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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. Grants 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 detaching ....
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. ....
Good evening and thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We have a lot of news to get to tonight, but we begin with a dangerous combination lingering from the last days of winter. Heavy rain and melting snow tonight triggering flood alerts from the gulf coast to the great lakes. Take a look here in painsville ohio. Highs on the grand river breaking into huge chunks, slowly moving down the stream. And in Southern Illinois flooded roads trapping cars. This driver needing a rescue. In covington, connecticut, more river than drive, a familiar scene along many river banks tonight. Right now rivers still on the rise, the flood fears are very real. And abcs senior meteorologist, rob marciano starts us off. Reporter tonight crews closing the flood gates in newport, kentucky, bracing for the flood waters of the ohio river. This playground in nearby bellevue already submerged, as well as this street in covington. The ....
Good evening and thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We have a lot of news to get to tonight, but we begin with a dangerous combination lingering from the last days of winter. Heavy rain and melting snow tonight triggering flood alerts from the gulf coast to the great lakes. Take a look here in painsville ohio. Highs on the grand river breaking into huge chunks, slowly moving down the stream. And in Southern Illinois flooded roads trapping cars. This driver needing a rescue. In covington, connecticut, more river than drive, a familiar scene along many river banks tonight. Right now rivers still on the rise, the flood fears are very real. And abcs senior meteorologist, rob marciano starts us off. Reporter tonight crews closing the flood gates in newport, kentucky, bracing for the flood waters of the ohio river. This playground in nearby bellevue already submerged, as well as this street in covington. The ....