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Stephen its get started for today then. This is our first class about reconstruction. I want to first go back and talk about the war. What the war had been fought for. The war from the unions point of view Abraham Lincolns point of view was a war of reunion. Over time the war becomes a war to stamp out slavery. The victories of union armies on the battlefield doesnt in itself resolve either one of those issues. That is what we are going to talk about we talk about reconstruction. Giving practica...

About the war. What the war had been fought for. The war from the unions point of view abraham lakins point of lincolns point of view was a war reunion. Over time the war becomes a war to stamp out slavery. The victories of union armies on the battlefield doesnt in itself resolve either one of those issues. That is what we are going to talk about we talk about reconstruction. Giving practical meaning to reunion. The Humpty Dumpty question have you put the union back together after civil war that...

Presentation today i have not provided you with adequate evidence to support this claim. The evidence is the book. An added reason for you to buy it. So, in conclusion, there are two things i want for you, two things i hope you will get from reading my book. One, i hope and i rather expect that, after its a continuation of project that began with the previous book, which is the one that we mentioned, on Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The book prompted me to think anew about the process ...

Its sunday, november 2 pped. Good morning, everyone. Ill tell you what, that extra hour of sleep, i do feel pretty good. I was staring at my clock going, is that is the right time; right . Which is the right time. I get so nervous. I know. Then i walk into my kitchen an en im going, thats not right. Good morning to you. Hopefully you remembered to move that clock back. 7 00 with beautiful sunshine. San francisco this morning. From the east bay you can see mostly clear skies. We have a Beautiful ...

Pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for this iconic street which is home to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner but his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Fort totten, fort reno, fort dupont. Locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods, even metro stations but many are surpris...

Neighbourhood. Right now in Southeast Asia the search effort is resuming for yet another missing jetliner. Airasia qz8501 took off from indonesia a little more than 24 hours ago. It encountered heavy weather about 40 minutes later. Air Traffic Controllers were trying to divert it and thats when they lost contact. 162 people were on board the flight so far there has been no sign of them for the plane. Veronica pedrosa as more. Reporter from the air and at sea an intense search for missing flight ...

And now look to the sun and the rain and the clouds which is part of american history. Cold harbor is the final battle which took place in the spring of 1864 with robert e. Lee. And going into the north river than finally northeast of richmond between the rivers. May 26 the armies would face each other for several days and clashed but finally fighting on the outskirts of the army between the calgary both turned their attention. May 31st and june 1st both sides would rush. But there is nothing sp...

Brilliant at it. I mean, you would take train rides around the country. Six weeks in the spring and fall and he talked about simple language. He said the Harvard Audis think i talk into folksy language, but i know i reached them. Speak softly and carry a big stick. It summed up his entire administration. He then gave Maxwell House a slogan good until the very next stop. He was able with his relationship, but he was so interesting. He had a mida shave. When the barbarous shaving hand he is answer...

Who writes his memoir 40 years after the fact, writes it in a flowery 19th century flowery style. When wallace says they arrived here in the morning and lit their camp fires, hell Say Something like, you know, the ste ste steely ska gave way to the orange sun and which was great. You have to balance what wallace says in his memoir with his telegrams from the battlefield. His after reaction report two weeks later because wallace had a way of making himself sound really good. And, you know, he did...

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...