significance of this historic site is, this was the final home of civil war general and president ulysses s grant. this is the place where ulysses grant penned his memoirs in 1885. he was dying of throat cancer and his family was facing serious financial problems. at this point in his life, he was a man trying to take care of his family. and we get to tell a story here that most people don't know about. after his second term as president, ulysses grants -- and his wife julia went on a world tour or two years, from 1877 to 1879. he met many world leaders and was well respected around the world. when they arrived back in the states in 1879, they were looking for a place to settle because they had come out of the white house two years earlier. for grant, it was always an easy decision, even though they own multiple properties in the united states, the decision for grant, because he was always the devoted family man, was to be close to family. the grants moved into the city -- a home in the upper east side of manhattan, and their children lived nearby. they enjoyed a few years, you could say out of t

and of course you know i'm a ulysses s grant man through and through and in fact i hosted both on theew york historical society stage to discuss their books on grant after reading your book i'm even more of a fan he is the opposite of lee and did defeat him but why do you find him such a problematic figure? >> so hear you say lee committed treason to preserve slavery i have been saying that. here's my have a problem with robert e. lee. so he violated the constitution article three section three says that treason exist only to levy war against the united states and it takes two people to see it. i'm no expert of constitutional scholar but i'm say if you levy war against united states we could find two people to witness said he was indicted to prosecutorial mismanagement but never tried. but it doesn't take a conviction to analyze the fact. first he committed treason and then second like he had to go with his fate the archives that are signed by him or a letter to go with the state there were us aid army kernels from virginia in 1861 on may 23d when virginia decides to go with us the se

also i would like to make a statement about ulysses s grant. you could give him equal credit or more credit than abraham lincoln for keeping the union together. if it wasn't for ulysses s grant at the battle of shiloh, the union army would've been dissolved. there is no way the union would've won. guest: he was very tolerant of that she wasn't like some people who didn't like catholics. lincoln would be the very first to agree with you. he called grant my goal dog. it is just a win-win. you may not win every battle. he is just not going to give up. he won't be like mcclellan or some of these other more timid generals. grant did not give up, absolutely. lincoln would totally agree with you. sherman too was a very aggressive general as well. absolutely. for sure. host: let's go to our caller in south carolina. caller: i appreciate c-span so much. i wondered if mr. reynolds, whose book i am really looking forward to reading would answer a question for me? it was interesting to hear that john wilkes booth found abraham lincoln vulgar. a comparison b

[laughter] of course you know i'm a ulysses s grant man through and through a huge fan of him i hosted both churn out on the historical society stage to discuss their gray box on grant and after reading your book i'm now even more of a fan because he is the opposite of lee in so many ways and did defeat robert e. lee but why do you find him such a problematic figure? >> to say that she committed treason for slavery made my night. i have been saying that. first talking about treason , he violated the constitution. article three, section three says treason assist only to levy war against the united states and it takes two people. i am no expert constitutional scholar but leading a war against united states we could find two people to witness it in fact lee was indicted after the war to prosecutorial mismanagement. he was never tried but it doesn't take a conviction to analyze the facts. first he committed treason, second it's like he had to do this and we have something in the west point archives that is signed by him is a letter that says we have to go with this but then he did the rese

abraham lincoln went through several generals commanding union forces before he found ultimately ulysses s grant that helps bring an end to the american civil war. earlier in the war abraham lincoln thought he had found his general, general george mcclellan, a young very intelligent individual graduate of west point graduated second , in his class in 1846. lincoln thought mcclellan could bring an end to the war and it turns out there were problems all along the way. after the battle of antietam in september 1862 abraham lincoln is begging general mcclellan to move the army and pursue the rebels. pursue robert e lee and maybe bring an end to this horrible war and time and time again, general mcclellan would have a series of excuses for the president of the united states on why he couldn't leave his soldiers to deliver a knockout blow to the confederate forces. in this letter written october 27, 1862, i think you get a sense of mr. lincoln's losing his patients with general. he writes, "general mcclellan,yours of yesterday received most certainly i intended no injustice to end the end if i've done

