william andrew johnson, was a slain of andrew johnson. where did he get his name. >> he got his name from the person he was working for. that's an area where we have to be careful because we don't know for a fact. because we don't -- we don't know the gene knee on guy as well, as we should. we don't know if he is related to andrew johnson. but he was, he was there with andrew johnson, his entire life. johnson, they were also from tennessee. and we could see, from the information we were able too find, he came up to washington, with the johnsons, and, went back to tennessee with them after they were, after he left the white house. he is one of the few slaves that we know, that was actually honored by u.s. presidents. after johnson died, and later on, he actually came, william andrew johnson came back to washington and got a tour of the white house and got a silver tipped cane as a gift from president roosevelt that he was able to take home with him. we know, pretty well that he is probably the only slain that's been honored by a u.s. presi

cspan: let's go through some stories quickly of of william johnson he was a slave of andrew johnson team when he got his name from the person he works for. this is an area where we have to be careful because we don't know for a fact we don't know the genealogy but we knowed he worked for andrew johnson we don't know if he was related that has never been proven one way or another but he was there with andrew johnson his entire life the johnsons were also from tennessee from the information to come up to washington with the johnsons and go back to oakland -- tennessee after he left the white house he is one of the fuselage that we know that was honored back by u.s. president after johnson died william came back to washington to get a to work of a the white house and got a silver tipped cane as a gift to take hold so we know for sure that pretty well he is the only slave back has been honored by u.s. president. >> use said that the james buchanan pdf freed a couple of slaves for political reasons? that the press and the public especially up north are getting a lot more squeamish about slave

suffered for over 100 years the way they did had lincoln been in charge of reconstruction instead of andrew johnson and a congress that wanted to take revenge on the south and didn't really care about the african-americans. so one of the reasons today is so interesting is the brilliance of garfield. and the second is the other main character in our story, charles guiteau, and it shows the failure of our mental health treatment in this country then and today. there is no doubt in my mind that charles guiteau was mentally ill and it was not treated properly then even though they knew. as well discuss, for example, they told his father he needs to bestutionlized. he's nuts. and the father agreed. but he said you know putting people in sanitariums, you have to pay. and the father said i can't afford it so they didn't institutionalize him. again, the contrast between garfield and his assassin is so astounding. last week when we were discussing lincoln after the talk, a gentleman came up to me and asked me to recommend a book at each of the subsequent talks. i didn't do that last week. my failure

i did do a tiny biography of andrew johnson, which i didn't like him. [laughter] ms. gordon-reed: arthur schlesinger junior asked me to do the american president series. i did not like him. i would not want to spend seven minutes with him, more or less seven years. i'm saying that, but he was in a .orm asleep important person you have to step back from the like and dislike and think about why every american should know about him, because this was an era of missed opportunities. a lot of what we are dealing with now we might not have been dealing with if he had been a different man. it's not about your best friend, it is who and how they affect the progress of the american nation, and there's no question that he did, but he is worth knowing about, if he is a pleasant person or not. chernow: i find i spend more time thinking about who will be the subject of a book than any other question. whenever i speak to writing students about this, i always say that writing a biography is a lot like marriage. to pick the right person, nothing can go wrong. if you pick the wrong per

james polk, a couple president, andrew jackson, andrew johnson. what about august of them? >> guest: i will mention to you. "american lion," jon meacham's best book. i like the way jon meacham writes. in fact, he wrote a book called "american gospel" that not as many people know about. it's a short little book, i think that's the name of it, about the role of religion in america. his jackson book won the pulitzer prize and its the best book. john pope, i've read his diaries. pulled, six-month, you must a data with the quilt 10, this was the 1850s i guess, 1840s. he wrote sometimes lengthy notes, probably 10 or 11 at night, something like center is used and showed up at 9 p.m. for immunity. that would be sam houston. it took me a long time but a red all the way through the i don't know any president who is written such detailed diaries. host with what is truly on your reading list? >> guest: i'm reading a book that robert norrell wrote. the biography of alexander lee. alex haley was the tennessean. he's in the news right now because this is the 40th anniversary of "roots" wh

