white union troops start killing black union troops in an effort as they write very specifically in an to preserve white men's lives. >> thank you. >> yep. >> it's my understanding that originally black troops were going to lead the attack and they were trained for it. and then -- and then either grant said no, no, no, we can't use blacks. and then troops -- and then ledlie's troops were used and they weren't trained. was it because it was so soon that they didn't have time, or i guess what i'm asking, is there any way that the troops that did lead the attack came through the crater could have been better trained? >> yeah, the question is, could the white troops that were leading the attack eventually have been better prepared? the answer is no because we make these last-minute changes on july 29th and battle is the next morning right at dawn. so there's no prep time. what's my time? okay. >> david rosen from alexandria, virginia. against the background of these circumstances, and what you've described, a little bit of humaneness compels attention. i wonder if you could tell us somethi

white union troops start killing black union troops in an effort as they write very specifically in anto preserve white men's lives. >> thank you. >> yep. >> it's my understanding that originally black troops were going to lead the attack and they were trained for it. and then -- and then either grant said no, no, no, we can't use blacks. and then troops -- and then ledlie's troops were used and they weren't trained. was it because -- so soon that they didn't have time, or i guess what i'm asking is there any way that the troops that did lead the attack came through the crater could have been better trained? >> yeah, the question is, could the white troops that were leading the attack eventually have been better prepared? the answer is no because we make these last-minute changes on july 29th and the battle is the next morning right at dawn. so there's no prep time. what's my time? okay. >> david rosen from alexandria, virginia. against the background of these circumstances, and what you've described, a little bit of humaneness compels the tension. i wonder if you could tell us somethi

white union troops start killing black union troops in an effort as they write very specifically in an effort to preserve white men's lives. >> thank you. >> yep. >> it's my understanding that originally black troops were going to lead the attack and they were trained for it. and then -- and then either grant said no, no, no, we can't use blacks. and then troops -- and then ledlie's troops were used and they weren't trained. was it because it was so soon that they didn't have time, or i guess what i'm asking, is there any way that the troops that did lead the attack came through the crater could have been better trained? >> yeah, the question is, could the white troops that were leading the attack eventually have been better prepared? the answer is no because we make these last-minute changes on july 29th and battle is the next morning right at dawn. so there's no prep time. what's my time? okay. >> david rosen from alexandria, virginia. against the background of these circumstances, and what you've described, a little bit of humaneness compels attention. i wonder if you could tell us

white union troops start killing black union troops in an effort as they write very specifically in aneserve white men's lives. >> thank you. >> yep. >> it's my understanding that originally black troops were going to lead the attack and they were trained for it. and then -- and then either grant said no, no, no, we can't use blacks. and then troops -- and then ledlie's troops were used and they weren't trained. was it because it was so soon that they didn't have time, or i guess what i'm asking, is there any way that the troops that did lead the attack came through the crater could have been better trained? >> yeah, the question is, could the white troops that were leading the attack eventually have been better prepared? the answer is no because we make these last-minute changes on july 29th and battle is the next morning right at dawn. so there's no prep time. what's my time? okay. >> david rosen from alexandria, virginia. against the background of these circumstances, and what you've described, a little bit of humaneness compels attention. i wonder if you could tell us something abo

they interspersed black and white union prisoners. they're mixed up. there's no doubt that one of the reasons they're doing this is to sort of stick it to the white soldiers, forcing them to march alongside their black comrades. but there is another thing going on here, and i think that is they were actually sending a message to rhethe remaining civilian population that remained in petersburg. here is a controlled example of race mixing. here is really what's at stake in this war. slavery, of course, is the institution that largely kept the races separate throughout the antebellum period in virginia and elsewhere. if we lose this war, here's a visual example of what's in store for us. i don't think it's any accident that, in fact, they did this, not just for the reasons of insulting the white union prisoners, but thanks for the comment. >> where were most of the black buried? where were the black dead, the soldiers, where were they buried? >> many of them were just buried on the battlefield afterwards. >> say that again? >> many were buried on the battl

