For a transformed nation. The significance of what took place in mr. Mcleans parlor settled the issue of who would be the victors of the american civil war. But many questions remained unanswered. Soldiers echoed their thoughts in letters and diary entries. While letters of Union Soldiers reflected jubilation, their words also reflected concerns. Turn it down now. In the the front lines of appomattox chapel, j. L. Mulligan of the 140th pennsylvania wrote a few days later, though the army of Northern Virginia is ours, still grave questions remain to be settled for which god alone can give the true wisdom and guidance. A confederate artillerist private berkeley recorded a diary entry on april 11th after confirming in his previous days entry that lee had surrendered his whole army. Surely the last 24 hours has been a day of the most intense mental anxiety i have ever experienced. Thousands of thoughts have passed through my mind as to what fate awaits my country, my family, my neighbors,
Across georgia and really just now getting to atlanta some of the showers pushing there. This will continue to work ot to the northeast and into our area Late Afternoon into the evening in the rain overnight. The good news is kind of pull out and away from the area before really i think sunrise tomorrow so i expect a pretty good looking day for saturday its more interesting weather perhaps on sunday well talk more about that coming up right now the table to the airport conditions thirty six degrees Windsor South southwest eight mph. We were thirty four the last half hours so were actually up a couple degrees now and temperatures will continue to go up and reach highs today pretty close to fifty degrees or so. As with the evening the rain moves in i would say for thirty five oclock we sit down across North Carolina pushed him towards the metro and certainly this evening as i mentioned tomorrow its pretty good partly cloudy still mild but cooler on sunday with a maybe maybe a little bit
Government. And the World Health Organization declares west africas ebola out break an International Health emergency. But we open this news hour in iraq which is facing the biggest threat to its security since the events which follow the u. S. Led invasion in 2003. We are hearing reports that air strikes have started, now in the north of the country after president obamas announcement on thursday that america would carry out limited action to prevent what the president described as genicide. That is because the Islamic State group has more gains in iraq and syria in resent days and threatening people to convert to its version of islam, pay a tax or leave. And its made worse by the continuing political crisis in baghdad where the deadline for the selection of the new Prime Minister is approaching and deadlock for months as maliki is accused of causing it by excluding minority groups. Lets go straight to jane on the line from northern iraq. Jane, bring us up to date and hearing about po
That he wanted to harm or indicate in any way that he wanted to harm any of the protectees of the president. Walking, and there was a bulge in the back of his jacket. As ive been briefed here. And the officer approached him, and noticed that he had a hatchet in the back of his pants. As i was briefed. The hatchet, my understanding, in d. C. Is not in violation of the law, if its considered to be used for campingtype activities. And thats what his individual indicated he had the hatchet for. The individual also allowed for gave a consent search of his vehicle. So he was very cooperative during the interview. When they searched his vehicle, there were no weapo found in equipment to again the story that he was involved in camping activities, so again he was released from the interview then subsequently on september 19 and again three of the officers who were familiar with the hatchet interview recognized him. Weve got a better job of communicating. There is officers who saw him more thing
For preservation was initiated in the 1880s and 1890s when the veterans were at the height of their power in government and Industry Leaders and all of them. It was because battlefields ironically these places of conflict could become places of comfort. So americans always put tremendous emphasis on these places as a tool of reconciliation. The key part of the battlefield that came from the sons of confederate veterans stipulated the government would care for this battlefield and not detract from the glory. The dedication speech i helped managed. 1927, said the keynote speaker said we do more than dedicate these fields in memory of things that have passed. We consecrate them in the spirit of lee and lincoln to a more perfect understanding to south and north. For the next 50 years or so would faithfully carry out that charge. Where americans can come together and understand the war in a very human level. Just to give you a sense of how deep this tradition is and how its perceived by the