Okay . So lets just go back and look one way to look at this is to look at the maps that i hate which are just Electoral College which suggest that we live in red or blue states, you know, that we are a certain kind of people. Actually you see, this is a more accurate, you see this has west virginia. It may be that we dont have county level data, okay. Are you less confused . Right . What you did is called our attention to the fact there are brand new states that are just voting for the first time which is another advantage the republicans have. All of these situations actually play to the advantage of the republicans, that they have not only the army but also new states that have been formed under the aegis. Okay . Anybody else have another question . Yes. Theres one on each side. Dr. Ayers, writing a book about the shenendoah valley and activities there, will you address in that book or today the importance of david hunters actions at the battle of piedmont 5 june, his subsequent mov
Most important slave conspiracies in american history. He spoke about it at the university of richmond 20 years ago and hes going to be interviewed about that book later today for television. Most of dr. Egertons work has been on the subject of slave resistance, colonization and abolitionism during the American Revolution and Early National period. You will find a partial list of his publications in your program. His work deals with the intersection of race and politics. His most recent books deal with the mid19th century. Years of meteors, steven douglas, Abraham Lincoln and the election that brought on the civil war. And the wars of reconstruction, the brief violent history of americas most progressive era. His talk today will draw mostly from that final book and the title of his talk today is black activism in the wars of reconstruction. Ladies and gentlemen, doug egerton. Thank you. Good morning. Nice to be back in richmo. I have already learned at least one important lesson this m
Would mclellan have denied it . Every paper said lincoln was going to make a stump speech at the cemetery. He come with them papers. Shouldnt have gone anyway. Nobody wanted him. Said right here he was just in one of them circulars. One of them myself. It wasnt much more than a week ago they asked him to speak. Couldnt have the president there, not call on him to say something. Chase didnt go, or stanton. And general mead wasnt there either. He said the army needed him. The way i figure it out is this, lincoln doesnt have a chance to be reelected and he knows it. Chase wants to be president. He wasnt going to gettysburg to lead a kite tail off the ground. Mead didnt go because the president was going to be there. Hes still hot under the collar on account of letting them get across the potomac after the battle. Theres a lot of people who think the president was right. The war might have been ended back there in july if mead followed lee from gettysburg but the potomac was flooded and me
Back in November, 35-year-old Heather Schwab's body was found encased in a refrigerator that was hidden in the home of her one-time boyfriend. That man is facing charges for tampering with the remains, but no charges have been filed related to her death.