one of the union generals who was involved in the battle, he wrote in his book about the fighting 5% of the intelligent people of the united states, north or south ever heard of the battle of sailor's creek. they don't know anything of its magnitude or importance. this is not strange. it was fought in virginia. this was three days before the surrender under general robert e lee. events were happening so rapidly that no note was made of the battle. in the next few minutes, you will be part of that part of our nation. just some point before we talk about the battle, there are three separate engagements referred to as the battles of sailor's creek. as you enter the museum, it refers to it as battles. i mentioned the spelling difference. there were two branches, most of the fighting was on little sailor's creek. you will read in books that if they mention sailor's creek, i have seen lee living half of his army or one third of his army. it was actually less than a quarter of his army. somewhere between a fifth at a quarter of his army. they were taken as prisoners. there were eight confed

the devil is reserved for union general benjamin butler. he went to see a third c.ll the lawyers shouted don't take that c. that is reserved for old abe. wooten said you will cup shaking and shivering, wishing it was not it -- woke up shaking and shivering, wishing it was not a dream. one soldier wrote this in a letter about lincoln. he said, lincoln has become a vampire that gnaws into the bowels of the country. he is the nightmare of the horse of which the nation groans -- the horrsors of which the nation groans in despair. there you have it. before abraham lincoln became a vampire hunter, he was a vampire himself. the nation has been fascinated i lincoln's prophetic statements. in the 1861 he said he would rather be assassinated on the spot than give up the principles of the declarations of independence. sometimes it's -- sometimes his sense of humor cannot. he dreamed he was in a party of plain people and as they begin to realize who he was, they began to comment on his appearance. one said he is a common-looking man. the president replied in his gym,,-looking p

answer i >> how many generals were killed or mortally wounded at gettysburg? a. 9. 5 confederate, 4 union. no other battle claims as many general officers. jamie: george pickett is thrilled to complete the sale. the antique appraiser and buyer russ pritchard. >> total amount was $87500. that seemed like a lot. jamie: items had been in family for generation, now artifacts, the cap, and sleeve, and map of the gattithe -- gettysburg battl are to be showcaseed in a civil war museum in harrisburg, pennsylvania. jamie: did you talk to at least one dealer to get a sense of what you had. >> he told me, he was working for the city, and his job was to appraise it accurate. accurate. jamie: 3 years later in 1998, ed accepts a invitation to speak at the gettysburg. >> i asked him, how much would that be worth. >> he stunned me, i said the general's, he said yes. woe. >> >> that that moment the room got vie libsilent, he said it coulde worse a lot of money, 250. >> thousand? >> yes. i said, that is more than i got for everything. >> ed does not want to believe he was swindled, he considers russ preufr

montgomery but there are no union soldiers incite -- in sight when these men lay down weapons in camp and begin the journey home. to the north, in upper mississippi, general nathan forrest at his cavalry command -- had his cavalry command. he will disband his cavalry -- again, there are no union troops in the vicinity but being under general taylor views instructed to have -- he is instructed to have his men turned and equipment. there is a nice monument that marks were they were camped. let's move a little more to the west, the trans-mississippi, the largest geographic department in the confederacy. it embraces this entire area. louisiana, arkansas, texas missouri, and the indian territory which today is oklahoma. the commander of the department is general kirby smith. that is not his picture up there , you will see him later. this will be one of the more chaotic events that unfolds. by 1865 the bulk of the confederate army of the trans-mississippi is camped around shreveport, louisiana in the upper corner of louisiana. union forces are down here in port hudson, henry, and new orleans -- baton rouge, and new orleans. the armies are not in contact and the

