Cabinet members sign the blind pledge. She also talked about how important the soldier was to the outcome of the election. Election. N the 1864 this talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. All right, i am not going to adjust the microphone, because we spent some time getting it adjusted for meg. I apologize if i look like i am hunched over. [laughter] i hate to stereotype, but i am sure that meg looks like a mildmannered middle school math teacher. Ironically that is exactly what , she is. [laughter] as she has educated by day, by night she has been working on her degree in military history. She is just about to wrap up her masters degree. In one of the most courageous acts i have seen from anybody, basically she is reinventing herself. It has been a great adventure for her to discover the American Civil War from the perspective of a serious scholar, but also from the perspective of somebody who is loved it nearly four dearly for years. It is my pleasure to
American history on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for information on a schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. Coming up next on American History tv, meg thompson discusses the 1864 election between president Abraham Lincoln and general George Mcclellan. He claims that lincoln was so unsure about his reflection chances that he had his cabinet member sign what is known as the blind memorandum. This pledge for cooperation was link ones lincolns then unknown challenge if he lost. Also spring how important a soldier vote was. President lincoln won by the 1864 election by 21221. This 50 minute talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. All right, i am not going to adjust the microphone, because we spent some time getting it adjusted for meg. I apologize if i look like i am hunched over. [laughter] i hate to stereotype, but i am sure that meg looks like a mildmannered middle school math teacher. Ironically, that is exactly what she is
Thank you, guys are coming. Sandy will be appear. She is happy to sign copies of her book which are for sale if you dont have one at the Cash Register at the front. Thanks again. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] cspan to providing live coverage of the user Senate Floor Proceedings and key Public Policy events, and every weekend booktv. Now for 15 years the only Television Network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2 created by the cable tv industry invented by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, lik like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Historian joshua zeitz examines Abraham Lincoln president ial tenure through the eyes of his secretaries, john a. And john nikolai, next on tv. [applause] thank you all for braving this weather, low as i understand it last week might have been worse. I probably picked the right week to be here. I mightve been delivering this from the airport if we don had e this last week. I want to begin our sto
[applause] thank you all for bringing this weather. As i understand it, lest they might have been worse. I might have been delivering this from the airport if we had done this last week. Want to begin our story a little bit after the civil war. On june 13th 1905. It was less than three weeks before his death that john hay awoken his cabin room on the are in as baltic, a great ocean liner that steamed the course from liverpool to new york. At this point john hay was a noted poet and historian, former newspaper editor and railroading executive. He served as u. S. Ambassador to the united kingdom. Since 1898 he had been a secretary of state, first under president William Mckinley and then after his death under president theodore roosevelt. At this point john hay was arguably one of the most powerful men in the world. Is spirit was fast burning out of his frail body. He reached for his diary and composed what i think he knew was one of his last injuries and will i dreamt last night that i
Um, i think all the different stages matter. From my knowledge of children, you make one impact before they are six or ten or whatever and then when they are adolescent they seem to forget everything. And later on, you are surprised as they seem to remember some. But i think they did the best they could as parents. I think they were strong parents. Some of them turned out and some didnt. So much had to do with luck and the era. [ applause ] thank you so much for coming. Wednesday night, booktv features books about exploring america. First is astoria and then all america and then citizen explorer the namesake of colorados pikes peapeak on the next washington journal, a conversation on prison reform. General mills announced they were reversing plans to make consumers to forfeit their right to suing the company. Later as part of the spotlight on magazine series, brian miller talks about his article on trends in the gambling industry. And an update on the Supreme Court and take your calls.