he went through several generals, committing union horses, before finding ulysses s grant. earlier in the war, lincoln thought he had found his general, general george mcclellan, a young, very intelligent individual, graduated west point, second in his class in 1846. licking thought mcclellan could bring an end to the war. it turns out there were problems along the way. after the battle of antietam in september of 1862, abraham lincoln is begging general mcclellan to move the army and to pursue the rebels. pursue robert e. lee and maybe bring an end to this horrible war, and time and time again, general mcclellan would have a series of excuses for the president of the united states on why he could not lead his soldiers to deliver a knockout blow to the confederate forces. in this letter, written october 27, 1862, i think you get a sense of mr. lincoln -- he is losing his patience with his general. he writes, "general mcclellan, if i have done any, i deeply regret it, but to be told after more than four weeks total inaction of the army, during which period we have sent to th

dave, true or false, which president, ulysses s grant, while president ulysses s grant was arrested andiding his horse to fast but is that true or false? >> that is a weird question. true? kennedy: it is true. yes. to make it seem too weird to just make up. kennedy: he was quite the horseman. he was known to remain quite a horseman at west point before he was like mr. horse guy. okay kevin who was the first ever foreign born first lady? adams? bilotti and trump, haner vanburen or baldwin? >> what goeth a. kennedy: oh my gosh you are so good at this that hurts my feelings. okay, so that is it. kevin you are the winner. and you are the champion of "prez your luck". dave could have "prez your luck" in the last round and beaten you. >> what? there was fraud. kennedy: there is no fraud. you had an opportunity to "prez your luck". [laughter] and you blew it. that's okay comic debut for one before you will win again, inez great job on game night, he came in second place. kevin is a fruit and cheese plate hedge away from home i do not know. thank you guys, were sticking around out politics has

john maher slack is the executive director and managing editor of the ulysses s grant association. that is the organization that published grants papers and now manages the grant presidential library of state university. doctor marcellus scholarship on the civil war is extensive. he is written or edited more than 20 books and 300 articles and book reviews. this includes three books about sherman, his completion of the scholarly additions of grants papers and an annotated addition of grants memoirs. he is currently editing an annotated edition of sherman's memoirs. in short, i don't believe there is anyone living with more scholarship under his belt on both grant and sherman, then dr. marshall look. we might very much appreciate both of theirs because tonight taking time of their busy schedules to join. us with that, i'm happy now to turn the program over to general petraeus. general? >> well thanks very much frank, thank you for the kind introduction. thanks for the invitation to return for yet another one of these great events, and thanks most importantly for your wonderful leaders

conversation from the grant monument association about the relationship between union generals ulysses s grant and william tecumseh sherman. we'll hear about each man's background, how they worked together during the civil works and their careers afterward. >> good evening. welcome to the grant monument association's online colloquy exploring the relationships between generals euless is s grant and welcome tecumseh sherman. for those of you joining us for

ulysses s. grant was supposed to be his guest that night and he had to bail at the last minute. and on president lincoln's desk in the oval office the night he was assassinated was legislation to create the secret service. albeit not for presidential production but more for counterfeit cases. he was in 300 wrestling matches, and he only lost one of them. he is like enshrined in the world wrestling hall of fame. i want to show you something over here. of all 42 sculptures, the only one to take a spill off of the flat bed was abe. that whole in the back of his head was not intentional. the one on the top was. that occurred when he fell off of the flat bed which i thought was pretty ironic. so that is a little something about these three. the remaining 39 are clustered in a patch of grass. in the summer time you can't even see the whole right side of the entire cluster because it is so overgrown and basically what becomes a forest. at first i had a problem with that because it was obscuring a lot of presidents and then we realized it made for neat photography. it was like a creepy

next, we take you to the place where ulysses s grant would write his memoirs before dying of cancer. >> when grant arrived at the overlook, and here he is, very ill, only a few days left before he passes away, and seeing this great beauty, this valley that once saw conflict and warfare, and where our nation was born, was now a peaceful valley where farmers were working. he must've taken some satisfaction in this,

ulysses s grant, was posted up in his guest that night. who had to bail at the last moment. and on president lincoln's desk, the night he was assassinated, in the oval office, was legislation, to create the secret service. albeit not for presidential protection, but for counterfeiting purposes. i thought that was sort of ironic. he was a world-class wrestler. and supposedly, wrestled in more than 300 matches. losing only one of them. someone said he is enshrined, at the world wrestling hall of fame. which i thought was interesting. so coincidentally, i want to show you something over here. of all 42 sculptures, the only one to take a spill, off of a flatbed, was abe. that hole in the back of his head, was not intentional. the one of the top was. but that occurred when he fell, off of the flatbed. which i thought was pretty ironic. so that is a little something about these three. the remaining 39 statues, are kind of clustered together. and in the summertime, you cannot even see, the whole right side of this entire cluster, because it so overgrown, and basically what becomes

