the union navy at the beginning of the war was, i don't know 40, 50 vessels at most in active service. it was very small, and it had to expand tremendously. and so for the first few i months through the middle of 1861 through early 1862 the federal navy the union navy was buying up every ship it could find not just building lots of new warships, but purchasing every civilian ship they could put a gun on and using it on the blockade. and the thinking was well, we don't need to blockade the coast, we just need lots of ships. we don't need lots of warships because they're not going to be going into combat a lot. and that's probably right. so the union navy expanded during the course of the war from maybe 40 or 50 ships on active service to, i think, over 600. and the vast majority of those were on the blockade around southern ports. the blockade became much more effective as the war went on because, simply because the navy, the union navy expanded so much at the very beginning of the war. the first ship appeared on the blockade off of galveston was the uss south carolina appeared off gal

the union navy at the beginning of the war was i don't know 40 or 50 vessels at most. it was very small. it had to expand tremendously. so through the middle of 1861 through early 1861 the federal navy was buying up every ship it could find. not just building lots of new war ships but purchasing every civilian ship they could put a gun on and using it on the block. and the thinking was we don't need to block the coast. we just need lots of ships. not lots of war ships because they are not going to go into combat a lot and that is probably right. so the union navy expanded during the course of the war from maybe 40 or 50 ships on active service to i think, over 600. and the vast majority were on the block aid around southern ports. the block aid became much more effective as the war went on because the union navy expanded so much at the very beginning of the war. the first ship appeared was a uss south korea -- south carolina -- and it was just one ship. it blocked galveston and the entire coast. more came after that and it expanded. by 1864 there were a dozen union war

for the first few months the union navy would buy a pair of reship it could find not just building new warships but purchasing every civilian ship to use it on of blockade. not just for the coast to not go into combat a lot. that is probably right so the union navy expanded the very first for with active service to over 600. and did became much more effective simply because then they be expanded so much from uss south carolina and appearing in july 1861. and more cave after that. 8064 there're typically one does in union warships so vague to give very seriously devoting resources to blockade but the odds were still in their favor by the end of the war buddies -- but the odds got lugar as the war went on. blockade runners were private with few exceptions is late in the war for the ships but most were privately owned, the civilian ships that were under arms in general the would not put epiphyte. they would run like crazy. in to put everything to burn in the furnace to keep going to go run the blockade vessel that was after them. stick so it was not physically dangerous in the same way of

there was a continual union federal navy presence offshore. there were regular bombardments.tement when the blockade runner would arrive, and, but there was lots of hardship. they did without a lot of great deal and it is something that can people did know but there is another aspect of what that is maybe not as heroic, not as dramatic. it's part of the will that is very hard to glorify but it's an important part of the war because it represents life as lived by a lot of people 150 years ago. >> while in galveston we also talk with stephen curley author of "celluloid wars." the book exams the portrayal of war in american movies. >> america's and has had a profound affect on the way that people see war. even from the beginning we understand the vision of war for most of us is not having been to war but having heard about war having seen of the war having read about worker crippling images of war. i think sometimes of the myth with issue. percy is needed to defeat gore can pretty looked directly at gore can would turn to stone. he was able to look in the shield and see the refl

there was always the fear that the union navy would mount an attack up the chattahoochee river to take this city. the reason the columbus is such an important target is because of the industrial capacity here. in they are producing uniforms boots, munitions here. this is where the columbus depot was. the uniforms produced here went largely to the western army. this is an internal way for the confederate to produce their own material rather than having to import so much from outside. construction on the jackson began in august 1862. she was launched into the river in december of 1864, when wilson's raid came through alabama and had columbus. the bottle -- battle of columbus took place. 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 especial