whose hearts would not eat for president andrew johnson being mobbed a self-proclaimed patriots? who would not prize that the ruthless oliver p morton, the delusional kid glove narcissism of charles sumner and the like? andve the perfect antidote thomas nast's remarkable cartoons. in those days, i dreamed of being a political cartoonist where at least you don't have to compile an index for your work. it increased my devotion to that era. found some day to do in the postwar era what had been done for the dozen years leading up to the war and in my own four volumes. and draw all the pictures for it as well. this did not happen, but it gives you the idea of ambition. for those of us who have read tragic reaction, it seems like midsummer madness. read hisd today to b overheated prose with any kind of sympathy. history is not supposed to read by j.k. rowling, but the style does what all those monographs simply could not, create this demon theory of reconstruction. and until eric garner -- eric magnet -- his4r r read his magnificent book about it, it was the most extraordinary of the p

whose heart wouldn't beat for president andrew johnson being mobbed by self-proclaimed patriots? who wouldn't bridle at the black hearted blackboarded ruthlessness of indiana's oliver p. morton, the delusional kid gloved narcissism of charles sumner and the like. he didn't convince me very long. i had the perfect anecdote in the remarkable cartoons, for in those days i dreamed of being a political cartoonist, where you don't need to compile an index for your work. but from that honored book i took increased devotion to that era to which so many figures in the civil war had given their last full measure of devotion. indeed, captivated by alan nevins' order of the union, i vowed some day to do for the post war era what he had had done for the dozen years leading up to the war and in my own four volumes, and did draw the pictures for it as well. this did not happen. but it gives you an idea of ambition. now to those of us who have read bowers' tragic -- reaction like this must sound like midsummer madness, the kind of grip on unreality that either gets one certified or makes one tak

whose heart wouldn't beat for president andrew johnson being mobbed by self-proclaimed patriots? who wouldn't bridle at the black hearted, black bearded ruthless indiana's oliver p. morton, the delusional kid gloved narcissism of charles sumner and the like. he didn't convince me very long. i had the perfect anecdote in the remarkable cartoons, for in those days i dreamed of being a political cartoonist, where you don't need to compile an index for your work. but from that honored book i took increased devotion to that era to which so many figures in the civil war had given their last full measure of devotion. indeed, captivated by alan nevins' order of the union, i vowed some day to do for the post war era what he had had done for the dozen years leading up to the war and in my own four volumes, and did draw the pictures for it as well. this did not happen. but it gives you an idea of ambition. now to those of us who have read bowers' tragic -- reaction like this must sound like midsummer madness, the kind of grip on unreality that either gets one certified or makes one take his

william andrew johnson was the soleil for did he get his name? >> this is an area you have to be careful because we don't know for a fact. we know that he lived within entry johnson we don't know if he was related. it hasn't been proven one way or the other annie he is one of the few slaves that we know so we know pretty well he is the only soleil that has been honored by a u.s. president. cspan: news said james buchanan freed a couple of slaves for political reasons >> wednesday star to get close they are getting more squeamish about the slaveholders the buchanan decided he needed to get them out. he transfers them then we start to find out they are all lot more careful about publicly been slave owners and they start to divest themselves of any public holdings. cspan: it surprises people that agreement had slaves. >> guest: is surprised me as well you would not think the man put in charge of the army during the civil war would be a slave owner himself but he was. he inherited his slaves through marriage. he did not buy them but the family owned

i did do a tiny biography of andrew johnson which -- i didn't like him. [ laughter ] arthur schlesinger, jr., asked me to do the president, the american president series, 40,000 words. but i didn't like him. i would not want to spend seven minutes with him. more or less seven years. >> it was a short book? >> it was a short book but he was an enormously important person, a pivotal president there you have to step back from the like and dislike and think about why every american should know about him. this was an era of missed opportunities. things we're dealing about now we might not have dealt with if he had been a different man so it's not about who your best bff, your best friend, it's, you know, who and how did they affect the progress of the american nation. so he's worth knowing about whether he was the pleasant person or not. >> i find that i spend more time thinking about who will be the subject of a book than any other question -- i spent months agonizing over that. wherever i speak to writing students about this i feel that writing biography is like marriage. you pick the righ

lee surrendered his troops on may 4, and actually, andrew johnson declared the war over on may 10, 1865 just a month after the surrender here at appomattox. however, there was still kirby smith with the army down in texas, and his official surrender is not until june 2nd, 1865. the surrender here at appomattox was a few-day process. they appointed commissioners to work out the details of how the surrender will take place. that is done by those commissioners on april 10, and the confederate cavalry is set to surrender their sabres on april 10, the artillery on april 11 and the bulk of general lee's army, the infantry, surrenders on april 12. 10,000 men would infiltrate and i'll take you to the road where they surrender now. we are once again standing on the richmond lynchburg stage road. in front of me is confederate artillery piece that signifies where the last artillery shots were fired on the morning of april 9th. also in front of me is the home of george pierce. he was the county clerk. and on the evening of april 11, 1865, he had a special guest for dinner, general joshua chamberlai

