union general john bu foshdford gettysburg defense and the north anna river defense. american history tv is in prime time all week with recent civil war conferences. on tuesday, a seminar focussing on the civil war leadership with talks on generals robert e. lee and ulysses s. grant. american history tv in prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. author eric wittenberg talks about union general john buford, p preserving the high ground of get

the son of union general. and according to to legend and story fred grants own autobiography. when he came in there a still lit pipe from governor john jay that he took for his own use. another governor is aims. he was a governor during reconstruction. he was a union general who came down and lived in mississippi and eventually became governor. he had to deal with the violence of reconstruction. a very difficult time in mississippi. mississippi is trying to go through the years of trying to deal with the former freedman and dealing with whites who were not happy about the situation and where mississippi was going. ames was forced to get out of the office and move out. another governor. the last governor to serve in this building. was the first to serve in the current state capitol. we call it the new capitol even though it was built in 1903. it is the new capitol to us. he had to deal with the issues of trying to maneuver himself out and relocate government to a different structure. we are now standing in the most historic room in the state of mississippi. this is the house of

beaver was a union general in the civil war and the 20th governor of pennsylvania.olice were called to the south philly park and quickly began investigating where the bust was taken from and how it got here. >> it's off the chain. that is totally off the chain. >> why would they want to do that? >> reporter: turns out the bust had been snatched from the pennsylvania civil war memorial on the avenue of the republic in fairmount park where it stood 2a perch with several other prominent figures from the civil war. >> yeah, i don't know how they did that. yeah. it's amazing how someone got up there. >> it's preposterous. why would they want to take a statue that been there for years? >> yes. >> something is that so as a landmark. >> reporter: police found this hole at the base of the memorial just below where it statue sat until vandals removed it. the theft of the bust comes amidst a fire storm over the controversial frank rizzo statue in center city. and confederate statues across the country. >> they planned that. >> yeah. >> they planned that. >> they ignorant. they

he was the son of the union general grant. he came into the governor's office when he came in there was the still lit pipe from john j. petis. he apparently confiscated for his own use. another governor i like to talk about was ames. he was a union general who came union and lived in mississippi and eventually became governor. he had to deal with the violence of reconstruction, a difficult time in mississippi as mississippi is trying to go through those years of trying to deal with the former freedman and dealing with whites not happy about the situation and where mississippi was going. ames was evenly forced out of office and moved out. another governor is the last governor to serve inabling. he was the first governor to serve in the current state capitol. we call the new capitol even though built in 1903 so it's 111 years old. but it is the new capitol. lonenou had to relocate government to a new structure. we are now standing in the most historic room in the state of mississippi. this is the house of represent he was chambe

someone didn't realize who this -- who james beaver was. >> union general. >> union generally. >> not confederate general. >> yes. report roar police would not comment on camera today. they have no witnesses so far, and few clues to work with. they're also reviewing surveillance video from nearby cameras at both parks. in fairmount park, dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. >>> a local veteran sleeping under a new roof tonight. not just a new roof. he's got an entire new home and it's all thanks to caring volunteers. you got to see this a dump truck crashes right into a highway sign. the sign comes tumbling down. person who took this video says, this could all have been avoid avoided. >> ♪ ♪ >>> have you seen this? jaw-dropping video tonight shows the moment a big rig takes out an overhead highway sign in texas. the driver who took this video in houston says they tried warning the driver of the 18 wheeler about the raised bucket but obviously it was too late. the truck barrels right into the sign. scrap metal sent flying into the air. terrifying other drivers. not clear right now if that t

someone didn't realize who this -- who james beaver was. >> union general. >> union general. >> not confederate general? >> yes. >> reporter: now, the motive unknown night but a little fact dug up by my cameraman pete santo. general beaver was the sponsor of a state law that made it a misdemeanor crime to remove damage or deface public statues in pennsylvania. we'll have the latest on the investigation coming up at 6:00. chris? >> coincidental twist, thanks, dave. >>> back to our breaking coverage of hurricane harvey now. super marks in texas packed with people stocking up for this major category three hurricane. some store shelves already clear. harvey will make landfall in just hours from now. >> fox's lauren blanchard is live in galveston, texas. lauren, how are conditions there? >> reporter: yeah, hey chris and dawn we were actual until some of those supermarkets yesterday and you're right, though shelves were cleared. people were in lines. number of wal*marts all out of the water this is folks up and down the coast here in texas are preparing for harvey to hit tonight and guys, the forecas

