the union army stopped playing chess and switched over to checkers. both armies bled hopelessly that -- bled copiously that month. grant took a pounding on a two-day fight in the wilderness. the union general ignored the movements togan turn the southerners away from richmond. so began a game of flank and fight and flank and fight again. mile by mile, grant kept pushing. 50 miles and 30 days after the start, the armies were approaching the river. whosepredictable stream banks depended on when last it had rained. the hind it was richmond itself, less than a day's march away. bloodied hosts gravitated toward a place of cold harbor. soldiers found it more a bake oven than cold. cold harbor was a little more than a dusty intersection of two country roads. as may turned into june it was obvious to both sides that the escalating skirmishes were reaching a point of a full scale battle. grant's resolve was as strong as ever. however, his opponent was not in good health. overlooked throughout the last few years was the fact that the war had taken a heavy toll on robert e lee, then 57. he has suffered already in the war a broken hand a sprained wrist, rheumatism, in the previous year, a massive hear

the command of general early nearly invaded washington, d.c. next, marc leepson takes us on a tour of battlefields to tell the story of the battle of monocacy, where the confederates were delayed by union forces in their approach to the capital, and the battle of fort stevens, where general early probed the defenses of the heavily fortified city before deciding to turn back. , the bigger picture of what the war. this was just after the bloodiest six weeks of the civil war. the battle of the wilderness. the spotsylvania courthouse. union casualties, about 40,000. there was war especially in the north. but general grant was in charge now and had been in charge since february and was determined that this was his grand plan to end the war. after wilderness, he had petersburg surrounded. his idea, his plan was to choke robert e lee and force them to come out and fight what he thought would be the battle that would end the war. we knew this as well. lee came up with a plan of his own which he took an entire core of troops and he took them outside the defenses of washington on a bold plan, a four-part plan that he hoped would mess up general grant's grand plan to end the war. the first plan w

they got up to harpers ferry in martinsburg where the union under general siegel, and other union general, he was a political general. he was a german immigrant. he was the one that had not very good experiences at newmarket on may 15 where he outnumbered the confederate troops and he lost. he was unofficially known as the flying dutchman. he fled martinsburg and harpers ferry when early forces came in and they had a nice fourth of july eating all the yankees food and drinking whatever beverages they found. the next day on july 5, they crossed over the potomac river. gettysburg in 1863 into what would become the file -- battle. he fled with his troops of the maryland heights which was on the other side of the river from harpers ferry. they were pretty well embedded up there. he made a right turn and was 50 miles from washington. they did rest for a couple of days in maryland near antietam. he headed towards washington. early was quite a character to say the least. he came from a prominent family in virginia. he went to west point but not to be a military man -- it was a good education of

now, even though he thought the charge was a mistake, clayburn remarked, general, i will take the works or fall in an attempt. union reinforcements under general emerson updike halted the confederate advance, resulting in the death of clayburn in the midst of trying to achieve this victory. the continual two-mile frontal assaults against the union army failed to dislodge scofield from his entrenchments. the confederate army did have early success in smashing a hole in the center of the line, but union troops rushed forward quickly to close the gap. in the attempts to break the union line the confederate dead and wounded piled up quickly. sergeant major arthur falkerson of the 19th tennessee had his body torn by 16 different bullets during the battle. private walshham also in that same regiment declared, oh, this one scene of butchery will go down the ages in history as a blank page in the memory of our lost cause. amongst clayburn's man, general hyrum grandberry who led texas soldiers forward only to be struck in the cheek with a mini ball. another eyewitness remembered throwing both hands to his face as in the imp

the confederate and union officers want to say, they buried the hatchet. buried the saber. there was more feuding that went on among the confederate generalsand among the union generals then there was contention between each other, because they were always -- on the confederate side they were all arguing, trying to blame each other for the loss. on the union side, a lot of them are trying to claim credit for the victory. so, a lot of egos there. >> to what extent was beauregard involved with the publication of hood's book? died, the hood relief committee or the hood's orphans committee or whatever, there was an organization involved to collect money for the welfare of the children. as a matter of fact, the picture mrs. joseph referred to -- maybe a lot of you have seen this picture. it is reproduced quite a bit. it is all the children in one picture. that was published and sold to raise money, and what they did manuscriptave hood's to that committee to publish, so at the first edition of his memoirs, they say published by the hood relief committee, i think it is, and beauregard was the president or chairman of that committee. >> they did n

