jeff shaara mentioned about robert e. lee.pecifically it is worth noting he was on record denouncing slavery as a moral and political people. he made some other comments in that letter to his wife that we would find more problematic in this modern era, but he is also on record in congressional testimony after the war in response to a congressman's accusation that he had fought a war for the preservation of slavery. his response was so far from fighting a war for the preservation of slavery i rejoice that slavery is abolished. so i don't think we can put robert e. lee in the camps of the proslavery southern elite. that being said, and it's arguable, i understand. what i really wanted to talk about related to the atlanta campaign and one of the statements made by confederate commander josephine johnston that i think is one of the sort of tantalizing bits of history behind the campaign and as the confederate army were treated towards atlanta, obviously jefferson davis was getting concerned. the people of atlanta were upset, and i