the petersburg and weldon railroad whose southern term is wilmington north carolina. why wilmington north carolina you say? well wilmington has not been successful in taking wilmington. and so with that, wilmington is now the window to the world. and all manner of goods and materials brought from around the world can be brought into wilmington, placed on a rail car and then taken up to petersburg. now union army, of course, hampered that somewhat and the summer of 1864 when they cut the weldon railroad and the two battles that take place there the assaults on the weldon railroad on august 18th 19th and 21st and then further to cut the railroad to the battle of ream station on august 25th. but the confederate still maintain the tror a point into virginia where they would then transfer those goods off of the rail cards on to wagons. and using that system of plafrpg roads, would take the goods and materials into petersburg that way. but with the union attack on wilmington in december of 1846, it starts to spell doom for one of them. it won't be until the 15th of january t

why wilmington, north carolina you would say? well, wilmington is the last seaport open to confederate blockade runners. 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, placed on a rail car, and then taken up to petersburg. union army, of course hampered that somewhat 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 19, and 21. and further with a battle on august 25. but 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 th

meantime, general grant decides to launch a second expedition to capture fort fisher, and close wilmington north carolina, the last blockade running seaport the confederacy and in effect close the lifeline of the confederacy as it is called. the first expedition went badly. gender -- general benjamin f butler launch that x with rear admiral david d porter. but without even attempting an attack on the fort, butler decided to abandon the campaign and return to virginia. grant probably stacked at and replaced him with brigadier general alfred h 28. and in effect, he gets a better general, and he gets a much easier man to live with. both butler and porter are prima donnas. they don't get along well at all. in fact, that bad blood goes back to 1862, but with terry at the helm of the army components, that will be a problem. the two men soon find that work well together. terry will also have a large force at his disposal, close to 10,000 infantry, including a division of black troops. well porter will lead in our model of 58 warships. -- an armada of 58 warships. now, commanding the coastal defenses below wilmi

general grant decides to launch a second expedition to capture fort fisher and in to close wilmington, north carolina the last sea port in the confederacy and in effect close the lifeline of the confederacy as it is called. now the first expedition went badly. general benjamin f. butler launched that expedition with rear admiral david d. porter but without attempting an attack on the fort butler decided to abandon the campaign and return to virginia. grant promptly sacked butler and replaced him with brigadier general alfred h. perry and he gets a better general and a much easier man to live with. both butler and porter are premadonnas. they don't get well at all. well together. terry will also have a large force at his disposal, close to 10,000 infantry, including a division of black troops. well porter will lead in our model of 58 warships. -- an armada of 58 warships. now, commanding the coastal defenses below wilmington, none other than general braxton bragg. by this late stage in the war there is probably only one person in the south who still believes in bragg. but he happens to be the commande

meantime general grant decides to launch his second expedition to capture port fisher and close wilmington north carolina the last blockade running seaport in the confederacy. and in effect, close the lifeline of the confederacy as it's called. now the first expedition went badly, general benjamin f. butler launched that expedition with rear admiral david d. porter, but without attempting an attack on the port, butler decided to abandon the campaign and return to virginia. grant properly sacked butler and replaced him with general alfred h. terry. and in effect, he gets a better general, and he gets a much easier man to live with. both butler and porter are prima donnas they don't get along at all. goes back to 1862, but with terry at the helm of the army component, that won't be a problem. and the two men soon find they work well together. terry will also have a large forest at his disposal close to 10,000 infantry including a division of black troops. while porter will lead an armada of 58 warships. now, commanding the coastal defenses below wilmington, none other than general braxton bragg, who by thi

that is at least in wilmington north carolina. >> guest: i didn't realize the grim reaper of the sense of humor was on the lease today. the worst stereotypes about jews is that we speak quickly. i am going to worry significantly more about the president of the united states and a president of the united states who has leaked israeli national security information democratic partisan republican parties to sign off and that i will worry more about that and less about whether jews talk quickly. >> host: hollow -- [inaudible] >> guest: back in 2007 he was already talking about how he wanted to create distance between himself and israel. the fact is the president has been radically anti-israel since he began running for president. there is staffed by people negotiating with hamas whose radically anti-israel. general mayor mick p. coos said new york city is still around foreign policy and united states. he spent his entire life associating anti-israel, anti-semi. he is a palestinian liberation organization terrorist advocate. he was a close friend of president obama. it is a radically differe

