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Going to last a lot longer and nothing short of absolute conquest of the south will end it. Today well talk about a Campaign Going on at the exact same moment over in the eastern theatre or virginia in this case. We will talk about the peninsula and the seven Days Campaign today. It starts in late march, early april, 1862 and is going to go until july of 1862. And it was the campaign that could have ended the war in the summer of 1862. The Union Strategy this time was if you can knock the confed...

Any naysayers be damned. The truth of the matter, he was 40 million over budget, almost a year late, and for the most part no one needs to write it except for the fact that they routed a bus line so that you have to write it now. They come to certain standards. Ill leave thati leave that open in the book. The most important thing is to have the facts. Deep in constant contrast. You can put two things next each other easily and see how they are related and would seem to be impossibly able to coin...

Military records from the union during the civil war, newspapers, one of the most fascinating sources that i found was advertisement indy new orleans paper for rose. She is advertised for sale in the newspaper. Two kaiser day. That was shocking but at the same time indicated how routine for buying and selling of human beings was in the american south. Sources were plentiful. The biggest point here is there are sources available, the individual lives of people, historians have not reached part of...

I appreciate that. I can just look at kevin if i need. Kevin, you teach, right . In addition to blogging. Er, in sorry, pete. Blo and so,gg youre used to being front of unruly crowds. G and you may also have some experience with a particularly nerve wracking speaking engagement. One of those engagements wrote youre not quite sure where the subject matter of your talk fits with the event at hand. And then, adding to that, you learn that perhaps, i dont know, cspan is going to broadcast your talk ...

Washington journal is live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Next on American History tv, Brian Craig Miller of Emporia State University discusses confederate general John Bell Hoods campaign into tennessee in the fall of 1864, resulting in the almost total destruction of his army. This event is from the Gettysburg College Civil War Institutes annual summer conference that took place in june. Its about an hour and 15 minutes. Good afternoon. Im peter carmichael, the director of the Civil War Insti...

Of the key moments of the american civil war. They were in chattanooga for their 33rd annual meeting of the society of the army of the cumberland. That army had fought in march across middle tennessee in 1863, climbing mountains and reversing rivers before fighting confederate armies at chickamauga creek, in the greatest battle in the western theater of the war. In the minds of these veterans, chickamauga was not a union defeat, but rather the battle for the capture and permanent possession of t...

Zimbabwe, how the industry is going from strength to strength. World leaders have condemned the killing of another hostage held by the Islamic State of iraq and levant. The group has released a video showing the beheading of alan henning, a British Volunteer captured while delivering aid to syria in december. Emma haywood reports. Reporter alan henning had no ties with syria, only a deep desire to help those in need. The married father of two travelled there last december as part of a british ai...

Protest. In sao paolo where it is the last day of campaigning before brazilians go to the polls to vote for a new president. The former haitian president jeanclaude duvalier has died. Jeanclaude duvalier returned to haiti after 25 years in exile. His home coming shortly after a president ial election. When he died he was being accused of corruption and human rights abuses. When only 19 years old he took over presidency after the death of his father. His father, papa doc, had declared himself pre...

To resandstorm for highlevel talks. So we begin this news hour with developments in syria and the fight against the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. Syrian border town of kobane where fighting has driven thousands of people away. Surrendeaway. Kurds angry at the perceived lack of action. In its strongest statement yet the turkish government said it will do whatever it takes to prevent kobane from falling, and protect its troops t. Lets go to southeastern turkey. Just give us the latest situ...

I cant remember when i first saw the picture, and i certainly did not know where cold harbor was at the time. Im sure i thought it was a port town somewhere in virginia. I may not remember in which book i first saw the photograph, but i know that immediately and lastingly linked the words cold harbor and death in my mind. In subsequent years, i came to read more about the events of the spring of 1864 that culminated at cold harbor, that deadly slog from the rapid ann to the james that saw the u....