At the unite naval academy, but he told me that his retirement failed, that he was no good at it at all. So he is now the distinguished professor at the United States Naval War College in new port, rhode island. He has written several books about the civil war. His books received the lincoln prize and the Abraham Lincoln book award. He also has just or actually done a biography of joe john so. Thats what his was about today. Lets walk joe simons. He was the a man who lacked the moral will to commit troops to battle unless he could be absolutely certain of victory unless the circumstances never obtained he seldom if ever sought battle at all. Johnston does have his defenders. It made it impossible to defend it any where and the confederate president s tendency to promote and protect personal favorites and therefore also made a contribution to confederate. Because johnson favored acting on the defensive and concentrating on a few vital points. His vurks that view was the more realistic o
U. S. And south south korea are pushing the peninsula to the brink. Lawyers in new jersey go to the Supreme Court in another effort to legalize Sports Betting in the garden state. Breaking news in radnor township king of prussia road, a bucks truck has gone under the amtrak bridge there. You can see the rails of the foreground of the screen, the roof ripped off, it went under a bridge that was too low couldnt make the clearance and the box truck roof was ripped off near the radnor train station here along king of prussia road. Doesnt seem to be obstructing traffic in anyway. This just happening moments ago by the radnor train station. This box truck getting the roof ripped off on the amtrak bridge there. Well continue to monitor this and bring you updates on the air and own line. The other big story is the investigation into a deadly stabbing in south philadelphia. The victim was found when Someone Called Police to check on the man. Action news reporter, Katherine Scott is live at the
We are going to be in the 40s and 50s to start out. Low sixty by noontime. Plenty of sun. A few high clouds, numbers on the cooler side. Mid 60s, coast, 70s inland. Tonight clear and cooler am look at my accuweather sevenday forecast coming up. This morning, San Francisco police opened an internal investigation after a man says officers wouldnt help him fine his stolen vehicle. On thursday the man spotted his own van and followed it for hours until he finally confronted the people behind the wheel. Abc7 news anchor dion lim spoke to him about the vigilante search and seizure. We name our vans. Reporter when the owner rented the van out, and it didnt come back on its due date. We knew something was up. I learned 20 minutes after they left the lot that they used a fake i derek. I cant report it stolen. Reporter under California Law you cant report it stolen or embezzleled until its five days past due. Meaning there was nothing he could do. He vented his frustration on twitter which caugh
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,
Neighbors car in the 5900 block of hammond avenue. Thats the only reason you would carry a gun today to take another life. Reporter to bring the gun into the school to kill you . He wanted to hurt somebody. Reporter while students say the teen had been jumped recent recently Police Report they dont know why he brought that weapon to school. It doesnt appear that he has any rivalries or any beefs with any other students that would have caused him to bring the up there. Reporter district tells fox 29 this is the third firearm taken in a city school this am academic year. Six guns were recovered last year. Could have been a disaster. It could have been like the florida shooting. Its like spreading around. People just want to shoot up everybody and stuff. Reporter the boy will face two felony counts and could be tried as an adult. Hes being held tonight in what could have been a horrible situation. But an xray machine picks off the gun. Live at the fels high school. Im jeff cole fox 29 new