there's more balance with longstreet. what's still extraordinarily troubling to me is that there still is a lost cause hold on this whole subject, because now people will speak about james longstreet and say, if lee had only listened to longstreet. if he had only done that. if he had disengaged and taken a defensive position and let the yankees hurl their legions against lee's army, things would have been different. they would have won a great battle in pennsylvania and marched on to washington, d.c. when i hear that hallucination, i want to interrupt folks and say, do you know what you're saying? and we do this far too often i think as civil war students. we depoliticize these what-ifs of the civil war. what you're saying is you want confederate victory. you want one of those nations and ultimately you want one of those nations committed to slavery. so just stop the what-ifs. especially richard yule. that drives me nuts. >> the legacy. >> all right. so we sort of covered it early in gordon. and so let's do the last quest

there's more balance with longstreet. what's still extraordinarily troubling to me is that there still is a lost cause hold on this whole subject, because now people will speak about james longstreet and say, if lee had only listened to longstreet. if he had only done that. if he had disengaged and taken a defensive position and let the yankees hurl their legions against lee's army, things would have been different. they would have won a great battle in pennsylvania and marched on to washington, d.c. when i hear that hallucination, i want to interrupt folks and say, do you know what you're saying? and we do this far too often as civil war students, we depoliticize these what-ifs of the civil war. what you're saying is you want confederate victory. you want one of those nations and ult you want one of those nations committed to slavery. so just stop the what-ifs. especially richard yule. that drives me nuts. >> legacy. >> all right. so we sort of covered it early in gordon. and so let's do the last question. what is the le

there's more balance with longstreet. what's still extraordinarily troubling to me is that there still is a lost cause hold on this whole subject, because now people will speak about james longstreet and say, if lee had only listened to longstreet. if he had only done that. only disengaged and taken a defensive position and let the yankees hurl their legions against lee's army, things would have been different. they would have won a great battle in pennsylvania and marched on to washington, d.c. when i hear that hallucination, i want to interrupt folks and say, do you know what you're saying? and we do this far too often as civil war students, we depoliticize these what-ifs of the civil war. what you're saying is you want confederate victory. you want one of those nations with slavely. stop the what-ifs. especially richard yule. that drives me nuts. >> legacy. >> all right. so we sort of covered it early in gordon. and so let's do the last question. what is the legacy of the lost cause? what is the legacy of the lost caus

leah pointed william nelson pendleton, james longstreet and john gordon. they went to the tavern to have their meeting, but they said it was a bare, cheerless place, so they repaired to the mclean house where givens had set up his headquarters. there was no furniture left in the room because the tables had been taken as souvenirs after the meeting on april 9. so givens used his camp table and had it inscribed after the commissioners' meeting. this is our display on the apple tree. what is the apple tree? well, it's one of those myths about appomattox, about lee's surrender. why is it a myth? because the event that supposedly took place there wasn't what it seemed. lee and grant had been corresponding for several days, since april 7, about the possibility of lee surrendering his army. and on the morning of april 9, when lee is finally ready to surrender his army, he sends a message to general grant. but general grant is moving his headquarters, he's on about a 20-mile ride, so lee's message catches up with him maybe about 11:00 that morning. he has to dispa

during the night, general lee has a council of war with general john gordon, james longstreet and fritz lee, asking, should they surrender or should they try to break out? and it's determined they will try to break out on the morning of april 9th. general gordon brings his troops through the village on the morning of april 9th. he files off to the right and left into these fields. he's going to attack that ridge. there is a federal cavalry brigade under colonel charles smith, about 1,200 men holding that ridge up there. general gordon has about 5,000 men. he's supported by fritz lee on the right with about 4,000 cavalry. and artillery under armstead long. the attack begins a little after 7:30 that morning, and they successfully drive the federals off that ridge doing a left wheel. but hard-marching infantry from army of the james, the 24th corps and division of troops from the united states colored troops from the 25th corps had covered over 30 miles on april 8. and they come up and closed the road back down and begin to push gordon's men back into the appomattox river valley. federal t

police arrested robert longstreet yesterday. he is scheduled to appear in court next month. >>> groundbreaking for wake tech. they got a new campus at rtp. it near lenovo. they will focus on advanced high-technolgy programs including business analytics, computer programming, and business administration. the wake tech rtp campus will be the 6th location. it has grown so rapidly over the last 15, 20 years and is expected to open in the spring. fastest growing computer programs in the country. >> all the wonderful locations. and we should all be going back for classes and schooling; right? >> and so many different programs they offer, amazing to look at the course catalog. >>> well, the weather is same old. let's take a look at the raleigh skycam. this is interesting. a look at this about 10 minutes or so ago. all it was was wile ago but it's thinning a bit down towards western boulevard at nc state and outside our studios. 71 in henderson, and a pretty typical day if you are heading out for the morning rush. cloudy and muggy. some