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there was always the fear that the union navy would mount an attack up the chattahoochee river to take this city. the reason the columbus is such an important target is because of the industrial capacity here. they are producing uniforms, boots, munitions here. this is where the columbus depot was. the uniforms produced here went largely to the western army. this is an internal way for the confederate to produce their own material rather than having to import so much from outside. construction on the jackson began in august 1862. she was launched into the river in december of 1864, when wilson's raid came through alabama and had columbus. the bottle -- battle of columbus took place. 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

from 1862, the union navy was buying up every ship it could find not just building lots of new work ships but purchasing every civilian ship they could put a gun on and using it on the blockade. the thinking was we don't need to blockade the coast. we need lots of ships. we need lots of war ships because they are not going to be going into combat a lot. that is probably right. the e in in navy expanded during the course of the war from 40 to 56 on active service to 600. the vast majority of those were on the blockade around southernport. the blockade became much more effective as the war went on because simply because the yen in navy expanded so much at the very beginning of the war. the first ship appeared on the blockade of of galveston, the uss south carolina appeared off galveston in july of 1861 and was only one ship. not just galveston but the entire texas coast but war came after that and expand by 1864 there were typically a dozen union warships just off galveston. they took it seriously and devoted a tremendous amount of resources into enforcing the blockade. for the fast blockad

there was always the fear that the union navy would launch an attack on the chattahoochee river in order this city. the reason the columbus is such an important target is because of the industrial capacity here. they are producing uniforms, boots, munitions here, and this is where the columbus depot was. the uniform -- uniforms produced here went largely to the western army. this is an internal way for the confederates to produce their own material rather than having to import so much from outside. our construction on the jackson began in august of 1862. she was launched into the river of december of 1864, when wilson's raid came through alabama and hit columbus. the battle of columbus took place on april the 16th, 1865. general james wilson is a union cavalry officer who commanded some 10,000 cavalry troops and their job was to attack through the states of alabama and georgia. their goal is to destroy important targets like columbus because of industrial out put. to disrupt supply lines. to disrupt communications. anything that they can do to further along the collapse of the confederac

there was the fear that the union navy would mount an attack up the chattahoochee river in order to take the city. the reason that columbus is important is because of the industrial capacity. they are producing a, uniforms munitions. this is where the columbus depot was. the uniforms produced here went largely to the western army. this is an internal way for the confederates to produce their own material rather than having to import so much from outside. construction began in 1862 and she was launched into the river in 1864. wilson's raid came through. the battle of columbus took place in 1865. james wilson is a union cavalry officer. their job was to attack the states of alabama and georgia. their goal was to destroy important targets like columbus because of industrial output. they wanted to disrupt supply lines and communications, anything to further along the collapse of the confederacy. an ironclad like the jackson would be used at a port city. if there was an approaching army, the vessel can move up and down the waterway and fire its big guns at the opposing forces. this is what co

saturday service will be added on the union station navy yard metro. it also adds sunday service on game nights for the nationals. to wish and is going up at the university of virginia. -- tuition is going up at the university of virginia including an increase of 3.6% for current in-state students, 3.7% for out-of-state students and 2.6% for graduate students. the board also approved an 11% hike for incoming students. d.c. residents may exhaust the 202 area code by the beginning of 2019. it is according to the company that oversees the phone number system for the country. last year, phone carrier said they had assigned 62% of the 202 numbers assigned to them, which means a new area code could be coming to the district in five years. that for passengers want to know what to do on the train in the event of an emergency. -- metro passengers want to know. brianne carter reports. >> i take it about four times per day. brianne: he says he has concerns about his safety on the train. >> i'm always worried. brianne: to increase safety, metro released a set of v

navy federal credit union.so she's a princess. you got a problem with that? oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 80 years. navy federal credit union. vago:: nato cducted 175 exerciseses last year. 74 to reassure member nations. this year, 258 exercises are planned, 152 of them to reassure allies. colonel darren denny plans those activities. we met with him in norfolk virginia. i asd him how the small exercises connect to midsize once and common eight in the tried and juncture 15 involving more than -- trident juncture 15, involving more than 30,000 forces. colonel denny: we are not fully out of afghanistan. there are still people doing their mission. one ofof the key drivers of what we wanted to get to was the idea of interoperability. this was a thing that was developed through, literally a decade of combat operations, to build something like that and not maintatain a coming out of afghanistan would be a real tragedy for the alliance. not only for the alliance, but for the partners

