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Crush sermon. the end must be the defeat of our enemy. >> show serman has atlanta he hasnt destroyed the general spirit. they fight back. >> general, the rebels have seriously damaged the railroad north of acworth, >> general, the rebels have damaged the area. they are demanding the surrender. >> thatbe whole damn bunch of devils have been turned lose. well bemy fighting them for months if not years. >> for now his army has been w able to repair the damaged railways. sermanty must make a decisio...

>> when you think of robert e. lee, you think of a very stately, dignified virginian, and thats what he was. when he arrives at appomattox court house to surrender, he looks as dignified as if hed just stepped off the parade ground. >> for this surrender, lee takes it very formally. he takes it very serious, and he puts on his dress uniform and his sword and gets cleaned up, and grant doesnt. grant shows up in his road uniform, and his boots were muddy. grant is the epitome of the soldier who ha...

While their intent is likely to prevent the union from using stores of weapons and supplies, the fires quickly spread out of control, and richmond burns to the ground. the confederate surrender is all but inevitable, and some of the destruction is a result of their own doing. ♪ >> the day after richmond falls, lincoln visits the southern seat of power, where the former slave population greets him as their savior. >> bless the lord. its our messiah. >> there, there. theres been plenty of that. ...

>> who will follow me? [ whoops ] >> aagh! >> it was my fault. it was my fault. it is all my fault. [ echoing ] >> as ulysses s. grant rides to wilmer mcleans house in appomattox, he has plenty of time to think about the terms of lees surrender. under the constitution, lee and his officers could, in fact, be tried for treason, which means theyd be imprisoned and sentenced to hang. so now their fate, and the fate of the union, is in the hands of a man named "unconditional surrender grant." >> hel...

>> when you think of robert e. lee, you think of a very stately, dignified virginian, and thats what he was. when he arrives at appomattox court house to surrender, he looks as dignified as if hed just stepped off the parade ground. >> for this surrender, lee takes it very formally. he takes it very serious, and he puts on his dress uniform and his sword and gets cleaned up, and grant doesnt. grant shows up in his road uniform, and his boots were muddy. grant is the epitome of the soldier who ha...

It will continue at 2:00 p.m. when the largest memorial day parade winds its way up independence avenue. for the family of the thousands of the nation war dead this particular day has a different meaning for each and every one of them. i want you to hear a mans story. his name is arthur choten. his father died in a jeep accident right after the european surrender was signed in world war ii. here is his story. >> i never knew my father. he was sent overseas when i was ten weeks old and killed a m...

As generals robert e. lee and ulysses s. grant meet to negotiate a surrender, the future of america is at stake. ♪ >> ulysses s. grant had to think about what kind of surrender terms he would offer. he had spoken with lincoln. he understood lincolns interest, but lincoln hadnt given him specific instructions. he understood that a civil war that did not result in a reunited country was not a war worth fighting. >> hello, general. >> general. shall we discuss your terms? >> my terms? [ distant e...

The brutal war envisioned by william sherman is nearing its end, and his path of destruction paves the way for americas healing. ♪ >> i carry a message from general grant. ♪ general lee has surrendered the army of northern virginia! [ cheers ] >> lees surrender at appomattox is considered by many to be the official end of the civil war. though several rebel armies continued fighting in the west, for his role in the conflict, many in the south will vilify william tecumseh sherman as a monster...

Saxons were not a united front there was a whole number of sub tribes the westphalian was the angry ins and the east valiums are the best known so that they were not under central command from the military perspective either these wars are waged by these different tribes meaning that one victory by charlemagne definitely doesnt mean that all the saxon tribes have been defeated. one year after the war against the saxons charles cross the outs with his army in order to conquer the lumber kingdom h...

Its a fitting surrender for a league that has -- that we know now has been more concerned with offending this president than supporting the black players that make up nearly 70% of its roster. back with me is jamil smith of "rolling stone" magazine. also joining me, sports writer howard bryant, author of "the heritage, a black athletes, a divided america, and the politics of patriotism." howard, let me go to you first. when an athlete is contracted, theyre contracted to play the game. theyre not...