general. those of you that have seen the movie "gettysburg" -- he was the corps commander of the second core, which is the union core that faced picket's charge. he is a fairly significant fellow. he eventually became major-general and commanded the left-wing of the army of the potomac. he ran for president in 1880 and narrowly lost to garfield. the next fellow is george thomas, known as the rock of chickamauga. his defense saved the union army. he later became the general of the army of the cumberland. he essentially destroyed the confederate army of tennessee at nashville. military experts rate him as probably the third best general in the union army behind grant and sherman. he is not too familiar today. phil sheraton was the commander of the u.s. calvary from the army of the potomac. he later served in the western army ann kuster served under him. -- and custer served under him. he became top dog under grover cleveland. this is a fellow named joseph mansfield. he was a core commander in 1862 battle of antietam. he spent 40 years in the army. he had no reason combat experiment -- experience. he was marching

he's furious that joseph hooker, who's then a union general, manages to escape.and, actually, a lot of confederates think that hooker's final position at chancellorsville was a pretty strong position and robert e. lee was planning to order a frontal assault against that position, but hooker withdraws that night. and so in some sense hooker makes the greatest mistake of his life by retreating, and he saves robert e. lee from making a mistake that he's going to make at pickett's charge. yes. >> did lee ever write down what he thought of arming slaves as confederate soldiers in '65? >> he did, he did. he was asked that question directly, and he did say that he thought at this point it was better to begin to enlist african-americans in the fight and he thought you have to have been -- include emancipation as part of that deal, because people would not fight unless they were going to get emancipation. basically, the attitude was it's going to have them fight with us if they're going to be fighting against us. so he does take that view. yes. >> i believe after the war

the term "thinking bayonets" applies to union generals. in relation to lincoln's reelection -- it is our gloria pride that the union has been upheld by million thinking banayonets. when people talk let union soldiers, their sometimes all lumped together. i will make the point that the relative amount of material that has been written, discussed. paintings. their disproportionately confederate. one of my missions is to change that and point out that the real rebels of the civil war were union soldiers. not confederates. i will explain as i go along. who were union soldiers? nearly 2.5 million of them were white americans. this was truly the people's army. the demographics of the union army were predominantly civilian volunteers, civilian soldiers, and on presented -- unprecedented size of diversity. of the white soldiers, abruptly one quarter where foreign born, from germany ireland, and canada. they were extremely literalte. and their backgrounds were interesting. about a quarter were laborers. abraham lincoln, who had a tremendous affinity

>> with all due respect to the attorney general, that statement is incorrect. harris' move maybe one union very happy. >> i think the conditions that the attorney general outlined were more than fair. >> dave regan is the president of the sciu, hew. the union that represents healthcare workers in california. >> prime's healthcare is bad for residents communities and california. we were opposed from them acquiring the system. >> the sciu has a history of battling with prime healthcare. they rejected an agreement that would have made it easier for the seiu to unionize their hospitals. enough to they are the leading opponent of the prime takeover. >> we attended every hearing that the attorney general's office conducted. >> in the union's efforts, paying off, prime healthcare pulling its bid to safe the fail hospital chain. >> this is an example of a government overreach that is essentially disrupting the healthcare marketplace. >> because of our advocacy, we think that the pro-says really worked. >> tonight, the hospital workers whose jobs and pensions are on the line are now facing an uncer

generals were killed or mortally wounded at >>> how many generals were killed or mortally wounded at gettysburg? it's a, nine. five confederate, four unionno other battle claimed as many jennifers. >>> in the fall of 1995 in wilmington, north carolina. ed pickett, great-great grandson of con federal general george pickett is thrilled to complete the sale of some of his family heirlooms to antiques appraiser and buyer us are pritchard. >> the total amount was $87,500, which seemed like an awful lot. more than i had made in a couple years. >> the items had been in the family for generations. now the artifacts, including the general's cap, blood-stained sleeve, and his had-drawn map of the gettysburg battlefield are to be showcased at a new civil war museum in harrisburg, pennsylvania. did you talk to at least one other dealer? -to-kind of get a sense of what you had and what it was worth? >> no. he told me he was working for the city and that his job was to appraise it accurately. >> three years later in the summer of 1998, ed accepts an invitation to a dinner and he's introduced to historian earl coates. >> i knew he was an expert in clot