union troops started killing blacks. they -- in order to preserve whitemens' lives. >> it is my understanding that werenally black troops going to lead the attack and they were trying for it. -- eitherif the grant grant said we cannot use blacks. [indiscernible] they weren't traines. was so soonse it they do not have time? way asking if there is any it should have been better trained. >> could the white troops be better prepared? the answer is, no, making these last-minute changes on july 29 and the battle is the next morning right at dawn. there is no prep time. rosen.d against the background of the circumstances and what is described a little bit of humane is compelled i wonder if you could tell us something about mahone. sure with allot you want. i will start with a brief biography. >> is a native of virginia which is growing up in the era of the imagery of nat turner's slave insurrection and graduates from virginia military institute. war, notginning of the anything superb. he really knows how to manage a division. his troops accidentally shoot jackso

white union troops will start killing black union troops as they readily admit in an effort to preserveeople's lives. the battle finally ends about 2:30 in the afternoon. the battle's aftermath there will be a court of inquiry. general mead picks whose on the inquiry. if you want to know details we can discuss this later. there will be blame for ledly and edward ferrero who were drinking together during the battle. and just leave and get the wounded off the field even though it's 100-plus degrees. so they lay out there july 30th and all day on july 31st and finally they're picked up on the morning of august 1st. by that point, one of meade's staff members admits that he couldn't tell who was naturally african or european except from the texture of their hair. apparently not accounting for those bodies out there of mixed race black people. in the in between of this, henry bird, a native of petersburg wrote his fiancee as the men cried out nearby to the confederate line for water, the response from the confederates was -- [ speaking french ] you're not a french student. it was drink your

meet ordered burnside the commander of the union core to send in one of the white divisions to lead atacking force was to go straight for blanford hill. other union divisions following would move to the right and left of the crater rolling up the confederate flags. now major general johnson's confederate division defended this sectionst line. ransom's north carolinians were to the north behind me. right where we are would be elliott's south carolinians and goods virginia is to the south of the crater behind you. rights artillery battery was positioned to the north in what is now a cemetery about 600 yards behind me. you had captain richard pegrama artillery here in the sail yenlt. and you also would have davidson's battery to the south behind you. and to my right out here on what was then called jerusalem plafrpg road is flaner's batteries. so basically, the confederates had artillery on the left, right, and in the rear. so when the union troops attacked through here, they were gore to get hit on three fronts. now at 4:44 a.m. a tremendous explosion ruptured the earth throwing men, can

whites not working together commemorate their history. if you check the newspapers, probably in the 1910, 1920 period, you'll find that the that the confederate veterans and union veterans organizations both black and white actually commemorated memorial day today here in petersberg at our cemeteries and they did it together. not separately. somehow we lost that over some time here and there. maybe the depression and jobs and world war ii changed people but that's what happened early in the last century. they did memorials together. black, white, union, and confederate con70 confederate, ancestors and that's a fact. >> i didn't hear a question but i will respond. there is in evidence in the 1880s that there are occasions. in fact there was a memorial celebration, there's actually a very large parade where black and white civics do parade together. as far as i was able to discern is that that's more of an extension than t exception than the rule. i think it's really understand the focus of my talk is who had acce access, who had opportunity to shape the local public meaning of the war and crater here in petersberg. if you actually go back through the records and

some panic spread to the white union troops. the georgians then attack.y reinforce the virginians. they would take the last of the crater and to the south of the crater. i am doing a nine-hour battle in 10 minutes here. i have to skip a lot of stuff. at the end, by 1:00 p.m., the troops come across the field to my left. they are up on top of the earthworks. the crater was filled with union soldiers. the blood was running down the sides and pooling in the bottom. the confederates would take on more shells. they are lighting them by hand and tossing them down into the hole. taking muskets with bayonets attached, throwing them like our balloons. -- like harpoons. a humant you are not being. you are an animal. you do not survive, if you don't make that change. by 2:00 p.m. it was over. .'m going to read a few quotes some are gruesome. i want you to understand what it was like to be out here at that time. these fields we are in our killing fields. of these are quotes. pile of 20 dead men." " bullets were killing men behind them." " men were dropping thick and

