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history, and i had four grandfathers that served and one of them was killed in that war. im glad lee won, and im very glad, but i read a book 30 years ago by a school teacher from north carolina that had pictures up and said that abraham lincoln was a son of john abrahams and cherokee, north carolina, after he got his mother pregnant because he objected and sent him away in a wagon with another man. is there any truth to that? >> i dont think so. there are all kind of stories and quest...

>> yes, sir, theres one more. >> will you comment on what jackson thought about the jefferson davis during 1862 and possibly vice versa? >> what thomas jackson thought of jefferson davis in 1862. jackson had a low opinion of davis. there are a number of episodes that make that abundantly clear. jacksons world view was that thing were supposed to run according to the manual. and davis not only had accepted way out of channels complaints about jackson during the romney campaign, that not...

another harry lee and who was there and -- this might be too long a story, but they had a child who fell from some steps and died and his wife became inconsolable and took some consoling in drugs and in the process -- but before that and a jolly party atmosphere there for stratford so the wifes sister came and lived with them. she was an orphan and so she went there and she and light horse harry had a relationship that may not have resulted in a child and she finally went to the court ...

hes wasting that money and it caused a scandal and provoked harry to leave. he went to the hermitage, actually and worked for jacksons, the federalist working for andrew jackson, the crazy populist democrat, but hell do that, you know. hell go that far and eventually hell go to france and have a biography of napoleon and there he died but his wife became a very pitiful figure, pretty dependent upon drugs and things and died a pauper, but lee and his other brother charles carter, carter...

riding the legal circuit, but thats a real stretch. i think lincoln was the son of thomas and nancy. >> emory thomas, congratulations again on winning this years person of the year. >> thank you so much. >> for lee wins it with the audience at the library of virginia. we thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> and we want to remind you in case you missed any of the program today, the interviews, the nominations by the historians. well show it all to you again this evening at 6:00 p....

go through jackson, which is the way the book is supposed to be, but he might have for given that, they didnt go through his superior, they went right straight to the secretary of war. the secular leader of the war effort. and jackson also is said to have been -- this is not quite so well documented disgusted with davis unwillingness to pursue after first manassas. but there is an adequately documented episode in the after math of the seven days when jefferson davis rode down past the ...

>> live on american history tv on c-span3. as you may have heard the folks at the museum of the confederacy counting the votes on who will be chosen as person of the year 1862. the audience and viewers here on american history tv heard from five historians today. the most recent you heard from emory thomas who nominated robert e. lee. here are the nominations, stonewall jackson, nominated by robert cribbing who was the chief historian at fredericksburg. david blight for the yale cente...