i am here because i have in my living room a portrait of stonewall jackson and his union uniform which was given to my family by jackson's widow because they shared a pew in the church in lexington virginia and i recently having returned home found a photo of robert e lee that is inscribed by lee by a relative of mine. so your talk was very appropriate. and interesting. but as my question about the religion, you talk about jackson and lee being both religious, how are they able to justify their stance in support of still verslavery given the religious background and what was the thinking of the religion of the time, this was the presbyterian church that they met at some really interested in the aspect. >> that's an excellent question. at the time, the great denominations, the great protestant denomination who were split between the north and the south, the northern have biscuits and aliens obviously sided with the north intended to be antislavery in the southern episcopalians, you can do this for the presbyterians, lutherans and all the other major denominations. so the independent whe

he moves stonewall jackson up fast. they will fight a terrible they will fight a terriblealled battle in august of 1861 called cedar mountain. the confederates almost lose. the yankees make a tough push but ultimately the confederates hold on. photographers show up and show fresh graves and also dead horses at cedar mountain. photojournalism is being born in virginia. they're capturing all sorts of incredible things at this point. right from cedar mountain, the confederate continued on with a skeletal force and continued on at the second bull run where they did the same thing before. except for times more bloodily. 18,000 casualties. the union will retreat and barely make it back to washington, d.c. lee has had enough of that. mcclellan reinstalls the army fightll give chase and battles at harpers ferry. georgia: simpleton because he found special order 191 that shows that lee's army was dangerously divided at this point. ok. that was all one sentence. i thought i'd take a little break there. the confederates will hang

. >> nextep on c-span to a look at the relationship between confederate generals and stonewall jackson. and then journalists that all starts now here on book tv. good

postwar writers allege that long street held off manassasat second and and coming to the aid of stonewall jackson. not during the war. not those actions really came up. subsequent to gettysburg there was some controversy over the campaign. [applause] >> thank you very much. >> this evening at 4:30 scholars on the history of u.s. policy toward iran and iran's nuclear program. at 6:00 a story and dan alpert talks about his book " are we there yet, the american automobile past present and explore our pass on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. what is your vision in 2020? we are asking students what issue do you most want to see the presidential candidates address? video is the nationwide documentary for middle and high school students with $100,000 in total cash prizes at stake including a $5,000 grand prize. students will produce a short video documentary and reflect differing points of view. information to get started is on our website. ♪ years a c-span has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policies event 's from washin

stonewall jackson has taken harpers ferry. he will be superseded by joseph johnson, who takes command of the confederate forces at harpers ferry. the yankees don't like this because there is a lot of ferry, itat harpers is easy to launch an invasion into the north, particularly pennsylvania. that is something pennsylvanians are worried about early in the war from because they are bordered by slave state maryland and slave state virginia, which at the start of the war, neither are aligned with the confederacy , but there is significant concern in harrisburg that perhaps the commonwealth and its railroads will end up being targeted by confederates. they decided to go on the offense and started recruiting pennsylvania soldiers and moving them into chambersburg as a launching point for a potential thrust in towards harpers ferry. they will go after the confederates before the confederates can come after him. the cumberland valley railroad will bring significant quantities, thousands, fresh, untrained union volunteers into chambers

stonewall jackson weather down to four things that he wanted to know before they started about.l number one, position of the enemy. very important piece of information. number two, the number of troops you faced and their movements. also very important. number three, the general and command on the other side, their diversion and regiment, brigades. a good many of these and southern generals, they usually have the other guy on the other side of the battle to react to certain situations. the other think jackson wanted to know washe the location of te headquarters of the enemy commander. these were important pieces of information. they didn't necessarily guarantee a commander victory but they certainly increased odds for success they could savor off the fee. you could discover beneath the surface, that's between the north and south a revolution in military intelligence and how enemies spite on each other. that's what i found fascinating as i dug more deeply into the subject. each side sent scores of spies on the other side to reveal secrets. this made easier because these operatives in lan

maneuvers through the interior of mississippi that i think is a textbook case that ranks alongside stonewall jackson's shenandoah valley campaign. pulled off an amazing campaign this was something that was not -- this was bold, this was daring, and it could have gone the wrong way. it could have gone the wrong way for grant. this is as daring as going for it on fourth and three on your own eight yard line. this could really turn out badly for you. he decided this was what he would have to do to get the result he needed. his most trusted subordinate, we have already seen sherman told him not to do it. grant did it anyway. grant had confidence in his decisions and could see them through. even against the advice of people he really trusted. when he came to a decision, this is the thing i need to do, i have thought it through, and this is what i need to do. if you have ever been responsible for big things and have had people you trust tell you that is not going to work, i've got an event planning in september and a guy told me it will not work. i said i think it will, but we will see. sometimes being conf

this and stonewall jackson are kind of parlor games. i have discussed this with harold holzer. the conventional wisdom is that he did not have marfan's syndrome, but he may have had multiple neoplasia endocrine syndrome type two. the people who had this happen that particular body structure. one of the features of that condition is thyroid cancer. so it you remember the last photograph of president lincoln , how gaunt he looks and people said, my goodness it is because , of the stress of the war. there is one theory that he was suffering from thyroid cancer at that time of the photograph, and that accounts for his appearance. even without the assassination , he was not gonna live a long life. of course, there is no treatment for thyroid cancer back then. >> can you tell me about the hat. dr. willen: on lincoln? >> no. on dr. leale. dr. willen: on dr. leale. that is me. he is not in this picture. >> in the apron? dr. willen: that is me. that is not dr. leale. i said i am a reenacter. that is not dr. leale. that is me. it is on my business card, that picture. yes. >> you said lin

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