fred grant was the son of union general ulysses s.grant and according to legend and story and fred grant's own autobiography, he apparently came into the governor's office and when he came in there was a still lit pipe from governor pettis he confiscated for his own use. another i like to talk about is ames. a constructioner union general came down and lived in mississippi and eventually became governor. he had to deal with the violence of reconstruction. a very difficult time in mississippi as mississippi is trying to go through those years of trying to deal with the former freedmen and dealing with a lot of whites who were not very happy about the situation and where mississippi was going. ames was eventually forced to get out of office and move out. another governor i like to talk about is a.h.longino, the last governor to serve in this building. the first governor to serve in the current state capitol. we call it the new capitol even though it was built in 1903. so it's 111 years old, but it is the new capitol to us. he had to dea

talk will focus on the union general, lew wallace's defensive stand.atter] >> two-minute warning, ladies and gentlemen. announcer: you are watching live coverage of the emerging civil war symposium. the final speaker, ryan quint, is scheduled to begin shortly. to share with us spot on the programming, you can connect with us on twitter at c-span history and on facebook at facebook.com/c-spanhistory. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. folks, if we could ask you to take your seats, please. folks, if i could ask you to take your seats, we will get ready for our last speaker of the day. those of us who are from the great state of maine -- those of us who are from maine know a comedian by the name of tim sample. tim has this great bit where he talks about getting directions, and he says, you can't get there from here. and he a fellow mainer has proven you can get there from here. ryan comes to us from the great state of

the union army is essentially shattered on september 20. only general george h thomas is .eft to conduct the battle as i said about two thirds of the union army, roughly 30,000 troop this is clearly a disaster. here is general thomas. interesting things. about the defense that stabilizes after this disaster. george thomas is the man who gets -- the defensive horseshoe ridge. will be the man who's mcminn ever after will be the rock assist james scott andey, english and general pennsylvania, amateur botanist in the civil war. like get that in area seems technically is the man who -- he is the man who george thomas orders todefends -- initially defend this. he ultimately doesn't have that overall flow. whoe are the two generals probably played the greatest role in actually coalescing this defense. theirheir troops from presence on the battlefield will in theze union army immediate aftermath of this disastrous order. that order went to general would come he put out a blind. but that actually meant was he was not cut in this. after this disaster was discover

union general john buferred's defense, the vicksburg confederate defense and the battle of horseshoe shoe defense. american history tv is in prime time all week with recent civil war conferences. on tuesday a seminar focusing on the civil war leadership with talks on generals in robert e. lee and useilous s. grant. american history in prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> author chris kolakowski talks about the union army of the cumberland's defensive stand. he credits the leadership of union general in rallying his retreating troops and saving his army from annihilation. this 45 minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. >> i always like to be able to d get up

now, most other union generals were negative about halleck from the very beginning. joe hooker, who had this great name, never was a friend of hallecks. not in california when they were together and never in the civil war. as only hooker could, he ridiculed halleck's heavy administrative role and his unwillingness to take the fields. you may have heard this quote. halleck serving as commanding general said, hooker, serving under those conditions was like a man who got married never intending to sleep with his wife. i didn't make that up. that's what hooker said. george b. mcclellan. mcclellan who had little good to say about anybody, other than himself, i suppose, become positively lyrical in his disdain for halleck. quote, of all the men who have encountered in high position, says mcclellan in his autbiography, halleck was the most hopelessly stupid. it was more difficult to get an idea through his head than anyone who ever made the attempt. i do not think he ever had a correct military idea from beginning to end. well, you know, those kind of condemnations when add

union victory. confederate women often urged -- emerged more committed. even if elite women were generally stronger secessionists than men, this ardent confederate loyalty was even more pronounced after union troops left their house. in confederateed women when one created a hatred that knows no change and a people who can never forget what they have done, even to the 10th generation. the march helped ensure union despite dubbed -- but what sherman told his wife, it did not break the pride of the south or it --. thedistinction between nature and extent of the damage explained by slaveholding women remains steadfast and committed to the confederate cause when there prospects seemed most dim. -- an enemyrn women that violated the bassist rules of polite society. etc. soldiers came to a different conclusion. choosing to abandon the fight in order to return home to protect their family. although it did not destroy confederate women's will to fight, it achieved the desire to end. southern men saw it as an insult to their manliness. they felt strongly the failure of their inability to protect th

from day three of the gettysburg college civil war institute conference including discussions on union generaleorge g. mead and the experiences of escaped union prisoners of war. it begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> coming up this weekends on cspan 3. statd at 10:00 p.m. eastern, the 1944 u.s. office of war film, "why we fight, the battle of china". >> three facts must never be forgotten, china is history, china is land, china is people. >>> on sunday at 11:30 a.m. eastern author robert right on alexander hamilton's views of the national debt. >> hamilton described the creation of an efficient government one that did one thing well for as little money as possible sbp that one thing was to protect american's lives, liberty and property from tyrants foreign and domestic. >> at 7:00 p.m. eastern new jersey residents and activists discuss the 1967 newark rebellion. >> zero snipers were ever found. no evidence of any snipers. no gun shells other than police, no footprints, fringno finger f nothing was found yet 26 people were killed all by the three police officers operating. >>> american history tv

