| 00:00:28 |
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MUCH. I HADN'T KNOWN THAT STORY ABOUT THE PRESS CORPS. VERY MUCH WORTH READING. I DON'T KNOW WHEREVER THE PRESS CORPS WILL BE READING THAT HERE OR NOT....
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| 00:39:53 |
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A QUESTION. HOW MANY OF YOU SUSPECTED THAT JIM MCPHERSON WAS GOING TO NOMINATE DAVID FARAGATE. ONE VOTE. >> HOW
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| 00:40:11 |
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MUCH DO YOU THINK THE EFFORTS ASSISTED FARAGATE'S ACTIVITY IN NEW ORLEANS? >> THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT
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| 00:40:24 |
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FACTOR. ORIGINALLY THE CONFEDERATES HAD CREATED WHAT THEY CALLED A RIVER DEFENSE FLEET DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS, THE 14 VESSELS, WHICH COULD HAVE GIVEN HIM...
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| 00:41:45 |
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BY THE SIMILARITY BY TACTICS USED AT ISLAND TEN AND RUNNING AT NIGHT AND ET CETERA AND USE OF THE MORTAR ROUNDS. >> THAT'S
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| 00:41:56 |
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RIGHT. THE UNION FLEET WAS LEARNING THESE TACTICS OF RUNNING THE FORD. THE COMMANDER OF THE UNION FLEET AT ISLAND NUMBER TEN CHARLES DAVIS WHO HAD...
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| 00:43:18 |
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MCPHERSON, THANK YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU PROVIDE IN YOUR GREAT STUDY, OF THE INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS MADE BY PEOPLE LIKE DAVID FARAGATE,...
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| 00:43:56 |
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GOOD EXAMPLES OF THAT. I MENTIONED LEE. HE WAS A VIRGINIAN. DRAYTON IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EXAMPLES. A NAVAL OFFICER WHOSE BROTHER, THOMAS, WAS A CONFEDERATE...
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| 00:45:40 |
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WHAT WAS HE DOING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR? >> HE WAS IN COMMAND OF
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| 00:45:45 |
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THE BLOCKADE FLEET. THE CONFEDERATES EVACUATED PENSACOLA SO HE SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME ESTABLISHING A NEW NAVAL BASE AT PENSACOLA BUILDING BACK UP THE...
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| 00:47:13 |
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IS ALWAYS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ONE OF THE
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| 00:47:24 |
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GREAT JOYS OF BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYMPOSIUM IS THAT WE GIVE HISTORIANS THEIR CHOICE OF WHO TO NOMINATE. I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN JOHN WALKED...
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| 00:49:37 |
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AMERICAN HISTORY TV ALL DAY AT THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA, WHICH IN CONJUNCTION WITH MUSEUM OF CONFEDERACY IS ASKING THE QUESTION WHO WOULD BE THE PERSON...
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| 00:51:55 |
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WHY THEY DELAYED WHAT LOOKED LIKE WOULD BE RECOGNITION IN THE SPRING OF 1862. THE CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT IN A SERIES OF UNION...
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| 00:53:12 |
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MISTAKE FOR FARAGTE TO PRESS TO VICKSBURG AS SOON AS HE DID AFTER THE VICTORIES AT NEW ORLEANS? >> I THINK HE
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| 00:53:25 |
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THOUGHT IT WAS A MISTAKE BUT HE WAS UNDER ORDERS TO DO SO. AFTER CAPTURING NEW ORLEANS HE HAD SENT A MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON IMPLYING THAT HE WAS GOING...
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| 00:53:59 |
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HAVE PLENTY OF PHONE CALLERS WAITING TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS. LET'S GO TO CALIFORNIA. HI THERE. >> Caller: HELLO. >> YOU'RE ON THE AIR. >>
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| 00:54:09 |
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Caller: ALL RIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT GET TO SEE THE SCHOLAR TO NOMINATED ROBERT E. LEE SO I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY COMMENT ON THAT MYSELF TO AT LEAST...
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| 00:54:24 |
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FORUM HAS NOT BEEN NOMINATED TODAY. >> Caller: I WOULD LIKE TO
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| 00:54:28 |
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PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. >> GO AHEAD. >> Caller: HE
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| 00:54:33 |
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SIMPLY WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE IN THE WAR. LET'S NOT FORGET THAT HE HAD -- I'LL BE BRIEF. HE HAD FOUR VERY IMPORTANT BATTLES. BY NOT LOSING THE...
