the thing about it is, you know, it's sad to me, you know, i feel like as a white person that i'm the one being discriminated against now that they hate. >> we'll leave that thought there. >> let me first say, i hear you and i spoke to this earlier, where a lot of white americans are in a place where they feel like the country that they grew up in and that they understand is changing, and it is. to his point, though, let me say that i agree with you. you know, congress starts every day with a prayer. the senate and the house pray every day. our kids in school can't do that. what would dr. king think about the aclu? well, i think dr. king in his time, the aclu was very pivotal to helping civil rights and key cases, but i think that i'm in agreement with you that there seems to be an overreach, which is why i wrote "e pluribus one," because i wanted americans to understand that the religious liberty cause is as

lee's down, stonewall jackson -- both were opposed to slavery. robert e. lee married george washington's granddaughter. now they are going after william mckinley, thomas jefferson. , youhing about it is, uh -- --uh, it is said to me it is sad -- as a white person, i feel like i'm the one being discriminated against. host: we will leave that there. guest: let me first say i hear you. i spoke to this earlier, a lot of white americans are in a place where they feel like the country they grew up in and understand is changing. it is. to his point let me say that i agree with you. congress starts every day with a prayer. the senate and house pray everyday. our kids in school cannot do that. what would dr. king think about the aclu? i think dr. king, the aclu in his time was pivotal to helping civil rights. i am in agreement with you that there seems to be over each, i want americans to understand that the religious liberty cause is important, as the free press and the amendments. it is critical to who we are. our founding fathers fled tyrants. they did not want

. >> like stonewall jackson, grant is an unlikely hero who finds new life in the crucible of war.ct general on paper, shrinks from the heat of battle, and now dark rumors circulate about his true allegiance. >> a traitor is in our midst. lincoln's new secretary of war, edwin stanton, believes he has proof of mcclellan's treason. >> mcclellan is delaying because he wants the south to win. >> lincoln's patience with the pompous, power-hungry mcclellan is perceived as a sign of weakness among fellow republicans. but it's really a savvy political maneuver by the president. while mcclellan, a democrat, may not be the general to defeat the confederacy, lincoln can curry favor among the northern democrats by keeping him in command. now, if he fires mcclellan, he risks losing their support, which he desperately needs as the war drags on. >> mr. president, i'm happy to -- >> general, it has been nearly a year with no battle undertaken at your command. and now rumors fly that you are a confederate. >> i built this army single-handedly out of drunken rabble. >> you do not deny you have frien

stonewall jackson's famous flank march landed on howard's corps, the 11th core, landed on his right flank in the woods. they snuck around -- stonewall snuck around and attacked roughly at dusk and sent howard's corps reeling. it was a stampede, and i think it was, people come down -- sometimes people come down hard on howard, but i think it was a stampede. it was a rout, and so howard was still reeling from this, and he did not want then it to be known that he was then superseded in command by a junior. ok? so i think he had this, i suppose, he had this on his mind when it came to, when it came to talking about who was in command at gettysburg. you know, reputation was everything in this era, especially to these guys. so he did not want -- he wanted to find a way to, something to counteract the fact that he had failed so badly at chancellorsville. good question. thank you. are there any other questions? ok. well, i hope you have enjoyed it, and i thank you all very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning in

. >> the fight begins at dawn as union general joe hooker's troops attack stonewall jackson's confederate defensive position running roughly from a cornfield in the north down to some high ground in the south. and mcclellan throws his army at lee's northern flank. and you've got these two armies absolutely throwing themselves at each other. >> the battle-hardened rebels throw back the union's first wave. to the north, robert gould shaw and the second massachusetts prepare to enter the fray. >> what's this? for my mother, in boston. if i should fall, shaw i want you to see that she gets it. >> it won't come to that dwight. second massachusetts, fall in! ♪ ♪ >> left! left! left! >> forward! >> left! left! left! left! left! >> americans had not seen so many of their fellow countrymen dead and wounded on a battlefield. all the bodies it just staggered them. [ gunshots ] [ men whooping ] >> forward! forward, men! forward! >> halt! ready! aim! fire! forward! >> retreat! retreat! >> forward, men! >> shaw and his men pushed through the confederate line. >> yeah! [ men shouting ] >> but lee's outm

