Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 they worked in order to really attack the problem of a cap americans here in selma not having the right to vote. In the 1993, in february of that year the first representatives were sent here, Bernard Lafayette and his wife kahleah to be the voice for snc in this area. The they were going into places that hadnt been touched by the civil right movement in a way. They were the people working with the noung people other in selma to prepare them for the work of civil rights and to march and protest in the streets for rights they werent even old enough to have. Sncc really laid the foundation and groundwork to build off of in 1965. Sncc did not meet here in the church but they met in Tabernacle Baptist Church and the interesting thing about tabernacle baptist the church has two faces. Africanamericans were prevented from entering or exiting a building on broad
Appomattox courthouse village is famous because its where general lee surrendered the army of Northern Virginia to you lessees to Ulysses S Grant bringing about an end or the beginning of the end to the American Civil War. This little town has a lot of history for its size. Today, we would like to talk a little bit about why appomattox courthouse is so famous. Wed like to spend more time talking about some Untold Stories. ,he courthouse is a village complete with a tavern, stores, lawyers offices and homes. The town was not more than 140 people in 1865. Its an unlikely place for two large military forces to meet. Army of Northern Virginia and general grants multiple army forces with about 63,000 men, about 95,000 soldiers total within a six mile rate is of here. Unlikely because its not were either army wanted to be. Its where they ended up. As fate would have it for generally, his army was practically surrounded here by general grants forces and on the morning of palm sunday, april 9,
An entity in trouble to turn it around because that is what i spent the first 20 years of my career doing, and i thought the country needed the same thing. Lynchburg was named for its founder, john lynch. It had a rich manufacturing history as well as civil war ties to the nearby sandusky and the nearby Appomattox Courthouse. This painting tells a unique story. There is damage to the painting and the tradition passed to the family is that this painting was fanned allies by Union Soldiers during their occupation at the civil war battle. Writtenind some accounts of the vandalism that took place during the battle. For the next 90 minutes, we will feature the citys local history beginning with poplar history beginning with Poplar Forest, Thomas Jeffersons private retreat. What you see behind me is jeffersons most infamous, perfect work of architecture. Poplar forest. That was his villa retreat that he started building when president. It is not known very much because jefferson kept it a se
Aurthouse one word is building like the one behind me and it is situated in the village of appomattox courthouse. Courthouse two words is a village. Appomattox courthouse the village is famous because it is where general lee surrendered to ulysses s. Grant on april 19 1965, bringing about the end to the macon civil war. The American Civil War. This town has a lot of history to its size. Aday we would like to talk little bit about why appomattox courthouse is so famous. We would like to talk about some Untold Stories. The courthouse is the village complete with the tavern, stores, lawyers offices, and homes. The town was not more than 140 people in 1865. Its an unlikely place for two large military forces to meet. General lees Northern Army of virginia and general grants multiple army force of about 63,000 men. All told about 95,000 soldiers within a six mile radius of fear. Unlikely because its not where either army wanted to be, but its where they ended up as fate would have it for ge
The theme of this years event is ordinary people, extraordinary times. Historians explore how the war affected a Diverse Group of american people. The event is cohosted by the library of virginia, university of Virginia Center for Civil War History, and the American Civil War museum. In the first session, james robertson, Virginia Tech history professor emeritus, and the author or editor of more than 20 books will give a talk titled civil war echoes from the common folk. But first, the director of the center for Civil War History at the university of virginia will welcome the audience. This is live coverage on American History tv on cspan3. Good morning, im Gary Gallagher and i very pleased to welcome all of you this morning. To our symposium titled ordinary people, extraordinary times. I do this and welcome you on behalf of the library of virginia, the American Civil War the center for Civil War History at the university of virginia. Treadway, they library and would perform this task,