You can always find American History tv on the weekends, but with congress on recess throughout august, cspan3 is featuring highlights during the week. We continue our focus on the civil war, with a look at the Atlanta Campaign. In may 1864, Union General William Sherman marched into georgia, and after a series of battles on september 2nd, the union army seized the city. The march to the sea through georgia, and general Joseph E Johnston who led the confederates in atlanta during the spring and summer of 1864. And later, a look at confederate weapons manufacturing in Central Georgia during and after the fall of atlanta. Friday night on American History tv, slavery and the cinema. A look at the depiction of slavery in the films since the 1930s. The 2012 movie lincoln and the debate and passage of the 13th amendment. A discussion about the 1939 movie gone with the wind and its depiction of southern society, friday night, 8 00 eastern, here on cspan3. This weekend on American History tv,
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
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
Screeria nigeria. The tenhour drive, frankly was definitely worth it. According to your program, what were supposed to do today is first offer some insights speak briefly on a portion of the campaign they believed to be particularly illuminating. Two things ill do real quickly, if i can, the first one deals with spring hill. Spring hill was the day before the battle of franklin and what it represented was a lost opportunity to attack some union troops either at spring hill itself or some who were in colombia and would come up to Franklin Pike that night. Essentially what happened is a profound mystery in many ways. Hood planned a flanking movement which was extremely successful. In fact there were federal troops still at columbia who were going to come up the pike that night. They failed to do two things. They could have launched an attack on the yankees who were in spring hill. They did not do that. There was a fight but it was not the larger fight that i think the generals had contem