. >>> now we take a look at the leadership of union general george gordon meade during the civil war including his role in the pivotal battle of gettysburg. this panel was part of the annual civil war institute conference at gettysburg college. this runs about an hour and 20 minutes. >>> good morning everybody. i'm pete carmichael, professor of history at gettysburg college and also professor of the civil war institute. i welcome all of you to our panel on george gordon meade. i'

lee's antetum defense, the defense at stones river and union general john buford's gettysburg defense. american history tv is in prime time all week with recent civil war conferences. on tuesday, a seminar with robert e. lee and grant. american history tv and prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. dan welch talks about confederate general stonewall jackson's defensive stand at the battle of second manassas in virginia which took place in late august 1862. jackson's troops held their ground against repeated assaults by union troops, buying time for the confederates to launch a flank attack and send the union army into retreat. this 50 minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. >> dan welch is a music educator in ohio. but for many, many years he's had a deep passionate love affair with the civil war as manufacture many of us have had and he fell in love with the civil war at gettysburg. he studies at the gettysburg institute. and has become a ranger at gettysburg national battlefield park where you can find him in the

admittedly, it didn't result in strategic victory because the union general really refused grant's request to retreat. a misguided attack. after that, decided to retreat. so strategic defeat after tactical victory. that seems to be the lot of bragg's life. as a civil war commander. after stones river, everything went downhill for him. his generals rebelled. they openly said we don't have faith in you. this is where bragg's stubbornness comes into play. instead of resigning as at one time he said he would if he doesn't have the support of his generals. he instead dug in his heels. he called on president jefferson davis for support. this is what my generals are saying. do you want me to leave or stay? and davis said stay. he was helped in this. another confederate commander who was sent by davis to middle tennessee to look into the situation and recommend what should be done and johnston said it would be a mistake to relieve bragg. he did very well at stones river. he inflicted so much damage. so comparatively few resources. it would be dishonorable to sacrifice him. johnston came to bat and

>> it is a scripted drama that takes place in a union general hospital. and it is pretty accurate. they worked with a lot of historians. they did a lot of research into what out sandra was like and specific family -- alexandria was like and specific family members. other folks are composites of various people who would've worked there, but there is a lot of reality in a show. the new york times called it the grays anatomy with -- -- stop women would have worn. >> the things that made the skirts puffy. >> it is also really funny. >> where they interested in having a discussion on what mercy street means to historians like you? >> i think ashley is the one that came up with the idea for the panel and it came out of conversations that she and i, and some other historians have been having as we watched each episode on the show on twitter, tweeting at each other about the ways that things were portrayed see ofle bits we could historian's work coming out in the show. and it's like oh, that came out of that book. we wanted to have a moment where we could reflect on the show, but also on t

from day three of the gettysburg college civil war institute conference including discussions on union general george g. meade and the experiences of escaped union prisoners of war. american history tv primetime begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> coming up this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, the 1944 u.s. office of war film "why we fi t fight: the battle of china". >> three facts must never be forgotten. china is history. china is land. china is people. >> on sunday at 11:30 a.m. eastern, political economy professor and author robert wright on alexander hamilton's views of the national debt. >> hamilton advised the creation of an energetic efficient government, one that did one thing well for as little money as possible. and that one thing was to protect americans' lives, liberty and property from tyrants, foreign and domestic. >> then at 7:00 p.m. eastern, new jersey residents and activists discuss the 1967 newark rebellion. >> there were 268 reports of sniper fire. zero snipers were ever found. >> zero? >> no evidence of any snipers. n