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| 00:55:09 |
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YOU GO AND LET JIM MCPHERSON REPLAY ON WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIS CASE ON ROBERT E. LEE? >> WELL, TELL HIM TO STAY
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| 00:55:17 |
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TUNED. THERE ARE TWO MORE NOMINATIONS TO COME THIS AFTERNOON. WE MAY HEAR ABOUT ROBERT E. LEE YET. I WOULD SAY THAT HE CERTAINLY HAS A GOOD CASE. IN...
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| 00:55:48 |
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CALIFORNIA CALLER. WEST LAKE VILLAGE. THIS IS JOHN. >> Caller: I LOOK AT
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| 00:55:58 |
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YOUR AUDIENCE OF OLD PRIMARILY SOUTHERN FACES AND I SEE THIS SPIKE IN THE INTEREST IN THE CIVIL WAR. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHAT THIS SAYS ABOUT...
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| 00:56:44 |
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LEGACIES OF THE CIVIL WAR. THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS THAT THE UNITED STATES IS STILL ONE NATION AND NOT DIVIDED INTO TWO OR MORE NATIONS, WHICH WOULD...
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| 00:58:10 |
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JAMES MCPHERSON, PROFESSOR AT PRINCEON UNIVERSITY AND HE'S ONE OF THE FIVE HISTORIANS SPEAKING TODAY AT THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA MAKING THEIR NOMINATIONS...
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| 00:58:36 |
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MCPHERSON, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP ON THE CIVIL WAR. DO I RECALL CORRECTLY THAT IT WAS FARRAGUT WHO...
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| 00:59:06 |
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FIRST ASSUMPTION. IT WASN'T MOBILE BAY WHEN HE SAID DAMN THE TORPEDOES, FULL SPEED AHEAD. THAT HAPPENED AS THE FLEET THAT HE COMMANDED WAS IN THE PROCESS...
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| 01:01:05 |
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JAMES MCPHERSON. GO AHEAD. >>
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| 01:01:08 |
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Caller: IF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THE CONFEDERACY CONFEDERACY, WHY WASN'T THERE AN ATTEMPT TO RECAPTURE IT? >>
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| 01:01:18 |
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THE CONFEDERATES DID PLAN SEVERAL TIMES TO ATTACK AND RECAPTURE NEW ORLEANS BUT THE UNION HAD A FAIRLY LARGE ARMY THERE. IT WAS CALLED THE ARMY OF...
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| 01:02:42 |
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THE PROGRAM THERE AT THE LIBRARY IS ABOUT TO GET BACK UNDER WAY. WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE QUICK CALL FROM GLEN IN DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA. HI, THERE. >> Caller:
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| 01:02:50 |
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YES. DR. MCPHERSON, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. THIS QUESTION IS ABOUT GETTYSBURG IN 18623. I HOPE IT'S APPROPRIATE. WHEN STONEWALL JACKSON...
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| 01:03:19 |
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HAVE SIDED WITH LEE. LIKE LEE, JACKSON ALWAYS WANTED TO SEIZE AND HOLD THE INITIATIVE AND TAKE THE OFFENSIVE. HE WAS MORE OF AN OFFENSIVE COMMANDER...
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| 01:03:43 |
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WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON. WE'LL WAIT WITH ALL OF THE REST OF OUR VIEWERS TO SEE IF YOUR CHOICE, ADMIRAL DAVID FARRAGUT IS PICKED...
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| 01:04:10 |
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LIVE. WE'LL GO BACK LIVE MOMENTARILY TO RICHMOND. WE'LL HEAR FROM JOHN MOUNTCASTLE. HE IS A FORMER CHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY FOR THE ARMY. HE'LL BE...
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| 01:04:52 |
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AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU COULD RETURN TO YOUR SEATS AND WE'LL GET STARTED IN JUST A MOMENT. SAM, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE DOORS AND GET STARTED....
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| 01:07:22 |
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THE APPLAUSE. I THINK HE DID A SUPERB JOB. WE JUST KEEP TRAINING HIM YEAR AND YEAR OUT. HE'S GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT THESE ALL-IMPORTANT INTRODUCTIONS....
