On october 7th the reports back to richmond and rights to le suggesting he is ready to come back, but at least with the army of Northern Virginia, lee wanted a more vigorous person to take charge. He never recovered the use of his right arm. At this point because of the bullet exiting through his throat he cannot speak. Lee is having none of that. On october 17, he orders long streak to return and resume command of the first core of the army of virginia. North of the james river. Lee is going to take charge of the defenses around petersburg itself. By march 29th, the siege petersburg has been going on since june 18 of 1864. At this point it runs 37 miles. His last the outside railroad is going to be controlled by Confederate Forces at five forks. April 1st of 1865, union troops were captured at five forks to the south. At that point, lee has no option but to evacuate richmond in petersburg. Longstreet leaves petersburg about 7 00 that night. Within two hours, he has his first troops fr
Unstable conditions brought record rainfall to the prefececture on tuesday. The river overflowed its banks late tuesday and early wednesday. The a agency and the land mininy are calling o on residents to exercise maximum cauaution a an stay up too datee on lococal evacuation information. The risk of flooding is extremely high in other places along the river where water levels may stillll be rising. If flooding has already begun, people are advised to seek shelter in sturdy buildings nearby or on the upper floors of their home. Unstable conditions are forecast for wide areas of the country on wednesday. Eastern japan and northern kyushu could see localizeded downpours. The Meteorological Agency is urging people to stay on the alert for mud slides, landslides, and gusting winds. The coronavirus continues to spread a across japan. Nearly 1,000 cases were reported on tuesdsday with several prefectures reporting new daily records. Translator weve confirmed 155 infections. The number shows t
Park. My name is ranger smith and ill be with you this afternoon for the second of our mid winter talks, this one specifically on james at appomattox. Yet is famous quote of not of theborn the battle wilderness, 1864. He reports back to richmond and suggests he is ready to come back from active duty but that at least with the army of northern virginia, lee might want a more vigorous person. Is mostly recovering from his wounds. He will never recover the use of his right arm. Of the bullet exiting his throat he cannot speak above a whisper. Lee is having none of that. On october 17, he orders long street to return and resume command of the first army of northern virginia. And all of the confederate defenses north of the james river. Fromstreet has everything bermuda 100 toward sycamore harmony. Heatley will take charge of the defenses run petersburg. Lee will take charge of the defenses around petersburg. By march 29, the siege of petersburg has been going on since june of 1864 and lees
The u. K. In lockdown. Boris johnson ordering sweeping measures to stop people leaving home while President Trump holds off saying the u. S. Is not built to be shut down. And germany stands ready to help italy get through the pandemic. Slow as wuhanilan is ready to lift its lockdown entirely. Just under an hour away from cash equity trading. Let us take a look first at futures. We are seeing gains after asian markets rose. Ftse and dax futures each up more than 4 . We are also seeing gains in u. S. Futures. After drops there as well yesterday, we see green arrows of across the dow and the s p as well as the nasdaq. More than 4 are the futures gains there as well. Visit with Mark Cranfield. Watch walk us through the fed measures. Mark some people are calling it an alphabet soup of measures. They are doing everything from commercial paper through treasury bonds. Every part of the yield curve. All different kinds of assets. Anything with an interest rate. They are going down as far as try
The very beginning what was known as a hot topic. Its nicknamed, tiger division. The commanding was a superb leader. Carried out over, march and shoot where his words. No man had more pride in his troops and no general with more fear than his men. I am john drew devereaux, a Company Commander in the 10th Armored Division in world war ii. We had a marvelous spirit in our division. I think it was due to the training we got from the general art Division Commander in the states. He was killed in an airplane crash before we went overseas. He had a couple of very pet things that he liked. One that we had to wear the top button of our coveralls buttoned. This was uncomfortable but we got so that we looked at other outfits that were them unbuttoned and thought they look liked slobs. When you gave a salute in the 10th Armored Division, a tiger salute, you lifted your chin in the air like that. That seemed to silly too until after a while we got used to it. Then we thought were the only outfit i