home of the naval museum featuring warships, a equipment, and weapons used by the confederate and union navies. cities tour staff recently visited many sites exploring columbus's rich history. learn more about columbus all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are at the columbus museum in columbus, georgia. this is the troublemakers and trail baker's -- trail makers exhibit. we may see them in a different light. they may be controversial. there are often two sides to the stories. we are looking at artifacts related to the life of carson mccullers columbus's most famous author. she was born here in 1917 and spent all of her early life here. she really spent her childhood exploring the city of columbus. everything from the riverfront and the businesses on broadway to the fancier homes and some of these suburbs to the housing of white male workers and african-american neighborhoods including some of the domestic workers she knew. she had a wonderful eye for stories and the feeling for people who were outsiders and outcasts. throughout her life she felt alienation or loneliness in many ways,

the union navy, having blockaded every other major seaport, has not been successful in taking wilmington. with that, wilmington is now the window to the world for the confederate government. and all manner of goods and materials brought from around the world can be brought into wilmington, place on a rail car, and then taken up to petersburg. union army, of course hampered fat someone in the summer of 1864 when they cut the weldon railroad in the two battles that take place there, the assault on the weldon railroad on august 18 and a further cut the broker with the batter of rain station -- the confederates still maintain the railroad in virginia, where they would then transfer those goods off of the railcars onto wagons. and, using that system of plank roads, take those goods and materials into petersburg. those two railroads are still the most viable way of supplying the confederate army in petersburg. but with the union attack on wilmington on december 1864, it starts to spell doom. it will not be until the 15th of january that wellington and fort fisher will actually fall, when the d

there was the fear that the union navy would mount an attack up the chattahoochee river in order to take the city. the reason that columbus is important is because of the industrial capacity. they are producing a, uniforms munitions. this is where the columbus depot was. the uniforms produced here went largely to the western army. this is an internal way for the confederates to produce their own material rather than having to import so much from outside. construction began in 1862 and she was launched into the river in 1864.

saturday's service will be added on the union station navy yard metro and potomac avenue metro skyland via barracks route. it adds sunday service on game nights for the nationals. and cuts two stops from the union station navy yard route. alison: let's get a check on the traffic situation. jamie sullivan is here. jamie: metro, we don't have any problems for you if you're traveling on the buses or trains. i want to move and give you an idea, overview of the beltway. we're seeing a lot of red and yellow up mainly in this corner on the northwest side. let's talk about, though what we've got in maryland to start. baltimore-washington parkway both directions averaging about 26 miles per hour. as we work a little bit closer i want to focus this area that i was just saying. 13 miles per hour is your average. once you are right near the american legion bridge. let's take a look outside and show you what we do have. this will be near seven lots both directions that we are seeing this volume. and as we take a look at 66 near cedar lane this gives you a good idea. this is our outbound traffic and

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navy federal credit union.ink so she's a princess. you got a problem with that? oorah oorah open to the armed forces and their families for over 80 years. navy federal credit union. vago: over the past several years, russia has increasingly threaten neighbors with nuclear weons. russia said it would target denmark if copenhagen joined nato's missile defense program. i asked exander verershbowow denmark should respond to rising nuclear rhetoric. ambassador vershbow: it is clelear the russians are flnting their nuclear capability, holding nuclear exercises and talking about their nuclear capabilities as part of their messaging. and maybe this is just rhetoric, but it is very irresponsible nonetheless. the threats against the danes which is the latest example of this -- this is not new. they me similar threats against romania and poland, which wille hosting missile-defense facilities as well. we are simply not going to be swayed in any way by t this. first of all, missile-defense is defensive. it does not threaten

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. >>> navy federal credit union plans to bring six hub new jobs to fairfax, virginia. >> the navy federal credit union announces the expansion yesterday. >> maryland is back in the big dance for the first time in five years and their fans have shown up in columbus, ohio. where the fourth seeded terps show up. >> they play champs. valparaiso, and a team historically for pulling upsets. >> howard. >> got a report out of dam miss cuss, maryland maryland -- damascus, maryland and the main roads are fine. >> three and six and we won't see much here in d.c. and that that transition zone. we have the storm tapering off. and much nicer tomorrow. chance of a shower later monday. larksry. >> we have a crash on dc 295. this is east capital street. and remember, we have the closure on the bw parkway between maryland 202 and route 50. take 50 west bounds in order to get passed the mess. >> this is ahead. talk about the weaknesses in a case. >>> we have a sleep specialist to tell you what it does for your pension actuality. >> we will have problems with that. >> larry and i will be back in 25 minutes w