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| 02:02:02 |
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TRUE THAT AFTER THE WAR ENDED WHEN SOMEONE ASKED GENERAL LEE WHO HIS FAVORITE GENERAL WAS ON THE UNION SIDE THAT HE SAID McCLELLAN? >> I'M
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| 02:02:16 |
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NOT SO CERTAIN THAT IT WAS HIS FAVORITE GENERAL. I THINK AT ONE POINT A LOT OF CONFEDERATES THOUGHT HE WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS. THE MOST DANGEROUS OF...
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| 02:03:00 |
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GANG, IT'S QUARTER OF THREE. LET'S TAKE 15 MINUTES AND LET'S BE IN YOUR SEATS READY TO GO AT 3:00. >> LIVE COVERAGE FROM
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| 02:05:15 |
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THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA OF A DISCUSSION ON THE PERSON OF THE YEAR 1862. FIVE HISTORIANS PRESENTING THEIR CASE AND NOMINATING INDIVIDUALS FOR PERSON...
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| 02:07:36 |
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AFTERNOON. DR. MOUNTCASTLE, DO YOU THINK IF LINCOLN WOULD HAVE JUST LET McCLELLAN STICK TO HIS PLAN AND NOT INTERFERE LIKE A GOOD LEADER SHOULD, THAT...
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| 02:08:03 |
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FORCES LED BY MEN LIKE ULYSSES GRANT, SHILOH WAS A VICTORY EVEN BEFORE THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN STARTED. SO IT WAS NOT JUST AN ISSUE OF LETTING McCLELLAN...
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| 02:11:09 |
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IS JOHN MOUNTCASTLE, GO AHEAD, FINISH YOUR THOUGHT. I'M SORRY. >> I WOULD SAY THAT
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| 02:11:15 |
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THE SPIRIT THAT HE ENGENDERED IN THE FIGHTING SOLDIERS WITHIN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC WHILE NOT 100% IN FAVOR OF McCLELLAN WAS SO STRONG THAT THEY NEVER...
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| 02:11:43 |
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TEACHES CIVIL WAR HISTORY AND A FORMER CHIEF OF THE MILITARY HISTORY. HERE'S KATHERINE, NEXT UP. >>
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| 02:11:52 |
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Caller: I'M FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO, AND I'M 11 YEARS OLD, I THINK GENERAL McCLELLAN WAS DISRESPECTFUL -- >>
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| 02:12:00 |
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KATHERINE, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO HEAR YOU. IF YOU'RE ON A SPEAKERPHONE CAN YOU PICK UP. OIT TOUGH IT'S TOUGH FOR US TO HEAR. >> Caller:
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| 02:12:11 |
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I HEARD THAT GEORGE B. McCLELLAN WAS VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN. HE TOLD HIS WIFE THE PRESIDENT WAS AN IDIOT AND THAT HE WAS NO MORE THAN...
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| 02:12:26 |
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GEORGE McCLELLAN HAD, YOU KNOW, PREWAR EXPERIENCE WITH ABE LINCOLN WHEN McCLELLAN WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD AND ABLE LINCOLN WAS...
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| 02:14:19 |
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MORE MINUTES BEFORE THE PROGRAM RESUMES THERE AT THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA. A COUPLE MORE CALLERS FOR JOHN MOUNTCASTLE. HERE'S KEVIN IN LOS ANGELES,...
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| 02:14:29 |
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GENERAL. I WANT TO ASK ONE QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THAT HE WAS THE -- AN OBSERVER IN THE CRIMEAN WAR. HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT OBSERVING THE CRIMEAN WAR...
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| 02:14:46 |
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GREAT QUESTION. BECAUSE IT WASN'T THAT EASY FOR THE AMERICANS TO GET INTO THE AREA OF OPERATIONS. THE FRENCH AND BRITISH WERE NOT ESPECIALLY ENTHUSED...
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| 02:16:01 |
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ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. ONE MORE CALL HERE FOR JOHN MOUNTCASTLE. GOOD AFTERNOON TO JAY. >> Caller: YES,
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| 02:16:08 |
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SIR, THANKS FOR TAKING MY CALL. MY QUESTION IS REGARDING SECRETARY STANTON. WAS HE NOT EXTREMELY EXASPERATED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH McCLELLAN AND...