johnson and the 45 days that changed the nation. the johnny appleseed the man, the myth and the american story and he wrote the first biography on colin powell. please join me in welcoming mr. means. [applause] thank you, amanda. amanda is also herself a very accomplished novelist and she should be giving this talk instead of me that you are stuck with me today. i talked to a number of people here that were at penn state. can you hear me? standup, raise your hand, let me see you. okay. this is a scary. i want to point out jerry -- gary lewis. some of you were taking the course for over 55 and it is. or i'm going to do is start this talk with a slideshow to get us on the same page of the times antimesand what the noise was o4 and so the people who were not bear can envision what the situation looked like. it all began -- it begins april 30, 1970. the evening richard nixon addresses the nation previously two weeks earlier announced it was going to be a drawdown in vietnam with 150,000 troops and on april 30 he announces instead of the

>> andrew johnson was lincoln's inauguration for lincoln. they said lincoln was so embarrassed by this incident that he was trying to sink down his tall frame in his seat so he wouldn't be visible. johnson showed up in intoxicated and was supposed to speak for three or four minutes and rambled on for like 20 minutes and they almost had to give him the vaudeville hook to get him off the stage. >> how about richard drinking? >> he is one of my favorite drinking presidentses. he is a sort of a lightweight' and after two or three glasses he is already intoxicated. he has that in common with u.s. grant. to get back to nixon, when he went to china, the chinese had this very powerful alcohol called miotai. and it's often 110 proof so it's more powerful than most vodkas. that he was going to have too much of this miotai which they offer in toasts. he did have of it and brought it back to the white house and they showed him how to set it on fire and how volatile this is. even cbs' dan rather said like drinking liquid razor blades. he took it back to

lee surrendered his troops on may 4, and actually, andrew johnson declared the war over on may 10, 1865 just a month after the surrender here at appomattox. however, there was still kirby smith with the army down in texas, and his official surrender is not until june 2nd, 1865. the surrender here at appomattox was actually a multiday process. after lee and grant met, they appointed commissioners to work out the details of how the surrender will take place. that is done by those commissioners on april 10, and the confederate cavalry is set to surrender their sabres on april 10, the artillery on april 11 and the bulk of general lee's army, the infantry, surrenders on april 12. over 22,000 men would infiltrate, and i'm going to take you to the road where they surrendered now. we are once again standing on the richmond-lynchburg stage road. in front of me is confederate artillery piece that signifies where the last artillery shots were fired on the morning of april 9th. also in front of me is the home of george pierce. he was the county clerk. and on the evening of april 11, 1865, he had a

revision does not -- brian: right after the civil war and when abraham lincoln was killed, andrew johnson. james robertson: he is next to last. johnson was a total mistake. he was a democrat. 1954, lincoln thought it would be politically to his advantage to have a democrat run on the republican ticket and johnson did. died, there was a democrat and republican administration and nobody liked him. he had a terrible personality. yet come out of poverty. he had this ingrown enmity to men of wealth and property. men of influence, he just did not get along with. he merely gets into trouble with radical republicans in congress and nobody wanted him or paid attention to him. he ends up getting impeached. brian: what is a radical republicans stand for? james robertson: they were hardline a problem can's -- republicans who did not agree with lincoln's construction. lincoln asked that 10% of residents pledge allegiance to the union and the state can come back. said, myal republicans god, we thought a four-year war. the sense of secession must be punished. they went out to the south with a vengeance.

