the painting is being exhibited under stringent security measures, particularly temperature-controlled 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.
about the atlanta campaign than he does. he s been a proud civil war the fourth he was in grade. he earned his undergraduate emory, hisistory at master s 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. he s taken it upon himself to attend virtually all of the eight lectures we ve had thus far in this series. and he s been so very conscientious in communicating what he wanted to say to you tonight and to our students earlier today. i m 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, sherman s bombardment and wrecking of atlanta, has been describ
doctor davis drew on his experience this morning when he spoke to 450 high schoolers ever so effectively. he s taken it upon himself to attend virtually all of the eight lectures we ve had thus far in this series. and he s been so very conscientious in communicating with us about what he wanted to say to you tonight and to our students earlier today. i m not sure i can do justice to his passion for the civil war in the atlanta campaign. his pieces have appeared in a number of scholarly and popular publications, including the civil war times illustrated and the georgia historical quarterly. he was the book review editor for blue and gray magazine for 11 years. his 2001 book, atlanta will fall, is highly respected. and his most recent book, what the excuse me what the yankees did to us, sherman s bombardment and wrecking of atlanta, has been described as one expert as the most well-researched and detailed account ever written about the fall of atlanta. in 2013, the georgia
mr. white is the co-author of a season of slaughter: the battle of spotsylvania court house, may 8-21, 1864. this talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. our first speaker today is a man for whom i hold the utmost respect. three years ago this again, in fact, we sat on the back porch of a little building next to the stone lodge action shrine and we were thinking, you know, what can we do to help people become more invested in these stories of the civil war? that is were the emerging civil war blog first came to be. since then, over the past three to a, we have expanded publishing series that we will talk about this afternoon. of course, the symposium and a number of speaking engagements, as well. we are continuing our outreach to help people become invested in these very important and engaging stories. historian ander former licensed battlefield guide at gettysburg here he is one of those men who you could drop him on any battlefield, take off
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 he s building supply bases that he ll 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 what s one of the best overviews of the campaign, and like some of the other speakers you ve heard, i ll throw out some book titles. if you re like me, you love books about the civil war. mcmurray s atlanta 1864 is a very, very, very good overview. if you re 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