for every nats game the union station, navy yard route will run u midnight. the extended hours will run until october 3. >>> this morning metro's reassuring you that you are safe inside its stations. we broke the news last week that new lighted handrails along the silver line were overheating and catching fire. metro says those lights have now been turned off. while metro runs the silver line, again those lights have been turned off. the metropolitan washington airport authorizes built the line and they are responsible for those fixes. >>> controversial plan to hike property taxes is moving ahead. the steps being taken by prince george's county executive baker that could push the hike through without your vote. >>> and new developments in to the racist video involving a fraternity at the university of oklahoma. the actions being taken by the school in the hours ahead. >>> we're watching a line of rain and the impact it's having on the morning commute. when you'll see come to apn end in your community. (brad) my friends, i give you... ...the apartminternet. th

there was a continual, there was a continual union federal navy presence offshore, there were regular bombardments of the town. there was, you know excitement when a blockade runner would arrive. but it's and there was lots of hardship. lots of -- they did without a great deal. but it is, it's something that people need to know about. it's another aspect of the war that's maybe not as heroic not as dramatic. it's part of the war that's very hard to glorify but it's an important part of the war because it represents, it represents life as lived by a lot of people 150 years ago. >> for more information on booktv's recent visit to galveston, texas, and the many other cities visited by our local content vehicles, go to c-span.org/localcontent. >> author van hipp talks about his views on how to effectively deal with terrorism today next on booktv, it's for serious readers -- television for serious readers. [applause] >> a little bit higher, if that's all right. smiling faces, we love to see you here. the east room is duplicative, you know a replica of the east room of the white house. only

abraham lincoln's usually on a knowledge legacy of the men white and black, in the armies and navies of the union. look at how they honored lincoln. they behaves as the fine soldiers they had become. i think lincoln would have been proud to know that. the next month following lincoln's assassination, and event took place over three days right here in d.c. the grand review of the armies of the east and west. there was a touch of melancholy. captured so beautifully i chamberlin. here was the president, his cabinet, ambassadors, judges, offices of the nation and states, but we missed the deep sad eyes of lincoln coming to u.s.. something is lacking to our hearts now at the supreme hour. they were coming home. 600,000 plus northern and southern soldiers would not come home. abraham lincoln would come home to springfield, illinois, but in a casket. soldiers had come back home before -- all of the american wars up until the time, never so many had debilitating injuries. there's also something else. these men have a donnelly left their homes green. they wanted to see the elephant. they saw the elephant.

virginia governor terry mcclafe said navy federal credit union will invest $115 million to expand its headquarters in vienna. this project will include a new $233,000 square foot office building. governor mccauliffe approved a grant from the state's opportunity fund as an incentive for the expansion. amazon prime has expanded its one-hour delivery service. prime now is available in parts of baltimore and miami. and until now, the service had only been available in new york. the one-hour service can be used by amazon prime subscribers through a mobile app for just $7.99. two-hour delivery is still free. prince george's county planning board is considering a proposed wal-mart supercenter in bowie. the county council sent the issue back to the planning board after neighbors appealed. caroline tucker breaks down this debate. >> issues with storm water management so all this soil, all this comes down. and this is the hill on the back of the property here. reporter: jennifer dwyer is worried plans for a new super wal-mart store will further erode her bowie property. a couple hundred feet fr

navy federal credit union is expanding its headquarters and adding 600 new employees. the world's largest credit union is investing $114 million in this the expansion. the state is providing a million dollar grant for fairfax county to help with the project. >>> you'll want to hear this. for years a local woman has been anxiously a waiting for the emotional moment of meeting her brother for the first time. >> she learned she had a secret brother, but was never able to meet him will until thousand. 20 years ago, stacey bertotti's other told her she had a brother and he was put up for adoption. with very little information to go organization she started her search. every search came up empty that was until a friend found him in atlanta. >> i always felt like i had a brother, but i never knew. >> there you see the meeting right there. they're at reagan national airport. big hugs tears, too. and they have a lot of years to catch up on. >> and the fact that they found each other. it's amazing with the internet searching, social media. just connecting people. >> and you saw

