I would like to echo what bud said about events. He came up to where i live in dalton. I told since that since i am a georgia tech fan. If he was still coaching and george i was going to push him off the ridge. He had retired by then. Although i dont know that as much help. I was also interested in what kevin said this morning. The old lady came out she heard the pearl harbor and said to the end hes going to be with us this time . December 8, 1941. A reporter for the local newspaper went out to interview them about what they thought about the events of the previous day pearl harbor was the old fellas to himself up and said this never wouldve happened if Albert Sidney johnston had been killed at shiloh. Maybe its not just some of the College Students today who dont know its going on. It seems to run through. Of time. I did offer some remarks about the Atlanta Campaign of 1864. I want to put into context with you. That is what i think makes it very important. One of the two or three most
Becomes that, i think the term they use was the wind. This wire and wind that came through georgia. Sarah reuben made an interesting point about the destruction itself. I thought it was interesting, i left it out of my talk. She said we have the sense of the march to the sea as being the giant tidal wave this tsunami. 60 miles across from one end to the other as it goes out to the sea. She said in reality it was more like fingers of destruction. Stitches through the landscape. Because the army was advancing down roads. And most places they stayed a day. If that much. So the destruction, the destruction is limited to how far off the roads they can go. So she said there are vast areas in between those roads. That were untouched by it. And those people of course applied food and help to the other people who had lost so much during the march. Its interesting, because i had not even thought about this. We do have this image of tsunami of fire going across and if fact it really is more like
Original ceremony was held on may 10, 1869. Included on this ties a list of the dignitaries from that company, including leland stanford, and the big four are all marked there. Another thing you can see on this site is a connection with the resources that would have the twoilable to companies building the railroad. We have mocked up everything to make it as authentic as possible. If you look on the west side, you will see the cut ties. The Central Pacific had they cut all of their ties and brought them down from the mountain. The Union Pacific from the east had to hand cut their ties wherever they could find wood. Not a lot available in the area so they would split them and you can see them mocked up, how they would cut them and bring them out when they could. The Transcontinental Railroad was happening at the end of the victorian age as you are going into the industrial age. It was a perfect time for the United States. When that Transcontinental Railroad was complete, it made a major
Presbyterian ministry. When he first came to augusta, he was making 2,500 a year and was provided a home on green street, but in 1860, they liked him so much and they wanted him to stay, so they sweetened the pot, so to speak, and raised his salary to 3,000 a year. And bought a new house which is the one were in today. Where the family moved in 1860. To give you an idea of what 3,000 was in those days, most families in the United States depending on where they lived and their certain circumstances, but most families lived on between 300 and 800 a year, so he was making first 2,500 and then 3,000 a year, which was a large income. And we today own exactly the same property that the wilsons occupied in 1860s. This is the pass through study that Joseph Wilson would have spent a lot of his time during his congregational work, preparing sermons, meeting with parishioners, keeping congregational records. But it was remembered by Woodrow Wilsons younger brother Joseph Wilson jr. As being lined
Questions from a Young Journalist or answered questions from a young journalism professor, and he was easily one of the most patient answerers is have ever met in my years. His graciousness made a profound impact on me as i was getting started, so i owe a great deal of personal gratitude and debt to jim. Im extremely excited to have him come up here. Jim actually spent some time live in the caretakers cottage once upon a time. He had many stations during his tenure with the parks service. Time without. Some he has spent many years tutoring and mentoring generations of civil war buffs. Very few of us in the field know anyone who has made a greater impact in the real van jim ogden during than jim ogden his tenure at the park service. Mr. Ogden thank you, chris, and i think im going to have to start off i getting out of your site for a minute. The owner of the computer is here, so that will save me having to learn another one thank you for the introduction, and ask, everybody, involved wi