every guy knows white socks black shoes. don t do it. that s probably why in the margin over here the photographer scratched don t use. look at them constructing that image together. the general doesn t look particularly good in this one so don t use it. let s stand him up and get one that s even better. not quite there though, is it? mover, sir thank you. just so your head is right in the middle of that cross. the image that s gone around the world. even this has a little forensic secret. the devil is in the details. some angry union soldiers scratched in the brick there with a chalk or knife, devil. this photograph was made on april 20th. you don t think there was some union soldiers in town that felt that way afterbout lee. sure. remember 9/11. fearful, scared, same thing. that s what lee and brady were conspireing to take on. it s over. you don t have to hurt us anymore. so these images as we ve seen time and again it s easy to focus on lee, grant. when you look with the
you, but they want the same things. could you even imagine a more pay tree patriarchal scene than this? he s always trying to needle in a political point and in this case it s right between by jeff davis in the doorway is the table upon which the surrender of general lee that s now the photographic pride. one of the other things that i enjoy is look at the girl. look at daddy s knee and mother s chair. she is locked in. she is not going to move. she s not going anywhere. something else that kind of intrigues me. look at the preoccupation. i don t understand this gesture. i really got nothing here for you folks. look how they solve the problem of keeping the little girl still in this one. put your head on daddy s shoulder. so charming. here he is with his staff. the staff looks off in all different directions. then you ll find a slightly different shot. oh, yeah, we got a movie coming on. this fascinates me on a number of levels. look at this guy s pants. untucked tucked, unt
took the lives of 700,000 americans, north and south and when we think about this civil war it is typically with the sense of the divisive relationship between north and south and the violence that captured the nation well before the war began. men from the north and men from the south became a angry and angrier, challenging one another with words and with guns over the issue of slavery and washington d.c. has long served as the epicenter of that discussion. when we think of the coming of the civil war almost common picture is of the caning of charles sumner, an anti slavery senator from massachusetts by south carolina congressman preston brooks on the floor of the senate in 1856. i will talk about this in a minute but tonight i want to talk about how the picture of washington as violent and divisive is misleading. instead, the real key to understanding washington in the mid-19th century is to recognize that in many ways it operated more like a social fraternity, hence the na
has an effect on your social life. this is what i go. people ask what i do for a hobby. this is what i do. it s a hobby and it s work and i rachel sheldon reports on the political atmosphere in washington, d.c., in the 1840s and 1850. the author reports that the impacted legislative writing and left lawmakers ill prepared for session. this is about half an hour. [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] so, first i want to thank you for coming. it s great to see some familiar faces and others and it s great to be at one of my favorite bookstores. i ve been coming here for a long time. i appreciate the invitation. it s really appropriate for us to talk about the role of washington, d.c., here in capital in the midst of the sectors subsequential of the civil war. it commemorates 150 years of the civil war. which lasted four bloody years and captured the lives of more than 700,000 americans north and south. and when we think about the civil war, it s typically with a sense of devi
that s a list according to publishers weekly. you re watching booktv on c-span2. here is our prime time lineup for tonight. rachel sheldon report on the political at fear in washington, d.c., in the 18 40s and 1850s. the author reports that the personal relationships forged by many of the politician of the day impacted legislative writing and left lawmakers ill prepared for succession. this is about half an hour. thank you for coming. it s great to see some familiar faces and others and it s great to be at one of my favorite bookstores. i ve been coming here for a long time. i appreciate the invitation. it s really appropriate for us to talk about the role of what d here in capital. in the midst of the civil war. it commemorates 150 years of the civil war which lasted four bloody years and captured the lives of more than 700,000 americans north and south. and when we think about the civil war, it s typically with a sense of the divisive relationship between north and south