World war ii and the years pacificd, he shaped the in a way that no one else has. Documentspository of and artifacts is a significant component. Quite a remarkable shift for me as i understood what chris is up to down there. That is his day job and by night, he is still in love with the american civil war. On to since gone perryville where he was in charge of the battlefield out there. He has gone on to the George Patton museum which landed him at the mccarthy memorial. He still goes to bed at night and dreams about the civil war. [laughter] it is my great delight to introduce to you my great polish. Rethren, chris chris good morning everybody. I have been introduced many ways over many years and consistently , the most interesting the most chuckleinducing introductions come from my polish brother over there. Thank you for that advertisement of the macarthur memorial. I encourage all of you to come down and visit at some point or another. If that professor gig doesnt work out for you,
Richmond. Robert e lees army, safety 5000 men, holding the siege line 65,000 men, holding the seas lines. Siege lines. They face the army of the potomac, and an army level headquarters of the shenandoah under philip sheridan. Years, hasor four had a target on its back. It has been a primary or a secondary objective of u. S. Forces in the Eastern Theater since the wars beginning in 1861. It has had more military resources devoted to its capture than any objective the American Forces have her try to capture up to this point in history of the country. The largest army the u. S. Has ever fielded, the army of the potomac, has its objective at richmond. The people of richmond know they have been living with a target on the back. Richmond also is a simple. Is a symbol. I want to talk about that more as we get going. Confederacy,f the also one of the most important industrial cities in the confederacy. Begins, the battle of five forks outside of petersburg, virginia from the Confederate White
Up next on American History tv, clayton lori discusses espionage and intelligence gathering tactics used during the civil war. How intelligence was used during so few and why they are primary source documents on civil war area intelligence gathering. Associatesnian hosted this event. It is a little under two hours. With thea historian Central Intelligence agency. He joined the u. S. Government in at the a staff Historian Army center of military history, where he served for 14 years before he joined the cia. During his time with the agency he also served in rotational assignments as deputy and chief historian at the National Reconnaissance office and at the office of director of National Intelligence. Taught dr. Taught at the American University and university of maryland at baltimore county. He specializes at the history of intelligence. He is the author of 40 articles on both military and intelligence history from the 19th century to the present. Give you a warm welcome to dr. Clayton
Amendment. Senator ted cruz says, quote, obama once your guns. However, to my knowledge, donald trump has yet to respond today, but keep your eye on twitter. Michael we want to know what you think. You can let us know on our now poll. Let us know if you think the president s executive actions will reduce the number of Mass Shootings in the united states. The poll is on the wyff4 facebook, twitter and website home pages. Heres a look so far, and so far, the nos have it. If you vote on twitter, make sure you include hasthhtags or your vote wont count. Carol South Carolina governor nikki haley will provide the gop response to president obamas state of the union address. Youll be able to watch the address and haleys response, right hehe on wyff four. Tonight at 9 00. Yard covered in snow. The familys snowmachine c cated this. They tell us they plan to run the snowmachine tonight. Carol lets check in now with chief meteorologist john cessarich. Michael john, no chance of real snow tonight.
I will be doing a book signing upstairs. If you have a copy of the book there is time to get one. If you do not have a copy, there is still time to get one. Richmond was captured april 3, 1865. What antzel understatement that is, to capture the historic event that happened 150 years ago today. I got interested in this project 12 years ago when i was going through my grandfathers Family Archive and memoirs and came across this entry. My fathers uncle was a general in the civil war. My grandfather was born in the United States in ohio. His parents were immigrants. Jacob lew is weitzel was his father and his parents died at a young age when george was 18 months old. He was adopted, and the family name was changed. Im a blood weitzel. So the title of my talk is im a is weitzeltalk returns. We have weitzels in the Confederate White House. We have some weitzels here today. Probably more than in 150 years. Welcome. This is Major General Godfrey Weitzel. Age 1835, died in 1884 at 49. He was bo