the union realizes they have new orleans, but they got to capture vicksburg and fort hudson to really control the mississippi. weitzel's given command of the second brigade, first division occupying the far right of war hudson. after a 48-day siege and several battles where weitzel's men suffered many casualties vicksburg falls. when vicksburg falls, the commanding officer of the confederacy of fort hudson realizes grant is now free to send all his troops down to fort hudson, so the white flag is flown over fort hudson, and fort hudson surrenders. general nathaniel banks uses weitzel to accept surrender of fort hudson. he says weitzel has been more influential to the campaign than anyone else. weitzel humbly declines. the next day he is sent to flush out taylor, who had crept back into the region. he engages in a second battle there, this one not so good. general tom greenleaf them head on. weitzel's first defeat. his next battle again did not go well. it's the river that separates louisiana from texas. they tell weitzel to take a contingent of gunboats and transports to sabine and ca

other place, name in the civil war getty certainly as much as at least asurning p gettysberg or vicksburg or other major turning points in the war. this meant the beginning of one g new world anhad end of another. something was over. something new begun. now, on november 5th 2008, president obama elected election president, on the morning after that election, he wrote a columndr called unfinished business drawing lincoln from lincoln's address there, but the opening sentence of freedman's column of course, what they do they stay up all night to write a topic instance, and the rest takes care of itself, but the sentence was basically it said last night grant park, chicago illinois, united states of america, the american civil war ended. then he went on to use the fact sylvan thatia pennsylvania had been the state that had put lincoln over the top in the electoral that as college, and he misused all of that as he went on with the s friedm column, but what was he doing this? understandably, what was doing?was tr i think what he wasyi trying to represent was this urge that we l have in the co

ending in the spring of 1864, of the year of gettysburg, vicksburg and the overland campaign. forw i call forward cadet warren jackson of the virginia military mi institute who saw so many serve here, and alvin parker, the great-great grand nephew of lieutenant colonel eli sh. parker. [ bell ringing ] [ bell ringing ] [ bell ringing ] [ bell ringing ]the >> the fourth year of the war ending in the spring of 1865, of sherman's march, the toils of petersburg, richmond fallen, the war's end, relief, grief and rejoicing. i call forth sergeant clark b. hall, great-great grandson of charles h. hall of the 13th mississippi infantry. a u.s. marine corps veteran of sley, vietnam, and 1st lieutenant samuel mosley, a korean war veteran and winner of a silver star and a purple heart. [ bell ringing ] [ bell ringing ] [ bell ringing ] pr >> and now at precisely 3:15 on the afternoon of april 9, 2015, 5, bells will ring across america. [ applause ] >>> as the department of labor calls for new consumer protections for workers saving for their tournament, national economic council director wi

militias took up arms against lincoln vicksburg and gettysburg. they like national armies.ey understand it's not about the militia anymore. black people in their homes are entitled to have guns for self protection because they can't count on the cops to protect them. when guns are outlawed, the framers of the 14th amendment vision that national rifle association is founded after the civil war by a group of ex-union army officers. that is part of the story. the second amendment vision is still as important. it's more about the military and here's what it says. the military should look like us. they shouldn't be an alien occupying force. it shouldn't be a proto- military. they should do what we tell them to do. in order to do that has to be represented in the house of representatives has to be represented. the militia and the people are one and the same. the right of the people in the militia are one and the same. people who vote should bear arms in the military. today that's anachronistic. we are not switzerland. what are today's militia counterpart? at the local level polic

ringing ] >> the third year of the war ending in the spring of 1864, of the year of gettysburg, vicksburg campaign. forw i call forward cadet warren jackson of the virginia military mi institute who saw so many serve here, and alvin parker, the great-great grand nephew of lieutenant colonel eli sh. parker. [ bell ringing ] [ bell ringing ]

deadly flash flooding stretching east. 24 hours of water rescues from texas to vicksburg, mississippiin ruston, louisiana, rising waters sweeping a car away. the 11-year-old inside, killed. but a 7-year-old escaping, clinging to a tree for an hour before being rescued. the biggest issues this morning happening around san angelo, texas. they're in a flash flood watch all the way up to wichita, kansas. so it's a large swath of the plains that have to be watching out, and that's not just through today. that is through the midweek and beyond, because the system will kind of bring more rain 3 to 4 inches right there in southern oklahoma, north texas. some spots could see another half foot. this is a big problem, and we've got hail and damaging winds in west texas as a probability this afternoon too. robin. >> i know you're keeping an eye on it, thank you, ginger. >>> but now to the latest on that deadly gang shootout in texas. 170 bikers in custody this morning charged in connection with the bloody brawl that left 9 dead, 18 injured. there's fear of retaliation this morning. and abc's phil

they had suffered grievous defeats at gettysburg, vicksburg, fort hudson chattanooga.could believe they were going to win the war on the ground, but if they were offered general instead of specific peace terms, they would turn the tall. that motive no longer existed once robert e lee surrender. two days later on april 11 1855, lincoln gave a speech in which he called for a new set of peace terms. one of those terms was that black people would be allowed to vote for the first time publicly acknowledged that he supported black suffrage, at least for the veterans of the union army and for the veyry intelligent, by which we assume he meant literate. frederick douglass who was in the audience heard the president give that speech and he said that he and his fellow abolitionists were somewhat disappointed by the limited scope of lincoln's call for black voting rights. but frederick douglass said later, i should have known and we should've known that that was a terribly important speech because abraham lincoln learned his statement ship in the school of rail splitting and to s

they had suffered grievous defeats at gettysburg, vicksburg, fort hudson chattanooga.could believe they were going to win the war on the ground, but if they were offered general instead of specific peace terms, they would turn the tall. that motive no longer existed once robert e lee surrender. two days later on april 11 1855, lincoln gave a speech in which he called for a new set of peace terms. one of those terms was that black people would be allowed to vote for the first time publicly acknowledged that he supported black suffrage, at least for the veterans of the union army and for the veyry intelligent, by which we assume he meant literate. frederick douglass who was in the audience heard the president give that speech and he said that he and his fellow abolitionists were somewhat disappointed by the limited scope of lincoln's call for black voting rights. but frederick douglass said later, i should have known and we should've known that that was a terribly important speech because abraham lincoln learned his statement ship in the school of rail splitting and to s