Brotherhood. I know that with his persistence without his persistence, we would have never known this tale , nor how his existence on this earth created a family of future soldiers. Being o invention of the anon did researchmillers through the National Archives to uncover archives to pay a portrait of his ancestor. Like a puzzle, piece after piece, perfectly placed, these facts and figures help contribute to our now intimate, and personal, glimpse into a shared National History that comes directly from the genealogy of many family trees. Miller was himself a volunteer soldier. He chose to serve and a time of war, despite being a student at. Enn State University as he turned back the pages of American History, he learned how improbable his existence was, and yet, he stands amongst us today to share the unlikely yarn. You see, little did he know that in the course of just one year, fight, benlist, captured at st. Marys church prisonginia, survived , and be relocated to andersonville, and
Different. It is a valor and honor. Those concepts take a different form here. And many respects, in a standard guess, they are prisoners of war, and then you move right back to the battles. Often, and addressing the story, there is an and knowledge of that, and then no detail, and you move on. Andersonville has a name brand recognition. The public often doesnt know any of the details beyond the name and that something unusual took place there. Host lets start with the basics. When was it built . What was its purpose . Mr. Leonard in the fall of 1863 as the Exchange System of the previous two years falls apart, due to the presence of black soldiers in the field, and the question over how to treat like soldiers black soldiers. With afederacy is faced problem. There holding the mostly in the richmond area. Thousands, 10,000 prisoners in richmond it has a drag effect on the community. Resources are going in to maintain the prisoners. If you are in the Confederate Army, or the government,
Professor gordon i think you were speaking of the common point of how men came to terms with the decisions they made. Again, with my work on the 16th, theres one particular soldier who, in his diary, theres one section where he is extremely critical of men that took these paroles or it again, to work in the cookhouse or work in the hospital. Some of them worked as shoemakers, which was a highly valued trade for the confederacy. They wanted help making shoes. He was extremely angry and bitter about this. This was so shameful. Again, death before dishonor. Hisin the last page of diary, he confesses that he accepted a parole when he was at florence. It to stay alive, so we could go home to his wife and daughter. He says he regrets that he was so judgmental of his comrades. That no one should do that. That no one should try to assume they know what its like to be in that position. I think it speaks to this gutwrenching torments of these prisoners were going through, whether this prison or
They have referred charge against her mother to the u. S. Attorneys office for potential prosecution. Can you tell us anything about that . Youll have to talk to the u. S. Attorneys office on that. Reporter sources have long said that a grand jury is looking into whether relishas mother lied to investigators and made it harder for them to find her daughter, but this was the first time a city official suggested anything like that on the record. Charges against relishas mother and others were referred to the u. S. Attorneys office. Reporter an investigation ordered by the mayor found city workers with the legal duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect failed to and that her school failed in the time required to follow up on more than 10 unexcused absences. You dont think that would have made a difference in the outcome of the welfare of this child . Based on our review of the facts, no. Reporter in d. C. Bruce leshan, wusa9. Now to Montgomery County and those missing hoggle childr
Throughout the weekend, American History tv is featuring Corpus Christi texas. Our staff recently traveled there to learn more about its rich history. Learn more about Corpus Christie and other stops at cspan. Org local content. Youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. During the war for independence american revolutionaries had more than 13,000 prisoners, many in the tension camps the lancaster, pennsylvania. Next, ken miller, author of works during the war for independence. He talks about the tensions and problems caused by the prison camps. Not only were the british and hessian prisoners to find defiant, they were often loyal. What i would like to do tonight is just tell you a story , a story about a particular revolutionary community, the community of lancaster pennsylvania, a large predominately german speaking town in the atlantic interior. As it turns out, lancaster offers an especially fascinating case study. Early american historians have an ex