Student go home early. We have a list. Bruce springsteen sets a record in philadelphia last night. He plays his longest us show ever. Well tell you how long this concert lasted. Theyre actually still there this morning glike still hear him. Hes still singing. He us a looks like hes in pain, hes having a good time. Great time, great time. I have so much respect for the guy. There is no opening acts. You dont he didnt need two, three warm ups. He comes out on the stage, lights up, says hello philadelphia, and bamm. Hey, if you went to the show last night get on twitter, facebook, let us know how it went for you. Your experience, good day everybody, it is september the eighth, 2016. Nice weather out there, too, last night. Last night was nice, for the friday nights show theyll be sticky. Because we are starting the heatwave yesterday, and today will be day number two. What did we hit yesterday . Ninetyone, the high. There is bus stop budd way important reminder to stay hydrated in this we
Nevertheless, while other Union Commanders were failing, grant had climbed steadily up the military ladder with resounding victories, stretching from fort henry in 1862, through vicksburg to Missionary Ridge in 1863. He was clearly the norths man of the hour. When lincoln ordered an east early in 1864 to take command of all federal forces. The somewhere near 500,000 combat ready soldiers grant would have authority over the largest post any american officer had ever led. The new Lieutenant General wasted little time in making his strategic intentions known. In the past, grant asserted, union armies had quote, acted independently and without concept like a bulky team of mules, no two pulling to the. And this allowed confederates to shift men from one sector to the other to meet the most pressing danger. Union generals seemed content to maneuver. But that was not the road to victory, grant announced. The north had far superior numbers, and materiel. It was time to switch games. To stop pl
Stymied. Lee is any a powerful position and grant cant break through. What does he do . Maneuvers. He pulled the army of the potomac ought of the wilderness and goes to the spotseslvania courthouse and then lee has to come out from the wilderness and fight him on opened ground. This is a tactical maneuver aimed at pulling lee from his strong entrenchmentes. The army of the potomac shifts south, a drama take point in the war because up to this point, whatever Union Generals had been trounced in the battle as bad as lee had defeated grant and in the wilderness they always retreated but grant moved south to the court house and lee gets awe finger of his army in front of grant and blocks him and theres brutal fighting in places with names like the mule shoe and the bloody age that will goes on for over a week, will be 10 days and then finally grant realizes he cant break through there so grant maneuvers again. He pulls the union army out from spots vain yeah courthouse and send the finger