count on foreign intervention. lee says that. and that being the case, god as usual is going to be on the side of the larger battalion. that s not lee s phrase, but i think napoleon said it. but i associate it with t. harry williams in any event. unless we reverse the way the world works, the stronger side is going to win the war. and so lee set about trying to reverse the way the world works. to be the stronger side in where it counted to destroy an enemy army. so, in the wake of the seven pines, lee comes to command. now, realize robert e. lee in the mexican war where he is the finest soldier scott ever saw on the field really didn t have a command. he was on scott s staff. lee has never commanded anything more than two companies of marines at harper s ferry on act 16th, 1859, when they stormed the fire engine house and captured five rebels commanded by john brown. harper s ferry, 1859. now, maybe commanding two companies of marines is all you need. the marines contend that
other enclaves along the coast of texas. but his main job in the remainder of 1862 was to strengthen the blockade. he wanted to move against mobile. but for reasons beyond his control the government put off that and kept putting it off until of course the summer of 1864. we re right on time which is always wonderful. [ applause ] you know, one of the great joys of being associated with this symposium is that we give historians their choice of who to nominate. i ll never forget when john kosky walked into my office with a big smile on his face and he says you ll never guess who mcpherson is going to do, david farragut. i went, really? that s interesting. and what a terrific talk, jim. thank you so much. it s 1:30. we re going to break for 15 minutes. be back in your chairs at a quarter to 2:00. for the tv audience, dr. mcpherson is going to take your questions. and earlier speakers had a great time handling a national audience. thank you. live on american history tv
forms of warfare. and this is what davis anticipates as a last resort at least. meanwhile, he believes he can outlast the union will. lee is less sanguine about that because he has a better opinion of the union will. those people, as he called his enemies, those people are not going to quit. we re going to have to defeat them, destroy them if you will. and it is lee who plots that destruction, and lee believes also that all of this has to happen sooner rather than later. because as time goes on, the enemy is going to get stronger. he can look at this lee can look at the census and knows it as well as anybody. they have more people! they have more resources! unless we get and we can t count on foreign intervention. lee says that. and that being the case, god as usual is going to be on the side of the larger battalion. that s not lee s phrase, but i think napoleon said it. but i associate it with t. harry williams in any event. unless we reverse the way the world works, the
you are on twitter here is an item in this morning s washington post the politics and nation section talking about governors and what they are dealing with these days. we want to talk to you for the first 45 minutes - rate your governor and tell us whether he is doing a good job in a bad job and whether you will be supporting another candidate if your governor is up for reelection. our first call comes from freeport, maine, on our line for republicans caller: good morning, our governor is paul lapage who was elected in 2010 paid 2010. he managed and his first year to cut the liability created by promises to the pension plan. he cut from $4.1 billion to $2.4 billion with a pretty united legislature. the republicans and democrats got together to do that and also lower the tax rate. from 8.5% to 7.95%. i would say 70,000 people were taken off the tax rolls by raising the amount of money you had to make to pay taxes. it was a good first year for the governor and he is sti
time magazine had been around in 1862, who would time select as the person of year? the library of virginia co-hosting an event that invited five historians including david blight to answer that question. by the end of the day, the audience here in richmond will vote on person of the year 1862. so lots ahead, all-day coverage here on c-span3 on american history tv. and during breaks in the event in richmond, we will take your phone calls, we ll talk to the historians about their selections and also give you a chance to weigh in with your vote as well. now, you can do that on the phone. you can also do that online. if you re on twitter, follow us @cspanhistory. specifically today if you want to tweet use #poty1862. on facebook we ve posted the question who do you think was the most influential person of 1862? facebook.com/cspan. we ll look at some of those throughout the day as well. coming up next, they ll get under way shortly at the library of virginia in richmond to