south state with the possible exception of sugar planters in louisiana who are better off than the union. generallyspeaking, what you see in those order areas is a much more serious division. large numbers of slaveholders from kentucky to delaware and maryland defect because they do believe in succession. so it is not that uncommon in the area. it's >> at evening, everyone. i'm alex castel here at the new york historical society. thank you very much for joining us for this conversation. also, thank you so much to try and to and edna greene medford for a great night. they will be signing books in the book signing is going to be by her central park west side of the building. please join us for that. again, thank you so much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> and now we want to introduce you to george gibson, publisher of lounsbury press. mr. gibson, what is the history of lounsbury quick >> lounsbury was a british company founded to new england 27 years ago in the u.s. company was started in 1998. so we are now 16 years old here that we publish a lot of books together with our colleagues in the

the union officers, they buried the hatchet. you know it is funny. there was more feuding that went on among the confederate generals and among the union generals than there was contention between each other. on the confederate side they were blaming each other for the loss. on the union side a lot tried to claim credit for the victory. a lot of egos there. >> to what extent was the publication of hood's book? >> when hood died, an organization -- the hood relief committee or hood's orphans committee or whatever. there was an organization formed. to collect money for the wellfare of the children. as a matter of fact the picture that mrs. joseph referred to, maybe a lot of you have seen this picture reproduced quite a bit. it is all the children in one picture. that was published and sold to raise money. then what they did is that they gave hood's manuscript to that committee. so if you look at the first edition of hood's memoirs, it says published by the hood elief committee i think it is. >> hood does not mention much bout it. >> early in your presentation you mentioned a woman that had been embroidered by other hi

some of hardy's troops break through the union line and they capture large numbers of prisoners and cannon. they kill general james b. macpherson with one of the highest ranking union generals to die in the war. this was a huge personal blow to sherman. so you could imagine. but at the end of the day, the federals launched counter attacks. they retake the portions of their lines that the confederates have seized. and they were counting prisoners and this was a battle that cost hood's army very heavily. there's a new book on the battle, fairly new, came out a few years ago called "the day dixie died." another one i would recommend. hood's army lost between 5700 and 6300 men in that single day of fighting. following the battle, sherman decided to change his strategy and reorient his efforts to take the city from the east of atlanta to the west of atlanta. with hopes of cutting the last railroad into the city that led south out of atlanta. at the same time, sherman tries to launch calvary raids that will rhode island around the eastern and western approaches of the city and wreck the rail li south of the city.

christ is the bridegroom and church is the bride and the union of the two generate new life for god's kingdom. >> one is baptism and the other sacraments and that christ entrusted to the church. this is a steward of the treasures. >> steward of the treasure of new life on a human level as well as a spiritual level. please, go on. >> yes. >> so, the church receives the grace from christ and as a mother generates new life through the sacraments. baptism and the that signifies that baptism and the automatic carries and the gifts that faithful are given life and life in christ and they are formed in faith t because christ has entrusted to the church what peter calls the positive faith and the truth of his teaching. we can be guided. we don't have to grow cup in the darkness. we can't know good thoroughly. we can know the truth. >> christ left the church. >> a little bit of what you are saying, in the marital union of persons and gift consist and even practical communedown of persons in the material element, the two experience god in his love for us and the family represents that little mo

the command of general early nearly invaded washington, d.c. next, marc leepson takes us on a tour of battlefields to tell the story of the battle of monocacy, where the confederates were delayed by union forces in their approach to the capital, and the battle of fort stevens, where general early probed the defenses of the heavily fortified city before deciding to turn back. >> after will list -- wilderness, you had petersburg surrounded. his idea, his plan was to choke robert e lee and force them to come out and fight what he thought would be the battle that would end the war. we knew this as well. lee came up with a plan of his own witches he took an entire and he took them outside the defenses of washington on a bold plan, a four-part plan that he hoped would mess up general grant's grand plan to end the war. the first plan with the kick the forces out of the shenandoah valley. lee's biggest problem was supplied, including food and most of the food came from the shenandoah valley. these forces under general hunter had taken over just about the entire shenandoah valley. the second part of the plan was to threaten washington, d.c. the third part of the plan was the free confederate pr

