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 down. Out here also is the secretary of state. The secretary of state, of course, is william seward. Soon to arrive is going to be gideon wells, secretary of the navy, and his wife. Now mary gets the one cabinet member that mary gets along well with, mrs. Wells. She doesnt get along with others. The president will go up and stand on that paraben, where in the 1960s theyll put up a monument there. T
Iety of an a vareit full and parttime learning. Digital learning and the future of the Education System with Tom Vander Ark monday night on the communicators, on cspan 3. Week, america artifex takes viewers into archives and Historic Sites around the country. At the outbreak of the civil war in the spring, 18 61, washington, dc was a lightly defended city and vulnerable with only one for located 12 miles south of the city and the confederate state of virginia just across the potomac. By 1865 the Nations Capital had become the most fortified city in the world, with a ring of 70 armed forts encircling the city. We visited three of us arriving with the surviving forsts dale floyd. Right now we are in the museum of fort ward, which has a variety of different artifacts. One of the nice things is we the defenses of washington and it gives you a good idea of where they are today. We are at fort ward which is here. And today, we are also going to go to fort foote, which is down here. And all t
Each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums, and Historic Sites around the country. At the outbreak of the civil war washington dc was a lightly defended city and vulnerable to attack. By 1865, the Nations Capital arguably had become the most fortified city in the world with the ring of about 70 arm ports and batteries circling the city. We visited three of the surviving forts with the arthur of the study on the civil war defenses of washington for the National Park service. Right now we are in the museum which has override it different artifacts in it. One of the nice ones is we have a map of the defenses that gives you a good idea of where they are today. Woodard fort ward, which is here , and today were also going to foote, which is down here. And all the way up to fort stevens which is up there. The reasoned that the forts were built was basically to protect the capital of the united states. It first started in may, 1861. Soon after virginia seceded from the