i should add the unions were adjusted for the white workers. there was no union representation for the 35,000 or so black west indian. early in the construction period period the steam shovel man went on strike and the chief engineers took a very hard stance against them. they saved basically you are fired. there will be no strikes in the canal zone. and so the unions represented some of the skilled workers and they worked hard to represent them but they focus more on lobbying in washington d.c. and trying to make sure that congress passed measures that would support their work. >> host: julie greene 35,000 or so west indian african descent workers. how many white americans worked on the canal? >> guest: there were five or 6000 white americans. >> host: they were the so-called skilled laborers? >> guest: they were working as railroad engineers, conductors, firemen, machinists, carpenters, that sort of thing. >> host: and go back to the gold and silver paid. just the white workers would get paid in gold and the other workers would get paid in sil

outside the white house! unions were there, too. says big labor should be worried about finding legal americans jobs but phillip disagrees. so, your concern is what with this? >> you give these guys amnesty they'll flood the market and take up the jobs the unions are vying for now. the membership is down. they're already disheartened with the president. i'm -- they're going to clean up anything the union has left. >> what are we to make of unions are so closely and intimately involved with illegals in trying to make this happen. >> good to be with you. tracy made a good point. they should be worried about american jobs. it's time the unions focus on american jobs. but that doesn't work. these folks are here and if they're unrepresented and if they're exploitable, vulnerable to exploitation by corporations because they're scared of their legal status they'll take jobs for less money and drive down wages wages of american workers. >> why not pun u-the american companies that allow that to happen? >> you're right. one has to represent

white. the european union is giving russia a one week ultimatum to scale it back or face additional economic sanctions. what is really going to be different in a week? >> not clear. at the moment russia has winning formula, which is to have its forces fight for the ukranian insurgents, but not as part of russian military, but part of other independent forcers or the rebels or what have you. you have russians claiming, in essence, that some of the soldiers decided to take a summer break, run a few tanks through the ukraine. there's no way they'll stick to that line, but it limits what the international community will do, because there's not a declaration of war, there's enough deny ability. what they decide to do is more and more sanctions hurting the russian economy, but hasn't stopped the russian offensive. >> you see the sanctions have been effective and more sanctions could be more effective even though it hasn't changed vladimir putin's before. >> the sanctions have been effective, for hurting the russian economy, like they did with iran. iran is still sticking to its nuclear programs an

earlier this year city reached an agreement with a union representing its white collar workers district council 47. >>> will jenn door philadelphia radio dj don cannon has passed i was way. cannon was main stay of philly radio for 30 years. he was on air at half dozen stations including wogl, wibbgw if. il he had a cameo in the movie rocky. he retired from wogl back in 2004. >> a delaware cab driver behind bars with sexually assaulting one of his passengers. it happened last friday in dewey beach authorities say and they say the driver owner ofism tax cab picked up a 22 year old woman. they say she fell asleep only to wake up to him sexually assaulting her. she forced him off. told her to take him home. he turned himself in yesterday. he now faces rape charges. >> authorities are investigating a fire in camden. a vacant building partially collapsed in the 900 block of south fourth street. police say two homes were involved. one person was treated for smoke inhalation. no word on a cause of the fire. >>> a kitten tests positive for rabies in new jersey. two strays were taken from ferrell

union she is forced to financially support. gained insight or variants, she attended date white teachers union roberts is in california, and she knows from that experience that even union representatives have no real voice in politics and can be bullied into politics science if disagree. friedrichs versus the california teachers association has been filed with nine of the teachers. californiaing the teachers association and 10 other unions. robert wiersema has taught economics since 1991. this includes 17 years as a public school teacher. he also served as the member of a local public school board for eight years, including two years as president. he left his union and year ago this month. he wants to help members make eirormed decisions about th membership. has let therish statewide coalition in minnesota for the last four years that fights against meaning mean is a against the unionization of home care workers. plaintiff inlso a a federal lawsuit who is challenging the constitutionality of compulsory unionism, of childcare providers and other independent business owners. her legal efforts in addition to roots efforts will le