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one point their lives were president of the united states and also visited the vineyard was ulysses s. grant who visited oak bluffs. grant didn't have what we think of today as a typical vacation. he stayed a tiny cottage owned by methodist bishop edward hayden. and gave what was the shortest political speech ever recorded. it was four lines and lasted less than 30 seconds. other presidents followed in grant's footsteps and they were put on the presidential vacation map in the early 1990s when president bill clinton came for the first seven presidential vacations in 1993. the exception being 1996 when he was running for reelection. barack obama coming for the first time in 1999, excement for 2012 when he was running for reelection. hart of the appeal of the vineyard have indication is that the island, all 100 square miles is incredibly diverse. your vacation there can be whatever you want it to be. for both clinton and obama a big part of their time on the island was playing golf with their other well-known summer residents like vernon jordan, steph curry, and alonso morning, and with other

ulysses s. grant was president in 1869. the latest conspiracy theory trump would be president in martha made former qanon believer ashley vanderbilt realize the whole thing is a fraud. >> it doesn't make sense that all of this is happening and all of a sudden trump's going to come back march 4th and it's going to change. i was like, it doesn't seem right so that's i guess what started -- i just had that little bit of doubt. >> reporter: while ashley was able to get out, others are still clinging on q. aanon. a qanon account on gab has more than 200,000 members and in it believers continue to look for signs that qanon is a real thing. a photo purportedly of the white house at night posted with the message q did say something about if the lights go out, please know we are in control. echoing the false conspiracy about executions on march 5th, a person posted a picture of the media risers with the message it's beginning to look a lot like gallows. and ahead of the impeachment trial a plea for qanon believers to call their sena

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who was a former official but that precedent cuts both ways so in 1876 the secretary of war for ulysses s grant was caught up in a corruption scandal and clearly guilty and at the time he resigned he basically acknowledged his guilt. moment after he resigned the house impeached him and then they went ahead and had a trial in the senate. at the end of the day everyone knew that as a factual matter he was guilty but he was, in fact acquitted because 26 senator said look, he's guilty but we do not believe that under the constitution he can be tried in the senate so although the majority thought he could be tried not enough in order to convicted even though on the fact he was clearly guilty. i would say a better precedent would be richard nixon. richard nixon, course, resigned and nobody thought about impeaching him and going ahead and having a trial and in 2010 there was a federal judge was also impeached and he resigned both house and the senate as well so that's it and the senate trial was dismissed. that is far more recent and i was a compelling president. >> host: same question to you, lisbeth

they essentially believe that ulysses s. grant was the last american -- valid american president.lieve -- i mean, i think there's different beliefs, obviously, of what will happen on that day, but i think many are expecting a ceremony, and that ceremony may be accompanied in their mind by what qanon believers called the storm. that would be, you know, as described a little earlier on the segment, the rounding up and often military tribunals, you know, for leading democrats, but also some celebrities they believe falsely to be part of this pedophile kabal. so essentially people are still in this belief that trump will come back and will become the president again. obviously, falsely. >> here's one of the craziest parts. the trump team is cashing in on this. so they are aware of these conspiracy theories, and they are trying to cash in on it. here are the examples. so if you look at the trump hotel in d.c., their room rates, so they knew that january 6th would be happening. the day that there was the riot on the capitol. the average room rate for the trump d.c. hotel is about $500 a

well, they've misinterpreted an 1871 law and believe ulysses s. grantd was america's last legitimate president. it may all sound bizarre but online discussion has been a contributing factor in the decision to keep the national guard in washington, d.c. >> you're going to feel foolish on march 5th when biden's still president? >> then trump has a different play in mind. >> said he has a plan. >> and trump did not loses election, sir, and that's where we differ and that's where i believe the information that mike lindell has put out -- >> the pillow guy? all of the abuse, corruption, stealing. >> you trust a man, trust a man more who sells pillows than the republican officials in georgia? >> oh, absolutely. >> but do you realize that sounds -- >> well, let me just tell you. >> -- crazy. >> -- the people in georgia are sick. >> while most of the world looks on in horper at a deadly military coup in myanmar, that's exactly what these trump supporters hope to see happen here in the united states. in the united states state of america. >> this whole thing wit