>> andrew johnson was lincoln's inauguration for lincoln. they said lincoln was so embarrassed by this incident that he was trying to sink down his tall frame in his seat so he wouldn't be visible. johnson showed up in intoxicated and was supposed to speak for three or four minutes and rambled on for like 20 minutes and they almost had to give him the vaudeville hook to get him off the stage. >> how about richard xo drinking presidentses. he is a sort of a lightweight' and after two or three glasses he is already intoxicated. he has that in common with u.s. grant. to get back to nixon, when he went to china, the chinese had this very powerful alcohol called miotai. and it's often 110 proof so it's that he was going to have too much of this miotai which they offer in toasts. he did have of it and brought it back to the white house and they showed him how to set it on fire and how volatile this is. even cbs' dan rather said like drinking liquid razor blades. he took it back to the white on fire but thankfully it did >>> up next, jeff march aur

>> andrew johnson was lincoln's vice president at the second inauguration for lincoln. they said lincoln was so embarrassed by this incident that he was trying to sink down his tall frame in his seat so he wouldn't be visible. johnson showed up in intoxicated and was supposed to speak for three or four minutes and rambled on for like 20 minutes and they almost had to give him the vaudeville hook to get him off the stage. >> how about richard nixon's drinking? >> he is one of my favorite drinking presidentses. he is a sort of a lightweight' and after two or three glasses he is already intoxicated. he has that in common with u.s. grant. to get back to nixon, when he went to china, the chinese had this very powerful alcohol called miotai. and it's often 110 proof so it's more powerful than most vodkas. and nixon's aides were terrified that he was going to have too much of this miotai which they offer in toasts. he did have of it and brought it back to the white house and they showed him how to set it on fire and how volatile this is. even cbs' dan rather said like drinking

i did do a tiny biography of andrew johnson. i did not like him. [laughter] annette: arthur schlesinger junior asked me to do the american president series. a short thing. i thought i could venture into that but i did not like him. i would not want to spend seven minutes with him let alone seven years. jon: good thing it was a short book. ron: a short presidency. annette: he was a pivotal president though. you have to step back from the like or dislike and think about why every american should know about him. because this was an era of missed opportunities. a lot of things we are dealing with now, we may not be dealing with if he had been a different man. it is not about your bff -- it is who and how did they affect the progress of the american nation. there is no question that he did. he wasn't worried about being a pleasant person or not. ron: i spent more time thinking about who will be the subject of the book than any other question. whenever i speak to writing students about this, i always say that writing a biography is a lot like marriage. t

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he's linked as appointee and he's angling for it even as he's presiding over andrew johnson's impeachment trial. he's angling to basically replace johnson as the democratic nominee for the presidency in 1868. and almost all the people lincoln put on the court are angling for the presidency. and that's not true today. from an analytic point of view if i'm saying who's the republicans' sanest choice? because paul ryan is a good-looking young guy, heartland of america. he says no. who's a good-looking sensible, really smart republican, heartland of america, former high school quarterback and, you know, out of central casting. his name is john roberts. you know? and he's a smarter and younger and better-looking version of john kasich. you see? you know, just saying. and of course, what i just said is preposterous because actually, he's not a pol. and good for him that he's not. i don't always agree with him, but chief justice roberts if you see this on c-span you have a big fan in yours truly. and you learned your law from the great henry friendly who taught merrick garland and many others. a

i did do a tiny biography of andrew johnson which -- i didn't like him. [ laughter ] it was one of -- arthur schlessinger jr. asked me to do the president, the american president series. 40,000 words. it is a short thing. i thought, you know, i can venture into that. it's okay. but i didn't like him. i would not want to spend seven minutes with him. more or less seven years. >> thankfully it was a short book. >> it was a short book. >> short presidency. >> but he was an enormously important person. i mean he was a pivotal president. so it is not -- so you have to get -- there you have to step back from the like and dislike and think about why every american should know about him because this was an era of missed opportunities. a lot of the things that we're dealing with now we might not have been dealing with if he had been a different man. and so it's not about who your best bff, your bestest friend. it's who and how did they affect the progress of the american nation. there is no question he did. so he is worth knowing about, whether he is a pleasant person or not. >> i find that i

revision does not -- brian: right after the civil war and when abraham lincoln was killed, andrew johnson. james robertson: he is next to last. johnson was a total mistake. he was a democrat. 1954, lincoln thought it would itin 1864, lincoln thought would be politically to his advantage to have a democrat run on the republican ticket and johnson did. when lincoln died, there was a democrat and republican administration and nobody liked him. he had a terrible personality. he had come out of poverty. he had this ingrown enmity to men of wealth and property. men of influence, he just did not get along with. he gets into trouble with radical republicans in congress and nobody wanted him or paid attention to him. he ends up getting impeached. brian: what is a radical republicans stand for? james robertson: they were hardline a problem can's -- republicans who did not agree with lincoln's construction. lincoln asked that 10% of residents pledge allegiance to the union and the state can come back. the radical republicans said, my god, we thought a four-year war. the sense of secession must be pu

