Introduce dr. Davis. Knows moree anyone about the Atlanta Campaign than buff,s, a proud civil war as he told our students today. E earned his undergraduate and his phd at emory, where he focused on civil war. He taught High School History for several years and drew on that this morning. And has been conscientious about communicating to us what he wanted to say. His pieces have appeared in a number of scholarly publications. He was the book review editor for 11 years and his 2001 book, atlanta will fall, highly and his most recent book, what the excuse me what the yankees did to us, shermans bombardment and wrecking of atlanta, has been described as one expert as the most wellresearched and detailed account ever written about the fall of atlanta. In 2013, the Georgia Writers Association recognized dr. Davis with its author of the year award in the category of history. At round tables across the country, he is a highly soughtafter speaker. Were honored to have this lover of the civil war
A portion of coxs forces, capturing 800 federals and one canon. Things look pretty good for the confederates on the first day but then the second day cox brings up reinforcement. The federals dig in. Bragg attempts an attack on the tense, but hes repulsed. Receiving words that cox is receiving still more reinforcements, bragg decides to fall back towards goldsboro ending the battle of lysis forks. In the meantime, sherman plots the course of his army group from fayetteville. Goldsboro is his objective, but he wants to keep johnston guessing as to what his objective is. Hes going to send the left wing under slocum northward on the old raleigh stage road, as if hes heading towards the North Carolina state capital. They will be marching in light marching order, all the unnecessary wagons will be with the right wing under howard. They will be taking direct roads to goldsboro. The idea is to keep johnston up in the air as to where sherman is heading. Johnston has a plan of his own. He has t
He launches an attack on forces a few miles east of kinston on march 8 and succeeds in routing a portion of coxs forces, capturing 800 federals and one canon. Things look pretty good for the confederates on the first day but then the second day cox brings up reinforcement. The federals dig in. Bragg attempts an attack on the tense, but hes repulsed. Receiving words that cox is receiving still more reinforcements, bragg decides to fall back towards goldsboro ending the battle of lysis forks. In the meantime, sherman plots the course of his army group from fayetteville. Goldsboro is his objective, but he wants to keep johnston guessing as to what his objective is. Hes going to send the left wing under slocum northward on the old raleigh stage road, as if hes heading towards the North Carolina state capital. They will be marching in light marching order, all the unnecessary wagons will be with the right wing under howard. They will be taking direct roads to goldsboro. The idea is to keep
Steyn announces it is time to return to the bennett plays for the second day of negotiations. Reagan says he will send the terms forward. Sherman and johnston reached the Bennett Place around noon. Johnston probably tells sherman that he has official authorization for this allencompassing surrender. He would like to bring breckenridge into the discussion. Sherman says he doesnt know about that. Johnston replies yes but breckenridge is also a Major General in its confederate army. Sherman says, ok. At that point reagans basis of pacification arrives and johnston begins to lead it read it aloud and sherman looks disapproving and johnson points out the only thing we disagreed on is amnesty for davis and the. Otherwise, and the cabinet. Otherwise, we have a basis of agreement. Sherman waves it off. He gets out and and paper and begins to write his memorandum for a basis of agreement. It troops to be twice as long. He ends up giving the confederates more than they asked for. The confederate
Now, im going to make a detour. Were going to make a sharp turn south and were going to turn back the clock. Were going to go back to december of 1864. And were going to follow this man, general william t. Sherman and his progress in what he believes and hopes will be his final campaign of the war. Now sherman and grant are pursuing the grand strategy that they form lated in march of 1864 in cincinnati, ohio. The idea was to keep the armies in the east and in the west confederate armies so busy that they could not reinforce each other. And not have a repeat fiasco in the battle in september of 1863. Well this strategy is working. Slowly, but working. While grant keeps lees army bottled up around the trenches of petersburg and richmond, sherman captures atlanta georgia, in september of 1864. On december 16 the army of the cumberland under george h. Thomas crushes the army of tennessee, the confederacy second largest field army and one week later general sherman completes his march from