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immune from prosecution for things that happened while he was in office, and secondly, whether he essentially is barred from being tried in this case because of double jeopardy, because he was obviously impeached by the congress, but he was not convicted. that is one of the central questions that jack smith and his team is now asking. the filing says in part of that principle, is that a zenith here, whereas here a grand jury has accused a former president of committing federal crimes to subvert the peaceful transfer of power to his lawfully elected successor. nothing could be more vital to our democracy than a president who abuses the electoral system to remain in office, is held accountable for criminal conduct. jake, this is obviously now the goal here is to try to expedite this. they re asking for the court to do this, to get the briefs going by december 18th. the goal is to try to get this going before that march trial date comes near. evan, special counsel ja ....
the san francisco chronicle at the bay area festival in downtown berkeley, california, in the first weekend in june. live coverage of the 32nd annual printers row lit fest featuring see moore hirsh and sebastian younger. then in hyde park, new york, it s the 13th annual roosevelt reading festival held at the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum. and this year s harlem book fair will be held on jewel 16th. july 16th. for more information about the festivals booktv will be covering and to watch previous coverage, click on the book fairs tab on our web site, booktv.org. welcome to hattiesburg, mississippi, on booktv. located in the southern part of the state, it has a population of nearly 50,000 and is home to the university of southern mississippi. with the help of our comcast cable partners, other the next 90 over the next 90 minutes, we ll talk with local authors as we learn about the history of the area including a look at the civil war throug ....
place to meet, and eventually lee, babcock and dunn ride into the village to the mclean house. the next time the confederate soldiers see general lee, they learn they ve been surrendered. they mistakenly assume that the federal officer talking to lee under the apple tree was general grant. so they went over and started to cut the tree down for souvenirs. before long, federal troops came over and asked the confederate soldiers why they were cutting down the tree, and he said this is the tree where general lee surrendered to general grant. the confederate soldiers said, i want part of that tree, too. they went to work getting souvenirs off that tree. that night all the roots had been dug up and there was nothing but a hole in the ground where the apple tree stood. visitors will come through and bring pieces of the apple tree that their ancestors brought home to them, some of which have been donated to the park and on display here. it was removed when he wrote his memoirs. ....
of the union army, and he blocked general lee s line of retreat, thus general lee had to continue further west, searching for rations and hoping to get around grant s army. the next place general lee could gather supplies was about three miles from us here at appomattox station. supplies had been brought over from lynchburg to feed general lee s army. it s everything the army really needed. hundreds of thousands of rations, new uniforms, equipment, and that s where they re heading for on april 8 after leaving cumberland church on the night of april 7. general lee s advance is led by confederate reserve artillery under general reuben lindsey walker. they go to camp about a mile from appomattox station about two miles from here on the afternoon of april 8th. and general custer s cavalry advances on that station and captures the supplies, then encounters general reuben lindsey walkers s general artillery and fight for about four hours the ball-of-p at mattox station. a ver ....
general grant s staff, there was a young captain named robert lincoln on his staff, and he, of course, was the son of president abraham lincoln, and he was here in the room. another interesting participant in this ceremony was at least, maybe not participant, but a witness to this ceremony was this rag doll of lula mclean, youngest daughter of wilmer mclean. it was sitting on the couch when the officers came in, and they moved it to the mantel during the meeting. after the meeting, some of the officers took the doll off the mantel and began tossing it around. captain thomas moore of general phillip sheridan s staff took the doll home with him as a war souvenir. in the 1990s, the family wanted the doll to come back to appomattox court house, and it is now on display in the park visitors center. the meeting lasted about an hour and a half. it was said to be a gentleman s agreement. general grant was very generous with the terms. in the end when general lee said he had n ....