this is in wilmington, north carolina. the larger image on the right is in montgomery, alabama, the first capital of the confederacy. fastening the lost cause creating a lost cause, then a flurry of commemorative activity in richmond. why richmond? why? you are a richmond arer. why? >> capital. jennifer murray: what is the famous place in richmond where all the monuments are? >> monument avenue. jennifer murray: monument avenue. jennifer murray: who do find it there? >> stonewall, robert e lee. jennifer murray: robert e lee, stonewall jackson jefferson davis, arthur ash, who has created all sorts of controversy, putting a tennis player there. this is a dedication for robert e lee memorial in richmond. so the lost cause, then, which you identified earlier as a psychological means to cope with defeat. you see the evolution of the lost cause in the latter part of the 19th century. what was once created as a means to explain to fee, but then -- explain defeat, a psychological explanation of what they lost four, then it transit

this is in wilmington, north carolina. this is a cemetery. then a larger image on the right is a confederate management -- monument in alabama. creating a lost cause, then a flurry of activity in richmond. why richmond? why? >> capital. jennifer murray: what is the famous place in richmond where all the monuments are? >> monument avenue. jennifer murray: who do find it there? >> stonewall, robert e lee. jennifer murray: jefferson davis , arthur ash, who has created all sorts of controversy putting a tennis player there. this is a dedication for robert e lee in richmond. the loss cause -- lost cause, a psychological means to cope with defeat. you see the evolution of it in the latter part of the 19th century. it was a means to explain to fee, but then becomes why the south lost, what they died for then it transitions into something that is celebratory. and we start to celebrate the south. and we celebrate people like robert e lee, confederate soldiers. look at the image -- the monument itself is spectacular but what strikes you about the pictu

the port in wilmington, north carolina, plays a vital rolex porting goods to foreign markets. the recent study showed that wilmington's port contributes $14 billion supports directly and indirectly nearly 77,000 jobs in our state. without the proper funding our ports will continue to deteriorate and risk putting our local industry, indeed america at a competitive disadvantage. mr. chairman, i yield back my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan reserves. the gentlelady from california. >> i yield two minutes to mr. green. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. green: i rise to speak in favor of the amendment and first i would like to commend our appropriations committee's efforts on the army corps of engineers budget. the committee's work this year despite low numbers in the budget has been extremely difficult. and i thank the staff for your hard work in working with us. in texas we have a serious serious energy and water infrastructure needs representing the large part of the port of houston, constr

child to hear a bitterly the voice of god in agusta and, georgia or columbia south carolina wilmington, north carolina and all these factors come in to play. then of course i wanted to deal with the fact that he was this nineteenth century child, he was born before the civil war, grew up during the war and became of age during reconstruction. these were great cataclysm is. what kind of effect does this have on a teenage boy? unfortunately, i will turn the mike over to the others how to put this, woodrow wilson left no thought unexpressed and this changes the face of the world. >> i would like to go back -- all three of the people we're talking about were very unlikely rulers. certainly the example you gave, a. scott berg with "wilson," the relative poverty of his childhood and isabella even though she was the daughter of a queen and had royal blood on both sides of the family we don't even know what day she was born because no one bothered to write it down we don't know where she was baptized more educated, no one ever thought she would be significant for anything except they would marry her to a dist

that is at least in wilmington north carolina. >> guest: i didn't realize the grim reaper of the senseon the lease today. the worst stereotypes about jews is that we speak quickly. i am going to worry significantly more about the president of the united states and a president of the united states who has leaked israeli national security information democratic partisan republican parties to sign off and that i will worry more about that and less about whether jews talk quickly. >> host: hollow -- [inaudible] >> guest: back in 2007 he was already talking about how he wanted to create distance between himself and israel. the fact is the president has been radically anti-israel since he began running for president. there is staffed by people negotiating with hamas whose radically anti-israel. general mayor mick p. coos said new york city is still around foreign policy and united states. he spent his entire life associating anti-israel, anti-semi. he is a palestinian liberation organization terrorist advocate. he was a close friend of president obama. it is a radically different church. i h

control north of detroit, suppressing and holding the showers into the virginias and carolinas for now. lets take a look at the temperatures, 70 for philadelphia as well as trenton 68 in wilmington and 67 in millville, however because the winds are light this afternoon a sea breeze has kicked in and see the change in direction of the wind here, the line that is only 5 miles inland that is the easterly wind taking over and bouncing against the shore it's only in the 50s. speaking of color i took this picture in the afternoon in my yard of the magnolia tree popping and bursting with color and the cherry trees and forsythias and dogwoods. i shared this on my facebook page, thank you for that. and speaking of the blooming trees, it's active in the allergy department, very high, the trees are pollinating like crazy, the weeds and grass are low, but they are turning green quickly and that will go up and even the mold is on the high side right now. looking at satellite and radar, high clouds from the south and west and the high is far to the north, not a crystal clear blue sky but the sun is doing its job this afternoon. temperatures fall into the 30s north and west, and 40s for i-95 a