On october 7th the reports back to richmond and rights to le suggesting he is ready to come back, but at least with the army of Northern Virginia, lee wanted a more vigorous person to take charge. He never recovered the use of his right arm. At this point because of the bullet exiting through his throat he cannot speak. Lee is having none of that. On october 17, he orders long streak to return and resume command of the first core of the army of virginia. North of the james river. Lee is going to take charge of the defenses around petersburg itself. By march 29th, the siege petersburg has been going on since june 18 of 1864. At this point it runs 37 miles. His last the outside railroad is going to be controlled by Confederate Forces at five forks. April 1st of 1865, union troops were captured at five forks to the south. At that point, lee has no option but to evacuate richmond in petersburg. Longstreet leaves petersburg about 7 00 that night. Within two hours, he has his first troops fr
Memorial park. Ill be with you for lectures. And the topic today is going to be on general James Longstreet at couple of timappomattox. May 6, 1864. On october 7, he reports back to richmond and writes a letter to lee suggesting hes ready to come back for active duty but that at least with the army in northern major, lee might want a more vigorous person to take charge. Hell never recover the use of his right arm at this point because of the bullet exiting through his throat, he cant speak above a whisperer. He orders longstreet to return and resume command of the first corps of the army of northern virginia. And the confederate defenses north of the james river. So longstreet has everything from bermuda up through the north. By march 29th, it was going on since june 18th, 1864. And lees lines run about 37 miles. His last railing to the south, the southside railroad, is going to be controlled by Confederate Forces at five forks. On april 1st of 1965 union troops were captured at five f
A very warm welcome its 11 am here in moscow and youre watching off the international with me the key erin our top story this hour china has approved a bill to impose its security low in hong kong its off to the autonomous territories and Legislative Council failed to pass similar laws because live to aussie sauce to tell it for more now saskia whats the reaction in hong kong to this. Well with current of ours dominating the headlines since february many of the stories have to fall into the wayside but one making a comeback as the wild dogs return to normality the hong kong protests are now up to several months of response they still serious scuffles came off to thousands of protesters took to the streets on wednesday the day ending on a really sour note with around 300 arrests and Police Using Pepper Spray bullets because they suspected that some of the protesters had weapons including petrol bombs. Ok we know that anti China Sentiment has been building in the region for almost a year
Warm welcome from our team here in moscow this is our international and our nicky aaron and our top story china has approved a resolution to impose its security law in hong kong angry and the beijing protests have again been intensifying in the city r. T. Saskia taylor looks at whats at stake. With current of ours dominating the headlines since february many of the stories have to fall into the wayside but one making a comeback as the wild starts returning to normality the hong kong protests are now up to several months of her spite stay some serious scuffles and not came off to thousands of protesters took to the streets on wednesday the day ending on a really sour note with around 300 arrests and Police Using Pepper Spray bullets because they suspected some of the protesters had weapons including pecial bombs. We know that anti China Sentiment has been building in the region for almost a year but that was reignited last week off to beijing announced plans for a new piece of legislati
A very warm welcome from our team here in moscow this is r. T. International and i know. What china has approved a resolution to impose its security law in hong kong and angry anti beijing protests have again been intensifying in the city r. T. Saskia taylor looks at whats at stake. With current of ours dominating the headlines since february many of the stories have to fall into the wayside but one making a comeback as the wild starts returning to normality the hong kong protests are now up to several months of response space to serious scuffles and the tame Office Thousands of protesters took to the streets on wednesday the day ending on a really sour note with around 300 arrests and Police Using Pepper Spray bullets because they suspected some of the protesters had weapons including petrol bombs. But. Thanks. Ok. We know that anti China Sentiment has been building in the region for almost a year but that was reignited last week off to beijing announced plans for a new piece of legis