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| 02:16:33 |
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A GREAT POINT. EDWIN STANTON HAD BEEN VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE PROMOTION OF GEORGE McCLELLAN TO COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE ARMY AS OPPOSED TO THE DEFEATED...
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| 02:17:38 |
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MOUNTCASTLE THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME AND SPENDING WITH OUR VIEWERS HERE ON "AMERICAN HISTORY TV." >> I APPRECIATE
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| 02:17:43 |
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IT. AND I APPRECIATE THE GREAT QUESTIONS. >> JOHN
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| 02:17:47 |
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MOUNTCASTLE'S NOMINATION ONCE AGAIN WAS GEORGE B. McCLELLAN. HE'S THE FOURTH OUT OF FIVE HISTORIANS WHO WILL NOMINATE PERSON OF THE YEAR 1862 HERE...
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| 02:18:59 |
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU COULD RETURN TO YOUR SEATS AND LET US GET RESTARTED. IS THE MIKE NOT ON YET? OKAY, GOOD. THE MIKE'S ON? OKAY. LADIES AND...
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| 02:21:23 |
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MUCH. YOU DIDN'T MENTION SOME EMBARRASSING THINGS. FORTUNATELY. I DID SOME WORK ON "TIME'S" PERSON OF THE YEAR BEFORE COMING HERE. I THOUGHT IT WOULD...
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| 03:07:18 |
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OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE PASSING OUT THE BALLOTS NOW. AND EMERY'S GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WHILE HE DOES THAT, IF YOU CAN RECORD...
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| 03:07:47 |
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THERE QUESTIONS? LET'S SEE. WHEREVER ROBERT E. LEE IS ON THE BALLOT, THAT'S WHERE YOU CHECK. ANYBODY NEED A PEN OR A PENCIL OR ANYTHING? I'VE TRIED...
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| 03:08:27 |
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HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW VOTING HAS YOUR ATTENTION. >> JUST CHECK ROBERT
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| 03:08:33 |
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E. LEE OR VOTE FOR ROBERT E. LEE AND THEN ASK -- YES, SIR? OH, YOU NEED A BALLOT. >> IF YOU DON'T
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| 03:08:51 |
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HAVE MORE QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO READ MORE LIMERICKS. YES, SIR? >> THE LINE OF REASONING
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| 03:09:01 |
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THAT YOU INTRODUCED ABOUT LEE BEING A GREAT E MANS PARENT BECAUSE HE FREED THE LEAGUE, AND I WONDER WHAT YOU THINK OF THE ARGUMENT THAT HE WAS AN...
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| 03:09:44 |
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SAID THAT EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE GOING BADLY ABOUT THE WAR AND THIS WAS IN JUNE WHEN HE STARTED GOING TO THE WAR OFFICE AND ASKED FOR PAPER FROM THE...
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| 03:11:22 |
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EARLIER SPEAKER THAT DOUGLAS WONDERED WHO HIS FATHER MIGHT HAVE BEEN. WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON LEE'S SEARCH AFTER THE WAR AND A RECONCILIATION WITH HIS...
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| 03:11:41 |
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LEE HAD DONE? >> GREAT
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| 03:11:43 |
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QUESTION. I THINK TO SOME DEGREE LEE'S WHOLE LIFE, AND I'VE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS, IS A SEARCH FOR HIS FATHER AND LEE IS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT....
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| 03:14:28 |
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ANOTHER SON CALLED BLACK HORSE LEE. HE INHERITED WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE PLANTATION AT THE HOUSE AND HE WAS ORDERED TO STAY WITH FRIENDS BECAUSE SHE HAD...
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| 03:14:43 |
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NEED TO. BLACK HORSE HERRING, YOU KNOW, I TOOK A FATHER/SON GROUP FROM STRATFORD BECAUSE I THOUGHT PEOPLE FROM THE NORTHWEST OUGHT TO SEE A PLANTATION...
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| 03:18:30 |
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MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> FOLKS, WE ARE MADLY COUNTING THE BALLOTS IN THE BACK. WE WILL GIVE THE TELEVISION AUDIENCE JUST A FEW MINUTES WITH EMORY. RATHER...
