History,n lectures in William Harris teaches a class about abraham lincoln, the civil war battle of antietam, and the issuing of the emancipation proclamation in 1862. His classes about an hour and 15 minutes. Today, we have pivotd in some ways the point of the war and the pivot point of the entire class. The months when a war to save the union also became a war to end slavery. That took lots of politics and it also took lots of fighting, including the bloodiest single day war, which was the battle of antietam. We will look at that in some depth, but also starting with what happenedof in the first year of the war. July 1861, lincoln and congress both say they are fighting a war for the union. We are not trying to revolutionize the south or end slavery. We want to restore the constitutional relationship between the states. And this is a conservative way to prevent the breakup of a country. Things happened. Contraband as they were called started running away. Here is a whole family that
Acts of power exhibit is the fact that we are one location that many of the events took place in these exact area. We have the exact equipment used in the civil war. We present a bottom up history of the b and o railroad. Technologies and the people involved. This would be an entire area of activity. There were paint shops, carpentry shops, car shops. They were casting the rail. They were building bridge part. Loading things on trains. As the confederates would damage a section of track, or blow up a bridge, the repair crews would go out, pull out the damage, loaded on a car and recycle it. I firmly believe that at the outbreak of the war, the baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the First Military and political objective of the war. Cop that playing good cop through the state of maryland. Robert e. Lee gave specific instructions to his field theanders do not harm b o railroad. We wanted for ourselves. Things then turned around and the b o railroad became a continuous target. But no railroa
Two years ago, she skilled a 30 foot flagpole at the state Carolina Capital and removed the Confederate Flag the day after the memorial for the parishioners or skilled in charleston. Plus, President Trump attacks the antiracist protesters who confronted the white supremacist in charlottesville. Pres. Trump what about the alt left who can charging at them as you say, the altright, due to have any someones of guilt . Amy we will plate excerpts of his bellicose News Conference yesterday and look at antifa for the eighth that fascist movement that has figured the streets to challenge White Nationalists in several cities. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President donald trump on tuesday defended his decision to wait two days before placing blame on White Supremacists for the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia, last saturday. During a rambling and angry News Conference at trump tower. He repeat
To the ground. She was arrested tuesday and is heading to court just after the show. And we w will look at the growig movement too rememove confederae statues s and symbols with h bre newswsome. Two years ago, she skilled a 30 foot flagpolee at t the statee carolina capipital and reremovee confedederate flag the day after the memorial for the parishioners or skilled in charleston. Plus, President Trump attacks the antiracist protesters who confronted the white supremacist in charlottesville. Pres. Trump what about the alt left who can charging at them as you say, the altright, due to have any someones of guilt . Amy we will plate excerpts of his bellicose News Conference yesterday and look at antifa for the eighth that fascist movement that has figured the streets to challenge White Nationalists in several cities. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President donald trump on tuesday defended his decisi
E lees quarters. A Nonprofit Organization purchase the house and surrounding land in 2015. Of the with jim and gary trust about the properties history and restoration. This house is significant to the battle of gettysburg. One of the most, if not the most important battle of the civil war. It was the epicenter of the confederate effort. This is where robert e lee was. Hes was a building in which made crucial decisions during the course of those three fate three days of that battle. It literally determined the outcome of the battle. This property, when we bought it, looks nothing like it does right now. It was a Hotel Complex with a restaurant at 10 attached to it. Envision a 40 or 50 room 1950s style motel, with a restaurant saloon at hatch to it. All surrounding this building was i am standing in, it lees headquarters. His headquarters were hated and in plain sight. What we did to restore this site was get rid of the 20th century. That was to tear down and move out all of the debris t