in his capacity of editor of the union's paper in nashville, he rejoiced that the greatest army and general of the so-called confederacy had been defeated and scattered, made to surrender to grant upon grants own terms. but in the year after the surrender, this dominant union interpretation, with its emphasis on vindication of the north's way of war, vindication of free society, vindication of grants leadership, this dominant interpretation would come to interpretation the betrayal of the true spirit of grants magnanimity. we will see in the postwar period that political partisans will accuse their opponents of betraying the spirit of appomattox. in this case, for granted his followers, the arch betrayer of the truce in upham -- the true spirit of appomattox was andy johnson, lincoln successor. he comes to power after lincoln is assassinated, johnson very liberally pardons members of the x confederate elites, thousands of pardons to prominent confederates. under johnson's reconstruction plan, state governments are handed back over to former confederates. they enact black codes, laws very cl

your people, the winners, the good -- folks, the good guys. >> colorado counties are named after union generals, unlike counties in new england. >> because our counties were already named by that point. >> think about it for a minute the union that lincoln wants to preserve, that's a perfect thing that needs to be preserved, he's not looking forward to expansion, in fact the republican platform is to end expansion if it means more slave states. >> well, it means to end expansion of slavery. it doesn't mean to end expansion of the nation? >> it probably does, because of the political impasse, doesn't it? >> i don't know, the union is perfect. it needs to be preserved, and i think something has happened to the idea, rather than looking forward expansively we're now protecting a great nation. dominant in its continent, even prospectively in its hemisphere, this is -- this great nation has a manifest destiny. we squander that great advantage, we forfeit it, we risk relapsing into a state of war. we need to preserve this thing it's sacred, and there is an element to this an element of a static quali

as the army of northern virginia drifts into the courthouse, the union cavalry under general custer has gotten in front of the confederate army, blocking the road they intend to use. the goal all along for robert ulee's to get -- robert lee is to get the army down. lee cap makes the terms to the south because union forces keep blocking the way but the union armies -- can't make the turn to the south because union forces keep blocking the way. this map shows the final battle which takes place on the morning of april 9. confederates initially pushed a union back but as reinforcements arrived they realize they cannot break through and the confederate army is surrounded on three sides of the river on the other side. lee and grant me that very afternoon of april 9. one of the things that makes the appomattox surrender you knew there is an active campaign and right up to the last minute there is fighting. we do not know who the last casualty was, there is probably no way to know because the fighting spread out across the village. one of the possible candidates is montgomery from pennsylvania,

he sat in another seat, and he said no that is reserved for the union general butler. he sat in another seat, and people yelled at him, don't sit in that seat. they said, that is for old abe. he wrote from the stream shaking and shivering, but also saying that he hoped it wasn't a dream. in my last book, i found one new york soldier -- i exited the included in that book, i will include it in my next one -- he included this about lincoln, he said lincoln has become at vampire, the nightmare be beneath the nation. there you have it. before abraham lincoln ever became a vampire hunter, he was a vampire himself. [laughter] since the civil war, americans have been fascinated by lincoln streams and prophetic statements. such as in 1861 at independence hall he said he would rather be assassinated in that spot then sacrifice the principles of the declaration of independence. sometimes lincoln sense of humor came out in his dreams. his private secretary recorded one such stream and his diary. he wrote, lincoln dreams that he is a party of people. as they become familiar with th

union. >> general, i can almost understand theoretically why putin would have russian fighter jets buzzing poland the czech republic even germany or france. but why north american air space? what is he trying to say? >> well what he wants to do is he wants to set the hook here that if we try to do something in response to his actions in ukraine, or maybe further actions in let's say lithuania, latvia or even poland that we will be afraid in the united states to take action because he's been demonstrating his ability to reach out and touch us. this is we would call it a flexible deterrent option. he would call it psychological warfare. he would call it hybrid warfare. they are attempting to impact our mentality right now. this broadcast, american people listening, fear so the next time we want to confront russia you will hear analysts speaking up saying oh, no no let russia have what it wants because after all, they are a nuclear power. so we have to have the means to counter his buildup of forces. >> how do we do that? >> sometimes that's defense. sometimes it's deterrence. we make sure th