. >>> and a big economics development project saying an expansion to navy federal credit union at the vienna campus paid for by $114 million grant. the governor says it will bring 600 new jobs to the area. barbara? >>> been a lot of talk about the secret service lately. the discussion turns to money today on capitol hill. director joseph clancy will testify before senate lawmakers about the need for more money to turn the agency around. lawmakers grilled clancy over several recent scandals in the secret service. the most recent one earlier this month when two agents crashed into a barricade outside the white house. during a hearing yesterday, a congressman asked for more surveillance footage from that night of the crash. clancy said it could be gone because the tapes are erased every 72 hours. >>> recall information about honda coming up after the break. >>> good morning. tracking a chance for wintry weather coming our way tomorrow. nothing going on on storm team 4 radar now. shaded counties have a winter weather advisory going into effect 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. currently, going

navy federal credit union is expanding its hours adding 600 new employees. they're investing $114 million in its expansion that will include a new four-story office tower and a parking deck. the state is providing a million-dollar grant to fairfax county to help with the project. >>> growing disparities among income and housing. those are some of the findings of the national urban league's 39th annual report on the state of black america. it's calling for more job training. as news4's tom sherwood reports, d.c. mayor muriel bowser says cities can help lead that reform. >> reporter: despite deep concerns about police and minority relations in ferguson missouri and many other locations, the urban league report on black america was optimistic over race and economic changes over the past 50 years. however, urban league president marc morial cautioned the country. >> but there's another story. there is the rest of the story. >> reporter: morial called on congress to create a national summer jobs program to quickly put people to work among other measures because t

the virginia governor terry mcauliffe announced today that the navy federal credit union will invest nearly $115 million to expand its headquarters operation in vienna. that includes constructing a 233,000 square foot office building as well. governor mcauliffe approved a million dollar grant to help with that project. alison: b.w.i. airport is undergoing a $105 million expansion. maryland and airport officials say the investment will support the airport's growing international traffic and provide additional amenities for passengers. that includes a new security checkpoint, a connector between concourses b and e and two new gates for international carriers. the multiphase project is set to be completed in 2017. leon: amazon prime expanding its one hour delivery service. prime now is now available in parts of baltimore and miami. new york city is the only other city where it's been offered. this one hour service can be used by amazon prime subscribers through a mobile app for $7.99. two hour delivery is free. right now, it's only available in certain zip codes. amazon says it hopes to

lockheed martin, at&t, verizon, navy federal credit union. i've gone after jobs in every state. my biggest competitor has been rick perry. when i won my election in 2010, i met rick perry but didn't really know him. we met at, i think, an rga event. and i said governor i'm going to tell everybody, i'll going to kick your rear because you've been the gold standard for jobs. and so i've gone after jobs. we went on national television and joked about who was the best state. i joke with him now that he's given up. might be running for something else. but i've tried to recruit companies from all over the united states and all over the world. i want florida to be the place where, if you grew up in florida, you want to live in florida, you know you can get a job and your kids could get a great education. >> how helpful was that playful connotation with perry? >> it was good. when i got started doing this texas was the gold standard for job creation. they didn't lose jobs in the recession. and florida had lost all those jobs. so if i could be perceived to be competitive with texas, it w

navy. and that we built on this basic infrastructure with the intend to provide a real variety of both building types and union types. and you can see in this slide and hopefully better in the hard copies in your packet that the variety of building types planned for hillside encompasses both slates which are the darker pink building town homes over parking which are the orange buildings and town homes at grade which are the yellow building. there is over 7 acres of open space and hillside and the open space in the form of both the pocket parks which we've there -- their way throughout neighborhood and the pedestrian path walk which gives everyone access to those terrific views to the south. the network of pocket parks is oriented with a series of singers that phase out. this illustration from the landscape master plan for the shipyard for the hillside neighborhood really helpsen encapsulate that great change from the top to the bottom of 175 and two streets of oakdale and navy of 40 feet and this idea of parks that cascade down the hill that open up to the wonderful view to the south. so that network of public

union. he had offered the command to leave. -- to lwweee. david farragut is the first admiral of the navy. you probably remember him more than anything else for the expression "dim the torpedoes, full bead ahead." -- "damn the torpedoes full speed ahead." that's not exactly what he said. but the shorter version is a little more catchy. winfield scott hancock is also a very important 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. phi

