freeman was referring to confederate gustav to beauregard. beauregard had fantasies with joining with the forces around petersburg and richmond and marching on to washington, d.c., and on to philadelphia, and their final destination would be new york city. of course, that would be giving up richmond and petersburg. this kind of flam bouncy with pierre gustav to beauregard is understandable. if your parents name you this, you will have grandiose plans. freeman should have applied this rule to robert e. lee. if he had done so, i think he would laugh come up with a more critical, and actually more lasting interpretation of the general. so my argument is very straightforward. and note that i've just changed the slide to distract you as i tell you my argument. it is simply this. by the fall of 1863, lee's expectations of his army had far exceeded what it could actually accomplish. during the preceding 24 months before june 1st, 1864, before the fighting at cold harbor, lee had lost roughly 100,000 men. of course, he was keenly aware of his diminis

>> he does not mention much about beauregard. somebody here?>> while he is up there -- >> earlier in your presentation you mentioned a woman who had somehow been embroidered by other historians in her relationship with general hood and toward the close you point out what a wonderful family man he was. ?hat was really going on there i understand women sometimes followed men around on campaign trails to read what really went on? >> well, again, hood's relationship with buck preston is written about quite a bit in larry chestnut -- the most famous of the socialitend she was a . this thing about buck preston and hood mostly comes from mary chestnut's diary. a lot of people think margaret mitchell had scarlet o'hara, that scarlet o'hara, the character was inspired by sally uck" preston as recorded in diary.estnut's she was apparently pretty and flirty and hood was handsome and a hero. but you know, she stayed in and in south carolina. when the war ended, she married some other guy, and hood married some other woman. >> i think it is -- i don't know.

beauregard's staff made a mistake. so the problem i have is that he basically repeated the same thing, but the problem i have with mr. seward is that on the same official records page immediately above is in other dispatch on something else. page twice onhat totally other subjects, so i find it hard to believe he did not see the correct dispatch. now, another thing hood is criticized for is being callous. because hislaining men didn't fight hard enough, and there were not enough of them wounded and killed. what is cited most often is afterhood did write, the battle of jonesboro, "the vigor of the attack may be in some sort of imagined. only 1400 were killed and wounded out of the corps engaged." if that was all i read, i would think, how would you like to be one of the 1400? the problem hood had, he was not a jonesboro. hood sent two corps to jonesboro, and put hardy in command while hood remained in atlanta with one corps just in case the jonesboro movement was a divergent. so he stayed here with what would have been

but due to the delay, hood wrote beauregard on november the 17th stating, i have now seven days' rations on hand and need 13 days additional. please use every effort to have these supplies passed forward. the army finally crossed on november the 20th as the river levels fell and moved the army ahead. as hood prepared to fight and face off against union commander john scofield near columbia, tennessee, whom cher han had detached from atlanta to deal with hood's invasion. the enemy must give fight or i'll be in nashville before tomorrow night. hood even sent a telegram to jefferson davis on november the 28th stating, the enemy evacuated columbia last night and are retreating towards nashville. our army is again moving forward. i have no difficulty about supplies and anticipate none in the future. the optimism had certainly returned. as scofield pulled out of columbia and moved north ward, hood continued his pursuit. he told his army after they crossed the tennessee river, you march today to redeem your valor and your arms, one of fairest portions of our confederacy. this can only be achiev

freeman was referring to confederate gustav to beauregard. beauregard had fantasies with joining with the forces around petersburg and richmond and marching on to washington, d.c., and on to philadelphia, and their final destination would be new york city. of course, that would be giving up richmond and petersburg. this kind of flam bouncy with pierre gustav to beauregard is understandable. if your parents name you this, you will have grandiose plans. freeman should have applied this rule to robert e. lee. if he had done so, i think he would laugh come up with a more critical, and actually more lasting interpretation of the general. so my argument is very straightforward. and note that i've just changed the slide to distract you as i tell you my argument. it is simply this. by the fall of 1863, lee's expectations of his army had far exceeded what it could actually accomplish. during the preceding 24 months before june 1st, 1864, before the fighting at cold harbor, lee had lost roughly 100,000 men. of course, he was keenly aware of his diminis

on july 4th a woman was found dead inside her home on derby court near sanger avenue and north beauregard streets. she died of strangulation. if you have any information, please call alexandria police. >>> a convicted felon is under indictment for allegedly kidnapping an area judge who happened to also be his girl friend. 24-year-old rick lee sening is accused of assaulting montgomery county judge audrey creighton inside her house and kidnapping her with her own car. she got away in a grocery store parking lot. police he later left and went to florida after crashing her car and has now been returned to maryland and is behind bars. >>> a prince george's county police officer who nearly lost his life in a bad accident is grateful to be alive. our nikki burdine was there when officer bashua olaseha was reunited with some of those who helped him get through the ordeal. >> i remember cars coming toward me, but i do remember waking up under a vehicle. >>> he was on a traffic stop may 22nd when a minivan drove onto the shoulder, hit three police cruisers and him. he jumped into a ditch where he

but due to the delay, hood wrote beauregard on november the 17th stating, i have now seven days' rations on hand and need 13 days additional. please use every effort to have these supplies passed forward. the army finally crossed on november the 20th as the river levels fell and moved the army ahead. as hood prepared to fight and face off against union commander john scofield near columbia, tennessee, whom cher han had detached from atlanta to deal with hood's invasion. the enemy must give fight or i'll be in nashville before tomorrow night. hood even sent a telegram to jefferson davis on november the 28th stating, the enemy evacuated columbia last night and are retreating towards nashville. our army is again moving forward. i have no difficulty about supplies and anticipate none in the future. the optimism had certainly returned. as scofield pulled out of columbia and moved north ward, hood continued his pursuit. he told his army after they crossed the tennessee river, you march today to redeem your valor and your arms, one of fairest portions of our confederacy. this can only be achiev