themselves, because they didn t want their supplies to get in the hands of the union troops. not all, but we have to question who actually started the fire when they mentioned those things. i just wanted to mention that. so certainly a lot of these young women are experiencing a lot of distress, and they re not home to be able to help with their family. jane sievely certainly was a member of a very wealthy family in mississippi, but she was away in marion, alabama, when she heard the news of the burning of these homes, and certainly she was very scared. she sought out her brother to console her, william sievely, and he really didn t do a very good job of it. he expressed to his sister his own fears of the emotional and financial toll on the family resulting from federal occupation. he wrote this. i m fearful that the union troops have been there and burned out everybody. i would give anything if pa was out of there with all his effects. it just really increased these young wo
all that coming up. all right. thanks, veronica. destruction from the oil spill in the gulf of mexico became even more evident today. big globs of oil are now rolling on to the white sands of the practiceanhandle beach zbles more wildlife is being found drenched in crude. president obama is back in the gulf tonight for another survey of the damage and contain many effort. jay gray is in venice, louisiana, with the latest. reporter: good evening. the president back on the ground here and visiting with the governor and several parish leaders. unlike his previous two visits he also plans to spend time today with residents affected by the spill. as president obama makes his way back to the gulf coast for the third time since the spill, a new cap is on the fractured riser. clouds of oil are still pouring into the gulf. what you see leaking out, four vents on the top of this cap. and through the course of the day as we begin to get the system operating we will success suc