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in april 1865, confederate general robert e lee met union general ulysses s grant in the village of appomattox courthouse and surrendered his army of northern virginia, effectively ending the civil war. we will be live from appomattox national historic courthouse as historians reflect on the last battles and explore the aftermath and legacy of appomattox. we will bring you reenactments of some of the key moments from 150 years ago and open our phone lines to take your calls for authors. that's live april ninth and 12th here on american history tv on c-span three. >> each week, american artifact takes viewers to archives museums, and historic sites around the country. on april 9 1865, confederate general robert e lee met union general ulysses s grant village of appomattox courthouse and surrendered his army of northern virginia. while confederate armies were still active in the field, the surrender of the southpaws most potent remaining fighting force effectively ended the civil war. next, we tour appomattox courthouse national historical park to learn more about the events surrounding that day

appomattox courthouse in virginia, where confederate general robert e lee surrendered his army to union general ulysses s grant 150 years ago effectively injuring the civil war. first we will hear from the two living historians who portrayed general grant and lee at the parks event commemorating the surrender at appomattox. our coverage is just under three hours. >> a live look from the appomattox courthouse national historic park, if the site where 150 years ago, confederate general robert e lee surrendered his army to union general ulysses s. grant, effectively ending the civil war. we will be live from the park for the next three hours as the commemoration continues with reenactments of the gun stacking that took place on this day in 1860 five when more than 22,000 of general lee's infantry troops turned over their weapons and battle flags. we will bring you the sights and sounds of the ceremony throughout the coverage and later in the program, you will hear remarks from historian david blight who will talk about the legacy of appomattox. we will also give you a chance to call in and talk with him a

confederate general robert in the met union general ulysses s grant, and surrendered his army of northern virginia. effectively ending the civil war. we will be live from appomattox court house national historic park in virginia on both april night and 12, as historians, including the university of richmond, reflect on the last battles and explore the aftermath and legacy of appomattox. we will also bring your reenactments of some of the key moments from 150 years ago, and we will open our phone lines to take your calls for authors -- two guest authors. live, april 1912, here on ""american history tv -- "american history tv" on c-span3. >> in the middle of the united states, in the state of oklahoma, is one of the key cities of america. tulsa. built in a generation, and still going. >> welcome to tulsa, oklahoma on "american history tv." tulsa is located to the northeast of the state capital oklahoma city. with help from our cable partner, we'll take a look at the history of oklahoma second-largest city. capital of the world for most of the 20th century. >> tulsa unlike many oil towns is

in april of 1865, confederate general robert e lee met union village ulysses s. grant and surrendered his army of northern virginia, effectively ending the civil war. we will be live from the national historical park in virginia on both april 9 and 12 as historians reflect on the last battles and explore the aftermath and legacy of appomattox. we will also bring you reenactments of some of the key moments from 150 years ago and open our phone lines to take your calls for the authors. the surrender appomattox, live april 9 and 12 here on american history tv on cspan3. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring tulsa oklahoma. referred to as black wall street i booker t. washington, the greenwood district in tulsa was the center of black commerce in the early 1900s. together with our cox cable partners, the c-span staff recently visited many sites exploring tulsa's rich history. learn more about tulsa all weekend here on american history tv. woody guthrie: i got started in oklahoma. that is where i was born. the population is one third indian, one third negro

in april 1865, confederate general robert ely met union general ulysses s grant in the village of appomattox courthouse and surrendered his army of northern virginia, effectively ending the civil war -- confederate general robert e lee . we'll be live on april 9 and april 12 as historians including the university of richmond's errors reflect on the last battles and explore the aftermath and legacy. we will also bring you reenactments and open our phone lines to take your calls. the surrender at appomattox -- live april 9 and 12 here on american history tv on c-span3. >> the most memorable moment of this week for me was on hearing senator gardner at our lunch yesterday say, "you need to be firm in your principles but flexible in the details," because i think it really reflect the solution like the harsh polarization we see in our country and the methodology that if all the senators, all the congressmen and women and all the state legislatures can adopt , we can really come together and solve many of our pertinent issues. >> my favorite quote came from the secretary of the senate. she said "re