during the night, general lee has a council of war with general john gordon, james longstreet and fritz lee, asking, should they surrender or should they try to break out? and it's determined they will try to break out on the morning of april 9th. general gordon brings his troops through the village on the morning of april 9th. he files off to the right and left into these fields. he's going to attack that ridge. there is a federal cavalry brigade under colonel charles smith, about 1,200 men holding that ridge up there. general gordon has about 5,000 men. he's supported by fritz lee on the right with about 4,000 cavalry. and artillery under armstead long. the attack begins a little after 7:30 that morning, and they successfully drive the federals off that ridge doing a left wheel. but hard-marching infantry from army of the james, the 24th corps and division of troops from the united states colored troops from the 25th corps had covered over 30 miles on april 8. and they come up and closed the road back down and begin to push gordon's men back into the appomattox river valley. federal t

. >>> a raleigh man was arrested after exposing himself in public. 29-year-old longstreet is charged with indecent exposure. the police arrested hi they have not released information about the incident. he is scheduled to appear in court next month. >> they might get a new fire station. not before they say what they would like to see. they voiced concerns about the project. candace sweat attended the meeting, candace, what was thed. >> >> they appeared to be in good spirits after getting a chance and the developers. the relocation project is for fire station 14. it sits at 4220 lakeboone trail and it is now too small and outdated to accommodate their demands. the site of the new station is off hardin road. the purpose of today, design and functionality and how it will impact the quality of life for the residents during and beyond the construction phase. raleigh fire chief tells me that there were concerns in beginning but transparency has been key. >> it is statistics. telling me what do you want to do. get them on the ground floor. in the say so, it in the design, how it looked. >>

lee appointed williams nelson pennedalton, james longstreet and john gordon, and they went to the tavern to have their meeting, but they said it was a bare, cheerless place, so they repaired to the mclean house where givens had set up his headquarters. there was no furniture left in the room because the tables had been taken as souvenirs after the meeting on april 9. so gibbon used his camp table and had it inscribed after the commissioners' meeting. this is our display on the apple tree. what is the apple tree? well, it's one of those myths about appomattox, about lee's surrender. why is it a myth? because the event that supposedly took place there wasn't what it seemed. lee and grant had been corresponding for several days, since april 7, about the possibility of lee surrendering his army. and on the morning of april 9, when lee is finally ready to surrender his army, he sends a message to general grant. but general grant is moving his headquarters. he's on about a 20-mile ride, so lee's message catch us with him say maybe about 11:00 that morning, and he has to dispatch men to ride ah

they had particular animus against longstreet whose cousin had married u.s. grants. long street becomes the judas all the lost cause and they just butchered long street in print and speeches. john mosby joined the republican party, and they went after him, too. he would never accept defeat. when he died at the turn of the century, and he was buried in his confederate uniform. he is the personification of an unreconstructed southerner. in contrast, a general from louisiana, his first battle was may of 1962. 1862. of his left leg was shot off. he came that she went home and recuperated, he came back, and then his left arm was shot off. in 1877, when the democrats finally got into power, they ran nichols for governor. they used a unique motto. "we are running all that is left of general nichols." he won in a landslide on amongst the x confederates -- ex-confederates. host: would you give a quick synopsis? when was the civil war fought? professor robertson: 1861 to 1865. host: how many search? -- how many soldiers, and any women involved? prof. robertson: 3 million men r

leah pointed william nelson pendleton, james longstreet and john gordon. they went to the tavern to have their meeting, but they said it was a bare, cheerless place, so they repaired to the mclean house where givens had set up his headquarters. there was no furniture left in the room because the tables had been taken as souvenirs after the meeting on april 9. so givens used his camp table and had it inscribed after the commissioners' meeting. this is our display on the apple tree. what is the apple tree? well, it's one of those myths about appomattox, about lee's surrender. why is it a myth? because the event that supposedly took place there wasn't what it seemed. lee and grant had been corresponding for several days, since april 7, about the possibility of lee surrendering his army. and on the morning of april 9, when lee is finally ready to surrender his army, he sends a message to general grant. but general grant is moving his headquarters, he's on about a 20-mile ride, so lee's message catches up with him maybe about 11:00 that morning. he has to dispa

they had particular animus against longstreet whose cousin had married u.s. grants. long street becomes the judas all the lost cause and they just butchered long street in print and speeches. john mosby joined the republican party, and they went after him, too. he would never accept defeat. when he died at the turn of the century, and he was buried in his confederate uniform. he is the personification of an unreconstructed southerner. in contrast, a general from louisiana, his first battle was may of 1962. his left leg was shot off. he came that she went home and recuperated, he came back, and then his left arm was shot off. in 1877, when the democrats finally got into power, they ran nichols for governor. they used a unique motto. "we are running all that is left of general nichols." he won in a landslide on amongst the x confederates -- ex-confederates. host: would you give a quick synopsis? when was the civil war fought? professor robertson: 1861 to 1865. host: how many search? prof. robertson: 3 million men roughly. one million southerners. yes, women did serve.