sales and charitable donations down, management is engaged in an epic battle with the mets' 16 unions over the budget. generalthe met will be bankrupt in two years without spending cuts. he says labor costs account for two-thirds of the mets' budget. he wants the union to his take a 16% pay cut and change rules that guarantee them payment for four performances per week. that struck the wrong tone with staff and musicians like weston, by his union's estimates the cuts are as high as 37% when you include changes to health care, sick leave and pensions. he has little faith in the figures quoted by peter. >> he's been saying a lot different things in the press without giving much substantiation for them and the fact that we have been asking for clarification for months now with no response leaves us to be spectacle about what is really going on. >> reporter: there is skepticism, too, over the management's lavishing spending like this 169,000-dollar poppy field built for a recent production, critics say it's time for both sides to give way. >> this means perhaps some flexibility on union agreements, but also cuts

now, even though he thought the charge was a mistake, clayburn remarked, general, i will take the works or fall in an attempt. union reinforcements under general emerson updike halted the confederate advance, resulting in the death of clayburn in the midst of trying to achieve this victory. the continual two-mile frontal assaults against the union army failed to dislodge scofield from his entrenchments. the confederate army did have early success in smashing a hole in the center of the line, but union troops rushed forward quickly to close the gap. in the attempts to break the union line the confederate dead and wounded piled up quickly. sergeant major arthur falkerson of the 19th tennessee had his body torn by 16 different bullets during the battle. private walshham also in that same regiment declared, oh, this one scene of butchery will go down the ages in history as a blank page in the memory of our lost cause. amongst clayburn's man, general hyrum grandberry who led texas soldiers forward only to be struck in the cheek with a mini ball. another eyewitness remembered throwing both hands to his face as in the imp

historians and the general public that may have caused people to under estimate the importance of what you think is an important event for modern history. >> guest: because the general soviet union falling is a huge thing and the end of the cold war is a huge thing. and the conventional wisdom is the old system of the soviet union, the economic bankruptcy of the soviet union, the fact the was a secession of dying leaders brought down the soviet union and nothing from the outside mattered. >> host: were there other books or historians or participants in reykjavik? is there much bodies of literature on this? >> guest: no one really did a deep dive into what happened and the best thing is no one had the notes but the american notes and the russian notes. what does that enable you to do? that enabled you to see them raw and to peak through the keyhole of the little conference room in the lofty house and put your ear to the door and listen to what they said for ten and a half hours. i don't know about you, but i have never talked to anyone for ten and a half hours. if i talked to my wife that long i think she would walk out screaming. but they talked about the most important issues o

or pay the union without generalizing it in creating an entirely new class of public employees and they could decide hobby lobby without giving corporations the right to hold an exercise a religion the supreme court is out of control it's turned our democratic republic into a constitutional monarchy and the monarchs are at least five of them are running amok congress needs to act. and that's the way it is tonight monday june thirtieth twenty fourteen and don't forget democracy begins with you get out there and get active take your. place. live. live live live. cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. on marriage in the financial world. take time to cease to goldman's cannot stop it is a very lonely take no demand to credit is not going to get any benefit in life there are good and there are but. today on larry king now girl meets world stars ben savage and then yelled fischel a lot of the motivation for making the show was to address the issues and concerns that kids nowadays are going throu

. >> the president of the united states and the general secretary of the communist party of the soviet union signed the inf treaty. >> today i for the united states and the general secretary for the soviet union have signed the first agreement ever to eliminate an entire class of u.s. and soviet nuclear weapons. we have made history. >> from washington, "nbc nightly news" with tom brokaw. tonight, the summit. >> good evening. president reagan and soviet leader gorbachev are off to a brisk meeting. they have signed an agreement regarding nuclear weapons, more than 2,000 missiles altogether. that happened earlier this afternoon in the white house. the go leaders were seen on national television here and in the soviet union as they made their way to the east room for the signing of the ceremonies. mrs. reagan and police gorbachev were seated side by side. >> we have listened to the wisdom in an old russian maxim, though my pronunciation may give you difficulty, the maxim is -- [ speaking russian ] trust but verify. [ speaking russian ] >> you repeat that at every meeting. i like it. >> he did l

during that summer with the army of northern virginia union general david hunter attended to subdue the shenandoah valley, confederate general robert e lee went to deal with hunter and hopefully divert some of grant's troops from washington, d.c. to combat this threat. were at my katie myers talk in a session before about early,u know and you know a lot about him and his campaigns during this period , and if you like to know more about his maneuverings, you can catch dr. meyer in the hallway and the siege her with questions. early men moved quickly and managed to surprise the soldiers garrison and washington, d.c. destroying buildings as they went. hunter had returned to these shenandoah and what early called warfare,ite mode of burning the homes of prominent confederates. as he noted in his memoir, early came to the conclusion that we had stood this mode of warfare long enough, and on july 26, he brigadesd two under charles mccausland. $100,000d mccausland in gold or $500,000 in u.s. currency at the compensation for the destruction of the house is named, those belonging to prominent co