like this note to union general ulysses grant. >> he sends in memo. aware that telegrams can be intercepted by the enemy. i just read your stats at 1:00 p.m. yesterday. i begin to see it. you will succeed. god bless you all. >> that thing that grant would succeed at was winning the american civil war. when lincoln wrote the telegram, hundreds of thousands of soldiers had died. the nation was coming apart at the seams. lincoln was not. >> was he a man of the people or a blue blood? >> definitely a man of the people. but upwardly mobile, and always self improving. he's intent essentially quintessentially american that way. >> he wrote with the conviction to end slavery. >> slavery, he made many comments going all the way back to the 1830s and '40s about how wrong slavery was. let me take you to one of the most interesting documents in the exhibition. >> the document discussing the slave dealer the death penalty. >> this man was executeed in 1862. he is the first slave trader to be executed making lincoln the only american president to execute a slave tr

on april 9, 18 65, confederate general robert e lee met union general ulysses s grant in the village of appomattox courthouse and surrendered his army of northern virginia while confederate armies were still active in the field, the surrender of the south's most put remaining fighting force effectively ended the civil war. next, we tour the national historical park to learn more about the events surrounding that day. >> this is the oldest building in the village. it was called clover hill before it became appomattox courthouse. this was one of the later counties formed. they took price of the four surrounding counties and formed appomattox county in 1845. this county had 18,000 people in it. more than half were slaves working on the tobacco farms. as of 1860, 120 people lived here in appomattox courthouse. folks would stay at the clover hill tavern as they traveled. the courthouse building was built in 1846, may be in 1847. the jail burned and a new one was built across the road. when people come to appomattox court house, they learned the surrender took place at appomattox courthous

if the site where 150 years ago, confederate general robert e lee surrendered his army to union general ulysses s. grant effectively ending the civil war. we will be live from the park for the next three hours as the commemoration continues with reenactments of the gun stacking that took place on this day in 1860 five when more than 22,000 of general lee's infantry troops turned over their weapons and battle flags. we will bring you the sights and sounds of the ceremony throughout the coverage and later in the program, you will hear remarks from historian david blight who will talk about the legacy of appomattox. we will also give you a chance to call in and talk with him and elizabeth varon from the university of virginia. we are joined by two men who played a starring role in the surrender ceremony you just saw. ulysses s. grant and robert e lee. general grant is portrayed by kurt field and general lee by thomas jesse. you want to invite you to be part of the conversation. here's how to do that -- call us at the numbers on your screen. send us a tweet at c-span history and you can also join u

on april 9 1865, confederate general robert e lee met union general ulysses s. grant in the village of appomattox courthouse and surrendered his army of northern virginia. while confederate armies were still active in the field, the surrender of the south's most potent remaining fighting force effectively ended the civil war. we tour appomattox court house national historical park to learn more about the events surrounding that day. patrick: welcome to appomattox courthouse national historical park. we are standing in front of the clover hill tavern. this was built in 1819. the area was called clover hill before he became appomattox courthouse. this county was one of the later counties. they took parts of the four surrounding counties and formed appomattox county in 1845. this county had about 9000 people and it. more than half of them were enslaved working on the tobacco farms. about 120 people lived here in 1860 in appomattox. folks would stay at the clover hill tavern as they traveled along the richman-lynchburg stage road. the courthouse building was built i

lee surrendering to union general ulysses s. grant at appomattox courthouse in virginia. a reenactment of that will take place there today. >>> still ahead, a trail blazer on the gridiron. who is the first female official in the nfl? we introduce you to her. >> we look forward to that. >>> the air scare. severe weather damage to a nose in flight. we're hearing from the passengers on board. >>> plus, new this morning, the dog's delicate rescue after it fell hundreds of feet off a hiking trail. ♪ babies aren't fully developed until at least 39 weeks. a healthy baby is worth the wait. >>> well, preorders begin tomorrow for the apple watch. some reviewers already got their hands or gotten their wrists on this thing. now the consensus here that it is good. it's better than other smartwatches but some complaints. it's not for everyone. among the concerns are that you need a fairly recent iphone to make it work. everyone expects the apple watch to sell pretty well. deliveries start in two weeks. >>> well, those funny directv commercials with rob lowe are being pulled off the air

