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Around the clock across the world this is r. T. International from the team and myself you know me well hello and welcome to the program we will get to those headlines stories in just a moment but 1st i want to bring you at the valid thing story coming to us from the philippines where a major a Police Operation is no underway Shopping Mall in the capital manila this is the scene the live scene just about Shopping Center in the capital now its been reported Security Guard at the guard had taken a...

Thank you for having me. Withdelighted to be here the emerging civil war. Lets talk about Horseshoe Ridge. Let me tell you that its not a horseshoe shaped nor a ridge. More on that later. In september 1863, the union army of a cumberland and Confederate Army of tennessee came together in north georgia and thought the threeday battle. The secondlargest battle of the civil war, 130,000 men. Approximately 340,000 casualties Confederate Army of tennessee out of that. One of the things i found while ...

The confederates were coming. Were able to hatch one of the most audacious plans ever factdered, despite the that they only had 40,000 men on this entire battlefield. Almost 85,000 Union Soldiers. Robert e lee and Stonewall Jackson decided tos there forces in the face of the enemy. While everybody was obvious to the east, Stonewall Jackson took considered; and march in broad daylight, cleaner and the union army. His vanguard was less than a mile away from us in setting up their position. 27,000 ...

Ont as far as what is going in china, every day, around 2 00 p. M. , chinese time, markets recover because state money comes in to buy stocks. Will be closed on the mainland, and tomorrow they will be closed for the military parades and victory celebrations for world war ii. Here spurredsses by the chinese erik s p 500 ended in correction, more than 10 down from its recent high on july 20. Matt the big losers in percentage terms netflix was down on concern apple is going to meet its lunch with o...

Are spending much time at all training for the crater. I think it gets back to how we tend to want to remember this story. The story of the black Union Soldier is front and center. I couldnt be happier about that. I think theres been a danger in the way the story has been pushed over the last few years. It is the moral narrative of our civil war memory. We want to correct for forgetting about them for so long. I think we tend to gloss over some of the darker sides of black soldiers. I dont think...

Eligible population, dont even meet the basic requirements to get into todays army. 99 of todays recruits have a High School Diploma or equivalent. An era where 79 of High School Students graduate. Thats 21 times lower rate of dropouts than the national average. Overall, todays recruits are healthier, more physically fit than the vast majority of peers and must adhere to zero tolerance policy on drugs and criminal issues. It is actually statistically easy tosh gier to get into coll enlist, not b...

Tonight watch as the National Park service commemorates 150th anniversary of the battle. Well also take a look at how the attack failed and why the u. S. Colored troops were unjustly blamed. Author kevin levine on the contribution of the u. S. Colored troops and immediately following the civil war. Here are some of the highlights for twheekd. Friday on cspan and prime time, well visit important sites in the history of the civil rights movement. Saturday night at 8 00, highlights from this years ...

You again and welcome you here to the park. I was remarking a few minutes ago, much like it was for the soldiers 150 years ago who were in the oberlin campaign that started in 1864, it has been a long road to petersburg. We started this 150th event for 3, atparks on may spotsylvania courthouse. We have moved south ever since. T has been quite a feat it is the first time three parks within a process of these commemorations have shared programming where we have tried to make a continual program of...

Believe that if those black regiments had been allowed to lead the assault, that would have been it. In other words, we can imagine black soldiers marching, charging over blanford hill, right, into petersburg. Thats a very soothing image. I think that tells us more about how we want to remember the war than the battle itself, because anyone who has studied civil war battles, they never go as planned. Right . Theres always something that goes afoul. So is it any surprise that given this massive d...

Burning of washington during the war of 1812 this thursday from author and historian anthony pitch at an event hosted by the smithsonian associated. Our live coverage starts at 6 45 p. M. Eastern. And more next saturday, august 23rd as we take you live for a Panel Discussion on the events of 200 years ago. Thats live at 1 00 p. M. Eastern here on American History tv on cspan3. Next on the civil war, author cethen levin discussed the role of the u. S. Colored troops in the civil wars battle of th...