The battle of mobile bay in august of 1864, and the leadership roles of Union Rear Admiral David Farragut and confederate admiral Franklin Buchanan. It closed one of the last major ports. The victory, coupled with the gave a boost to president abraham lincolns bid for reelection just a couple of months later. The Mariners Museum host this 45 minute event. [applause] john there is an unseen battlefield in every human breast where to opposing forces me to and where they seldom rest. The battle of mobile bay is actually the story of a contest between the two highest ranking naval officers in the civil war, and franklint buchanan. If you think of two opposing wills, that is what you have the battle of mobile bay. First, i want to talk about who these characters are. Start with Franklin Buchanan, since he was on one of our ironclads here in Hampton Roads. Franklin buchanan was born on seven on september 17, 1800 in baltimore, maryland. His father was founder of the Maryland Medical Society
Victory and closed one of the confederacys last major ports. The victory, coupled with the fall of atlanta gave a boost to president abraham lincolns bid for reelection just a couple of months later. The Mariners Museum host this 45 minute event. [applause] john there is an unseen battlefield in every human breast where two opposing forces me to and where they seldom rest. The battle of mobile bay is actually the story of a contest between the two highest ranking naval officers in the civil war, David Farragut and Franklin Buchanan. If you think of two opposing wills, that is what you have happening at the battle of mobile bay. First, i want to talk about who these characters are. First lets start with Franklin Buchanan, since he was on one of our ironclads here in Hampton Roads. Franklin buchanan was born on september 17, 1800 in baltimore, maryland. His father was founder of the Maryland Medical Society and his grandfather was a signer of the declaration of independence. He comes fro
Now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. There is a fresh indication as we start tonight that Hillary Clintons support among voters is eroding in the face of the scrutiny over emails she exchanged on a private server when she was secretary of state. While mrs. Clinton remains the undisputed frontrunner for the democratic nomination, new polling confirms a falloff both in the democratic race and in a matchup with gop frontrunner donald trump. And it appears to be forcing some changes in her campaign. Our political director chuck todd takes a closer look. Reporter on her first day of vacation in the Hamptons Hillary clinton is trying to take a few days off and celebrate president clintons 69th birthday. But yet another poll today indicates that persistent questions about her handling of emails as secretary of state are taking a political toll. Shes now under 50 in a democratic primary. And that erosion of suppor
Panel, the will make their way to the authors ten next door to that and will be happy to personalize and sign the books for you. Our moderator is timis bell. During his 30plus years as a journalist his has serve as writer, photographer, photo editor, pain designer, and shreddographyer. He researches and writes and photographs books on the civil war, civil rights history, and the gulf coast in 2007 he want inducted be usm communication and journalism hall of fame. Id like to thank all of you for coming. I was going to start the session off with the quote from another mississippi author, shelby foote. Any understand offering this nation has to be based on an noning of the civil war. The civil war deoffendded us as what we are and it opened us to what we game, good and bad. Its necessary if youre going to understand the american character of the 20th century to learn about this enormous catastrophe of the 19th 19th century. The crossroads of our being and a hell of a crossroads. Id like t
Because there werent as many men around to chase them and that sort of thing, what happens to cotton production immediately that had made the south of rich and in one sense made the war start. Correct me on this stuff, but with slaves gone im assuming and with a lot of the white men owners gone, im im assuming the cotton production couldnt do very well and im wondering how what ever happened on the plantation during the civil war, of course a lot of people didnt come back and certainly slaves didnt, not that they all left even during emancipation and 63 but then cotton production and any other kind of economic thing in the south seems like it took 40 years to get started again. Im wondering about that. On that plantation during the civil war, anything, anything you could say about that. To questions there, the first one dealing with the slaves on the plantation. They didnt all leave at the beginning of the war because basically when slaves leave is the point when union armies get close