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| 03:18:42 |
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LIVE ON AMERICAN
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| 03:20:42 |
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HISTORY TV ON C-SPAN3. AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE FOLKS AT THE MUSEUM OF THE CONFEDERACY COUNTING THE VOTES ON WHO WILL BE CHOSEN AS PERSON OF THE YEAR...
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| 03:22:08 |
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TWEETS AS WELL AT TWITTER.COM/C-SPAN. OUR HANDLE IS @C-SPANHISTORY JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO FAVOR THAT. THE HASH TAG TODAY IS PERSON OF THE YEAR 1862....
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| 03:22:49 |
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THOMAS AT THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA WHO IS STANDING BY TO TAKE SOME OF YOUR CALLS AND QUESTION. PROFESSOR THOMAS, I DO WANT TO START WITH A QUESTION...
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| 03:23:19 |
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OKAY. I DON'T THINK LEE OR ANYBODY HAD ANY IDEA ABOUT A CONSPIRACY FOR LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION. SOMEHOW I THINK HE DID THAT ALL BY HIS LONESOME AND...
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| 03:24:04 |
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TO SAVE HIS NATION AND IT WAS HIS FOCUS IN THE BEGINNING. >> IT WAS IN THE UNITED
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| 03:24:10 |
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STATES. WE HAD A COUPLE OF FOLKS WAITING ON THE PHONES BEFORE WE HEAR THE RESULTS OF THE VOTE IN RICHMOND. ALLEN IS IN CINCINNATI FOR EMORY THOMAS....
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| 03:24:26 |
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HELLO. I WANTED TO GET YOUR VIEW ON THE POSSIBLE ACCUSATION OF ROBERT E. LEE BEING A RACIST AS DESCRIBED BY ELIZABETH PRYOR IN HER BOOK READING THE...
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| 03:25:13 |
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BOTH REFLECTED THE FEELINGS OF THEIR TIME WHICH WERE PRETTY DARN RACIST. LINCOLN, HOWEVER, HAD THE CAPACITY TO GROW. WE BELIEVE IN EMANCIPATED COLONIZATION...
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| 03:27:20 |
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HUMANITARIAN. FOR EXAMPLE, HE PAID AND HE HIRED HIS BODY SERVANTS DURING THE WAR AND HE WAS THE GUY THAT SORT OF TOOK CARE OF HIS EQUIPMENT AND HE HAD...
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| 03:27:37 |
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PROFESSOR -- >> THEY WERE NOT HIS SLAVES. >> PROFESSOR THOMAS, I WANT TO JUMP IN MOMENTARILY AND WE UNDERSTAND THE VOTES WILL BE HERE SHORTLY. LET'S...
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| 03:27:41 |
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| 03:27:52 |
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LEE'S BODY SHOULD BE MIXED WITH ROAD TAR. >> ISN'T THAT A LITTLE
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| 03:28:44 |
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HARSH, JENNIFER? >> IT'S A LITTLE HARSH, I
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| 03:28:50 |
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THINK. THE ASSUMPTION IS ANYBODY ASSOCIATED WITH SLAVERY, ANYONE REMOTELY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND WHO FAVORS IT IN ANY WAY SHOULD BE DISINTERRED...
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| 03:29:37 |
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PROFESSOR THOMAS WE'LL LET YOU GO THERE SO WE CAN ALL WATCH THE RESULTS. PROFESSOR AMERITUS. THE DOGS OF WAR 1861. WE'LL SEE WHAT THE RESULT IS IN A...
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| 03:29:52 |
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EXCITED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>
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| 03:29:54 |
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YOU BET. WE'LL REMIND OUR VIEWERS, TOO, THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE YOUR CALLS ONCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE UP TO 4:30 EASTERN OR SO ON AMERICAN...
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| 03:30:18 |
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OKAY. IF WE COULD ARM THE MIKE UP THERE. GOT IT NOW. OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING AND BRINGING PART OF THE SYMPOSIUM ...
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| 03:31:34 |
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RESULTS. GENERAL, I'M AFRAID THAT YOUR MAN LITTLE NAPOLEON, GEORGE McCLELLAN CAME IN LAST. HE HAD ONLY 12 VOTES. [ INAUDIBLE ] JIM MACPHERSON. INSTEAD...
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| 03:32:14 |
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MANFRED BAILEY OTHERWISE KNOWN AS FREDERICK DOUGLAS CAME IN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WITH 20 VOTES. BOB CRIBBINGS, HERO, AND HE HAD 25 VOTES AND I AM HERE...