the site where confederate general robert e lee surrendered to union general ulysses s grant , effectively ending the civil war. next, the commemorative ceremony marking the time, 150 years ago that grant and lee met to discuss terms of surrender. ed aires hosts. also part of the program reenactments of grant's arrival and lee's departure. this is about one hour and 45 minutes. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> my name is robin snyder and it is my honor to welcome each and every one of you on this historic day in our nation's history. this courthouse village stands as not just a symbol of war's end, but a place of departure for a transformed nation. the significance of what took place here settled the issue of who would be the victors of the american civil war, but many questions remained unanswered. soldiers echoed their thoughts in letters and diary entries. letters of union soldiers reflected jubilation, but also concerned. in

lee met union general ulysses s.mattox courthouse and surrendered his army of northern virginia effectively ending the civil war. this sunday historians reflect on the last battles and explore the aftermath and legacy of appomattox. we'll also open our phone lines to take your calls for authors david blight and elizabeth barren, sunday on "american history tv" on c-span3. >>> this sunday on q&a senator editor for the weekly standard andrew ferguson on his writing career, the gop presidential candidates for 2016. >> he looks like he's stood up for them. i'm amazed now, the degree to which my which primary voters on both sides are motivated by resentment. the sense of being put upon. and, you know, those people really don't understand us. and here's a guy who does understand us, and he's going to stick it to them. that happens on both sides. hillary clinton will give her own version of that kind of thing. and i don't think that that was actually true 30 years ago. i mean, resentment has always been a part of politics,

eventually the union general, ulysses s. grant, cud -- cut off lee's supplies and that was that.but to surrender, saying i would rather die a thousand deaths. then they met and grant allowed the starving troops to go back home. today in virginia re-enactors of the conflict. the war was over, 150 years ago today. >> when news breaks out we'll break in, breaking news changes everything on fox news channel. "your world" coming up. right now. >> the state department could pull cuba off its terror list any day now. just as we cut a deal with iran, which is still very much on that list. whatever happened to trust but verify? >> welcome everyone, i'm stuart varney in for neil cavuto. the president might with cuba and iran but do they want to deal with us? iran's president now thenning to scrap any nuke deal unless all sanctions are lifted day one. to former u.s. spokesman of the united nations rick cornell who does not like where this is going. the president said, if iran cheats the world w

lee met union general ulysses s.ge of appomattox courthouse and surrendered his army of northern virginia effectively ending the civil war. this sunday historians reflect on the last battles and explore the aftermath and legacy of appomattox. we'll also open our phone lines to take your calls for authors david blight and elizabeth barren, sunday on "american history tv" on c-span3. >>> this sunday on q&a senator editor for the weekly standard andrew ferguson on his writing career, the gop presidential candidates for 2016. >> he looks like he's stood up for them. i'm amazed now, the degree to which my which primary voters on both sides are motivated by resentment. the sense of being put upon. and, you know, those people really don't understand us. and here's a guy who does understand us, and he's going to stick it to them. that happens on both sides. hillary clinton will give her own version of that kind of thing. and i don't think that that was actually true 30 years ago. i mean, resentment has always been a part of

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like this note to union general ulysses grant. >> he sends this encouraging memo.re that telegrams can be intercepted by the enemy so it's brief succinct and forceful. have just read your dispatch of 1:00 p.m. yesterday. i begin to see it. you will succeed. got bless you all. >> reporter: that thing grant would succeed at was winning the american civil war. when lincoln wrote the telegram, hundreds of thousands of soldiers union, con fed confederate american had died. the nation was coming apart at the seams. lincoln was not. was he a man of the people or a blue blood? >> definitely a man of the people. but upwardly mobile. and always self improving. he is american in that way. >> reporter: jim says lincoln's writings show he was unwavering in his conviction to end slavery. >> slavery is everywhere and always wrong and he made many, many comments alternating back to the 1830s and '40s, about how wrong slavery was. dale, let me take you to one of the most surprising documents in this exhibition. >> reporter: the document deals with a slave trader facing the death pe

in april 1865, confederate general robert e lee met union general ulysses s grant in the village of appomattoxourthouse and surrendered his army of northern virginia, effectively ending the civil war. we will be live from appomattox national historic courthouse as historians reflect on the last battles and explore the aftermath and legacy of appomattox. we will bring you reenactments of some of the key moments from 150 years ago and open our phone line

