once he fell back into atlanta it became clear that he would abandon atlanta, and president jefferson davis said that is enough and he turned to general john bell hood, o was the picture of confederate general. he had a gray beard down to his chest,e was missing a leg from battle, he had one arm that could not be used, it had been shattered in battle, had to be lifted up and tied onto his horse but that spirit of gressiveness is something that the army was prepared for. he carried on several battles in which he darted out, he sent his army out from the ramparts, battled atlanta, being the most famous peachtree creek, this series of battles resulted in a horrific and confederate casualties. they retreated back within the ramparts and at that point general sherman began his siege, bringing in guns, shelling the city. he lied. he said there were no civilians in atlanta. his officers told him that they could hear people screaming in town. for nearly 40 days, shelling rained down on atlanta. 5,000 shells every day. tell you a little bit abo what that was like, let me read from the book. the cano

commander of the army of tennessee during its fall back, was eventually released by president jefferson davis general johnston had been carrying on the strategy of trying to fal back in the hopes of reaching a point at which he could defend his army so successfully, or in such a successful defensef placement at the unionrmy would effectively be bled to death. wilke, when cfl back in to it land said it became clear that he was probably going to abandon atlanta d predent jefferson davis said that is enough, and he turned to general john bell hood. general hood was in the very picture of a confederate general. he had a great beard down to his ches he was missing a leg from battle. he had an arm, one arm could not be used. it had been shattered in battle. he had to be lifted up and tied onto his horse. but that spirit of aggressiveness was something that he needed, that the army was then prepared f and he carried on several battles in which he'd started out. he sent h army out from the ramparts, the battlof the plans of being the most famous, peachtree creek. these series of battles though result

the person who wrote the review, his hero is jefferson davis. he has characterized his own riding, jefferson davis, as noble in adversity. the evidence we marshall in is really a incontrovertible. there is so much, through reconstruction, the end of reconstruction, and your point is -- highlights the degree to which ideologically the south won the civil war. take control how the story got told, and militarily they won the civil war in the sense that white southerners were able to preserve black non freedom in varying degrees until the so-called second reconstruction and civil-rights. lynching became a defining aspect of southern culture from 1880s through -- >> here is the most fascinating thing, if you are newton knight anyou fought this war, what year is robert lowry elected governor of this is debbie -- this is to be? 1880. a man named robert lowry is elected governor of mississippi and in his inaugural address he talks about how the founding fathers never envision the quality of the races. he is the officer, the confederate colonel who was d

his hero is jefferson davis. he has characterized in his own writi jefferson davis as noble and in adversity. and the evidence that w marshal in is really uncon tr veritable. it's just, there's so much over the piod of the civil war through reconstruction the end of reconstruction. and i think your point is - it highlifhts the degree to which idea logically the south won the civil war. they controlled how the story got told and militarily they won the civil war in the sense that white southerners were able prerve black unfreedom in var rig degree in the the so-called second reconstruction of the civil rights. lynching was, bece a did finingspect -- defining aspect of the southern cuure from 1880s throu -- >> and here tees most fainating thing. you're newton knight a you fought this war. what year is robert lowry elected governor of mississippi? >> 1880. okay. in 1880 a man named robert lowry is elected governor of mississippi. and in his inaugural address he talks about how the founding fathers never envisioned t