Pamela she was very outgoing warm. In some ways, they were opposites, and yet, they had similarities, as well. Both had a fondness of riding horses and and reading. She was a very likable person. You get that not only from contemporaries of hers, but from her own memoirs, as well. Susan would it be fair to say she was the better politician of the two . Pamela she could be very politically astute in in some of her dealings with cabinet members and their wives and the public, but she would most often defer to her husband for political realm. Susan do you have any thoughts on on her and her personality . William she seems to have been very protective, i think, of her husband, too. And she was not hesitant to give her opinion on things. She seems to be a woman who knew who cut her claws, as they used to say, exactly where she wanted. Susan what does that mean . William she knew what she wanted to do, what she wanted to accomplish, and the rest of the stuff could be arranged. Susan and she
Bringing those things back to public memory is something fascinating. Ive spent the last eight years living in canada. Every time i took the plane backandforth, one day i said i will do that and go by boat. I never imagined i would do that on a tall ship. I had everything to learn. I learned absolutely everything on that boat. It is amazing how much we have learned and accomplished in such a short amount of time. American history tv is featuring cspans american original series, first ladies. Cspan produced the series in cooperation with the White House Historical association. Through conversations with experts, video tours of his door excites, and question from cspans audience. We tell the stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now, julia grant, on first ladies, influence and image. This is about an hour and a half. Susan swain serving as first lady from 1869 to 1877, by all accounts, julia grant relished the role, once commenting that life inside the white house was a garden spot of orc
Bringing those things back to public memory is something fascinating. Ive spent the last eight years living in canada. Every time i took the plane backandforth, one day i said i will do that and go by boat. I never imagined i would do that on a tall ship. I had everything to learn. I learned absolutely everything on that boat. It is amazing how much we have learned and accomplished in such a short amount of time. American history tv is featuring cspans american original series, first ladies. Cspan produced the series in cooperation with the White House Historical association. Through conversations with experts, video tours of his door excites, and question from cspans audience. We tell the stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now, julia grant, on first ladies, influence and image. This is about an hour and a half. Susan swain serving as first lady from 1869 to 1877, by all accounts, julia grant relished the role, once commenting that life inside the white house was a garden spot of orc
General grants 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 sheridans 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 gentlemans agreement. General grant was very generous with the terms. In the end when general lee said he had nothing to feed his me
Of the union army, and he blocked general lees line of retreat, thus general lee had to continue further west, searching for rations and hoping to get around grants 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 lees army. Its everything the army really needed. Hundreds of thousands of rations, new uniforms, equipment, and thats where theyre heading for on april 8 after leaving Cumberland Church on the night of april 7. General lees 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 custers cavalry advances on that station and captures the supplies, then encounters general Reuben Lindsey walkerss general artillery and fight for about four hours the ballofp at mattox station. A very unique battle in the civi