host: right after the civil war was killed, incoln andrew johnson. professor robinson: he was next to last on the scale. a misfit. he thought it would be politically to his advantage to run on the rat republican ticket, and johnson did. so when lincoln dies, here we've democrat and a republican. nobody liked him. terrible personality. -- come out of poverty worse than lincoln so he this in-grown inmitty toward influence.lth and just didn't get along with. he immediately gets into trouble republicans in congress. just nobody wanted him. nobody paid any attention to him. ends up getting impeached. host: what does radical for? ican stand professor robinson: they were the hard-lined republicans who iolently opposed lincoln's lenient plan of reconstruction. and it was a fairly lenient plan hard time s have a accepting it. all lincoln asked was that 10%, residents of the state pledge allegiance to the union to the state can come back the union. the radical republicans say, my war we fought a four-year for nothing more than that, the ins of secession must b

i did do a tiny biography of andrew johnson which -- i didn't like him. it was one of -- arthur schlessinger jr. asked me to do the president, the american president series. 40,000 words. it is a short thing. i thought, you know, i can venture into that. it's okay. but i didn't like him. i would not want to spend seven minutes with him. more or less seven years. >> thankfully it was a short book. >> it was a short book. >> short presidency. >> but he was an enormously important person. i mean he was a pivotal president. so it is not -- so you have to get -- there you have to step back from the like and dislike and think about why every american should know about him because this was an era of missed opportunities. a lot of the things that we're dealing with now we might not have been dealing with if he had been a different man. and so it's not about who your best bff, your bestest friend. it's who and how did they affect the progress of the american nation. there is no question he did. so he is worth knowing about, whether he is a pleasant person or not.

whose hearts would not eat for president andrew johnson being mobbed a self-proclaimed patriots? who would not prize that the ruthless oliver p morton, the delusional kid glove narcissism of charles sumner and the like? i have the perfect antidote and thomas nast's remarkable cartoons. in those days, i dreamed of being a political cartoonist where at least you don't have to compile an index for your work. it increased my devotion to that era. captivated, i found some day to do in the postwar era what had been done for the dozen years leading up to the war and in my own four volumes. and draw all the pictures for it as well. this did not happen, but it gives you the idea of ambition. for those of us who have read bowers' >> tragic reaction, it seems like midsummer madness. it is hard today to be read his overheated prose with any kind of sympathy. history is not supposed to read by j.k. rowling, but the style does what all those monographs simply could not, create this demon theory of reconstruction. and until eric garner -- eric phone made his4r magnet -- phoner read his magnific

you have to go back to andrew johnson, to abraham lincoln to find such a common man. and not just a common man, but a fellow who's been a failure at business. his famous shop in downtown kansas city that goes bust and he's left to pay off those debts for 20 years, and he pays them all off. he won't declare bankruptcy. he has a standard of honor. and he will pay all his debts. he also has a standard of honor which marks him in his earlier political career where he is the product and he is known for really most of his active political career as being the product of one of america's most spectacularly corrupt political machines. this is something that, like al smith in 1928 is never really able to transcend. he's a product of tamny, and he gets whooped by herbert hoover for that and a number of other reasons. harry truman is the product of this prendergast machine in kansas city. he's the head of the county government for them. they steal millions and millions of dollars. harry truman never takes a dime. he has to kind of wink at what goes on in some cases. he those get

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you have to go back to andrew johnson, to abraham lincoln to find such a common man. and not just a common man, but a fellow who's been a failure at busine business. his name's shop in downtown kansas city that goes bust and he's left to pay off those debts for 20 years, and he pays them all off. he won't declare bankruptcy. he has a standard of honor. and he will pay all his debts. he also has a standard of honor which marks him in his earlier political career where he is the product and he is known for really most of his active political career as being the product of one of america's most spectacularly corrupt political machines. this is something that, like al smith in 1928 is never really able to transcend. he's a product of tamny, and he gets whooped by herbert hoover for that and a number of other reasons. harry truman is the product of this prendergast machine in kansas city. he's the head of the county government for them. they steal millions and millions of dollars. harry truman never takes a dime. he has to kind of wink at what goes on in some cases. he tho

