Battlefield come created by one unit and one confederate soldier. I think the Postal Service for coming here representing the stamp, thank you. The city ofu to petersburg for working with us. [applause] her everyil war airs saturday at 6 00 and 10 p. M. Eastern time. Too much war of our programming, visit our website, cspan. Org history. Youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Next on American History tv, Texas Christian University steve and woodworth speaks about Union General aj smiths guerrillas and their involvement and Decisive Action in the battle of nashville in december of 1864. This talk was part of a symposium on 1864 and the western theater. It is a little under 45 minutes. [applause] i have some very tough act to follow. I dont have a general in a jar or a president in a box. I dont have a great powerpoint , butntation like jim had maybe i can tell you about a troop of trained guerrillas, maybe i can do that. I will try to keep it moving al
Watching recalled, they made two attacks and they fell like autumn leaves. The georgians leave us some of our best accounts of their anger at the sight of armed black men, such as james verderi of the 48th georgia infantry sharing with his dear sister the day after the battle, the prisoners came leaping over our breastworks by 50 but our men took none, for they, he underlined this part, were niggers. Burnsides ninth army corps. As fast as they came over, the bayonet was plunged through their hearts. The muzzle of our gun was put on their temple and their brains blown out. Others are knocked in the head with the butts of their gun. Few would succeed in getting to the rear safe. Dorsey binian, also the 48th georgian, someone who ought to know about beating black bodies since he had been over he was an overseer before the war began, told his dear sister, mary, just 11 days afterwards, when we got to the works it was filled with negroes and yanks crying out no quarter. When a handtohand co
Tennessee sesquicentennial. Thank you for attending this session featuring our same topic of the day, the last campaign in tennessee. My name is van wes, i am the Tennessee State historian. And a professor at middle Tennessee State university. It was an easy drive over to join this event today. For our expert historians, they have all come quite a way to join and be part of this event. Im appreciative of that. The way i would like to do this, so we have plenty of time for questions and comments, i am going to introduce all three speakers now in alphabetical order. They all come up in that order. Ok. Our first speaker will be chris lawson. I have known chris for 30 years. It goes back to his excellent work on frank cheetham, and his confederate division in tennessees forgotten warriors. That came out in 1989. He has been involved with us and been very generous of his time here for different civil war and Franklin Battlefield symposiums that we have worked with. Welcome back. Our second
Bell hood was written history and the u. S. Colored troops compared to the sherman marched to the sea. This 90 minute event is part of theseries organized by tennessee sesquicentennial. Thank you for attending featuring our same topic of the day, the last campaign in tennessee. , i am the van wes Tennessee State historian. And a professor at middle Tennessee State university. It was an easy drive over to join this event today. For our expert historians, they have all come quite a way to join and be part of this event. Im appreciative of that. This,y i would like to do so we have plenty of time for questions and comments, i am going to introduce all three speakers now in alphabetical order. Come up in that order. Ok. Be chris speaker will lawson. I have known chris for 30 years. It goes back to his excellent work on frank cheetham, and his confederate division in tennessees forgotten warriors. 1989. Me out in he has been involved with us and then very generous of his time here for diffe
The other thing they could have done potentially was to cut off the kite so cut off the pike so they could be met by resistance. The thing there are two minus ascension made about with the federals would have done which is essentially they would have inevitably been destroyed. At spring hill, they had an opportunity of destroying or dismantling a large part of the union army. In some ways, this never gets the attention it is due, the yankees appear as unwitting accomplices of confederates who were bent on destroying them. These were veteran federal soldiers. These were battle hardened veterans of the Atlantic Campaign it elsewhere. The idea they would simply encounter confederate troops and meekly handed over the weapons is preposterous. There could have been a battle. It could have been at spring hill. I think the idea that the federals would have been dispatched with ease is simply nonsense. You can do what i did with my toy soldiers. You can do whatever you want with your imaginatio