Carolina. To learn more about the cities on our 2015 to her, visited cspan. Org cities to her. We continue now with our look at the history of greensboro. This is American History tv on cspan3. Today we are the greensboro historical museum. This is exhibit called the murphy confederate long arms collection. This collection was loaned to the museum, and then bequeath to the museum on dr. Murphys death in 2003. John and Isabel Murphy were a couple married, and john was a particular collector of confederate long arms. He was born in washington, d. C. , and attended school in virginia, said he was a southerner. He enrolled in the navy and served as a doctor for 20 years before retiring. He assembled an outstanding collection, one of its kind of confederate long arms. By that, i mean rifles muskets shotguns, and carbines made in the south for confederate soldiers. His interest in the civil war talking to his maternal grandfather and some great uncles, and the fact that his maternal grandfat
Generals from the union side and governor Zebulun Vance from the confederate side together in this room, and governor vance surrendered the state of North Carolina in this room. Morehead passed away in 1866 shortly after the surrender. By the time the surrender came along, he was not in the best of health so he was not a participant in the reconstruction of North Carolina during the confederate period. I see governor morehead as someone who is really struggling with the world in which he lived. He lived in a world that included slavery that included a situation where women were not allowed to own property, were not allowed to vote. The state was in a situation where people could grow wonderful crops. They could make wonderful things, but they didnt have a market. I think he was frustrated that the rings were true these ends were true. He began to establish a system that would change that. I think what he started, he was taking a first step, and i think he would be incredibly pleased to
Of those civil rights activists who suffered violence while standing for peace. We honor them for holding our nation to the highest ideals, ensuring the true existence of liberty and justice for all, and making this country keep to its promise. That all men tonight on the civil war, the burning of columbia. Columbia, South Carolina surrender to the union army under general William Tecumseh sherman. Recently a panel that historians discuss the fall and recovery. That is tonight on the civil war at 6 00 p. M. Eastern time here on American History tv. This year, cspans touring cities across the country exploring American History. A look at our recent visit to greensboro, North Carolina. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend. Today we are at the Greensboro Historical Museum in an exhibit called the murphy confederate long arms collection and this collection was actually originally loaned to the museum, and then bequeathed to the museum upon dr. Murphys death in 2