during that summer with the army of northern virginia union general david hunter attended to subdue the shenandoah valley, confederate general robert e lee went to deal with hunter and hopefully divert some of grant's troops from washington, d.c. to combat this threat. were at my katie myers talk in a session before about early,u know and you know a lot about him and his campaigns during this period , and if you like to know more about his maneuverings, you can catch dr. meyer in the hallway and the siege her with questions. early men moved quickly and managed to surprise the soldiers garrison and washington, d.c. destroying buildings as they went. hunter had returned to these shenandoah and what early called warfare,ite mode of burning the homes of prominent confederates. as he noted in his memoir, early came to the conclusion that we had stood this mode of warfare long enough, and on july 26, he brigadesd two under charles mccausland. $100,000d mccausland in gold or $500,000 in u.s. currency at the compensation for the destruction of the house is named, those belonging to prominent co

district 67 probably our preliminary reach out was for the sfpd and the union square public policy and the union square bid and in the general neighbors in our immediate properties adjacent to us. let's see what else can i tell you that would be of interest. we've received a this evening the recommendations from the police department for approvals with regard to the noise automobile noise outside and the security personnel and a eloquent security system and have agreed to comply with the thirty day minimum that's no issue and naturally as a good neighbor we'll remove graffiti hopefully not in union square. we request or the police requested a security guard application we're a restaurant preliminary we have a right-of-way capacity we're a bar but we anticipate this house of request for the place of entertainment request a number of people want to come to us and buy out so in the capacity of the wedding party the jp morgan they want a guitar ensemble or something like that we don't see drums or a tub by a or anything that makes enjoys the request is that was are regarded the police having the security personnel we think it's

with sales down, management is engaged in an epic battle with the met's 16 unions over the budget. the general manager says the met will go bankrupt in two years without spending cuts. labour costs account for two-thirds of the budget and they want the unions to take a 15% pay cut and change the rules allowing performances for four performances a week. it struck the wrong top with staff and mousse irps. by the yun -- musicians. by the union's estimate the cut is 37% when you include health care and pensions. he has little faith in the figures. >> he has said a lot of different things in the press, without giving substantial. in the fact that we have been asking for clarification. >> reporter: there's skepticism over the management lavish spending. like a $169,000 poppy field built for a production of apprenticeships igor. critics say it's -- prince igor. critics say it's time for both sides to give way. >> this means flexibility of union agreements and cuts in management salaries for senior managers. they have to do it. budgeting in a realistic way to bring down the annual budget and build up

european model after we sing how damaging this headlong pursuit of renewables has been for the european union in general, and for germany in particular? so i don't dispute what you're saying, but this is part of the reason why i wrote this book. i think, the reasons why manhattan institute exists. we have to continue to promote this idea of liberty and economic growth because those are the engines of development. it's always going to be between how much government is the right amount, and we need government, no question about it. but that's attention. the has to be both robust intellectual arguments and effective political motivation to make sure that we have that economic growth and forces for liberty always out there pushing to keep the size of government in check so that we can allow more economic growth. i'm just going off here. i'm going all joel osteen on you here. [laughter] >> you might expand what you mean by cheaper. people are likely to believe that energy itself is cheaper today than it was 70 years ago. it buys a lot more, but it has a higher oil cost per barrel of coal and gas. they are hi

have won a major ruling that could improve their workplace conditions, wages, and intend to unionize. the general counsel of the nlrb says that they may -- must take responsibility for their workers . 90% of mcdonald's restaurants are franchised. hasics say that arrangement helped the parent company protect itself from worker initiatives such as lawsuits and unionization drives. a has also helped to deflect movement for a $15 minimum wage with mcdonald's arguing that franchisees set up the workers pay. in today's ruling, the nlrb says mcdonald's qualifies as a joint .mployer the ruling comes days after hundreds of fast food workers from around the country gathered in illinois for an organizing forerence on their campaign a $15 an hour minimum wage. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. >> i am nermeen shaikh. welcome to our listeners and viewers around the country and world. 50 more palestinians have died over the past 24 hours in gaza as the israeli offensive enters its 23rd day. tos brings the death toll over 1250. today, two shells

