Conversation2027488900. That is for eastern and central time zones. If in the pacific or mountain 88901. Nes, 20274 you can also post questions and comments on our facebook page. Facebook. Com cspanhistory. Mr. Leonard, thank you for joining us this afternoon. Mr. Leonard it is my pleasure to be here. Host lets start with where is andersonville . For someone who is not aware of andersonvilles significance, where does it fall . Mr. Leonard it is important to start with this idea that military prisoners and prisoners of war are often left out of the mainstream telling of the war. Quite frankly, there are no winners in this story. This is not a battlefield. It is something entirely different. It is a valor and honor. Those concepts take a different form here. In many respects, in a standard telling of war, there is a knowledge meant there is an acknowledgment yes, they are prisoners of war, and then you move right back to the battles. Often, and addressing the story, there is an acknowled
New orleans. Well explore the u. S. S. Tang submarine experience. And well take your question for historians joining us from new orleans throughout the day. World war ii 70 years later live from the National World War Ii Museum beginning here at 11 00 a. M. Eastern here on cspan 3. This monday, on cspans new series landmark cases, but 1830 the Mississippi River around new orleans had become a breeding ground for cholera and yellow fever, partly due to slaughter houses in the area dumping their byproducts in the river. The other houses took them to court. Follow the slaughter house cases of 1873. Were joined by paul clement and michael ross, author of the book justice of shattered dreams, to help tell the history of this time period in the south, the personal stories of the butchers, as well as the attorneys and Supreme Court justices involved in this decision. Be sure to join the conversation as we take your calls, tweets, and Facebook Comments using the hash tag landmark cases. Live m
He will be with us for the next hour to talk about the history of andersonville and why does consider the most notorious site of the civil war. We are opening our phone line so you can join the conversation. If you want to join the conversation, 2027488900. That is for eastern and central time zones. If you live in the pacific or Mountain Time zones, 2027488901. You can also post questions and comments on our facebook page. Facebook. Com cspanhistory. Mr. Leonard, thank you for joining us this afternoon. Page mr. Leonard, thank you for joining us this afternoon. Mr. Leonard it is my pleasure to be here. Lets start with where is andersonville . It is important to start with this idea that military prisoners and prisoners of war are often left out of the mainstream telling of the war. Quite friendly, there are no winners in the story. This is not a battlefield. It is something entirely different. It is a valor and honor. Those concepts take a different form here. And many respects, in a
Andersonville. And at the end of the war, w he ended up, i dont know how he got to washington, and died, ane is buried at arlington, and i just wondered what happened to the, at the end of the war to he the prisoners there. Have ma well, he might have been like some of the, again, some of the soldiers that i study. He might have made his way, you know, he might well have gone on to a place that camp parole and might have been in a hospital. There were army hospitals, e military hospitals. There was one in fairfax, impr virginia. Have been in one of those hospitals due to his endo imprisonment, no doubt, and he died and ended up in arlington. that would be my suspicion. And that was the end of his, the end of his story. Lesley gordon, what would yoe say would be the legacy of andersonville . Well, i think andersonville, and some of the things i was just speaking to. Esn i think andersonville, it of doesnt fit with the larger heroic narrative of so many civil war battlefields, of qu gett
Adjacent to the cemetery location is eric leonard, the chief of the historical site. He will be with us for the next hour to talk about the history of andersonville and why does consider the most notorious site of the civil war. We are joining our phone line so you can join the conversation. If you want to join the conversation, 2027488900. That is for eastern and central time zones. If in the pacific or Mountain Time zones, 2027488901. You can also post questions and comments on our facebook page. Facebook. Com cspanhistory. Mr. Leonard, thank you for him joining us this afternoon. Mr. Leonard it is my pleasure to be here. Host lets start with where is andersonville . For someone who is not aware of andersonvilles significance, where does it fall . Mr. Leonard it is important to it is important to start with this idea that military prisoners and prisoners of war are often left out of the mainstream telling of the war. Quite friendly, there are no winners in the story. This is not a ba