cavalry, phil sheridan's men, back to the rear so they can guard the burgeoning union supply depot at a place called whiteuse landing. so what the union generals decide to do is reconnoiter in force, basically send out the whole union army to look for lee, and so horatio wright's 6th corps moves down the main road toward atly station, gets down near the creek and then swings sort of upriver. the union's second corps, hancock's boys, come on down and set up position near the modern day shelton house which was there at the time, and the other union corps form in the rear with general warren shorting it shift further down stream on the creek. so the 29th is a day of reconnoitering. big thoughts are in the mind of both the union and federal -- the union and confederate commanders with respect to reinforcements. grant has learned that his two supporting armies, the one in the shenandoah valley and the one moving on richmond, have just been defeated. i'm told by my virginia friends that the force up in the shenandoah valley awas defeated by a handful of vma cadets. that might be a slight exaggeration but they w

roads from white house landing, the union supply depot. roads that ran to richmond. roads that ran down this way from the armies. lee knew that the 18th corps under baldy smith was coming this way. the cavalryman who had helped guard this -- has made this excursion through cold harbor, asked for reinforcements. they're sent reinforcements in the form of fitshugh lee's cavalry division. lee, again, urges that hoke and his men from richmond hurry up. the cavalry commander realize the importance of taking cold harbor intersection. general custer talks it through with his commander, general torbert and they launch an attack against old cold harbor. fitshugh lee is ultimately routed along with a group of north carolina boys. almost exactly 24 hours. and 150 years ago. to this moment, if we were here at the spot where we are right now, we'd have union cavalries at old cold harbor. forming pretty much where we are. sunrise on june 1. the head of anderson first corps starts to march down into this area. it reaches an area known as the allison house. you'll see it on the old

for me as the national socialist front wants to end immigration and prevent whites from creating cities. and the european union has replaced two of its top officials polish prime minister double tusk has been appointed president of the european tonsil taking over from herman van rompuy italy's foreign minister federica arena has been voted in as the e.u. senior diplomat in place of catherine ashton the reshuffle comes at a time of deep divisions within the twenty eight nation bloc over the ukraine crisis relations with russia on how to revive economic growth. beijing has called on washington to limit its valence of china some naval officers are even pushing for fighter pilots to intercept spy planes were sparked last week when the chinese fighter jets intercepted a u.s. submarine craft the american plane was flying close to china's naval bases on its islands in the site. american officials claim the chinese jet performed a borel role at one point coming within ten meters of their plane beijing says it was keeping a safe distance american spy missions pose a threat to its core security interests could be consid

but treated as a defensive move, which i think he thought the european union posing the black-and-whitealternative, it -- ukraine, either you are now associated with the european union, or you are completely with the eurasian union and there can be no bridge between the two, was regarded by food and -- by putin as an aggressive measure. i'm channeling him. i'm not saying i agree with it. here i am just trying to protect my economy, and you guys are undercutting me. i think it fed into his paranoia about tensions with the west, specifically about the european union, which he increasingly began to regard as the political .rm of nato somewhat different than the u.s., but it plays into that form. the reestablishment of the european union -- of the eurasian union, i think that is all exaggerated. >> an additional meeting to keep an eye on is the g 20 meeting in brisbane, where the prime minister of australia, tony abbott, suggested after the downing of malaysian air lines 17 that putin may not even need to go to australia for it if he did not respond in adequate fashion. but if he does go, h

phil sheridan's men, back to the rear so they can guard the burgeoning depot called white house landing. what the unionals decide to do is reconnoiter in force, basically send out the whole union army to look for lee. so horacio wright's sixth corps moves down the main road at lee station, gets down near the creek, and then swings sort of upriver. the union's second corps, hancock's boys come on down and set up position near the modern day shelton house, which was there at the time. and the other union corps form in the rear, with general warren starting to shift down yet further downstream on the creek. so the 29th is a day of reconnoitering. big thoughts are in the mind of both the union and confederate commanders with respect to reinforcements. grant has learned that his two supporting armies, the one in the shenandoah valley and the one on richmond have just been defeated. i'm told by my virginia friends up in the shenandoah valley was defeated by a handful of vmi cadets. that might be a slight exaggeration, but they definitely were defeated. butler moving up the james river was defeated by general