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it's entitled general meade speaks i think published -- union general speaks, excuse me. it has all the general transcripts of the court. it's fantastic stuff. and it's very well edited with great analysis. william hyde is a fantastic book. >> i'd like to understand a little bit about the effect of meade's perm politics on how he's perceived and how he's evaluated. and also mcclellan's politics, how was that combined to how he was viewed? >> so meade was a democrat. he seems to have been sympathetic to the more cautious limited war policies of 1862. but he also shows signs clearly that he knows ultimately the determination of policy as it relates to confederate civilians and the abolition of slavery in the areas the army goes is not really his business in that he is not part of the process of making that policy. mcclellan very much saw himself as the part of the process in making that policy. pope saw himself as a process of making that policy. meade did not. and by the time he assumes command, he has managed to dodged the political pit falls of engaging in that battle of

the first is the architect and overseer of the campaign, union general willam sherman. in 1864, he vowed to make georgia hell. he noticed early in the war that "the entire south come on man come a woman, and child, armed and determined." in acknowledging all confederates as enemies, he signaled his willingness to bring the war home to the confederates, not only to the larger home front, but also directly into southern homes. beginning with his capture of atlanta and eviction of the city civilians, and ecureduing until he s the surrender of johnson, sherman and his soldiers invaded the homes of wealthy confederates, those people they blamed for the war, in the hopes that a violation of the domestic space would encourage the surrender of southern women and their soldier husbands, fathers, brothers, sons, sweethearts, and friends. confederatert, women recognized the campaign was designed to hit them at home, and they repeatedly railed against an enemy who did not recognize domestic boundaries. sherman did not shy away from this tactic will respond to the criticism that ins

now, most other union generals were negative about hallick from the very beginning. >> he ridiculed the administertive role and unwillingness to take the field. you may have heard this. hallick serving as commanding general said hooker serving under those conditions was like being a man who got married but never intended to sleep with his wife. i didn't make that up. that's what hooker said. >> is that better? he became positively lyrical in his sustain for hallick. it was hopelessly stupid. it was more difficult to get an idea through his head than can be conceive bid anyone who never made the attempt. i do not think he ever had a correct military idea from beginning to end. well, those kind of condemnations when added with the condemnations of historians, you know, bad enough, but they still don't reach the level of invective displayed by his political contemporaries. the people that he dealt with regularly in washington. remember him? he almost became president at one time? put him in command of 20,000 men and he will not scare three sitting geese from their nests. adam, the polish b

if the bill is inactive that would essentially convert the european union's general data protection regulation into u.k. law u.k. residents would then be able to directly request that personal data and posts be deleted from websites like facebook that companies don't comply they could face fines up to seventeen million pounds and it doesn't end there in order to get a hold of the data in the first place the bill would make it easier to request it would also require firms to obtain explicit consent when processing personal data or even using it at all and it would turn the users into a criminal offense and it is important to note that the government would add some exceptions for data especially if there is a legal reason to keep it public most tech industry giants like google oppose the legislation and claim it's a form of censorship that could limit freedom of expression but the bill won't be debated through parliament until september when members return from summer break so those that don't support the bill have about a month to make their case. you mention google and speaking of the company

if the bill is inactive that would essentially convert the european union's general data protection regulation into u.k. law u.k. residents would then be able to directly request that personal data and posts be deleted from websites like facebook the companies don't comply they could face fines up to seventeen million pounds and it doesn't end there in order to get a hold of the data in the first place the bill would make it easier to request it would also require firms to obtain explicit consent when processing personal data or even using it at all and it would turn de anonymizing users into a criminal offense and it is important to note that the government would add some exceptions for data especially if there is a legal reason to keep it public most tech industry giants like google oppose the legislation and claim it's a form of censorship that could limit freedom of expression but the bill won't be debated through parliament until september when members return from summer break so those that don't support the bill have about a month to make their case. you mention google and speaking of th

. >>> now we take a look at the leadership of union general george gordon meade during the civil war including his role in the pivotal battle of gettysburg. this panel was part of the annual civil war institute conference at gettysburg college. this runs about an hour and 20 minutes. >>> good morning everybody. i'm pete carmichael, professor of history at gettysburg college and also professor of the civil war institute. i welcome all of you to our panel on george gordon meade. i'm going to quickly go through this morning's line up. on my far right you to your left, we have john hennessy, and historian. he is also a -- the author of an acclaimed book on second bull run. to his left, scott hartwig. he is a long time friend and supporter of cwi and also a historian. retired historian from gettysburg national park. he is also written a book on the battle of antietam. it is a two volume study and the second volume will be out in a few years. excellent. good. to the left of scott is jennifer murray. jen murray also cut her teeth as a historian right here at the gettysburg national park. an

author eric wittenberg talks about union general john buford, p preserving the high ground of get ea gettysburg. >> most of us today know google as a search engine. one actually derives its name from a mathematical term, a one followed by a million zeros. it is also the number of books eric wittenberg has written. he is the authority on union cavalry, operations in the east. but what i really like about eric's overall canon is books is that he has been boldly iratio exploring all sorts of really cool things and taking his is o explorations in pretty neat directions. currently atab workout on a manuscript about george reed. and it doesn't seem like a cavalry operation to me, but onf of the things that makes eric one of the most interesting historians. coming to us from columbus, ohio, ladies and gentlemen, to talk about his award-winning books on john buford, eric u wittenberg. [ applause ] be her pleasure ways are to to beppreci here. and appreciate the opportunity to visit with you today.nts to b it's also always, nobody ever k wants to be the guy to go right after lunch. and it fel

