sickles is not interested. this is a recurring theme. daniel sickles is his own man. in fact, let me read something to you which i think is illustrative of his general life philosophy. he writes this as a congressman, but think about him it, think t sickles at gettysburg, in every aspect of his life and see if this doesn't fit. i cannot play courtier to the multitude much less individuals. i know all the consequences and that many a long years since to enjoy it, even at the price which must inevitably be paid. i do not deem it a wise course, nor approve it, nor recommend it to any friend, but i've adopted it and it is mine and i will follow it come what may. that's sickles and a nutshell. that's sickles at gettysburg. that's sickles at his home in lafayette square. wanting to kill the chief federal prosecutor for the district of columbia in front of a crowd on a sunday afternoon in washington, d.c. sickles is his own man. he's going to run for congress he wins. he distinguishes himself, steps out from underneath pecans shouted and becomes renowned as an expert on fore

-dot his life and career and daniel sickles is his own man. let me read something to you which i think is illustrative of his general life philosophy. he writes as a congressman, think about sickles at gettysburg and every other aspect of his life and see if this does not fit. i cannot play courtier to the multitude much less to the individuals and i know all the consequences and have many a long year since resolved to enjoy it even at the price which must inevitably be paid. i do not deem it a wise course, nor prove it or recommend it to any friend but i've adopted it and it's mine and i will follow it come what may. that sickles in a nutshell print that is sickles at his birth and in his home in lafayette square and wanting to kill the chief federal prosecutor for the district of columbia in front of a crowd on a sunday afternoon in washington dc. sickles is his own man. he will run for congress in humans. and so, he immediately distinguishes himself stepped out under buchanan shadow and becomes renowned as an expert in foreign affairs on mi

and daniel sickles over the next few days will follow what was happening and he's not far off the mark. indeed he tries to deny that if he could build the evidence any further. and then to get to the construction about what happened in this house or at the house that was rented for that specific purpose with a man that he believed to be his earnest friend and then trying to figure out what he would do about it. so he sends nathaniel butterworth and with those democratic administrations to test the theory of american coins and with that tammany style and butterworth was in the room with those congressionalit sessions and nobody will knowce what happened that is pretty great advice nebut that route closed off for me and inter- barton key who shows up in lafayette square and in the westside and is known as the you will house. and owned by the father's general view will. and then to come to the nation's capital and to have big dreams to open a hospital with alcoholism or some financial mismanagement so he lives west of lafayette square and key walks into lafayette park that is the prearran

sickles with the book star spangled scandal. after that historian brenda wine apple takes a look at the impeachment of andrew johnson. and then puts a prize-winning historian david tells the story of early pioneers. watch all of that and more tomorrow night starting at eight eastern on c-span2. >> there is morbid tv coming up next with josh levine telling the story of linda taylor, a criminal whose exploits made the welfare we in the united states. an african-american cyclist in the late 19th century who competed professionally and won the world cycling championship in 1899. [inaudible conversations]

an attack of the emmitsburg road anytime before daniel sickles third core moved out of the peach orchard would have been confusing and perilous for the confederates, since realistically several federal corps would have been threatening the attacking theyns' right flank as moved east toward cemetery hill. not only have many shown a predilection toward cherry picking and neglecting to cross reference sources addressing longstreet's actions at gettysburg -- they have misrepresented sources. the most blatant laps and historical method concerns the topic of lee and longstreet's may 1863 discussions about the intended tactical approach for a general battle in the upcoming campaign. in every one of longstreet's post barrel writings on the topic of campaign tactics, from his 1853 letter to his uncle augustus longstreet written days after the battle to his 1855 memoir, longstreet said he and lee agreed to be offensive and strategy but defensive in tactics. a number of primary sources confirm longstreet's postwar contentions about the guiding tactical principle for the campaign, though historians