old white money, old white elite money against the unions, precious immigrants coming in, deeply proud catholic. everyone knows pulchritude washington. what about cuba garrison in the legacy of thomas paine. we could go on. another powerful, magnificent voice. who knows about the great victoria garvin? we need to know more. historical s when times reach a point where the truth has to emerge, we're going to be so hungry for these voices because we are going to be needful of their insight. most importantly. of their courageous example. because at that point you either courageous or you go under. we're not at that opinion now. that's why i think one of the reasons why the folk were reclub tenant when she said revolutionary times. i don't think we live in revolutionary times. i wish it were. paine arrived at a moment when the revolution was already in place. he just drops in. i wish we could just drop in. and have black folk and white and red and yellow already organized, already antiimperialist, already antihomophobic, already anti-capitalist, already anti -- against jewish hatred. we jus

old white money, old white elite money against the unions, precious immigrants coming in, deeply proud catholic. everyone knows pulchritude washington. what about cuba garrison in the legacy of thomas paine. we could go on. another powerful, magnificent voice. who knows about the great victoria garvin? we need to know more. historical amnesia again. we reached a point where the truth has to emerge. we're going to be so hungry for these voices because we will be need full of their insight and most importantly they're courageous example. they're courageous example. at that point you are either courageous or you go under. we are not at that point now. revolutionary times. i don't think we live in revolutionary times. i wish it were. thomas paine arrived at the moment with a revolution already in place. he just drop sen. i wish we could just drop in. [laughter] help black folks and white and red and yellow already organized, already anti imperialists, anti homophobic, anti-catholic, anti against jewish hatred or hatred of muslims and so forth. we just drop in on that and then write a pamph

white money, white elite money against the unions, against precious immigrants coming in, deeply pro capitalist. everyone knows prakriti washington. what about hubert harrison? we could go on. that is why another powerful combine a magnificent force. who knows about the great victorian garden? we need to know more. but when times reach a point where the truth pastor in merger going to be so hungry for these voices. we will be needing of their courageous example. because at that point you are either courageous or you go under. we are not at that point now. psst and don't think we live in revolutionary times. i wish it were. paine arrived in a moment with the revolution already in place. i wish we could just drop in. and we can just drop been on that and then write a pamphlet. we're going to get together tonight in iraq that pamphlet. these are counterrevolutionary times where there is revolutionary awareness escalating given the defeat, the relative defeat of the left in the last 35 for 40 years with the counterrevolution tramping in the name of capital. white supremacists, even when

earlier this year, the city reached a deal with its other union district 47 covering white collar workers. >> and to your fox 29 weather authority right now. fox 29 at penn treaty park in fishtown taking a look. isn't that nice? a little willow tree action blowing in the wind. not bad outside a little humid. but we aren't seeing a whole lot of sunshine. fox 29 meteorologist caitlin roth is here. caitlin, it keeps feeling like rain could break out at any moment and it looks like there's something going on behind you on that doppler. >>> yes, there is lucy. we do have showers starting to move into western portions of the area. like last night everything started back towards our west and south of and west of philadelphia down along the delmarva but not really reaching yet. we'll tonight if we can get showers not city out of this. pockets of showers and thunderstorms with a good amount of lightning around the williamsport area. south of scranton they look like they'll affect the lehigh valley within the next hour or so. schuylkill county berks county possibly too then down south of delaware t

