The written word, particularly at a time when families are frequently separated for the first time and they have provided the information that you need to not only understand the family networks, but the Community Networks and the Postal Network and whats happening geopolitically in the United States during the civil war. So really looking forward to this talk. Lynn heidelberg is a curator here at the Smithsonian National postal museum. Shes specializes in the history of u. S. Postal service and has published essays and created several exhibits, specifically in this case on military mail, including mail call, which you can visit out in the gallery floor as well as my fellow soldiers letters from world war one, for which she received the smithson sheehan secretarys Research Prize in 2018. Thomas halon curates the lighter than air collections, including balloons, lamps and airships at the Smithsonian National air and space museum. His research focuses on ballooning in the civil war, as w
Of 2013, but im back now. In corporate news, boeing completing what it calls an uneventful test, a flight of the 787 dream liner. And opposition is growing to dells big buyout, that 24 billion buyout and a Carnival Cruise ship is floating in the gulf of mexico after an engine fire. Plus, digging out, the northeast hit hard by a weekend blizzard. Hundreds of thousands are still without power. Airlines are trying to restore service. And news out of the vatican about the pope. If you havent seen it, well bring you that, as well. Its monday, february 11th, 2013. Squawk box begins right now. Good morning. Im Andrew Ross Sorkin along with joe kernen. Becky is off. Breaking news, the vatican has Just Announced the pope will be resigning on february 28th. The blizzard brought as much as three feet of snow to some areas in the northeast. Here is the Massachusetts Governor. Were, woulding hard to make sure that the t is fully functional by the morning commute. Utilities seem to be making progres
Troop of trained guerrillas, maybe i can do that. I will try to keep it moving along here. As you have just been told, and as i assume you know, the battle of nashville was the last major battle of 1864. It was a major victory, maybe the greatest victory for george h. Thomas and the greatest defeat for john bell hood. As you may be aware, the army with which George Thomas fox battle of nashville was composed of several contingents. You might even say, cobbled together almost on the field of battle there. Thomas was sent back with the fourth corps of his army of the cumberland back into tennessee to gather forces there and other reinforcements that would be sent to him and put them together into an army that would stop john bell hoods late fall incursion into the state of tennessee. The fourth corps that tomas had commanded throughout the Atlanta Campaign earlier that year, there was the 23rd quarter under 23rd core under schofield, which had also served under sherman alongside, sproul
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Register receipts at the retailer. Dont miss the walmart exec on cnbc later this morning at 11 45 eastern time. Samsung is on track to have its worst results in two years. The company says it saw Better Business conditions in the Third Quarter, but cautions it faces slowing Market Growth and intensifying price competition at the lower end and a looming threat of apples next iphone. In other tech news, at t announcing it will be the first carrier to sell the lg smartwatch. It answers to voice commands. It goes on sale friday. I saw this the first thing this morning when i opened up the wall street journal. 125 years. What a great editorial page. Three people, freeway markets, ideas for renewing americas prosperity, really good stuff. Articles by peter huber on Molecular Medicine and paul on getting out and away and, you know, peter darker saying listen to peopler drucker. But really good for the environment were in right now which apparently is spurring young people to become conservati