tell people you are planning to write a civil war biography they assume you will write about a union general, not a confederate general and certainly don't expect it you will write about that confederate general. for a long time i avoided explaining myself. i did what you expect someone from washington to do when confronted with a tough question. i ducked it. no more. i want to explain myself. it was what you would least expect. simple geography. simply put, robert e. lee and i grew up along the same river, the potomac. that sounds uprising for two reasons. when we think of the potomac river i think especially out here in kentucky probably imagine a polluted stream of political corruption. sometimes that is true. you don't imagine a river of american history. second when you think of robert e. lee attend to imagine him personifying an old south it seems light years away from the cosmopolitan capital we know today. but the truth is far different. reminders of lee are all around the city of washington. that was fortunate for me because one of those reminders was the majority of his papers are

union. the general idea w was they are having a new l layer wore at the nesc had beeeen so concerned to assessn terms of the dage to the united states and our economy. based on that, it led eventually in the reagan administration t the whole competitive strategies notition, one of the key contntributions the idea there was s simply you ouought to make strategic choices in aeacetime and during competition, which try to exexploit american advantages and strengths, and al focused on weaknesses and proclivities on the other side. vago: it posed costs and e soviet union. >> imposed costs on the soviet union. when the ideas was if you get them to spenend more onn territitorial air defenses, that would be more beneficial to the united stas than havining them invest i in long range strategic nuclear weapons. vago: right. what d do you thinknk -- obviously there is a hunt r andy's succesessor. i don't want to get you to comment on those but what were andy's attributes that made him so ginood in the role, and are qualities that shoululd be embodied in the next person who has at job? >> andy was aonishin

. >> on december 20 1, 1864, union forces under general william tecumseh sherman captured savannah completing the march to , the sea campaign that started in atlanta five weeks earlier. todd gross of the georgia historical society talks about the significance of the campaign and how it has been remembered. this ceremony in savannah is about 20 minutes and includes the unveiling of a historical marker. >> good afternoon. i'm bob jepsen, chairman of the georgia historical society and i'd like to welcome you all to madison square on this warm and balmy day. i'm taking a big risk, we believe that the bells are finished for awhile, so i hope you can hear me. part of our mission at the georgia historical society is the education of the history of the great state of georgia, and we're here today to dedicate a marker that represents an event, people, and a time in our history. and to get on with the program i'd like to introduce the president of the historical society, dr. todd gross. todd? >> thank you, bob. thank you, sir. thank you. well, thank you, bob. and good afternoon, everyone. let me add my

germany and the european union in general, the eurozone, are in favor of balanced consolidated budgets which is quite the opposite from the american view. greece today needs to move away from a sturdy measures towards growth. we need some time to come up with our own plan. mark: i have to ask you something about the billionaire investor george soros. he said that the changes of -- the chances, excuse me, of greece made in the euro area is now 50/50 and the country could go "down the drain." >> i believe this was a comment he made last week. perhaps lacks the week -- perhaps last week it was so. i think we are in common ground with their creditors today and we have a good chance to reach a viable deal by next week. mark: president of the american hell a chamber of commerce joining me here in studio. >> thank you very much, mark. mark: coming up, we are standing by for president obama and afghan president ashraf ghani. ♪ mark: welcome back to "bottom line." a french interior ministry official is telling the associated press that the black rocks has been located on the side of the french

his promise, a trillion dollar tax dollars saved his donor pals at goldman sachs and his union buddies at general motors under a too big to fail policy yet they blatantly threaten to bankrupt the cole companies. he picked his winners and losers the free market was no longer free. thn he got to work on healthcare, president obama in the 11th hour back room deal strong armed enough votes to get obamacare into law. he had to do it when he did it because within months he would lose his democrat majorities he needed. healthcare in america was changed forever. next up, president obama took the laws of immigration and shredded them to suit his liberal friends. forget what we the people had to say it really doesn't seem to matter anymore. then came the bun bastion of free speech and free low flow of fgs in. the internet. one fcc commissioner said this it's a solution that won't work to a problem that doesn't exist. and that's coming from inside the fcc. and now there's an idea being throat floated by the president this week one that i think could be the most dangerous at all. the administration wants to

