And had the federal authorities not arrested him, put him in a cell at fort monroe, clamped him in irons and made a martyr out of him, he would have been denounced through much of southern history. But they turned him into the man who was persecuted for the white south but made him a hero. Even so, postwar confederates did not like to air their dirty linen in public and most of them did not do so. Johnston was also praised in the writings of his federal opponents. William t. Sherman had good things to say about johnston in his memoirs published in 1875. U. S. Grant had good things to say about johnston. I mean, after all, grant said i worried more when joe johnston was in command in front of my army than when robert e. Lee was. I dont know if grant actually said that or not, but if he did, that alone should take his reputation down many notches. Because among other things, johnston almost never commanded troops in front of grants army. Only for a few weeks in january and february 1864
The british. On the other side unionists will say George Washington in his farewell address said the price the union of any allegiance. Actually robert e. Lee is reading a biography of George Washington in the months before the civil war and he is hearing these arguments and he concludes that he basically agrees with the unionist position. He believes George Washington would have opposed secession. So what else does lee say to Francis Blair . He says he would would gladly washes hands of slavery. He would gladly get rid of all slavery if it would avoid war rate but then he says how can i raise my sword against my native state . Here the blair family position says lee hesitated that is lee told the story he gave the answer once, no biggie turned down the command though he did not turn his commission to the army surfer more than three decades. He returns to arlington house. He soon learns that virginia in fact has voted to secede from the union and there on april 20 the writes a letter r
Next Jonathan Horn recounts robert e. Lees decision to join the Confederate Army after being sought by the north and the south. From louisville kentucky, its about an hour. Its my pleasure to introduce dr. Horn. He is an author and former white house president ial speechmaker who spent years researching and writing his robert e. Lee biography the man who would not be washington published in january of this year. Jonathan has appeared as a commentator on msnbc and nbc radio. His writing has appeared in the New York Times the Weekly Standard and other outlets. During his time the white house jonathan served as a speechwriter and special assistant to president george bush and as a graduate of io university and we welcome him to louisville university. [applause] thank you so much for that lovely introduction judy. As was mentioned i used to work as a president ial speechwriter before i started writing this book. So you can imagine my shock when i learned that the subject of my new book did
Prepare to face greece in their most successful world cup in history. First, the turmoil in iraq, and the aftermath of the Largest Military offensive yet by government forces. They are reported to be on the outskirts of tikrit, readying for a push into the city. The army sending reinforcements is in chrome. The people inside tikrit endured days of helicopter attacks. Mosul has been under bombardment, the u. N. Saying they had to attend a nearby camp for displaced people because of large numbers leaving. Half a million were forced to leave mosul. It takes the total numbers in iraq to 1. 2 million. As a result the u. N. Tripled the aid appeal to 3 million. We go to imran khan in baghdad. A lot of people on the move because of fighting in tikrit. Where are the people heading and what sort of help are they getting. What sort of help is down to the crisis in funding. 80 is not there, and most of the agencies tell you that they are instructing to help, to what are the certainly displaced peo
Plus. Im Daniel Schweimler in the heart of uruguay, where the cows have been trapped, shortly after birth. Irans government has received a major boost in its fight against sunni rebels. Five russianmade fighter jets have arrived in baghdad. Commanders say the military air force will target areas that have been taken over in the north. The government says it needs more military jets to defeat the enemy. Translation we are in urgent need of this type of aircraft during this difficult time. These jets will come into Service Within the next three or four days, to support the grand units or support i. S. I. L. The government described the latest assault to retake areas of the north as zero hour, involving a major offensive against rebel targets. The conflict is focussed on the Central Region of iraqs. They have operations in many towns, and have taken back the highway from there to the capital baghdad. Integral to the fight, is tikr tikrit. Rebels took the city. Its unclear who controls the