We have got a good bit of world cup fever here on world news now, especially when it comes to team usa. Last night completely psyched when we saw them beat ghana. Boy, a decisive win or what. Second into the game, team usa scored its first go. And Karen Travers has got to be one of the biggest sports fans on the abc news roster. She breaks down the game for us. Reporter it was an exciting start and finish for team usa. But in the middle, a tense physical game that was a nail biter for american soccer fans. The game winner came from an unlikely hero, john brooks, a 21yearold sub, who came in off the bench at halftime. Brooks gave the u. S. The lead with a header in the corner kick in the 86th minute. The exhausted American Defense hung on for the 21 win. We have a great spirit. The u. S. Team always has a great spirit and fights to the last second. Reporter the u. S. Struck first. Very early. Just 29 seconds on the clock when Clint Dempsey twists a shot in off the post. The fifth fastes
Killed or by their wounds. In other words, they died as a direct result of combat in the war. I did some calculations, and i found that in fact about 10 more of the army died of disease, sickness, and other causes that are not directly related to battle. They were simply a product of the very unhealthy nature of military camps, the inability to provide decent sanitation, these sorts of things, which diseases, if they got into an arm camp, they could go through and take a very heavy toll on life substantially more men died as a result of disease, sickness. And then theres a bit of colateral damage that occurs that millyisha die as a result of the british raids of the sort weve been talking about. We might estimate that 15,000, 16,000 americans died one way or another as a result of the war of 1812. The indians suffered i think proportionately higher percentage of lossesle we dont know precisely, because we dont have good figures for indian population, but of course the numbers that the
1832 in the wake of nat turners revolt. Until then, theres an actual fair amount of teaching slaves to read and write, particularly artisans and house slaves. The other thing is, this is also a period in which the vast majority of enslaved people in the chesapeake have become christians, and theyre usually methodist or baptist and their class leaders or teachers would like many of them to be able to read the bible. So theres much more literacy than we have bargained on, and you dont need everybody to be able to read it. If theres one group of 50 who can read, he can read it to everybody else. The other thing is that people in america are lousy at keeping secrets. They are the worlds worst people at keeping secrets and this comes back to bite them all time in the war of 1812. You get officers in the front line writing letters about how terrible their troops are and theyre not prepared and theyre sick and they get published in the newspapers of that time. People talk about stuff. They ca
Technology, empowering opportunity, and communicating with communities big and small. Charter is connecting us. Charter communications along with these Companies Support cspan two as a public service. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is kaitlan edwards. Im the league park ranger here at Andersonville National Historic Site. Welcome. I have the distinct pleasure of introducing our presenter today. He is the distinguished professor of history, a researcher of us are at Lynn University in florida. He has published over 40 books, several of which have won awards. The latest of which is an escape about libby prison in richmond, virginia which we will be talking about today. Please welcome dr. Robert watson. Thank you, caitlyn. Thank you to Andersonville National Historic Site end the National Prisoners of war museum. Thank you, caitlyn and gia, charles, the entire stuff. Today september 16th, which is national p. O. W. Mia recognition day. It is recognized and was established b
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is caitlin. Im the lead park ranger here at andersonville. Historic site. Welcome. I have the distinct pleasure of introducing our presenter today, so is the distinguished professor of and Aaron Fogelman Research Professor at Lynn University in florida. He has published over 40 books, several of which won awards. And the latest, which is escape about libby prison in richmond, virginia, which will we be talking about today . So please welcome dr. Robert watson and thanks, caitlin. So, first of all, thank you to Andersonville National Historic Site and the National Civil war, National Prisoner of war museum. Thanks, caitlin and charles and the entire staff today, september 16th, which is national. Am i a recognition day, which is a day that is recognized . It established by Congress Third friday in september to honor those who served sacrificed suffered as well as those that have not yet come home. So its fitting, i suppose, all together prop