he's going to -- the teachers unions generally don't like this. a lot of people in government don't like it. it's a huge change and it will require a lot of effort and probably more in the courtroom than maybe in the classroom for a while. >> i think the other issue, too, once you open up these records, i think it also shows the teacher's salaries, what was given to the parent they did black that out. that's one issue for the teachers once you open this up how much information can the public view. >> gentlemen, thank you. we always enjoy talking with you son morning. back to "news 4 today." enjoy the rest of your weekend everybody. >>> good morning. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm angie goff. >> i'm david culver. adam tuss has the day off. going to be noticeably cooler today, especially compared to yesterday. >> that's right. meteorologist veronica johnson says it's because of the cold air that's moving in a little bit of a front shlths right, veronica? >> that's exactly it. yesterday's high 61 degrees. today about ten degrees lower in most neighbo

he sat in another seat, and he said no that is reserved for the union general butler. he sat in another seat, and people yelled at him, don't sit in that seat. they said, that is for old abe. he wrote from the stream shaking and shivering, but also saying that he hoped it wasn't a dream. in my last book, i found one new york soldier -- i exited the included in that book, i will include it in my next one -- he included this about lincoln, he said lincoln has become at vampire, the nightmare be beneath the nation. there you have it. before abraham lincoln ever became a vampire hunter, he was a vampire himself. [laughter] since the civil war, americans have been fascinated by lincoln streams and prophetic statements. such as in 1861 at independence hall he said he would rather be assassinated in that spot then sacrifice the principles of the declaration of independence. sometimes lincoln sense of humor came out in his dreams. his private secretary recorded one such stream and his diary. he wrote, lincoln dreams that he is a party of people. as they become familiar with th

general johnston fleeing to the rear. but then hardy strikes. he succeeds in pushing back more. yes gotten cold feet, because he has decided to deploy closer to the main union line. he has left his skirmishers hanging in the breeze. among the attackers on the confederate side or general hardy's only son, 16-year-old willie hardy. and young willie is mortally wounded when he's charging. johnston succeeds in repulsing mauer's attckack. mauer is getting ready to launch another strike. but then the order comes from general sherman to stand fast. mauer is to hold his ground. johnston's army has survived to fight another day. however, unbeknownst to sherman and johnston, they fought their last battle. -- battle at bentonville. now johnston falls back to smithfield, having failed to defeat even slocum's wing. general sherman is more than happy to let johnston escaped his grasp so we can continue on to goldsboro. sherman's army reaches goldsboro on the 23rd. a few days later, sherman makes a trip to city point, virginia to meet with general grant. sherman does not say this in his memoirs. it does not turn out too well for him. he has two items on his agenda when he

union. the attorney general for new york.ya: are running in say tv is reporting officials allowing international next access to a site where is reported experiments of high explosives may have happened. if the area is a question of merit and it's about three under miles west of toronto and 2012 the experts from the international agencies could visit merit than there respecting that it could pose a high explosive experience to be used high to set off the nuclear charge. the career as president supporting now it u.s. ambassador as he's recovered from the night's attack. <

the morning of april 9 18 65, was the final engagement of confederate general robert e lee's army before it surrendered to the union forces under lieutenant general ulysses s grant. it was one of the last battles of the american civil war. some of the topics today include the battle of sailor's creek, the battles of appomattox, the surrender at appomattox, and its legacy and closing operations in north carolina. this is live coverage on c-span3. [indistinct chatter] [indistinct chatter] >> we are going to get everybody seated again. we would like to start on with the next program. accommodate the c-span3 schedule , and get us to lunch on time. everybody likes that, right? here is david kohl's to introduce our next bigger. -- next speaker. >> just a reminder to everybody about lunch. you are free to do lunch on your own. a number of fast food places in farmville and some other sitdown restaurants. as i said last night, we are a little bit restaurant challenged here. don't have a huge selection, but many of the people go to the longwood that a call for their brunch. so if you are not sure where to go we'll let some p

