About the Atlanta Campaign than he does. Hes been a proud civil war the fourth he was in grade. He earned his undergraduate emory, hisistory at masters degree at the andersity of North Carolina emory. At davis drew on his experience this morning when he spoke to 450 High Schoolers ever effectively. Hes taken it upon himself to attend virtually all of the eight lectures weve had thus far in this series. And hes been so very conscientious in communicating what he wanted to say to you tonight and to our students earlier today. Im not sure i can do justice to for the civil war in campaign. A his pieces have appeared in a popularf scholarly and publications, including the civil war times illustrated and the georgia historical quarterly. He was the book review editor magazine forgray 11 years. His 2001 book, atlanta will highly respected. 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 painting is being exhibited under stringent security measures, particularly temperaturecontrolled case. Nearly 10,000 people filed by mona lisa the first day, making her by far the most popular hostess in washington. Everybody wants to meet the new girl in town. Next, stephen hood discusses his book on the military career, personal life, and legacy of general John Bell Hood. The author is a distant relative of the general. He analyzes his actions at divingauga and antietam, into records recently released by hood descendents. He said many controversial acts are clarified or redeemed through examination of the documents. Atlantant is from the cyclorama museum. It is about an hour and ordered five minutes. 45 minutes. For coming. I was in atlanta in january. I am going to be able to vote down here if i keep showing up. In West Virginia you could, probably. To mention a couple of people that are here. My beloved cousin, barbara hopkins, and her husband, mark, are here. They are from hu
In may 1864, had hundreds and hundreds of trains moving down a rail system through kentucky and tennessee stockpiling supplies in nashville and chattanooga. In chattanooga alone between the months of march and may of 1864, there are 145 rail cars unloading on a daily basis there. So hes Building Supply bases that hell need as he advances into georgia. During the campaign, he had about 5,000 wagons that were constantly on the move from the railroad to the army in the field. As Richard Mcmurray, who is one of the foremost scholars of the Atlanta Campaign writes in one whats one of the best overviews of the campaign, and like some of the other speakers youve heard, ill throw out some book titles. If youre like me, you love books about the civil war. Mcmurrays atlanta 1864 is a very, very, very good overview. If youre looking for one book that gives you an overview, decision in the west by Albert Castel is also an outstanding book. Mcmurray points out that sherman had a couple of big advan
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
Minutes. Thank you all for coming. Will beny mentioned, i able to vote down here if i keep showing up. [laughter] in West Virginia, you could. Mention a couple people who were here. My beloved cousin, barbara hopkins, and her husband mark are here. They are from huntington and moved to atlanta about 10 years ago. And general hoods greatgranddaughter, mary hood perlman, and her husband skip from asheville, North Carolina are here. I will embarrass her and make her raise her hand. [applause] her grandfather was oswald could hoodod, one of the 11 children who we will talk about later. As anthony mentioned, i wrote a was on hood, and it originally to be titled history vs. John bell hood. what i did, and i will be talking about this in a few minutes, i was a little bit distressed at a lot of things that have been written about hood, especially around the 1970s on. I decided to write a book that would really expose a lot of the myth and legends about him that you read about, and actually use