they have misinterpreted an 1871 law and believe ulysses s. grant was inaugurated on march 4, 1869, was america's last legitimate president. it may all sound bizarre but online discussion about march 4th has been a contributing factor in the decision to keep the national guard in washington, d.c. are you going to feel foolish on march 5th when biden is still president? >> umm, then trump has a different plan in play. >> reporter: everybody keeps saying trump has a plan. when he lost the election, they said, he lost the election. >> trump did not lose the election, sir. and that's where we differ. >> reporter: right. >> and that's where i believe the information that mike lindell has put out. >> reporter: the pillow guy? >> of all of the abuse, corruption, stealing. >> reporter: you trust a man more who sells pillows than the republican officials in georgia? >> oh, absolutely. >> reporter: but you realize that sounds -- >> let me -- >> reporter: crazy? >> -- just tell you that the people in georgia are sick. >> reporter: while most of the world looks

now conversation the grant monuments association about the relationship between union generals ulysses s grant and sherman. you hear about each man's background how they worked together in the civil

the best was my great, great uncle, ulysses s grant.teve says best democrat in the modern era, jfk. worst democrats, lbj and carter. best republican come up trump. by leaps and bounds come up trump be remembered as the worst president. the best president is just starting his term, says sam in california. on facebook, jennifer says the best is a difficult pick. biden is the worst president and he has only been in that position a few weeks. this is from usa today, a lengthy article. historians say, and there are a couple quoted, despite acquittal, trump's legacy to be tarnished. the quote an author of a book on another impeached president, saying the senate trial demonstrates trump was willing to pressure officials into breaking the law and permit violence to stay in office, and abuse of executive power. she says he knew exactly what he was doing and why he was doing it. she is the author of the impeach or's, the trial of andrew johnson and dream of a just nation. trump moved from demagoguery to tyranny, she said. you are on the air, beve

he is, he becomes eventually a great model for ulysses s grant but that comes later and but taylor's ingenuity is also really his strong defense of the union, pressed against secession, clay and jackson and taylor all have in common. he talks lincoln into becoming a lawyer and one of the people that does that is lincoln's first law partner and is one of the first people he goes to cancun for an lincoln is not competing against stuart, he's substituting for him intimate. a guy named stephen douglas so lincoln is learning by watching those debates as well but he's also learning from top of what to do and not to do. john hyde stewart was sort of lazy, he was good in front of juries but lincoln although he could be called lazy to have to learn from books itself which gives him, browning is another lawyer, roughly contemporary lincoln browning is also somebody who helps guide lincoln and educate lincoln first in the social world but also in the state legislature the same time lincoln either working in the house and browning will stay in touch with lincoln throughout his life. brendan is o

ulysses s. grant's war secretary was impeached, he ran into grant's office with his resignation with tears in his eyes, trying to bypass the impeachment, but they impeached him even after he left office, so there is precedent to impeach someone even if they just left office. professor greer, what do you think this all means for what comes after? the impeachment trial is happening concurrent with negotiations behind the scenes and some in public, to try to get covid relief to move forward and then on with the rest of the biden administration's agenda. how do those two things dovetail? >> or collide, joshua. i'm somewhat concerned in the sense that, you know, even though mitch mcconnell is no longer the majority leader, what he is very good at is keeping his coalition together. and i don't think that chuck schumer is built for this moment. and so i hope the democrats, especially those in the senate, are really going into these negotiations knowing that they do have the majority with the help of vice presi

if i may, in 1876, the then-secretary of war, serving under ulysses s. grantmpeached for accepting bribes. he raced to the white house and resigned but the house impeached him anyway and the senate decided that it had the authority to try him and it did draw him, although a majority sought to remove them to convict him, they didn't get the two-thirds, but isn't that the 1876 case of william a solid precedent? >> senator paul: no, because we never impeached the president. it would tear up the country and divide us thursday. the thing is, when you look at impeaching a president the constitution has some very specific requirements. it says on the president's impeached, the chief justice shall preside into me, this is one of the shocking things. when we showed up and we found out that yes, chuck schumer had called justice roberts and this hasn't been reported widely, but he did and justice roberts said heck no i'm not going to cross the street because you're not impeaching the president. this was a strong signal to all of us that this was going to be a partisan he