april 16, 1865 general james wilson is a union cavalry officer, and he commanded 10,000 cavalry troops. their job was to attack through the states of alabama and georgia. their goal is to destroy important targets like columbus because of industrial output to disrupt supply lines, disrupt communications, anything they can do to further along the collapse of the confederacy. typically and ironclad especially like the jackson, would be used at a port city and if there is an approaching army, the vessel can move up around the waterway and fire its big guns at the opposing forces. this is typically what confederate ironclad's did. however, in the case of the jackson, she is right at completion in april 65 and there is no crew for it yet. officially, the confederate navy has her on the list, official navy register as the next ship to be officially commissioned. however, the war is winding down and the confederacy is collapsing. there is no crude for the jackson available yet. during the battle of columbus, she sat at the navy yard. the navy guys never could come aboard and get her steam up.

eastern, a discussion about the burning of south carolina, following the surrender of the city to union generalil tecumseh sherman and his troops in 1865. and sunday afternoon at 2:00, an interview with daniel ellsberg on the pentagon papers, a classified study on vietnam which he copied and classified -- and gave to the "new york times." let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us. e-mail us at comments@c-span.org . or send us a tweet at @cspan. like a son puts -- like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. tonight on "q&a," the challenges of policing the city. >> so it was very clear to me that i still had an issue with public trust and people believing things that i think were said. and regardless of the fact that i stand in front like a bit for you today and say the use of force is down 46%, that complaint about 53% that lawsuits are down, that officer involved shootings are significantly down. people in community say, we don't believe it. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back the executive directo

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generations. >> reporter: the union representing ft. lauderdale police station said everyone has a right to fair review of the facts and due process. as for the former officers investigators told them they were only joking. >> nothing funny about the text or video. thank you. >>> to texas a hunt is on for gunman who hot a woman in the head in what appears to be a case of road rage. tonight she's in fair condition as police officer are asking anyone who might have seen what happened to come forward. bazi kanani has the latest. >> reporter: tonight an urgent manhunt for the angry driver on this busy texas highway who shot at 28 year old kay hafford in a rush hour road rage attack. >> she's bleeding from the head. i think she's been shot. >> reporter: just after pulling on to interstate 45, she honked at the driver of a white chevy tahoe that cut her off. that driver, retaliating by taunting her, then firing at her car and driving away. as hafford recovers in the hospital her family is trying to control their rage at the violent driver. >>

flight line no questions asked and then it would be up to the union to talk to the person again and determine if he needed professional help. generallycare providers that they would go to in these circumstances and they would direct the person to those health care providers for further evaluation. >> the system relying on co-workers and to a large extent the people themselves. a lot of people suggesting there need to be further screens. thanks for being with us. appreciate it. >>> next is it now the wild west for terrorists? the exploding region-wide conflict in the middle east and this question. is the u.s. already at war with iran by proxy in yemen? >>> plus more on the crash in the alps. how do you put a price on the lives of so many? why lufthansa might be in line to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars to families who will never be whole again. ♪ ♪ (ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh) (hush my darling...) (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) (hush my darling...) man snoring (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) woman snoring take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. yo

it already has the support of african union regional force but as the general elections move closer laterhis month. some say the government's use of mercenaries will translate in to votes. al jazerra. >>> al jazerra's nick schifrin is in northern eastern nigeria and has been speak to the nigerian government about the vikings against boko haram. >> reporter: according to a senior western official who works here as well as a senior noncommissioned officer inside the nigerian military who was actually injured by boko haram both of them say that the 40 or so villages that the military or nigeria i should probably say has recaptured from boko haram was done in part or at least because of the help of foreign mercenaries. we have spoken to many senior military officials as well today and over the last few weeks as we have traveled throughout this region, and they insist that the tide is turning against boko haram. not because of the mercenaries but because of a combination of new arms, more political will, as well as that help from neighboring countries. >>> egypt's government says it will build

