Captures atlanta. Thomas crushes the army of tennessee, the confederacys secondlargest field army, and one week later, general sherman completes his march from atlanta to the sea by presenting the city of Savannah Georgia to president Abraham Lincoln as a christmas gift. Now, sherman is looking ahead to his next campaign. He is going to make a march through the carolinas, moving his army group northward to richmond, virginia. There he will join forces with general grant, and together, they will crush lees army and bring the war to a victorious conclusion. Sherman plans to launch his campaign and january of 1865. But torrential winter rain prevents that from happening. He is forced to delay his campaign to the following month. In the meantime, general grant decides to launch a second expedition to capture fort fisher, and close wilmington North Carolina, the last blockade running seaport the confederacy and in effect close the lifeline of the confederacy as it is called. The First Exped
Would have. Annenberg media and with additional funding from these foundations and individuals and by and the annual Financial Support of hello, im john lithgow. Welcome to american cinema. Some people say the star is the greatest invention of american cinema. American films have to have big names in bright lights. In the old days of the studio system there was a structure for developing stars. They were owned, body and soul signed to longterm contracts. A powerful publicity machine run by the studio, they could reach an audience of millions. But that alone did not guarantee success. The problem for the studio was to find the one personna out of many possible characters to boost an actor to stardom. Humphrey bogart, for instance, played as a cheap hood before he was recast and ultimately immortalized as rick in casablanca. Stars today are still a unique match of individual flair and audience aspiration. With the studio collapse stars catapulted to power and became the most bankable com
Talk recitations. Today, we are very fortunate to have really the leading scholar on pat nixon who is by the way of warren 100 years ago this year. Mary brennan, did much who did much of her research here for her book, is the chair of the department of history at the university of texas and san marcos. Her specialty is postworld war ii conservative movement and she has written to date, three different books those being turning right at the 60s, conservator capture of the gop, wives, mothers and the conservative women conservative women in the crusade against communism and of course the book we love the most around here which is pat nixon embattled first lady. Her book is an outstanding work and i look forward to i would like you to help me welcome her out onto the stage talk about her work. Mary brennan. [applause] thank you, paul. Is such a great honor to be back here at the nixon library. Library. Boss that i did much of my research here and i feel very close to all of the people her
Levelheaded, cleareyed thinker that can explain the state of the capital without bombast, laying out the facts coolly and dispassionately. He wasnt around so i talked to Chris Matthews instead. Chris has lived this stuff on the inside as a speech writer for president jimmy carter, and aide to tip oneill. In his book tip and the gipper chris talks about the battles fought with reagan and ask him how politics changed since then and why and what is good or better about politic tuesday. I watched hardball forever. As i told chris after we spoke, i will watch more after hearing what he had to say and our discussion. Chris matthews tonight and up late. How do you think obama played his cards during the shutdown . Correctly. Because he didnt talk. Its like ike never talked about berlin. He said the russians can talk all they want. I am staying. I am not going to talk, not going to negotiate it, im staying. That doesnt always work. There is something with people in life, i do believe in luck,
Artifacts,merican the second part of our visit to the National Firearms museum. We join the exam director in the civil war gallery. We are entering the civil war galleries of the National Firearms museum. On my left represents the union and on my left, the confederacy. We see numerous examples of the carbines the union was using. This was a time of rapid advance in firearms design. This is one of the carbines used in the raid on Harpers Ferry by john brown. One of the events that initiated the civil war. This exhibit illustrates the manufacturing might of the north. They could turn out hundreds of thousands of well fitted, well manufactured firearms. Though are ready to go to work. In the back, you see a barrel by smith and wesson from the civil war clear up to the time of world war ii. The manufacturing capability was one of the norths strengths in the civil war. The south on the other hand did not have the industrial might that the north had. As we talked earlier the new , england an