earlier this year the city reached deal with its other union district 47 covering white collar workers>> a dad looking for a drink stops by the bar. the only problem, police say he left his three young children in the car for hours. fellow customers did not take that too well. what happened the moment they found out. >>> and two young friends on fishing trip when a pervert pulls up and drops his pants. >> i think it's appalling. >> as you can imagine i'm sure they were scared being young girls alone. >> what police say he did right before exposing himself to those unsuspecting girls. >> and dash cam video captures a cop racing after a speeding monday knee van, but this is no ordinary stop. why that officer had to jump in to help the family inside. >> plus a second day of pay it forward at the same florida star buck. why one guy jumped in line just to make it stop. have you seen tom corbett's ads attacking me... get real. it's tom corbett who's been sticking it to the middle class on taxes. corbett cut a billion dollars from education... ...now almost 80% of school districts plan to rai

you understand north county was one of those blue-collar democrat strong union places, which, you know, growing up, most of the whiteat knew, including my own, were military families, were union families. >> pro-life, pro-labor democrat. >> right, vfw, the whole nine yards. that's kind of the culture here in northern st. louis county. as a matter of fact, i was walking past quiktrip yesterday, and as an african-american family, their backyard goes into the quiktrip, and i said, hey, you had a front row view. and they both shook their heads, like, unfortunately. >> all right, you got to get back in your cab. thanks for your time. joining me now, julie who just wrote a piece about the reaction of communities outside ferguson in north county. everything that's been happening here this week. and tremaine lee, national reporter for msnbc.com. julia, i thought your piece was fantastic. you drove 15 minutes from here and talked to folks at a starbucks basically like, hey, what's up? what do you think of what's going on? what did you hear? >> it didn't take much questioning to get them to tell me everything they thought abo

massive empire collapsed without a major war ensuing the consequently when people in the white house saw the soviet union beginning to collapse they feared the next step in that logical chain. t the administration thought to themselves how can we promote stability. how can we keep things that are already going in the right direction continuing to go in the right direction. without either speeding then up they might go off the rails or doing something that would stop the process of thing. time and again during this book i go back to a quote uttered by otto von bismarck who said the stream of time follows along. by plunging my hand into it i am merely doing my duty. i do not expect thereby to change its course. now bismarck is telling us here that the world is moving in a direction. policy makers might attempt to change things at the margins but they are never going to change the current. never going to change the flow. i think to myful somself that td was going in the right direction and that the only thing he was doing was to make sure continued on it aproper path along the way. an example of this, presi

old white money, old white elite money against the unions, precious immigrants coming in, deeply proud catholic. everyone knows pulchritude washington. what about cuba garrison in the legacy of thomas paine. we could go on. another powerful, magnificent voice. who knows about the great victoria garvin? we need to know more. historical amnesia again. we reached a point where the truth has to emerge. we're going to be so hungry for these voices because we will be need full of their insight and most importantly they're courageous example. they're courageous example. at that point you are either courageous or you go under. we are not at that point now. revolutionary times. i don't think we live in revolutionary times. i wish it were. thomas paine arrived at the moment with a revolution already in place. he just drop sen. i wish we could just drop in. [laughter] help black folks and white and red and yellow already organized, already anti imperialists, anti homophobic, anti-catholic, anti against jewish hatred or hatred of muslims and so forth. we just drop in on that and then write a pamph

majority of people who graduated with me and my high school class, we used to have for unions and we would like a white candle for everyone we knew that gap -- gone on. it got so bad that the white candles outnumbered those of us who are still here. it was too painful for us so we stopped having it because we knew all these people who lead gone on. we have a lot of interaction in our class. what i also want to do with that, those mistakes, those misjudgments, i want them to be a lesson to other people who are suffering the same kind of thing. particularly the drug situations. we have millions and millions of americans right now who are suffering from that disease of drug addiction. there are thousands of d.c. residents who are suffering. in fact when we talked to job development people they will tell you one of the biggest barriers to employment is -- so i want to be an instructor that if marion barry can do it, you can do it. if marion barry can stand up, you can do it. that is one of the reasons i wrote the book so i could put all of that in their and educate and inspire. a lot of our people, a lot o

