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He will be with us for the next hour to talk about the history of andersonville and why does consider the most notorious site of the civil war. We are opening our phone line so you can join the conversation. If you want to join the conversation, 2027488900. That is for eastern and central time zones. If you live in the pacific or Mountain Time zones, 2027488901. You can also post questions and comments on our facebook page. Facebook. Com cspanhistory. Mr. Leonard, thank you for joining us this a...

Adjacent to the cemetery location is eric leonard, the chief of the historical site. He will be with us for the next hour to talk about the history of andersonville and why does consider the most notorious site of the civil war. We are joining our phone line so you can join the conversation. If you want to join the conversation, 2027488900. That is for eastern and central time zones. If in the pacific or Mountain Time zones, 2027488901. You can also post questions and comments on our facebook pa...

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Different. It is a valor and honor. Those concepts take a different form here. And many respects, in a standard guess, they are prisoners of war, and then you move right back to the battles. Often, and addressing the story, there is an and knowledge of that, and then no detail, and you move on. Andersonville has a name brand recognition. The public often doesnt know any of the details beyond the name and that something unusual took place there. Host lets start with the basics. When was it built ...

Present arms. [national anthem playing] [applause] [drumroll] mr. Sellars you may be seated. Throughout the service, the United States flag stands prominently at the center of the National Cemetery as set at half staff in mournfully knowledge meant of these losses. Retired brew deal general robert corner him has performed the duty of raising the flag to full staff. His honors the service of medical staff throughout American Military history, and echoes the role at the famous nurse clara barton p...

The deadline. So andersonville is also a place of great contradiction. In some of the northern prisons, it is a ditch or a line of posts where at night they put candle lanterns on. A line that if you cross you are going to get shot at is the sort of thing which soon shouldnt have any ambiguity. Host the next call is mike from california. You are on with our guest, eric leonard. Caller yes, thank you for the programming. I have kind of a twofold question. Firstly, i want to know what happened to ...

From the disaster at andersonville is the human treatment of p. O. W. S defines our natural identity and reit rates our army values by ensuring dignity and respect is paid to every enemy combatant. Weve also learned how precious freedom is and that freedom always, always has a cost. The cost is paid by men and women, men and women who are willing to endure torture, mall nutrition, loneliness, despair and even death in the pursuit of freedoms cause. History tends to remember the dates. It remembe...

On different names at different times. Now the 21st century it is calling itself the tea party. The government is not us. You get into all kinds of conflict now, i dont want the federal government to take away my medicare,. The if youre looking for the origins, last. Last question were out of time. At the beginning of the talk you said the topics discussing today came from a great political party, what will it take the country to see that class of leaders ever again question work. Impossible to ...

During the war. Operated from 19421948 the camp was the center of a program called quite passage in which hundreds of detainees were exchanged against their will for american diplomats and soldiers and others held behind enemy line. Cspan Jan Jarboe Russell, author of the train to crystal city, who is sumi . Cspan sumi is the japaneseamerican main character of my book, who was born in los angeles, and her father was a photographer, the most successful japanese photographer in los angeles. And he...

[indiscernible] you are watching American History tv on cspan3. Our coverage of ceremonies in andersonville, georgia at the site of the andersonville prison. You have been learning about it. Earlier today we had a chance to talk with an historian on this topic, you saw the ceremony. We continue with our conversation to learn more about life at andersonville prison. Our next guest joining us now will be with us, the University Professor Leslie Gordon, she just spoke at the funeral. She will be ta...