Charles talks about his Book Abraham Lincoln in 1864. National archives hosting this event in 2009 and provided the video. Mr. Flood died in 2014. Today we gather to hear more about his latest book. We celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the 60 resident, there are a bunch an abundance of lectures and books goes is don abraham lincoln. We the author we have with us today has chosen to focus on another year of lincoln, 1864. Everything bearing down on him, the war, the rapidly eroding said public support eroding public support for the more, and a struggle to win a second term. 1864, what happens . Ulysses s grant is brought east to replace the general of the union armies. Some are confederate general raid on washington sends a scare to the union capital. Lincoln himself will proceed to the front to see things from fort stevens. Soon well Valley Campaign in the nation will learn more about will sheridan. All the while his working his way towards atlanta and after capturing that city
combat missions across three wars. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. each week american history tv s american artifacts explores the history of the united states through objects. up next, we visit capitol hill to talk to house historian matthew wasniewski and farar elliott and see a selection of artifacts from the house collection. the story of how african-americans come to congress in the 19th century is not one a lot of people are familiar with. we actually have 22 african-americans serve between 1870 and 1901. 20 in the house. 2 in the senate. largely a house story. and it has to do with the role of congress during the civil war, and in the decade after. during the civil war there were a group of radicals in congress, radicals, because they believed in the equality of african-americans, and wanted to create a society in the south after the war that was a multiracial society. these were radicals in the h
not one a lot of people are familiar with. we actually have 22 african-americans serve between 1870 and 1901. 20 in the house. 20 in the house, 2 in the senate. it s largely a house story. and it has to do with the role of congress during the civil war, and in the decade after. during the civil war there were a group of radicals in congress, radicals, because they believed in the equality of african-americans, and wanted to create a society in the south after the war that was a multiracial society. these were radicals in the house, like thaddeus stephens, who was chairman of the ways and means committee and a very powerful leader. also people like henry winter davis. elahu washburn. in the senate people like charles sumner and benjamin wade and they really drove the agenda and pushed the lincoln administration to not only prosecute the war more vigorously but also to have a reconstruction after the war that was one that was not so lenient toward southern states and was going
so we decided we would let him talk about fort sumter because it is as close as we can get in the war to the revolutionary war era. i say all that because mark is a delightful historian, wonderful guy, wish i could get him to laugh on cue. his most distinctive feature is his laugh. which we all like to get him pumped up and going. but we are delighted to have him come here today to speak about the first shots of the civil war at fort sumter. mark? mark: thank you so much for that introduction, chris. [laughter] it is a pleasure to be able to speak at this symposium for the emerging civil war. we would love to have done it in person, but being able to do it digitally like this is a wonderful way to do it as well. as chris mentioned, my main passion is the american revolutionary war. but you know, i work for the national park service and we take care of a lot of important civil war sites. i actually started my career with the national park service as an intern down at fort sumt
historian susan schulten says our country has experienced thought presidential transitions. 1860 transition between james buchanan and abraham lincoln has been described as contentious, tumultuous, rough, dangerous and the worst in history. what made it so? i think on the face of it you have to recognize this is by far the most consequential election and transition in american history. the symposia is several southern states did not recognize the election of abraham lincoln as legitimate, they considered him a sectional president from the fact that by and large support came from non- slaves states. no sooner had he been elected makes good on the promise to proceed toward seceding from the union on the grounds election did not represent the nation. let s set the stage for the transition between the two men with the incumbent. james buchanan announced that the swearing-in he would be a one term president. we do a regular presidential leadership survey and james buchanan fal