Then the senate. As they get more and more influenced by what they are drinking, they boast, tomorrow well march down massachusetts avenue and well escort general breckenridge into the capitol, into the senate chamber, which he had presided over and place him back there. Well, the president is going to pay a visit out here again on the wealth. Hes going to arrive out here and hes going to bring mary with him. Now mary and he, there have been causalities out here, and close to the walls of fort stevens is a hospital. They go in and visit several Wounded Union soldiers there and then mary sits down. Out here also is the secretary of state. The secretary of state, of course, is william seward. Soon to arrive is going to be gideon wells, secretary of the navy, and his wife. Now mary gets the one cabinet member that mary gets along well with, mrs. Wells. She doesnt get along with others. The president will go up and stand on that paraben, where in the 1960s theyll put up a monument there. T
We are going to try to get out rather than 30 4 45. Im going to speak in a. Runcated version of my talk both of us are going to be talking about andersonville and the trial of henry wirz. During the civil war, this set of photographs was published. As you can see, all of them are soldiers who have just come back from prisoners of war camps. Looking really like nothing americans had ever seen, and in fact, looking like people that americans or the world with mostly not see again until the end of world war ii when people came out of places like buchenwald and auschwitz. These were truly frightening pictures. After the war, we began to get other pictures. York,s a soldier from new a recently discovered photograph by a graduate student at george mason university. Candace gray found this for me. This is a man whose feet became infected, and his feet were literally cut off by scissors. Later, they had to use bone saws to saw the bones off. Along with this picture of calvin bates of new york,
Civil war symposium, hosted by the u. S. Capitol historical society. Your nest speaker is me your next speaker is me. Having just introduced myself, i will not do it again. I will just say that because of the vagaries of the world of the u. S. Senate, we are going to try to get out of here at 4 30 rather than 4 45. Im going to speak in a truncated version of my talk. So that michael can have the four the full allotted time he has been promised. Both of us are going to be talking about andersonville and the trial of henry wirz. During the civil war, this set of photographs was published. As you can see, all of them are soldiers who have just come back from prisoners of war camps. Looking really like nothing americans had ever seen, and in fact, looking like people that americans or the world with mostly not see again until the end of world war ii when people came out of places like buchenwald and auschwitz. These were truly frightening pictures. After the war, we began to get other pict
New future. A future which will see the Unconditional Surrender of infantile paralysis. Tonight, on q a, david brooks, columnist for the New York Times on writing an article for the times and the awards he gives out at the end of the year. The sidney awards. Theyre given for the best magazine essays of the year. And they can be in journals or in the new yorker, atlantic or obscure literary magazines. The idea is they come out at christmas week between christmas and new years. Thats a time to step back, not to read things to step back and read something deeper and longer. And its to celebrate those longer pieces. I do believe magazines change history. The new republic which until the recent destruction was the most influential american political magazine of the 20th century. Really did change history. It created progressivism, a voice for modern liberalism. Conservatism barely existed before National Review and gave it a voice. Tonight at 8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. Swiss bo
Made. Craig boswell has more from the white house. Reporter u. S. Led Coalition Forces targeted isis controlled areas inside syria monday. President obama said on 60 minutes the u. S. Didnt immediately see the sunni militant group was gathering strength. Our heads of the Intelligence Community jim clapper has acknowledged they underestimated what was taking place in syria. Reporter isis became stronger during syrias toyear civil war. The. Says this is not america against isis, that itself u. S. Is leading the International Community to try to stop the terrorists from taking more innocent lives. There is a cancer that has grown for too long that suggests that it is acceptable to kill innocent people. Reporter the president is taking heat from both sides of the aisle. Democrats are generally resistant to getting into another conflict while republicans say the president didnt act fast enough. Congressman paul ryan told cbs this morning president obama ignored his own advisors who wanted t