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 lee s army in virginia or confederate forces out in louisiana. that is sherm
will see this map in there. you might want to refer to this. it is probably a little easier 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 military 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 potomac here in virginia, and that of william t sherman, who commanded what was called the military division of the mississippi. grant s orders to sherman for the campaign, dated april 4, 1864, were pretty straightforward. grant told sherman to move against the confederate armies of tennessee commanded by general joseph e. johnston, and to break it up, 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
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, 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 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 sought-after speaker. we re honored to have this l
. the other thing they could have done potentially was to cut off the kite so cut off the pike so they could be met by resistance. the thing there are two minus ascension made about with the federals would have done which is essentially they would have inevitably been destroyed. at spring hill, they had an opportunity of destroying or dismantling a large part of the union army. in some ways, this never gets the attention it is due, the yankees appear as unwitting accomplices of confederates who were bent on destroying them. these were veteran federal soldiers. these were battle hardened veterans of the atlantic campaign it elsewhere. the idea they would simply encounter confederate troops and meekly handed over the weapons is preposterous. there could have been a battle. it could have been at spring hill. i think the idea that the federals would have been dispatched with ease is simply nonsense. you can do what i did with my toy soldiers. you can do whatever you wan
screeria nigeria. - . the ten-hour drive, frankly was definitely worth it. according to your program, what we re 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 i ll 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