he used those same tactics against the white collar guys in the white house that they discovered that the american civil liberties union maybe had it right. host: john -- chief of staff. guest: they resigned because of their involvement in watergate and he had to take them to camp david and ask them to resign. it was a very poignant moment that night that he calls i believe halderman and he starts talking about them as brothers, you can feel the pain in his voice and all i can think of when i hear that tape is this is a guy who lost his dearly-beloved younger brother to a disease and his admired golden boy of the family older brother to a long war with tuberculosis and all i can think of when i hear that tape is that nixon is identifying this loss with the pain of that loss in his past. they were his closest confidants. host: how about john mitchell and magruder? guest: people like to say we still don't know who ordered the watergate burglary and it's because one of them is lying. my personal feeling although it's totally unreliable is that mitchell gave a wink to magruder to go ahead. host: rosemary wood. guest: loyal

union. you do not support that. the white paper says that if somebody wants to argue the case for a separate scottish country, they need to win an election. it leaves us with the point of independence, if we cannot have a currency union, we will use the pound anyway. isn't that right? >> you're right to point out that we do not need permission to use the currency. the argument is they will deny us the assets of the bank of england, the financial assets of the country. the reason that would not happen is if you deny us the financial assets of the u.k., the people watching at home in england and wales tonight and northern ireland will get stuck with all the liabilities. there is no way given the enormous debts that alistair darling builds up that any u.k. chancellor is one to let scotland off with 5 billion pounds a year of the debt payments we have offered to make as far as a sensible union. that is why it is good for scotland and for the rest of u.k. [applause] >> alex, you said a few moments ago you had a row of plan b's. >>

phil sheridan's men, back to the rear so they can guard the burgeoning depot called white house landing. what the union generals decide to do is reconnoiter in force, basically send out the whole union army to look for lee. so horacio wright's sixth corps moves down the main road at lee station, gets down near the creek, and then swings sort of upriver. the union's second corps, hancock's boys come on down and set up position near the modern day shelton house, which was there at the time. and the other union corps form in the rear, with general warren starting to shift down yet further downstream on the creek. so the 29th is a day of reconnoitering. big thoughts are in the mind of both the union and confederate commanders with respect to reinforcements. grant has learned that his two supporting armies, the one in the shenandoah valley and the one on richmond have just been defeated. i'm told by my virginia friends up in the shenandoah valley was defeated by a handful of vmi cadets. that might be a slight exaggeration, but they definitely were defeated. butler moving up the james river was defeated by g

number of air strikes on militants, but the white house insists that american soldiers will not be involved in combat operations on the ground. >> european union foreign ministers will be holding an emergency meeting come tomorrow -- that's friday -- to discuss the conflict in iraq. >> this comes as france and britain say that they are making weapons and transport available to get those yazidis off the mountain, and the u.s. has suggested it might send ground troops. >> that is increasing the pressure on germany, which so far has been reluctant to provide any weapons, instead opting for nonlethal aid. >> germany's foreign minister says he wants to do everything legally possible to help iraqi kurds fight the militants. whether that includes sending german weapons, though, looks unlikely. for the moment, the defense minister says other forms of aid are the main priority. >> we are looking to see what help we can provide. it could be in the form of blankets, tents, and medical supplies, but also helmets, bullet-proof vest, night vision equipment, and trucks, to name a few. >> but with the united nations warning of more atrocities and even potenti

the white south indeed fought back in a total war that lasted four years. southern blacks joined the fight on the side of the union and helped ensure that the war became a struggle that would definitively end slavery. the confederacy was decisively defeated in the war and radical reconstruction. whites in the south eventually regained the right to do pretty much anything they wanted when it came to race relations in the south. that had been accomplished by the 19th century. that's the first reconstruction. a brief narrative description of the second reconstruction. for generations southern blacks met oppression with resistance, creative adaptation, sometimes mixed with a measure of resignation and even despair. sound familiar? eventually, southern blacks challenged the southern racial order. again, the white south fought back. this time by means far short of total war. some northern whites and blacks, and even a few white southerners joined the fight, but mostly a fight of african-americans. again, conservative white south lost the contest. they lost less decisively this time. there wasn't wholesale destruction an