explain loss, right, you have the old joke, you know robert e lee didn't surrender, what was it, ulysses s. grant asked for his sword and he didn't give it back. he didn't surrender, he had it stolen. it's silly, but it's a joke that allows you to see the confederates as superior. they had superior gentlemen as their commanders despite the fact that lets be clear. robert everyone lee and stone wall jackson committed treason per se. treason is outlined in the u.s. constitution, it's very clear on what it qualifies as treason, taking up arms against the united states government is treason. that's what it's called. this is not me being political, this is just what the constitution says. they took an oath to the u.s. constitution, right, they took an oath to the united states when they were at west point and they broke that oath. you can say they resigned but oaths don't usually end with a resignation. regardless, you know, that aspect of them is erased in the same way that robert e. lee being remembered as kind to enslaved people despite being remembered to enslaved people as a terrible master who w

documenting the scheme he literally rushed to the white house to resign and tender his resignation to ulysses s grant to avoid any further inquiry of misconduct and to avoid being disqualified from holding federal office in the future. later that day aware of the resignation, the house move forward and unanimously clear thehim makingnytondndhe power to impeach a former official in his cage on - - case reach the senate, belknap made the exact same argument that president trump is making today. that you lack jurisdiction or any power to try him becau he is a former official. many senators at that time when they heard that argumentt literally sitting in the same chair you are sitting in today. they were out waged by that argument. you can read their comments in the record. they knew it was a dangerous argument with dangerous implications and literally meanio a president could betray their country, leave office and avoid impeachment and disqualification entirely. that is why, in the end, the united states senate decisively voted the constitution required them to proceed with the trial. and with the pretr

ulysses s grant taught us that the strategy of the american military -- you find the enemy, target themnd destroy them. and that means land right here, go right into their and destroyed german commerce and the war is over. and the british are saying, no amphibious capability, and 10 to 15 american combat divisions, you will be slaughtered, we could not do it with 3,000, and you have not crippled german industry yet. the bombing campaign is very problematic. the german army, even though it is 1942, the high watermark of the russian campaign is not failing at moscow but being successful down here, and the y are all the way to the volga and out to stalingrad. and the british were saying let's think about this. second thing, the new dealers are not that suspicious in state -- of state imposed socialism. i think some of you brought up that quote where roosevelt says my attitude is what stalin is i give him anything and don't ask for anything in return, and that's not the british idea. they understand the home office is saturated with spies, and the soviet union's methodology for conducting w

so the last person to be sworn in was ulysses s. grant, that was march 4th. it sounds crazy, it is crazy. this is make believe. but the idea of an insurrection sounded like make believe before january 6th so how concerned are you, congressman, that the gop's continued refusal to call out trump's lies could cause something else to happen? >> well, two points. we're going to make sure that this capitol is protected. that's why we are continuing to keep the fencing up. the national guard is still here. we're going to keep it that way until we have a real plan to move forward that general honore and others are fund, this capitol is going to be safe. this gets down to leadership. and the fact that steve scalise and other very powerful republican lawmakers will not condemn this, will not, you know, tell these people that this is an illusion, they are create thing out of thin air, it's not true, they're perpetuating the lie the election was a fraud, this is a problem with leadership. if the leaders don't give them oxygen, if the leaders say, no, this is wrong, like

a famous statement from ulysses s grant. most of you i think i have heard some of this before. but i dare say most of us haven't gotten the full quotation and here is grant on mcclellan. he described mcclellan as one of the mysteries of the war. it. we've all heard that. indeed. what is less often noted was grants conviction that no commander was likely to succeed early in the conflict. as grant said, it's always seem to me that the critics of mcclellan don't consider this cruel and vast responsibility. a war. and using to all of us. the army knew. everything to do from the outset, with the restless people in congress. it mcclellan was a young man when this devolved upon. him if you didn't succeed it's because the conditions of his success were so trying. if he had gone into the war with or meade had fought his way along and up, i have no reason to suppose that he would not have won as high at distinction as any of us. thank you very much. we have time for questions. >> did mcclellan develop strong relationships with a staff and subordinates? did he with him in the peninsula ca

