Military history professor Christopher Gabel discusses the importance of railroads and Steam Powered locomotives to the union and confederate armies and explains how railroads made the scale of the civil war possible and describes how and why the confederacys powerful Railroad System broke down as the war progressed. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this hourlong event. Thank you very much for the kind introduction and for being here. Folks, you know when we look back at the onset of the american civil war, we view it through the lens of the war, itself. That shapes what were looking at. If you view the onset of the civil war a little more objectively instead of being all seeing all of the differences between north and south, youll tend to spot all the similarities. Think about it. The two sides in this conflict. It was a war of brother against brother and in some cases literally so. The two sides shared a common language. They had similar cultures and religions. They shared a ver
Advantage for the north, maybe that statistic is not really important either. Its whether or not the railroads actually were that significant in the conduct and outcome of the civil war. And if the answer to that question is no, we can save a lot of time here tonight. Ok. Well, this is the game changer right here. Water turns to steam and expands 1600 well so what . People have known this for thousands of years. Ok . Well, in the 1820s somebody figured out how to take that expansion and turn it into forward motion. You collect excuse me you collect the steam. You send it down to a piston. The piston drives the rod back and forth. The wheels go around and around and it goes forward. All right. So what . Well, here is the so what. With a Steam Powered locomotive pulling a train, you can carry more cargo farther on the same amount of fuel than you can by muscle power. A sixmule wagon carrying 1 1 2 tons of cargo can go roughly 333 miles on one ton of mule fuel. So you multiply 1. 5 tons t
In 1945, 70 years ago, allied forces liberated nazi concentration camps. For the next several weeks here on American History tv, we hear holocaust stories from those who lived them. These interviews are part of the oral History Collection at the United States Holocaust Memorial museum in washington, d. C. Up next, mayer adler talks about being deported to auschwitz, it with his family. Their separation, and his later transfer to a labor concentration camp. He remembers liberation and returning to his childhood home where he searched unsuccessfully for any of his immediate relatives. This oral history is almost 90 minutes. Tell me where you were born and when . Adler czechoslovakia, october 6, 1929. I wonder if you would tell me something about your family and your life before the war. Adler we were what i would describe as a typical jewish family in a small town. I had two younger brothers, and my parents. A lot of aunts and uncles and cousins. Just as i said, a normal kind of orthodox
If you oppose this bill, call us at 202 7488001. We are also online. You can tweet at us, cspanwj. We are on facebook facebook. Com cspan. You can also send us an email at journal cspan. Org. Good morning everyone. Our topic this morning is the fasttrack trade legislation that will be moving through congress quickly. Lets take a look at an article from your tim New York Times, it heralds a divisive fight within the Democratic Party, one that could spill into the 2060 president ial campaign. Some are demanding to know Hillary Clintons position on the bill to know whether to give president obama tpa. From cq news, the proposal would require the president to consult with congress at key points in the negotiations, a condition apparently designed to address lawmakers complaints that the obama mr. Asia has been excessively secretive and its handling of the tpp. Yesterday, [video clip] an agreement was reached on trade Promotion Authority built also known as fasttrack. Basically what that wo
A final farewell, ariel sharon is put to rest. News from europe, including britains Prime Minister announces fracking, shalegash rush. And remembering those who died aboard the Costa Concordia two years after the ship ran aground. Its just nine days until a summit to try and end the fighting in syria. Its still not known whether the internationally recognized Opposition Group will attend, and, inside syria, Al Qaeda Linked fighters are the ones making gains now. Theres also disagreement among the terms, iran should attend but now at a meeting in paris, u. S. And russia have come up with some goodwill gestures. Theyve agreed to push the Syrian Government to create humanitarian corridors and ease the flow of aid to areas most affected by fighting. They also want a cease fire around aleppo, the heaviest city focus of fighting lately. Pushing for prisoner exchanges between the government and Opposition Groups. Lets hear more on that question of irans attendance to geneva, continues to caus