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place in mr. mclean s parlor settled the issue of who would be the victors of the american civil war but many questions remained unanswered. soldiers echoed their thoughts in letters and diary entries. while letters of union soldiers reflected jubilation, their words also reflected concerns. in the front lines of appomattox chaplain jl mulligan of the 140 pennsylvania wrote a few days later, though the army of northern virginia is ours, still grave questions remain to be settled, for which god alone can give the true wisdom and guidance. a confederate are atillerist had an entry on april 11th that lee had surrendered his whole army. surely the last 24 hours has been a day of the most intense mental anxiety i have ever experienced. thousands of thoughts have passed through my mind as to what fate awaits my country my family my neighbors, my friends, and myself. and several months earlier morgan w. carter, with the 28th united states colored troops expressed his concerns ....
from 1855 to the present. what i thought would be useful backing up on the conversation this specifically with the context we have talked about, to reiterate the point on how important the american civil war is and how monumental the event was in american history. i made the point last time we met that the american civil war was from 1861-1865 the casualties were 2% of the population. if you all take that for two today, that would be the equivalent of the 19th century population 2%, how many fatalities today if the u.s. was in a war? 6 million. jennifer murray: 6 million americans would be the rate if we had 2% of the population killed today in an american war. the american civil war left no one untouched. the american civil war became created suffering. it was no one was left untouched. what we want to look at for our conversation today is the legacy of the american civil war. how northerners remember the civil war, how veterans commemorate it, how southerners de ....
q&a. each week, american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of america s college professors. next from a professor next professor jennifer marie about how civil war reunions of the reconstruction era to the present she described how after . two years after the war, the focus was reconciliation but has expanded to include slavery as a cause of the war. this class is 1.5 hours. jennifer murray: last time we met with our discussion of the culture of the civil war commemoration we left off with some themes, talking about david blake and civil war reunions, themes of reconciliation and we had a reading from james foster and his conversation of the confederacy. what i want to continue the conversation with today, for today s topic, the culture of civil war commemoration, looking at these themes we have talked about an post-civil war america, from 1855 to the present. what i thought would be useful backing up on the conversation this specifically with the concepts ....
live coverage at 1:30 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. next professor jennifer murray from the university of virginia s college at wise talks about how reunions have change from the reconstruction era to the present. she described how the years after the war focused on reconciliation but has expanded to deal with slavery as a cause of the war. this class is 1.5 hours. last time we met with our discussion of the culture of the civil war commemoration we left off talking about david blake and reconciliation, and civil war reunions and we had a reading from james foster and his conversation of the confederacy. what i want to continue the conversation with today, for today s topic, the culture of civil war commemoration, looking at these themes we have talked about an post-civil war america, from 1855 to the present. what i thought would be useful backing up on the conversation this specifically with the context we have talked about, to reiterate the point on ....
america s heroes, some saved my life. services more than a word to me. it is a mission, a way of life. heroes who help is forced took their stand for life. liberty, freedom and the american flag. jillian: fox and friends first continues right now. good morning on a busy morning. todd: moments ago laura downgraded to a category 3 storm, it landed in louisiana and texas as a category 4 causing flash flooding and catastrophic storm surge in southwestern louisiana. 5 team coverage with janice dean tracking the storm s path and in holly beach, louisiana. how have things changed since we checked in with you? reporter: the wind has continued to pick up on the backside of the eye, 30 minutes things were calm. i will back up a little bit in the, come out, we are still inside a huge concrete parking structure. this is 50-60 miles an hour, 120 out there. it ripped off this piece of steel that is supposed to be a wind baffle, pulled it straight off. this casino was bu ....