only one other official, a secretary of war to ulysses s. granty the senate, a former official. so there's no clear answers in this environment, but it will be very interesting to hear the arguments and how they're presented. >> do all the house managers make this argument? is it just one initially? >> i think we're going to see either one or probably two make the argument. i think that's how it's probably going to be structured. >> and then -- i know each side gets four hours for closing arguments. is that the same -- is it four hours to make the argument on the constitutionality and jurisdictional issues? >> i forget what the rules actually provide for. i think that's the answer. and then we may see deliberations in the senate, and then, interestingly, a vote. it is going to be telling to see what the vote is, if it matches the previous vote or if anybody was actually moved on it. >> and that issue should be settled today, the constitutionality issue, at least a vote would be taken, correct? >> that's correct, anderson. in my view it was settled

incorrectly believe that any president sworn in afterwards is illegitimate, last legitimate was ulysses s. grantn on that date to be sworn in. national guard troops will remain through march 12th, partly because of fears of qanon violence on the 4th. >> hey, hey, hey, your favorite truth seeker, holding the light for everyone out there who has given up hope that trump is not the president of the united states of america. when in fact he is. >> these videos are on tiktok. >> patriots, trump supporters, just wanted to say this, keep the faith, i really believe something is coming soon. >> tiktok has made moves to ban qanon content but still finds its way on the site. >> people aren't just posting stuff that says qanon, you know, they're posting these messages. qanon adjacent, world of conspiracy. this is another example, you know somebody trying to claim that gallows are being built outside the white house, pushing this ridiculous narrative there's going to be public executions when trump comes back in march. this scaffolding is press rising where the media was on inauguration day. to be fair, eve

earlier case you're referring to i believe was secretary of war belknap who served under president ulysses s. grant, resigned before his impeachment. you don't get a free pass in the last couple of weeks of your tenure as president. that would be nonsense. and by the way, katy, there's also a really interesting 1993 supreme court case called nixon, different nixon, not richard, walter, a federal judge from mississippi, and the supreme court held in that case when walter nixon complained of defects in his senate impeachment trial that the senate has the sole power of impeachment, sole means sole. if the senate wants to try a former president, it can. it seems like it may not want to, but it certainly can constitutionally, logically, and jurisdictionally. >> garrett, do republicans just not want to go there any longer? do they not see or remember what happened on january 6th, as dangerous not only for their personal safety but dangerous for this democracy? >> oh, they remember. but the prospect of going back and relitigating it and casting blame on the president of their party who got 74 million vote

a famous statement from ulysses s grant.st of you i think have heard some of this before, but i dare say most of us have not gotten the full quotation. here is grant on mcclellan. he described mcclellan as one of the mysteries of the war. what is less often noted was grants conviction that no commander was likely to succeed early in the conflict. as grant said, it's always seemed to me that the critics of mcclellan do not consider this vast and cruel responsibility. the war, a new thing to all of us, the army knew. everything to do from the outset, with a restless people in congress. mcclellan was a young man when this devolved, and if he did not succeed, it was because the conditions of success were so trying. if mcclellan had gone into the war with sherman, thomas, or meade, and fought his way along and up, i have no reason to suppose that he would not have one as high a distinction as any of us. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] we have time for questions. >> did mcclellan develop close relationships with his sta

the best was my great, great uncle, ulysses s grant.teve says best democrat in the modern era, jfk. worst democrats, lbj and carter. best republican come up trump. by leaps and bounds come up trump be remembered as the worst president. the best president is just starting his term, says sam in california. on facebook, jennifer says the best is a difficult pick. biden is the worst president and he has only been in that position a few weeks. this is from usa today, a lengthy article. historians say, and there are a couple quoted, despite acquittal, trump's legacy to be tarnished. the quote an author of a book on another impeached president, saying the senate trial demonstrates trump was willing to pressure officials into breaking the law and permit violence to stay in office, and abuse of executive power. she says he knew exactly what he was doing and why he was doing it. she is the author of the impeach or's, the trial of andrew johnson and dream of a just nation. trump moved from demagoguery to tyranny, she said. you are on the air, beve

also i would like to make a statement about ulysses s grant. could give him equal credit or more credit than abraham lincoln for keeping the union together. if it wasn't for ulysses s grant at the battle of shiloh, the union army would've been dissolved. there is no way the union would've won. guest: he was very tolerant of that she wasn't like some people who didn't like catholics. lincoln would be the very first to agree with you. he called grant my goal dog. it is just a win-win. you may not win every battle. he is just not going to give up. he won't be like mcclellan or some of these other more timid generals. grant did not give up, absolutely. lincoln would totally agree with you. sherman too was a very aggressive general as well. absolutely. for sure. host: let's go to our caller in south carolina. caller: i appreciate c-span so much. i wondered if mr. reynolds, whose book i am really looking forward to reading would answer a question for me? it was interesting to hear that john wilkes booth found abraham lincoln vulgar. a comparison betwe