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the u.s. general you know more so than a union pollers is becomes more of a geopolitical speck now than just the financial is a political tool to think the u.s. uses it as that will each country you know is using its own tools to earn to influence the others ok that is arsenal to the u.s. as well tools. that are just the richest country in the world by phone all right on out the clock thank you very much indeed for joining me today from the three center of the mosque a financial. and to king of global banking well the powers the five nations brazil russia india china and south africa aidid in brazil for the eve of the summit a message to finalize the details of the development bank that we've got are very i missed calls start he's in the country just now for a stop or tell me what do i expect asians and what is on the agenda this week for the first is the development bank or the brics bank as it's going to be basically this is going to be a war chest for times of crisis is going to protect the five countries and their economies can act as a buffer if there is a future financial global crisis and

>> did the union protect detroit and all those jobs that used to belong to general motors, dodge, and ford? that are now in mexico? did the union protect them? >>> we deserve an explanation since we not only bailed out the american auto companies, but also the pension fund of the u uaw. >> may i help you? >>> yeah, i'm here to see bob king, please. >> they want me off the property? all right. what we seem here is a problem to communicate. we went to the local uaw hall in alabama to get clarification. >> how you doing? >> could we speak to ms. read. >>> no. >> we don't want any cameras in here. >>> can you tell her we're out here. give our name and tell her we'll stop in. nothing? >> could have stayed in detroit and got this. he lock the door. >> are we doing anything good. >> let us know. >> i'm asking you. >>> don't you love your union? >>> no, i like representation. >> nevada rancher liven bundy says this land is his land. >> what about my water that i own and those things? that's my property. >> reporter: the feds say and his cows own a million dollars in grazing fees and are tranc

the u.s. was more spontaneous generous to soviet union than they were to britain. the mindset during the war was focused on britain as our main rival. this was all overthrown three years later with the marshal plan but that is another story to be told in my next book. one of the reasons of the british political power was as rapid and violent that it was because britain was running out of dollars and the u.s. treasury was managing that process. if you look at the debates going on behind the scenes and the british government at the end of 1946 early 1947 when berma greece india, was all collapsing, it was all about dollars. we can't afford this. we have to make the pound convertible. the only way we can make that commitment is if we start holding on to our dollars. we have to let the empire go and that was part of harry deckser white's agenda. british reviewers of the book have called different as "chalk and cheese" or bourbon and afternoon tea. that one i like in particular. these were two men who had a grudging admiration for each other. white considered keynes a je

is to take the high ground at lanford cemetery, which is to the north a few hundred yards of elliot salient. so meade in this other union general leave burnside to figure out what he's going to do. calls for these eligible division commanders now and that will include orlando wilcox, in the center there, james ledley on the left, and robert potter on the right. despite burnside's later realization he should have probably selected willcox and potter, he felt like they divisions had been very used up, so he selects james ledlie. ledlie, some as you know, has a fondness for alcohol, and it's been exhibited most kind of notably at the battle of north hannah river, late in may of 1866186 1866 and again on june 17th. during the day and night of july 29th, final preparations made that include moving 510 federal cannon and mortars across a two-mile front to be used right after the explosion takes place and try to, of course, pin down confederates as the attack moves forward. white troops move into their position. of course, now in front, ferrero's troops are going to be in the back of this attacking column. colonel pleasants will go in

in those cases, if you got the president of the united states and the secretary general of the soviet union on the phone, they could at least begin to ratchet things down. this is such a multidimensional situation that it is emblematic of the post-cold war world we're in. nina, i want to come to you on what's next and how both sides respond. kristen welker is at the white house keeping track of the situation. the president we've learned just in the past hour has had a phone call with vladimir putin. that was predominantly to discuss the latest sanctions on russia. but it appears they also discussed this situation. are you hearing anything on what if any, action the united states is going to take to assist in the response to this? >> we do know that president obama has directed his national security team to be in direct and immediate contact with senior officials in ukraine. that is as far as the white house will go at this point. but i would anticipate that as a part of those conversations, the white house is offering any assistance that it can provide as ukrainian officials try to get to t