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| 03:34:43 |
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THE LIBRARY IN VIRGINIA IN RICHMOND FOR PERSON OF THE YEAR IS THE SELECTION OF ROBERT E. LEE AS PERSON OF THE YEAR 1862. AGAIN AGAIN, THE NOMINEES...
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| 03:36:04 |
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SO. I THINK HE TURNED IT DOWN BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME IRONY HERE BECAUSE HE REALLY JUST DID NOT LIKE CONFLICT. HE DOESN'T RESPOND WELL TO CONFLICT...
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| 03:37:23 |
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RIGHT WHERE JEFF STEWART WAS BORN. BY THE GRACE OF GOD I'M A VIRGINIAN. HE CAME BACK AND MARRIED A SOUTHERN BELL FROM VIRGINIA AND IT WAS CONCERNED...
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| 03:38:21 |
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THOMAS RESPOND. >> I THINK LEE WAS AS RACIST
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| 03:38:28 |
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AS MOST PEOPLE WERE. THEY THOUGHT THERE WERE DIFFERENT RACES AND WHITE FOLKS LIKE HIMSELF, AND HE MEASURED RACE IN TERMS OF WHITE FOLKS LIKE HIMSELF...
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| 03:40:01 |
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CALLER JENNIFER IN SAN DIEGO POINTED OUT THE ANIMUS IN WHICH ROBERT E. LEE, DID OTHER UNION GENERALS HAVE THE SAME SORT OF VIEW OF LEE AFTER THE WAR?...
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| 03:40:23 |
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REALLY, AND I DON'T THINK GRANT DESPISED LEE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, LEE MET WITH GRANT BRIEFLY, AND THE PROBLEM -- I DON'T KNOW HOW AMICABLY FOR ABOUT...
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| 03:42:16 |
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JEFFERSON DAVIS GOT HIS PLANTATION BACK, AFTER ALL, AND MOST SOUTHERNERS, WHITE SOUTHERNERS GOT PARDONS FOR ANY TREASON THEY COMMENDED -- EITHER BY IGNORING...
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| 03:42:39 |
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HAVE JUST A FEW MINUTES LEFT WITH EMORY THOMAS AND WE'LL GO TO RICHMOND. ON THE PHONE IS SHANNON. HI THERE, WHAT'S YOUR COMMENT OR QUESTION? >> I HAVE...
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| 03:42:51 |
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WELL, JUST A BRIEF COMMENT. I THINK THAT TODAY CONSIDERING I'M A PERSON OF COLOR FROM VIRGINIA, AND I THINK THAT FREDERICK DOUGLAS BEING NOMINATED...
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| 03:45:13 |
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MORE QUICK CALL. >> HE'S OVERDOING IT. >> HERE IS ROBERT
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| 03:45:17 |
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AND GAFFNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA. YOU GET THE LAST WORD. GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THE QUESTION. >> HOME OF THE BIG PEACH. >> I LIVE WITHIN FIVE OF
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| 03:45:30 |
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THAT PEACH. I LOVE YOUR COMMENTS AND HISTORY, AND I HAD FOUR GRANDFATHERS THAT SERVED AND ONE OF THEM WAS KILLED IN THAT WAR. I'M GLAD LEE WON, AND...
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| 03:46:12 |
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SO. THERE ARE ALL KIND OF STORIES AND QUESTIONS ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BIRTHRIGHT. THE BIGGEST STRETCH I'VE EVER HEARD HAS HIM THE SON OF CALHOUN BECAUSE...
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| 03:46:49 |
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CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON WINNING THIS YEAR'S PERSON OF THE YEAR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> FOR 1862 AS
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| 03:46:56 |
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THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIVIL WAR IS CELEBRATED AND REMEMBERED. SO YOUR NOMINATION OF ROBERT E. LEE WINS IT WITH THE AUDIENCE AT THE LIBRARY OF...
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| 03:47:13 |
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TO REMIND YOU IN CASE YOU MISSED ANY OF THE PROGRAM TODAY, THE INTERVIEWS, THE NOMINATIONS BY THE HISTORIANS. WE'LL SHOW IT ALL TO YOU AGAIN THIS EVENING...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.