knowcivil war students budd robertson for his work on stonewall jackson, ap hill, robert e lee, the stonewall brigade and the army of northern virginia. his current project is an encyclopedia of robert e. lee. but he has spoken and written widely on the common soldier in the common people of the civil war era. as you can see from the book titles listed in your program and available-for-sale and on a graphic in the lobby outside, yes, i have to pitch for everyone. most recently, he edited the publication of the book highlighting the letters, thates, and reminiscences remain in private collections throughout the commonwealth. the virginia civil war cisco to --iel -- sis was continual they scanned these newly developed sources and they are available for researcher at the library. this is the kind of valuable works of budd robertson has performed throughout his long career. and for which we are deeply grateful. this morning, gentlemen and ladies, dr. budd robertson will kick off our symposium with a talk entitled civil war echoes from the common folk. ladies and him alone, dr. robertson. [applaus

stonewall jackson extremely religious man and you will see that side of him. think the war could have come out differently if he had lived but he was taken out in the battle. ainsley: this is the fifth episode. how many are there total? brian: there is nine. steve: brian is the host of it. it airs sunday at 8:00 p.m. and then it repeats at 11:00 p.m. brian: i play myself in the series. you will recognize me easily. ainsley: you don't have a southern accent on the battlefield. brian: they asked me to i said i'm not ainsley. steve: have you met all of those kilmeade players. brian: i went through. steve: casting. brian: did i and it was enjoyable. ainsley: congratulations, brian you are doing job. let's bring in diamond and silk. happy friday. >> good morning. ainsley: we played the sound bites for our audience and in case people are just waking up. this is governor of new york, andrew cuomo. he is running again against cynthia nixon a lady from sex in the city. this is what he said here in new york. >> i'm undocumented. you want to deport an undocumented person

lee's down, stonewall jackson -- both were opposed to slavery. robert e.arried george washington's granddaughter. now they are going after william mckinley, thomas jefferson. , youhing about it is, uh -- --uh, it is said to me it is sad -- as a white person, i feel like i'm the one being discriminated against. host: we will leave that there. guest: let me first say i hear you. i spoke to this earlier, a lot of white americans are in a place where they feel like the country they grew up in and understand is changing. it is. to his point let me say that i agree with you. congress starts every day with a prayer. the senate and house pray everyday. our kids in school cannot do that. what would dr. king think about the aclu? i think dr. king, the aclu in his time was pivotal to helping civil rights. i am in agreement with you that there seems to be over each, i want americans to understand that the religious liberty cause is important, as the free press and the amendments. it is critical to who we are. our founding fathers fled tyrants. they did not want that h

ronny jackson withdraws his nomination to become the next secretary of the va. the president calling out obstructionist democrats for stonewalling him at every turn. i'm sandra smith inside "america's newsroom" this morning, thursday morning. rick leventhal is here. >> fascinating phone call with the president. i'm in for bill hemmer. dr. jackson withdrawing calling the accusations false and fabricated but doesn't want them to distract from president trump's mission to help our nation's veterans. the president chalking it up to politics. >> president trump: i saw where this was going. they are very upset because mike pompeo, first in his class in west point and top at his class at harvard, a brilliant and great guy and someone i get a long with very well. they thought they had him stopped. the democrats are obstructionists. they're not approving them and taking them out to the maximum 30 hours. that's a lot of times. 30 hours to interview people that will be approved. 30 hours and people will vote. it is a disgrace. >> sandra: it is a big day for president trump's cabinet on capitol hill. jeff sessions and epa chief scott pruitt

ronny jackson withdraws his nomination to become the next secretary of the va. the president calling out obstructionist democrats for stonewalling with the president. i'm in for bill hemmer. dr. jackson withdrawing calling the accusations false and fabricated but doesn't want them to distract from president trump's mission to help our nation's veterans. the president chalking it up