the whole piece at cnn.com. >> boehner's op-ed is already generating buzz. much more on "state of the union> candy crowley joins us now. what is washington say being the arguments presented in this op-ed? >> here's what folks have said about bain er's idea is. the lawyers say in order to have standing to sue the president you have to show some harm to yourself. on the other side republicans are saying look, as you read, the president's violating the law, he's not enforcing the law this goes against his pledge and oath of office. will you see in the arguments and the floor debate that proceeds this vote on whether to authorize the house to sue the president quite a day, maybe a couple of days fending on what the rule is, but it has been hotly debated in washington and will continue to be i think even after that vote. >> now on the show today you're also going to be talking with the mayor of murrieta, california, the city that's become such a flash point in this immigration debate. >> right. i know the folks certainly the mayor alan long, said he thinks his city has been portrayed badly in a

the work there. >> president abbas has asked in generous terms for the union to provide some kind of protection for the people. the secretary-general and the u.n. has not responded to this request. what does it take to do that? and there is this general feeling in the arab world that israel can get away with any war crime or crime against humanity. is it true or not? >> on the situation in gaza, there was a proposal yesterday which was supposed to be supported both by the political authority, plo, and hamas, but it turned out that there was not full unity around that proposal. i think your question goes to the broader issue of protection of palestinian. that is a very serious issue. we have received that request and we have discussed the issue with the security council. it's not an easy thing to think about how that protection could work. from east timor and from kosovo and we have looked into that. we are looking at different forms. beyond thes goes gaza situation. it's a sign of desperation that president abbas has suggested that we look into the u.n. providing protection from the occupying power

the governor's office. when he came in threffs he apparently confiscated for his own use. >> another governor i like to talk about is aims. he was a union general who came down and lived in mississippi and eventually became governor. he had to deal with the violence of reinstruction. those years of trying to deal with the normer free men. we're not very happy about the situation and where was going. my name was to get out the office and look out. >> he was the last governor to serve in the building. was the third building where we bill build it 103. it is the new capital to us. longeno. back and relocate the ni new government. we are standing in the most hi toric moves of the chouse. many of the most important events in our state's history. for instance, on january 9th, 1961. delegates voted 21, 18. and the reasons were very clear. they didn't leave much doubt in regard to a documentation that was passed they were doing it these delegates to defend the institution of slavery. there was tremendous concern. if the institutional slavelry would be attacked an would be, you know, tried to be apoll. why did mississippi su sfreed the union? in that po

the command of general early nearly invaded washington, d.c. next, marc leepson takes us on a tour a battlefields to tell the story of the battle of monocacy where the confederates were delayed by unionces in their approach to the capital and the battle of fort stevens were general early probe the defenses of the heavily fortified city before deciding to turn back. >> consider what could have happened with an entire core of loose,but loose -- let lean and hungry confederate troops. the treasury was therefore the looting. they could have burned the capital. the navy department had a

these were imposed the same day that european union leaders met to discuss new sanctions of their own. >> the head of general motors legal department is set to testify on thursday at a senate hearing. his appearance follow as report in the new york times that casts doubt on how forthright general motors has been with regulators who have been investigating a defective ignition switch linked to at least 13 deaths over the last decade. lawmakers will also hear from mary bar ra, the chief executive at that hearing tomorrow. >>> it's a term we're hearing more and more recently, tax inversions, just this week. two u.s. drug firms move forward with take over plans with international companies. earlier this year, pfizer attempted to do the same thing as it tried to acquire asterjenika. they would result in a tax inversion. what exactly is it and why is it so attractive right now? dominic chu explains. >> reporter: tax inversions, a strategy that can be used to help shrink corporate tax bills. it could cut tax payments from outside the u.s. right now the tax on those profits is 35%. a tax inversion could drop that bi

our losses were severe, and again, we had not gained an inch of ground, and the enemy could not be pursued. many union generals had reached a strikingly different conclusion about what they could accomplish on the battlefield. grant sherman meade, they all saw that the tactical engagements, often left both armies bloodied, and they would simply retreat to go fight again. this is what meade wrote after gettysburg why he was unable to pursue the army in northern virginia. the government insists on my pursuing and destroying lee. the former i can do, but the latter will depend on him as much as me. for if he keeps away, i can't destroy. it's impossible to pursue and destroy an army nearly equal to my own. falling back on his resources and reinforcements and increasing its morale daily. here's the hard facts of the situation. i think it's explained brilliantly by her man had a way -- this is a book unfortunately difficult to find -- "how the north won." a great military history of the civil war. and in it, they make a compelling case, that in most civil war battles, you might have a brigade, a division, sometimes