lee surrender his army to union general ulysses s grant, effectively ending the civil war.next, the commemorative ceremony marking the exact time t

lee surrender his army to union general ulysses s grant, effectively ending the civil war. next, the commemorative ceremony marking the exact time that grant and lee met at the mcclaine house to discuss terms of surrender. university of richmond president ed airs provides the key note address and other speakers include decedents of key grant and lee aides who took part in that historic meeting. also part of the program reenactments of grant's arrival at the mcclaine house as well as lee's departure following the surrender. this is about an hour and 45 minutes. >> my name is robin snyder and i am currently the acting superintendent at appomattox courthouse national historical park. it is my distinct hopper on behalf of the national parks service and the united states postal service to welcome each of you here today on this 's hef historic day intr our nation's history. this courthouse village stands not just as a symbol of war's end, but as a point of departurepart for aur transformed nation. the significance of what took place in mr. mcclaine's parlor settled the issue of w

lee met union general ulysses s. grant and surrendered his army of northern virginia effectively ending the civil war. we'll be live at appomattox courthouse national historical park in virginia this sunday as historians reflect on the last battles and explore the aftermath and legacy of appomattox. we'll also open our phone lines to take your calls for authors david blight and elizabeth varen. >>> were you a fan of c-span's first lady series? "first ladies" is now a book. looking inside the personal life of every first lady in american history. based on original interviews with more than 50 preeminent historians and biographers. learn details of all 45 first ladies that made these women who they were. their lives ambitions and unique partnerships with their presidential spouses. the book "first ladies," presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women provides lively stories of these fascinateing women who survived the scrutiny of the white house sometimes at great personal cost while supporting thei

general ulysses s. grant and 65,000 union troops cornered general robert e.rce of 30,000 starving confederate soldiers. the gray fox says ranger patrick schroeder, had finally been run to ground. >> he said he would rather die a thousand deaths than have to go meet with general grant. >> reporter: what did he think would happen to him? >> he expected to be general grant's prisoner. >> reporter: at 1:30 in the afternoon, lee and grant met. what's at stake when these two men sit down here? >> what's at stake is the future of this country. will we be one country again? >> reporter: after four years of war and 700,000 dead, the man known as unconditional surrender grant wrote out the terms he thought president lincoln with his promise of malice toward none and charity toward all would want. >> grant offers very generous terms. he's not going to punish the south. he's going to parole these soldiers and allow them to go home. >> reporter: it was over in 90 minutes. lee called for his horse. >> general grant takes off his hat to general lee as he riding by, and the

the confederate general conceded his defeat to union lieutenant ulysses s. grant in virginia. bells were ringing today at the courthouse as re-enactors were there to mark this big event. the national parks service provided us this video. bells also rang in cities all along the east coast marking this occasion. and a former maryland police sergeant is accused of stealing civil war documents from a family member. police say richard malcolm stole $500,000 worth of documents from his father-in-law. a descendent of a staff aid to ulysses s. grant. he tried to sell to a collector that became suspicious and alerted authorities. a 20 year veteran of the howard county police department resigned on tuesday. leon? leon: ok. one of those stories that makes you wonder if you have the right job. people who eat grilled cheese sandwiches tend to have more sex. that's right. and someone was actually paid to study that. the social networking site scout asked 4600 people all kinds of questions to find out if their love of grilled cheese translated to anything else about them and as it turned out

general robert e. lee surrendered to union commander ulysses s. grant. it took place at appomattox, virginia, where civil war re- enactors staged mock battles today. the area is now part of a national historical park. still to come on the newshour: iran demands a final nuclear deal must include the immediate end of sanctions. the head of the international monetary fund on the state of the global economy. companies compete for consumers who demand same day delivery. a look ahead at president obama's meeting with leaders of latin america. architects build schools designed to keep students safe in a crisis. and what it means to be the first in a family to get an elite education. >> woodruff: iran's supreme leader aytalloah khamenei today broke his silence today on last week's nuclear framework agreement, revealing more splits in how washington and tehran are publicly describing the deal. all this comes as tensions over yemen are escalating. the supreme leader finally weighed in on the nuclear deal one week after it was announced. >> ( translated ): if you a

