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We will close the benediction, but we do hope each of you will come over and join us. Just across the street youll get some instructions. Its the moment to join us for the first fine of the civil war here in the District Of Columbia since 1864, 150 years ago today. Fire a canon, yes. Please welcome again reverend louis as he leads us through the benediction. Please stand. Now lord we ask for our blessings that as we leave this place, that the street fellowship of the Holy Communion will rest, rule and abide with us now and forever more and all gods people said amen. American history tv in prim...

For years nobody believed it. The confederate soldiers themselves claimed to see the dome of the capital. Thats hock um. Theres nowhere to see the dome of the capital. You can see its below where visual would have gotten it out in Silver Spring. Probably saw the lights of georgetown. But mccauslin had gotten up there. Theres claims to ride up in broad daylight. No substantiating that. Old soldiers have vivid memories. One little comment, not a question. I was a surveyor in washington, d. C. For 42 years. In our office we had 1880 i think u. S. Gs topographic maps. First put out by the city and...

Men took up their stand against the confederate troops, who came straight down that way from where the tracks are, and this is where they held them. This is the actual junction. It says frederick junction, but its known as the monacacy junction then. The old train station was right behind us over here. And, in fact, these are the tracks that the troops came down from baltimore. Anyway, after their vermonters finally couldnt take it anymore, they fled down the tracks, around the bentd, and the old railroad bridge over there, the ones they had to flee for their lives over while they were being s...

Then the senate. As they get more and more influenced by what they are drinking, they boast, tomorrow well march down massachusetts avenue and well escort general breckenridge into the capitol, into the senate chamber, which he had presided over and place him back there. Well, the president is going to pay a visit out here again on the wealth. Hes going to arrive out here and hes going to bring mary with him. Now mary and he, there have been causalities out here, and close to the walls of fort stevens is a hospital. They go in and visit several Wounded Union soldiers there and then mary sits d...

Wounded. You know, it is maybe you have something to say about that that. I said, maybe i dont. He said, try. And so, i did. I thought about it and he was absolutely right. I was hoping with this book to write something that would number one, show people what to the cost of combat really is. But number two, aimed at men and women coming back in seriously bad shape. Loss of limbs, all sorts of things. Maybe this book will give them something to hang on to. A sense a little luck, some grit, so people that care about you. You can really put you life back together. Not the way it was going to be, ...