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Now. But i want to focus on then. And see if we can get some insight into lincoln and his times and this, as guy said, this hot topic. Let me start with december 6, 1864. Thats just a month after his reelection as president. And its the day that Abraham Lincoln sent his fourth and as fate would have it, his final annual message to congress. The equivalent, as you know of todays state of the union messages, except by the tradition of the lincoln era, they are not orated in person. They were sent ...

College professor bradley bircher, former Washington Post reporter Molly Mccartney examines the u. S. Military industrial complex, jack cashin takes a critical look at the crash of flight 800, and booktv visits peoria, illinois. For a complete television schedule, booktv. Org. Booktv on cspan2, its 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, its for serious readers. And now were kicking off this weekend with John Strausbaugh, author of city of sedition. Its about new york city during the civil war...

Gettysburg. He describes the action on east cavalry field and argues against the theory that confederate general jb stewart had orders to get around the union flank. Instead, he suggests he was supposed to protect the confederate flank. This is an hourlong event. Have six lectures today, or six talks. Eric wittenbergs outofthebox with the 8 30 slot. He is such know him, a good friend of the heritage area. He is an attorney working in the Business Development and litigation arenas. Born in the ph...

A good friend of the heritage area. He is an attorney working in the Business Development and litigation arenas. Born in the philadelphia suburbs, he was raised in southeastern pennsylvania. As many of us did, he made his first trip to gettysburg in the third grade and has been hooked on the history of the American Civil War ever since. He is an alumnus of Dickinson College in pennsylvania and has two degrees from the university of pittsburgh. He has a masters degree and a doctorate from the uni...

Heard of. One of the most notorious sinner of war camps in the history of modern warfare. It was a confederate prison for Union Soldiers in the southwest of georgia. We will talk about hanging henry wirz. He was executed for perpetuating mistreatment and murder at that can. He was one of the first individuals in the modern era tried for war crimes. Of 1865l in the fall set the precedent for more recent war crimes trials, the nuremberg trials of nazi perpetrators after world war ii, the allied pr...

In perpetuating, according to the federal government, mistreatment and murder. At that camp. And he was one of the first individuals in the modern era to be tried for war crimes. And henry wirz trial in the fall of 1865 actually set the precedent for more recent war crimes trials. Most notably the nuremberg trials of nazi perpetrators after world war ii, the american or the allied prosecutors who were preparing for those prosecutions in nuremberg thrir studied the wirz trial and particularly his...

Notorious prisoner of work camp in the history of modern warfare. It was a confederate prison for Union Soldiers in the southwest of georgia. We will talk about hanging henry wirz. Wirz was executed for his role for perpetuating, according to the federal government, mistreatment and murder at that camp. He was one of the first individuals in the modern era to be tried for war crimes. Henry wirzs trial in the fall of 1865 set the precedent for more recent war crimes trials, the nuremberg trials o...

For mountain and specific. Pacific. Retta bronner is going to the news. Wall street journal reports that 35,000 to 50,000 protesters are expected in philadelphia. Yesterday on the evil the convention about 1000 protesters supporting Bernie Sanders went to the streets. Take a look at what they were chanting. Dnc, we wont vote for hillary. , dnc, we wont vote for hillary. Sanders also took over the official welcoming party by the Democratic National convention. This is what they were shouting at t...

Robin the baguette at the bay bridge toll plaza has a lot of traffic. It is jammed the pay date and is also backed up through the maze and on to 580. Is backed up to the 24 split. After that it will pick up a little bit. On the bridge it is still crowded and under the limit getting into downtown San Francisco without any major problems. In a 25 minute drive from the maze to the sky. On the nimitz is jammed up in the destruction when the san leandro going in the fremont the millepede aside old st...

Congressal chaos happening now. Submitting the resignation and the exit strategy is causing controversy. As we begin severe storms head our way and storms causing major problems in the midwest. Right now severe storms in the chicago area and viewer pictures with funnel clouds and flooded roads as well. This is all from a line of storms thats headed our way. Here is a live look at the conditions in the chicago area. You can see right there how wet the roads are. Rain still coming down in the area...