unfortunately for johnson, john bell hood, who has been ordered to launch this attack, doesn't do so, and then in a conference that's held between johnson and the corps commanders, hood and lee unitas polk that the army needs to retreat again. exactly what happened at this conference and who said what was a point of bitter contention between joe johnson and john bell hood for many, many years. each had a very different version of what happened said is absolutely impossible to reconcile, and we don't need to go into the details of it now, but the upside is that johnson saw that his corps commanders didn't have any confidence they could hold the position and the army retreated yet again. sherm\n at this point is pretty optimistic about the course of the campaign and in a wonderfully evocative phrase, or passage rather, he writes -- this is in mid-may. "we are now in motion like a vast tide of bees and expect to swarm over the chattahoochee in a few days." the chattahoochee was the river flowing from east to west that would be the last natural barrier between sherman and atlanta. by the

confederates john bell hood and joseph johnston.eaders william tecumseh sherman and george thomas. onanta fell to union forces september 2, 1864, bringing general sherman's for month-long campaign to a close. that is on the civil war, american history tv's weekly program that delves into the events that shaped the outcome of the war. next, author and history professor thomas divide discusses henry wallace's 1948 campaign for president as the nominee of the progressive party. he served as vice president under fdr before being replaced by harry truman for the 1944 election. professor devine argues that his campaign strategy of focusing on courting minorities in the jim crow south alienated much of the white electorate. despite his efforts, mr. devine says the majority of african-americans decided to vote for president truman. wallace came in fourth in the general election, finishing with fewer votes than the other third-party candidate or i strom thurmond. this is about one hour. >> i don't think i will need these pet thank you. i app

he sacks johnston and replace him with john bell hood. he was a very aggressive man.immediately, sherman's subordinate advised him that hood will attack. he did attack after three days in command, that army of the cumberland north of atlanta without success. sherman had a turning maneuver going on at that time. he was putting a move on hood. swinging the army of the tennessee to the east side of atlanta. near the atlanta zoo. that neighborhood may be more dangerous now than it was then. like some not so well preserved civil war battlefields. the army of the tennessee was down there. retreat, and any further retreat means giving up atlanta, or attack. hood learned his generally under robert e lee. he knew we would have attacked, so he attacked. and he planned a pretty good attack. in fact, i do not think hood gets enough credit for his attacks. he planned an attack that was a lot like, for you civil war buffs and students, maybe you have heard of a battle called chancellorsville. where robert e. lee and stonewall jackson embarrassed hooker. you look at hood's attack at

atlanta.of he highlights the role of the four commanders who had the impact on the atlanta campaign, john bell hood and joseph johnston, and join leaders william t. sherman and thomas. atlanta fell to union forces, bringing general sherman's four-month long campaign to a close. this hour and 15 minute event place at the lovett school in atlanta. >> it's now my privilege to dr. davis, a native atlantan.

atlanta.of he highlights the role of the four commanders who had the impact on the atlanta campaign, john bell hood and joseph johnston, and join leaders william t. sherman and thomas. atlanta fell to union forces, bringing general sherman's four-month long campaign to a close. this hour and 15 minute event place at the lovett school in atlanta. >> it's now my privilege to dr. davis, a native atlantan. i'm not sure anyone knows more about the atlanta campaign than he does. he's been a proud civil war the fourth he was in grade. he earned his undergraduate emory, hisistory at master's degree at the andersity of north carolina emory. at davis drew on his experience this morning when he spoke to 450 high schoolers ever effectively. he's taken it upon himself to attend virtually all of the eight lectures we've had thus far in this series. and he's been so very conscientious in communicating what he wanted to say to you tonight and to our students earlier today. i'm not sure i can do justice to for the civil war in campaign.a his pieces have appeared in a popularf scholarly and publications, including t