you have to go back to andrew johnson, to abraham lincoln, to find such a common man. and not just a common man, but a fellow who's been a failure at business. his famed haberdashery shop in downtown kansas city that goes bust and he's left to pay off those debts for 20 years and he pays them all off. he won't declare bankruptcy. he has a standard of honor and he will pay all its debts. he also has a standard of honor which marks him in his earlier political career, where he is the product, and he's known for really most of his active political career as being the product of one of america's most spectacularly corrupt political machines. this is something that, like al smith in 1928, is never really able to transend. he's a product of tameny, and he gets whooped by herbert hoover for that and a number of other reasons. harry truman is the product of this pendergast machine in kansas city. he's the head of the county government for them. they steal millions and millions of dollars. harry truman never takes a dime. he has a link to what goes on in some cases. he has to g

i did do a tiny biography of andrew johnson. i did not like him. [laughter] schlesingerhur do theasked me to american president series. a short thing. i thought i could venture into that but i did not like him. i would not want to spend seven minutes with him let alone seven years. jon: good thing it was a short book. ron: a short presidency. annette: he was a pivotal president though. you have to step back from the like or dislike and think about why every american should know about him. era of this was an missed opportunities. a lot of things we are dealing with now, we may not be dealing with if he had been a different man. -- itnot about your bff is who and how did they affect the progress of the american nation. there is no question that he did. he wasn't worried about being a pleasant person or not. spent more time thinking about who will be the subject of the book than any other question. to writingspeak students about this, i always say that writing a biography is a lot like marriage. to pick the right person, and nothing can go wrong. if y

he got this photograph of andrew johnson when he was tagging along after a member and went to the white house, and johnson patted the boy on the head and gave him his photo and signed it on the back for him. which was very nice. bertie's most substantial memento was a chair. he took the chair. it has a lid that flips up, which is very handy. we're not exactly sure where it was in the house, but we're pretty sure it was in the house. after he left, after both the boys left, elliot rose through the ranks of the navy. ultimately, he became an explorer and admiral and later head of the national geographic society. bertie did not stay in public service. he went back home and moved home, took care of his mother. he's a good boy. he worked for a local lumber dealer and ultimately became their bookkeeper. and it was 30 years before he ever darkened the door of the house again. and in this cache of letters and autograph books and odd photos, and school books, things like that, this popped out from much later. and we were able to identify it through sort of some of the letters, through some newsp

he got this photograph of andrew johnson when he was tagging along after a member and went to the white house, and johnson patted the boy on the head and gave him his photo and signed it on the back for him. very nice. bertie's most substantial memento was a chair. he took the chair. it has a lid, flips up, which is very handy. we're not exactly sure where it was in the house, but we're pretty sure it was in the house. after he left, after both the boys left, elliot rose through the ranks of the navy. he became an explorer and admiral and later head of the national geographic society. bertie went back home and moved home, took care of his mother. he's a good boy. he worked for a local lumber dealer and ultimately became their bookkeeper. and it was 30 years before he ever darkened the door of the house again. and in this cache of letters and autograph books and odd photos, and school books, things like that, this popped out from much later. and we were able to identify it through sort of some of the letters, through some newspaper articles, that this was his first visit to d.c. since hi

lee surrendered his troops on may 4, and actually, andrew johnson declared the war over on may 10, 1865 just a month after the surrender here at appomattox. however, there was still kirby smith with the army down in texas, and his official surrender is not until june 2nd, 1865. the surrender here at appomattox was actually a multiday process. after lee and grant met, they appointed commissioners to work out the details of how the surrender will take place. that is done by those commissioners on april 10, and the confederate cavalry is set to surrender their sabres on april 10, the artillery on april 11 and the bulk of general lee's army, the infantry, surrenders on april 12. over 22,000 men would infiltrate, and i'm going to take you to the road where they surrendered now. we are once again standing on the richmond-lynchburg stage road. in front of me is confederate artillery piece that signifies where the last artillery shots were fired on the morning of april 9th. also in front of me is the home of george pierce. he was the county clerk. and on the evening of april 11, 1865, he had a

. >> andrew johnson, who did not go down as one of our finest presidents. >> oh, another one. >> almost got the hook during his vice presidential inauguration because he was drining his fuzzy navels or whatever it was? vice president at the second inauguration for lincoln. they said lincoln was so embarrassed by this incident that he was trying to sink down his tall frame in his seat so he wouldn't be visible. johnson showed up in intoxicated and was supposed to speak for three or four minutes and rambled on for like 20 minutes and they almost had to give him the vaudeville hook to get him off the stage. >> how about drinking? >> he is one of my favorite drinking presidentses. he is a sort of a lightweight' and after two or three glasses he is already intoxicated. he has that in common with u.s. grant. to get back to nixon, when he went to china, the chinese had this very powerful alcohol called miotai. and it's often 110 proof so it's and nixon's aides were terrified that he was going to have too much of this miotai which they offer in toasts. he did have of it and brought it back to t

