To read. I will be making frequent reference to this map as it will help us understand the course of the campaign. As general in chief of all unit forces in 1864, u. S. Grant devised accord mated offensive by a number of union army stretching from louisiana all the way to virginia. As you know already, the two most important of these offenses were those of the army of the , andac here in virginia that of william t sherman, who commanded what was called the military division of the mississippi. Grants orders to sherman for the campaign, dated april 4, 18 64, were pretty straightforward. Grant told sherman to move against the confederate armies of tennessee commanded by general joseph e johnson, and to , get into the interior of the enemies country as far as you can and inflict as much damage as you can. At the same time, sherman was supposed to prevent johnson from of his armyements to reinforce either lees army in virginia or Confederate Forces out in louisiana. That is shermans object
Gas futures are spiking 20 on news of harvey and that will soon very directly affect you at the pump. The number of people filing insurance claims, up 37,000 have received so far. Accuweather is predicting that harvey will be a record holder eclipsing katrina as the most expensive storm to hit the United States at 160 billion. Katrina was about 100 billion. Ill had far more significant deaths. Better than 1,200. Houstons two major airports are expected to open within the hour. United and some other Major Airlines are going to eventually be operating on a limited basis. But they will be back. This is the longest that weve seen flights interrupted out of that local since 911. Lets go to matt finn in port arthur, texas where theyre still dealing with this flooding. Now an important refinery closed as well. Matt . Yes, neil. The largest refinery in the country from what we understand. Weve been here six hours all day today. It is just a scene of devastation and heart break. We have seen co