Madison square on this warm and balmy day. Im taking a big risk, we believe that the bells are finished for awhile, so i hope you can hear me. Part of our mission at the Georgia Historical Society is the education of the history of the great state of georgia, and were here today to dedicate a marker that represents an event, people, and a time in our history, and to get on with the program, id like to introduce the president of the historical society, dr. Todd gross. Todd . Thank you, bob. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Well, thank you, bob. And good afternoon, everyone. Let me add my welcome to this Historical Marker dedication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the march to the sea. One of the bestknown, but most controversial, and i would hasten to add, misunderstood aspects of the american civil war. The marker we dedicate today is one of 25 markers installed by the Georgia Historical Society and our partners, over the last five years as a part of the civil war 150 Histo
The unveiling of a New Historical marker about the march to the sea. Good afternoon. I am bob jepson, chair of the Georgia Historical Society. And i would like to welcome you all to Madison Square and is warm and balmy day. Im taking a big risk. We believe that the bills are finished for a while. So i hope you can hear me. Part of our mission at the Georgia Historical Society is the education of the history of the great state of georgia. And were here today to dedicate a marker that represents an event, people, and a time in our history. And to get on with the with the program, i would like to introduce the president of the historical society, doctor todd groce. Thank you, bob. Thank you. Thank you, bob. And good afternoon, everyone. Let me add my welcome to this Historical Marker, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the march to the sea. One of the best known, but most controversial and i would hasten to add misunderstood aspects of the civil war. The marker rededicate t
Good afternoon. Im bob jepsen, chairman of the Georgia Historical Society and id like to welcome you all to Madison Square on this warm and balmy day. Im taking a big risk, we believe that the bells are finished for awhile, so i hope you can hear me. Part of our mission at the Georgia Historical Society is the education of the history of the great state of georgia and were here today to dedicate a marker that represents an event, people, and a time in our 1tn history, and to get on with the program, id like to introduce the president of the historical society, dr. Todd gross. Todd . Thank you, bob. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Well, thank you, bob. And good afternoon, everyone. Let me add my welcome to this Historical Marker dedication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the march to the sea. One of the bestknown, but most controversial, and i would hasten to add, misunderstood, aspects of the american civil war. The marker we dedicate today is one of 25 markers installed b
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
Okay. The question was, how forrest and hood related to each other at the springhill situation, is that what i understand . And nashville. And nashville. Well, in regard to franklin, certainly, forrest did not agree with hoods decision to attack there. Back at springhill, it seems to me that forrest was never fully clear about hood allegedly wanting to block the pike, and instead was coming in and attacking the union troops that were marshaled there, maybe some 6500, rather than trying to concentrate on blocking the pike. I think theres misunderstanding certainly between hood and forrest at springhill. I dont know that that particularly affected what happened the next day at franklin. I think that probably forrest just disagreed totally with the idea of a frontal attack, a frontal assault at franklin and, of course, wanted to try and blank the federals out of their position. I think another interesting point is that what happened in the nashville circumstances, forrest was detached and