. >> andrew johnson, who did not go down as one of our finest presidents. >> oh, another one. >> almost got the hook during his vice presidential inauguration because he was drining his fuzzy navels or whatever it was? vice president at the second inauguration for lincoln. they said lincoln was so embarrassed by this incident that he was trying to sink down his tall frame in his seat so he wouldn't be visible. johnson showed up in intoxicated and was supposed to speak for three or four minutes and rambled on for like 20 minutes and they almost had to give him the vaudeville hook to get him off the stage. >> drinking? >> he is one of my favorite drinking presidentses. he is a sort of a lightweight' and after two or three glasses he is already intoxicated. he has that in common with u.s. grant. to get back to nixon, when he went to china, the chinese had this very powerful alcohol called miotai. and nixon's aides were terrified that he was going to have too much of this miotai which they offer in toasts. he did have of it and brought it back to the white house and they showed him how to s

. >> andrew johnson, who did not go down as one of our finest presidents. >> oh, another one. >> almost got the hook during his vice presidential inauguration because he was drining his fuzzy navels or whatever it was? vice president at the second inauguration for lincoln. they said lincoln was so embarrassed by this incident that he was trying to sink down his tall frame in his seat so he wouldn't be visible. johnson showed up in intoxicated and was supposed to speak for three or four minutes and rambled on for like 20 minutes and they almost had to give him the vaudeville hook to get him off the stage. >> how drinking? >> he is one of my favorite drinking presidentses. he is a sort of a lightweight' and after two or three glasses he is already intoxicated. he has that in common with u.s. grant. to get back to nixon, when he went to china, the chinese had this very powerful alcohol called miotai. and nixon's aides were terrified that he was going to have too much of this miotai which they offer in toasts. he did have of it and brought it back to the white house and they showed him how

. >> andrew johnson, who did not go down as one of our finest presidents. >> oh, another one. >> almost got the hook during his vice presidential inauguration because he was drining his fuzzy navels or vice president at the second inauguration for lincoln. they said lincoln was so embarrassed by this incident that he was trying to sink down his tall frame in his seat so he wouldn't be visible. johnson showed up in intoxicated and was supposed to speak for three or four minutes and rambled on for like 20 minutes and they almost had to give him the vaudeville hook to get him off the stage. >> how about drinking? >> he is one of my favorite drinking presidentses. he is a sort of a lightweight' and after two or three glasses he is already intoxicated. he has that in common with u.s. grant. to get back to nixon, when he went to china, the chinese had this very powerful alcohol called miotai. and it's often 110 proof so it's and nixon's aides were terrified that he was going to have too much of this miotai which they offer in toasts. he did have of it and brought it back to the white house an

. >> andrew johnson, who did not go down as one of our finest presidents. >> oh, another one. >> almost got the hook during his vice presidential inauguration because he was drining his fuzzy navels or vice president at the second inauguration for lincoln. they said lincoln was so embarrassed by this incident that he was trying to sink down his tall frame in his seat so he wouldn't be visible. johnson showed up in intoxicated and was supposed to speak for three or four minutes and rambled on for like 20 minutes and they almost had to give him the vaudeville hook to get him off the stage. >>ow drinking? >> he is one of my favorite drinking presidentses. he is a sort of a lightweight' and after two or three glasses he is already intoxicated. he has that in common with u.s. grant. to get back to nixon, when he went to china, the chinese had this very powerful alcohol called miotai. more powerful than most vodkas. and nixon's aides were terrified that he was going to have too much of this mi offer in toasts. he did have of it and brought it back to the white house and they showed him how to

shawn is former olympic gymnastics shawn johnson east, andrew's wife and friend to raisman. they're the ones playing cupid. >> i have only known kolton a couple of months. i thought he was a good job. i trustaly and kolton and thought to give it a shot. >> reporter: word of the offer made it through the locker room. the reaction. >> that's a lonely feeling, being out there on a limb. i'm happy for him, and she made a good decision saying yes because he is a really good guy. he really is. besides the football ste stuff he is a good person, i hope it works out. >> reporter: in alameda, colin resch, nbc bay area. >>> the raiders are having fun this training camp. >> they are. >> they just need to win. >> it is nice to see the personal side of them, right? coming up, tesla on the horizon. we'll tell you about it. the family favorite. yoplait. well at least he's wearing shoes. well done champ. get gooey, flaky, happy. toaster strudel. >> now there's a better way to solve consumer problems. introducing "nbc bay area responds." call 1-888-996-tips or visit our website. we respond t