and another interesting e one to me is ulysses s grant who was ranked very low in 48 and 62 but now he'sing a steady slow rise up word and an interesting aspect that only do those views change with the rankings but in terms of the history of a given.ws c those post- civil war. historians fory many decades of thelo 18 eighties or the 19 sixties, developed the view that it was not a very good policy with bad deleterious effects upon the country. and that it was necessary for the country to and for the healing between north and south with a 700,000 casualties so that we can bring the country back together. if you bring back william mckinley then you can e see he wasn't't very concerned the plight of african-americans in thehe south as the jim crow era was emerging and no question he was obtuse about the whole situation and there was an elementn of thinking with the nationalal level but with that political sensibility was that getting the country back together was the highest priority so he adopted a very patronizing view towards african-americans and their plight. h growing up in a home tha

and the interesting one to me that has gotten a fair amount ofo attention recently is ulysses s grant who was ranked very low in the early polls 48 and 62 but now he is making a steady and slow rise upward. because it reflects not only do views change in terms of the rankings but in terms of the history of a given. so the historians of the post- civil war. for many decades maybe the 18 eighties through the 19 sixties had developed a view that reconstruction was not a very good policy and had bad and deleterious effects on the country and that it was necessary for the countryce to and reconstruction in order for the healing between north and south after 700,000 casualties of the civil war so we can bring the country back together. look at mckinley for example, you can argue he concerned about the plight of african-americans in the south as the jim crow era wasar emerging and no question he was up to us about the whole situation. but there was an element of thinking of his policies at the national level and that political sensibility which was getting the country back together was his h

ulysses s. grant, he came back in 1880, lad at the republican convention, failed to be renominated. herbert hoover lost in 1932, wanted to come back in '36. couldn't even get himself nominated. in 1940, was nominated, failed to gain his party's nominations. then we have for vice president who became president, tyler lost. to threaten to run as a third-party candidate. phil morelos, came back as a third-party candidate and loss of your chest your chest or are the republican convention, couldn't get renominated, and andrew johnson didn't even attempt to contest -- >> dana: karl, you know -- but you know that he would say that -- disrupted history before. he would try it again. we will see what happens on sunday. always good to see you, karl. thank you. >> thank you. >> trace: rush limbaugh is said to be inducted into the conservative hall of fame at cpac. the conservative radio icon died of lung cancer at the age of 70. he is the first person to be inducted into cpac's hall of fame, and the group says he plans to honor him with a video tribute on saturday. "fox nation" will have live

ulysses s. grantnd decided to come back and actually lead on the first ballot of the 1880 republican convention but then did not get renominated, robert kluger was desperate to get renominated, could not get enough people to support them and the 1986 convention, but did at the 1940 convention, but he did not come back and then we have for covice president became president, john tyler could not get the whig nomination, threatened to run as a third-party candidate, 1 out of 8 times, it's hard to do and you have to recreate yourself to do it. >> john: we will keep watching this as it unfolds, the president speech coming up on sunday, always good to see you, thank you so much. and sandra, to what carl is saying it is my understanding that the president is going to say in his speech that the big split in the republican party is between the grassroots activists and a handful of inside the beltway people who have been here for too long and i'm told that he will name names, so it sounds like that split may co

mississippi, down into the heart of the confederacy and approached vicksburg from the east while ulysses s grantsfrom the west and the north. little known story. he was picking up black troops along the way and they would end up supporting him. he was freeing slaves as he passed by. he's still in service now in 18 eighties. and this mission occurs in the main column begins to advance on victoria at rattlesnake springs. they ultimately did not capture him. but henry flipper distinguished himself by the horsemanship of writing miles and miles at a gallop and helping to lead that regiment. but back it garrison, were trouble always occurs, he faced the same ostracism he entered at west point. and it was carried into his regiment. some of the white officers, some of whom were even his classmates did not believe he should've been there in the first place. they found ways to essentially entrap him. now there is more to the story of these sorts of things, while he was accused of embezzlement as the quartermaster officer who was responsible for maintaining the stores that supported the squadron that was l