that stunned the union soldiers and generals alike. that sounds like robert e. lee. obviously bragg was not able to follow through with that and win the campaign likely could. could he is not lee. but he is likely. thank you for bringing that up. thank you very much. [applause]

union general john buferred's defense, the vicksburg confederate defense and the battle of horseshoe shoe defense. american history tv is in prime

that stunned the union soldiers and generals alike. that sounds like robert e. lee. obviously bragg was not able to follow through with that and win the campaign likely could. could he is not lee. but he is likely. thank you for bringing that up. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, ashley. it is my pleasure to introduce for our final afternoon talk barton myers. barton is an associate professor of history at washington and lee

union's victory. women often emerged stronger than expected. even if the elite women were generally stronger you is sessionists than the men. this was even more pronounces after union troops left their house. the march created con fed rat women a hatred that knows no change. and a people who can never forget what they've done even to the tenth generation. the march helped ensure union victory, despite what sherman told his wife it did not break the pride of the south. this explains why so many slave holding women in the lower south remained steadfastly committed to the confederate cause. elite southern women refused to succumb to sherman. confederate soldiers often came to a different conclusion. choosing to abandon the fight in order to return home to protect their families. although it did not destroy confederate women's will to fight, sherman's march achieved its ends. they saw the invasion as an insult to their manliness. many lost the will to fight. one confederate soldiers echoed the sentiments of many others when he told his mother how frustrated he was, after hearing of your

his topple focus on the union general's stand. this weekend on american artifacts, we travel to west branch, iowa to tour the life portraits exhibit at the herbert hoover presidential library and museum. here is a preview. >> here we are with calvin coolidge, the 30th president of the united states. calvin coolidge has been a lifelong fisherman.

he was a famous union general during the civil war, you see him on the right as a young man, at this point he was a lieutenant in the u.s. army and witnessing what was happening when the gold was discovered. so here is lieutenant sherman. >> as the spring and summer of 1848 advanced the reports came faster and faster of the gold mines of sutter's mill. everyone was talking of gold, gold until it assumed the character of a fever. soldiers began to dessert. we heard of men earning $50, $500 and of thousands of dollars per day and for a time, it seemed someone would reach solid gold. >> here's an army lieutenant reporting back to his seniors what was going on. and then the president made a speech. you've got the president here, james k. polk, so this again, this is just a few months after the initial discoveries were made by james marshall. >> it was known that mines of the precious metals existed to a considerable extent in california. recent discoveries render it probable that these mines are more extensive and valuable than was anticipated. the accounts of the abundance of gold in th

>> next, civil war historian william jack davis compares the upbrings and leadership skills of union general ulysses s grant and confedate general robert e. lee. this hour long talk was part of a day long seminar hosted by farmville, virginia and courthouse national historic park. >>> thank you, patrick. our last speaker of the morning here and he'll be speaking in the afternoon is william c. jack davis and mr. davis is from independence, missouri. has a bachelor in sonoma state university and many of you know him as long time editor of civil war tmes illustrated back in i guess the 1970s and 1980s when

>> next, civil war historian william jack davis compares the up brigz and leadership skills of union generallysses s. grant and confederate general robert e. lee. this hour-long talk was part of a day-long seminar on civil war leadership hosted by long wood university in farmville, virginia and appomattox courthouse national historical park. >>> thank you, patrick. our last speaker of the morning here and he'll also be

he was a famous union general during the civil war. at this point, he was a lieutenant in the u.s. army. and witnessing what was happening when the gold was discovered. so here is lieutenant sherman. off you go. >> as the spring and summer of 1840 advanced, the reports came faster and faster from the gold mines at sutter's mill. stories reached us of fabulous discoveries and spread through the land. everyone was talking of gold, gold, until it ais sumed the character of a fever. some of our soldiers began to dessert. citizens were getting pack mules to go to the minds. we heard of thousands of dollars per day. and for a time, it seemed someone would reach solid gold. >> that's right. so the news gets out. and here's an army officer reporting whack reporting back to his seniors what's going on. as it happens, we've got the president with us, james kchb. s polk. this, again, is a few months after the initial discoveries are made by james marshall. >> it was known that mines of the precious metals existed to an extent. recent discoveries that these mines are more extensive and valuabl

president trump went on twitter this morning, to call monuments of the confederacy, and anti-union generals