johnson, i believe, in june of 1866, which returned 17 acre to mariah shyfax to live there in perpetuity. so that's a big deal to the family knowing they had this compounden but they couldn't prove that they owned it. but now we had congress to prove that this was their property. i've been doing family history for close to 40 years. it's really something that's a passion of mine. it's been something that my ancestors passed down to me in terms of understanding a little more about our history. and it's been really important to me and my cousins to basically pull together with the parks service, with the research staff at mount vernon, with the leadership of the white house historical association as well as with the new african-american history museum in washington, d.c. being opened by the smithsonian just a month or two to work together to try to help tell a more clear, fully laid out story about the african-americans, and particularly the shyfax family here at arlington. i believe that while the story of robert e. lee and george washington parke custus is important, there are so much ri

johnson. so one of the reasons today is so interesting is the brilliance of garfield. the second is, the other name character is charles gintoew ws mentally ill. they told his father that he needs to be intuitionalized. >> he's not and the father agreed. the father says i cannot afford him so they did not institutionalize him. the contrast between garfield and his assassin is so astounding. last week when we were discussing lincoln after the talk, a gentleman came up to me and asked me to recommend a book at each of the subsequent talks. i didn't do that week, my failure. when he asked that, i thought it was a good idea and obviously, when you prepare talks like this, i use lots and lots of sources, secondary sources and books and primary sources. a lot of the primary sources are available on the internet so you can read the letters of garfield and the diaries and so forth. it is quite easy to get primary sources now. if i have to recommend one book, i will do that for garfield with kennedy. i

johnson, i believe, in june of 1866, which returned 17 acres to mariah syphax to live there in perpetuity. so that's a big deal to the family knowing they had this compound but they couldn't prove that they owned it. but now we had congress to prove that this was their property. i've been doing family history for close to 40 years. it's really something that's a passion of mine. it's been something that my ancestors passed down to me in terms of understanding a little more about our history. and it's been really important to me and my cousins to basically pull together with the parks service, with the research staff at mount vernon, with the leadership of the white house historical association as well as with the new african-american history museum in washington, d.c. being opened by the smithsonian just a month or two to work together to try to help tell a more clear, fully laid out story about the african-americans, and particularly the syphax family here at arlington. i believe that, while the story of robert e. lee and george washington parke custis is important, there are so much ric

suffered for over 100 years the way they did had lincoln been in charge of reconstruction instead of andrew johnson and a congress that wanted to take revenge on the south and didn't really care about the african-americans. so one of the reasons today is so interesting is the brilliance of garfield. and the second is the other main character in our story, charles guiteau, and it shows the failure of our mental health treatment in this country then and today. there is no doubt in my mind that charles guiteau was mentally ill and it was not treated properly then even though they knew. they told his father he needs to be institutionalized. he's nuts. and the father agreed. but he said you know putting people in sanitariums, you have to pay. and the father said i can't afford it so they didn't institutionalize him. the contrast between garfield and his assassin is so astounding. last week when we were discussing lincoln after the talk, a gentleman came up to me and asked me to recommend a book at each of the subsequent talks. i didn't do that last week. my failure. and so i was asked when he sa

suffered for over 100 years the way they did had lincoln been in charge of reconstruction instead of andrew johnson and a congress that want to take revenge on the south and didn't really care about the african-americans. so one of the reasons today is so interesting is the brilliance of garfield. and the second is the other main character in our story charles, it shows the failure of our mental health treatment in this country then and today. there is no doubt in my mind that charles guiteau was mentally ill and it was not treated properly then even though they knew. they told his father he needs to be institutionalized. he's nuts. and the father agreed. but he said you know putting people in sanitariums, you have to pay. and the father said i can't afford it so they didn't institutionalize him. the contrast between garfield and his assassin is so astounding. last week when we were discussing lincoln after the talk, a gentleman came up to me and asked me to recommend a book at each of the subsequent talks. i didn't do that last week. my failure. and so i was asked when he said that, i thou

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