general ulysses s. grant in appomattox, virginia. more than 600,000 soldiers were killed in the war to preserve the union.in the answer for 3:15 eastern time when the bells ring for four minutes, one minute for each year of the war. ♪ ♪ martha: so a proxy war is now underway in yemen setting off concerns for far-reaching regional war. saudi arabia's air campaign against iranian-backed rebels in yemen is being condemned by today on ran -- tehran, and iran positionings warships -- positioning warships. now the countries are lobbying pakistan to join in as well so to sort this out for us, gillian turner, staffer under both president bush and president obama and a fox news contributor. gillian, welcome. good to have you back today. >> thanks. martha: you've got a proxy war because the houthis are backed by iran, and saudi arabia does not want iran to have a far-reaching influence over the country of yemen which is all across their southern border there. so is this, you know, a larger proxy war that could draw us in as well? >> it's absolutely poised to become a spectacular proxy war between iran's shia and sa

union generals and their armies. his mind put for that crazy initiative and he was most effective when he was --. and that he largely did intimate 1864 when ulysses s. grant arrived in virginia. >> unlikely, there would be few descriptions of ulysses s. grant , commander of all union armies. one veteran officer described him as an military slouchy western looking. very ordinary, in fact. a private soldier who saw him said he rode his horse like a bag of meal. another noted, and walking, he leaned forward and toddled. it could not have been more different than robert e lee. at the time the armies arrived at appomattox, he might have been only slightly less famous than his opponent. certainly he had become a central figure to his nation's aspirations, as only was to the confederacy. -- adams junior, a grandson of the president, talked about grant's awkward ways, but saw the man within. " he is a remarkable man. he handles those around him quietly and well. he has a faculty president lincoln recognized his skill, but especially admired his persistent purpose. he had the great of a bulldog. another officer put it in more colorful terms. he wears an e

union generals and their armies. his was a mind that craved the initiative. and he was most effective when he possessed it. and that he largely did until may 1864 when ulyssesrant arrived in virginia. >> unlike lee, there would be few profuse descriptions of ulysses s. grant, commander of all union armies. one veteran officer described him as stumpy, unmilitary, slouchy, and western looking. very ordinary, in fact. a private soldier who saw him in a review said he rode his horse like a bag of meal. another noted in walking he leans forward and toddles. though the bearing he could not have been more different than robert e. lee. by the time the armies arrived at appomattox, he might have been only slightly less famous than his opponent. certainly, he had become a central to his nation's aspirations as lee was to the confederacy. charles francis adams jr., a grandson of presidents conceded grant's awkward ways but saw the man within. he's a remarkable man. he handles those around him so quietly and well. he has a faculty of disposing of work. and managing men. president lincoln recognized grant's skills, but especially admired his persistentsy sissistencey of

union generals and their armies. his was a mind that craved the initiative. and he was most effective when he possessed it. and that he largely did until may 1864 when ulyssesd in virginia. >> unlike lee, there would be few profuse descriptions of ulysses s. grant, commander of all union armies. one veteran officer described him as stumpy, unmilitary, slouchy, and western looking. very ordinary, in fact. a private soldier who saw him in a review said he rode his horse like a bag of meal. another noted in walking he leans forward and toddles. though the bearing he could not have been more different than robert e. lee. by the time the armies arrived at appomattox, he might have been only slightly less famous than his opponent. certainly, he had become a central to his nation's aspirations as lee was to the confederacy. charles francis adams jr., a grandson of presidents conceded grant's awkward ways but saw the man within. he's a remarkable man. he handles those around him so quietly and well. he has a faculty of disposing of work. and managing men. president lincoln recognized grant's skills, but especially admired his persistentsy sissistencey of purpose. h

if the site where 150 years ago, confederate general robert e lee surrendered his army to union general ulysses s. grant, effectively ending the civil war. we will be live from the park for the next three hours as the commemoration continues with reenactments of the gun stacking that took place on this day in 1860 five when more than 22,000 of general lee's infantry troops turned over their weapons and battle flags. we will bring you the sights and sounds of the ceremony throughout the coverage and later in the program, you will hear remarks from historian david blight who will talk about the legacy of appomattox.