this is the supplies for the soviet union during world war ii and he was plaque. fred the sea with the soviet navy and was in a naval hospital for some period of time and was badly injured. he took a long time for him to recover and was never quite recovered. his perspective of world war ii is if it weren't for the soviet union leaving the nazis and dying, and 20 million people dying in the soviet union, in world war ii and staggering cost. the total devastation. we may had a very different outcome. everyone has their own -- and europe is a realization that the soviet knowledge is very much -- the people who share in that and in the united states, it's very different. i'm trivializing is but a the united states came in for different ropes came in after pearl harbor and the hawai'i yap -- hawaiian islands and especially -- [inaudible] -- quite aagree on the anniversary over world war to and his own history about the -- at one point -- invite putin to take part but did not go unnoticed. the analysis of world war ii is very important, and putin himself, his financially went to lenin grad, one of the

union speech talked. it was focused on military preparedness. he developed a new five-year plan for the navywhich was approved by the senate. in june 1916 after a great deal of debate in congress, a national defense act was approved, which increase the army to 223,000 people. this is a market increase. this was cast in terms of defense of the united states not of getting into war. you can see the similarities between the debate it took place in the united states before 1941 -- that took place in the united states before 1941. what you also got was an interesting debate in the united states about what the proper role for the united states should be in the world. it is a debate i think which has occurred throughout the history of united states. i think we see it again today, a debate about whether the united states should be internationalist, whether it should get involved in the world for any number of reasons. these debates go right back to the founding of the public and i think will continue. it is in this debate in the first world war that the word isolationist first enters the vocabulary.

1915, wilson and his state of the union speech talked very focused, it was focused on military preparedness. he developed and approved a new five-year plan for the navy, which was approved by the senate. in june 1916, after a great deal of debate in congress, a national defense act was approved, which increase the army to 223,000 people. it had been an army of less than 70,000 people. this was a very marked increase. this was cast in terms of defense of the united states not of getting into war. you can see the similaritiesthis was a very between the debate that took place in the united states before 1941. a similar debate that the u.s. does not want to choose sides but should look out for itself in a world that is becoming very difficult. what you also got was an interesting debate in the united states about what the proper role for the united states should be in the world. it is a debate i think which has reoccurred throughout the history of united states. i think we see it again today. a debate about whether the united states should be internationalist, whether it should get involved in the world for any number of reasons. whether to promote ameri

union card, two purple hearts, and three tattoos. >> that is jim webb on the trail this week, running a most unconventional run for president. he's an unconventional guy. vietnam war hero. reagan's navywriter of ten books and a film too. he left the senate after one term. >> your early support will be crucial, as i evaluate whether we might overcome what many commentators see as nearly impossible odds. >> that announcement took many by surprise. the question now is is he serious about challenging hillary? and will democrats respond to this call? >> will you have the courage to provide a voice in the corridors of power for those who otherwise will have no voice? >> and jim webb joins us now. welcome back, senator. >> good to see you. >> we saw the vid. your speech to the firefighters union. what are you up to, exactly? >> we're actually truly exploring whether it is possible to conduct a viable campaign in this present environment where money is flooding the political process. >> is it possible? >> i think it might be. we're listening. we've been around. we've got a lot of support. people coming across e-mails and internet. for me, we need to be focusing on theÑop dysfunction that's

navy and supply all those men. they are going to fight this war in both the south and the west. they are going to manage to keep the union this is no small feat. but they are going to do more than that. i love this image because the republicans very deliberately continued construction on the capital building during the war, even though they had no money, because they recognize that they were building a nation. and the construction of the capital goes on during the war. it never stops until by the time of the troop review in 1865, th e dome is almost done. in addition to fighting the war, again, no small feat, in addition to fighting the war the republicans during the civil war changed the american government. they do it in such a way that the government begins to try and encourage every man to be able to rise. in 1862, they passed the homestead act to put men onto farms with the idea that farming is the primary position in the economy, that if you can get people onto the ground and they can start producing crops, they are going to produce a surplus. that is going to enable them to accumulate capital, which the republican