Give you a timeline as to what robert ely did in the postwar years, often the most overlooked portion of his life. The other main theme of this lecture i will try to get across i would amount of not say he did a lot of work but through his own personal example is probably the best way. Robert his own example, e lee tries to reconcile the nation. Havei think a lot of us forgotten is how far apart this country was in 1865. Is the view of a lot of people that lee surrendered at appomattox and then, bam, we will forget about it. We will just hold hands and reunite and continue down the path again. Decades,the country some would say a century, someone say not even yet, for the country to reunite. I would put the country seriously coming back together in the spanishamerican war when we all had a common enemy once again. That would be roughly 30 years after the end of the civil war. Robert e lee does not live that long. He is only going to live for five years. But you think about who symboliz
Park. My name is ranger smith and ill be with you this afternoon for the second of our mid winter talks, this one specifically on james at appomattox. Yet is famous quote of not of theborn the battle wilderness, 1864. He reports back to richmond and suggests he is ready to come back from active duty but that at least with the army of northern virginia, lee might want a more vigorous person. Is mostly recovering from his wounds. He will never recover the use of his right arm. Of the bullet exiting his throat he cannot speak above a whisper. Lee is having none of that. On october 17, he orders long street to return and resume command of the first army of northern virginia. And all of the confederate defenses north of the james river. Fromstreet has everything bermuda 100 toward sycamore harmony. Heatley will take charge of the defenses run petersburg. Lee will take charge of the defenses around petersburg. By march 29, the siege of petersburg has been going on since june of 1864 and lees
Life isnt a straight line, and sometimes you can find yourself heading in a new direction. Fidelity is here to help you work through the unexpected, wi Financial Planning and advice for today, and tomorrow. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the numbers keep building in the covid pandemic, even as the pace slows in some hot spots. The United States now has nearly a third of the worlds three million infections, and 55,000 aths. At the same time, tensions are growing over getting back to business ephanie sy begins our coverage tonight. Reporter its the start of a new work week, and most americans are still at home. But in some stat, more doors are opening for business. Georgia was one of the first states to begin relaxing restrictions last week that continued today with restaurants and movie theaters resuming normal
It explains its history and some of the traditions that we have. Texas a m was opened on october the 4th, 1876. But unfortunately, they did not have the student population to actually start classes. So on october 6, 1876, 2 days later, it actually opened its doors to 40 students. From that point to today where we are not only the Largest University in the state of texas, but we started as the Largest University in the United States. We have approximately 60,000 students here on campus, of which 2300 of those were members of the corps of cadets. From 1876 for the next 24 years, a m had to struggle in order to be able to maintain a university here in College Station. It was not until a former governor of the state of texas came here in 1890 that the university took off. At that point, his reputation allowed the mothers and fathers of the state of texas to want to actually send their sons here to the university. Because it was established under the morrill act of 1862, a m was an all male
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