exact same coin they both will lead in the denial of freedom and he quality for pal tip generals if the zionist union los angeles cued party combine then it will mean the joint list will be the leader of the opposition and theyville with a great deal of power to dry to block legislation, but at the same time, they are not magicians this is a country that is premised on the idea of race immaterial, that believes in the superiority of jewish citizens of the inning taj does palestinian population and so they may be able to push back against some of the racist legislation, but they are not going to be able to work miracles. >>> the syrian government says it has shot down a u.s. drone. state tv claims the aircraft was downed it has broadcast images of what it says is the wreckage, including a wheel and electric parts. a u.s. official says a drone is crash in syria but it wasn't clear if it had been shot down. >>> amnesty international says air strike carried out by the assad government in rah ca last november may amount to war crimes and opposition groups are again accusing government forces are using chl

union. >> i think the attorney general nominee is suffering from the president's actions. there's no western about it. the actions he took unilaterally on immigration after the election enraged many members. lots of members have talked to the nominee. she had bipartisan support in committee. we will take her up as soon as we are done with this important human trafficking bill. >> will you vote for? >> i haven't decided yet? i am not denying -- i'm going to announce what i'm going to do at a later time but first, we need to finish this human trafficking bill and then we can turn to the nomination of the attorney general. >> the senate is set to resume debate on human trafficking bill when they return tomorrow and will consider the commerce department. live coverage is on c-span two. the house returns at noon eastern for general speeches. they will consider six bills including one to fund trauma care centers. later in the week, members are expected to take up union election rules. it aims to overturn regulations issued last year by the national labor relations board. the whi

but one union witness described it this way. general she wereman, accompanied by several other generals their staffs and orderlies formed a cavalcade and rode into the city to the scene of excitement. ladies crowded the windows and balconies waving banners and handkerchiefs. negroes were grouped along the street cheering, singing and dancing in wild exuberance of their freedom. one of them shouted, at last, at last our saviors. also among those welcoming sherman were the union p.o.w.s, officer, kept in nearby camp on the other side of the river and had been removed earlier to the lunatic asylum where they were kept encamped and in prison. that scene of celebration was to change dramaticcally. alt ingredients for disaster were there. young soldiers celebrating victory, disciplined by union commanders, lots of whiskey some of it supplied by the civilians, and pent up desire for revenge against south carolina and columbia in particular. and then there was fire. high winds, a lethal combination of willful destruction and vengeance together

april 16, 1865 general james wilson is a union cavalry officer and he commanded 10,000 cavalry troops. their job was to attack through the states of alabama and georgia. their goal is to destroy important targets like columbus because of industrial output to disrupt supply lines, disrupt communications, anything they can do to further along the collapse of the confederacy. typically and ironclad, especially like the jackson, would be used at a port city and if there is an approaching army, the vessel can move up around the waterway and fire its big guns at the opposing forces. this is typically what confederate ironclad's did. however, in the case of the jackson, she is right at completion in april 65 and there is no crew for it yet. officially, the confederate navy has her on the list, official navy register as the next ship to be officially commissioned. however, the war is winding down and the confederacy is collapsing. there is no crude for the jackson available yet. during the battle of columbus, she sat at the navy yard. the navy guys never could come aboard and get her steam up

joining me is phillip jennings, general secretary for global union.obal warrior. thanks for joining us. steel is an industry suffering because commodityies are plummeting. we just had a strike. what is the average worker feeling in terms of seeing the new normal of work? >> the average worker feels the economy is not working for then. the average worker beliefs the political system is not working for them. they feel they're getting the shaft. if we look at one of the issues that faces us is lack of demand and investment. there's not a enough work going. it's at a post war low. this is not sustainable. this means that we have to find ways of putting consumption back to worker's pockets to tilt the business. leaders in business have done well over three decades. america is paying the price for assault on unions and worker's rights in this country. that's why they're angry and frustrated. >> there's been a shift to shareholders. in other words large shareholders want change at companies, more fishtyefficiencies, cutbacks. are you aware those running the