another little myth about john bell hood was that he was addicted to opium. there is no period evidence that hood was taking opiates. >> hear, hear. [laughter] mr. white: one little story becomes accepted fact. anyway, he begins marching northward. he thinks john schofield will march on. he will march all the way into nashville. he is gripping at this. that is why he will be absolutely stunned, and a little bit elated when he gets to franklin. he sees that schofield is still there. schofield wants to get back to safety. when he gets to franklin, the river has risen in all of the bridges are washed out. his army is stuck until his engineers can get his army across. he does not think hood is going to attack him but he will order general jacob coxe to prepare the defense of the town. he will have a little bit to work with. there were some pre-existing fortifications on the south side of town but his men were veterans of that atlanta campaign. it is wonderful to read how creative they are. they take all of the pews out of the chapel and start throwing dirt on top

earlier this afternoon, steve davis talked about the rise of john bell hood in charge of the army out west. we're going to talk about the beginning of the fall of that very same army with john bell hood. ladies and gentlemen, mr. lee white. [ applause ] >> chris said chickamauga. i've got a special connection there. that's one of the reasons why i did the little book "bushwhacking on a grand scale" to tell that story. but it's through that battle that my time there volunteering at chickamauga that i became familiar with the general patrick cleburne. and very early on in my career, in fact, my first really big civil war book was a biography of pat cleburne that i saved up from when we first filmed the movie for the park. we got paid $50, the extras did. i used my $50 to buy two books on patrick cleburne. and it's through that story cleburne's story ends at franklin. and so i've kind of been interested in it ever since. and indeed, during the 150th anniversary cycle, i went to as many 150th programs as i could. especially enjoying the time around here at fredericksburg. but one of the t

highlighting confederate general john bell hood's attack on union forces. atlanta eventually fell to sherman's troops about six weeks later. this 40-minute talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. >> it's my pleasure now to introduce to you a man that i know as dr. edge. steve davis has got a little edge to him. his business card says author, historian, tour guide, yankee killer. so that should give you a little bit -- [ laughter ] so that should give you a little bit of context about the program we're about to here. i had the pleasure of meeting steve a couple of years ago at a visit to kennesaw mountain. he lives in the shadow of atlanta's great battlefield. and as we got talking, our mutual publisher said, when you sit down with steve, he's going to make eye contact with you, and it's like his eyes are going to bore right through your head. he's intense. and i found that to be true, but what ted didn't tell me which i discovered on my own and ted affirmed later is not only is steve intense but also an intense pleasure. talk abo

at 8:00 p.m., john bell hood's assault at atlanta. at 8:45, the army evof tennesses assault at franklin. at 9:45, the federal breakthrough at petersburg. at 10:45 p.m., four influential civil war military wives. great attacks of the civil war, 8:00 p.m. eastern wednesday here on c-span3. >>> this week is author's week on "washington journal" featuring live one-four segmentes with a new author each day at 8:30 a.m. eastern. carol anderson will talk about "white rage" the unspoken truth of our racial divide. thursday, author james kitfield with "twilight warriors." the soldiers, spies for revolutionizing the american war. also kathy kramer with "the politics of resentment." rural consciousness in wisconsin and the rise of scott walker. saturday, two authors, tom gjelten with "a nation of nations" and robert jones with "the end of white christian america." and author tevi troy with "shall we wake the president." two centuries of disaster management from the oval office. watch authors week on "washington journal" beginning at 8:30 a.m. ea

at 8:00 p.m., john bell hood's assault at atlanta. at 8:45 p.m.ssault at franklin, at 9:45, the federal breakthrough at petersburg, and 10:45 p.m. four influential civil war military wives. great attacks of the civil war, 8:00 p.m. eastern wednesday here on c-span 3. >>> military force is one of the things i think the american public very often gets impatient about. because they really believe they have this trump card, this great military that can defeat anyone it can only destroy things. >> journalist and professor mark danner talks about his career. spiral, trapped in the forever war, what we don't want to do is respond in such a way that will produce more of these militants, more of these militant organizations. they want us to over react. they want us to occupy muslim countries so they can build their recruitment. they want us to torture people. they want us to do things that's going to allow them to make their case against us. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3. saturday afte

at 8:00 p.m., john bell hood's assault at atlanta and at 8:45rks the army tennessee's assault at franklinat 9:45, the federal breakthrough at petersburg. at 10:45, four influential civil war military wives and "great attacks of the civil war" 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight here on c-span3. >>> military force is one of the things i think the american public very often gets impatient about. they really believe they have this trump card, this great military that can defeat anyone. it is not true. it is an extraordinary military. it is very powerful. it can only win in certain situations. it can only really destroy things. it can't build a new order in its place. >> sunday night on "q" and "a," journalist and professor, mark danner, talks about his career and the challenges facing the u.s. war on terrorism in his latest book, "spiral, trapped in a forever war." >> we don't want to respond in such a way that will produce more of these militant organizations. they want us to overreact. they want us to occupy muslim countries so they can build their recruitment. they want us to torture people. they w

we'll look at the battle of atlanta and lieutenant general john bell hood's assault on union forces. then the confederate army of tennessee's failed attack at the battle of franklin. a discussion on the engagements between confederate and union forces around petersburg, virginia, in the spring of 1865. later, a conversation with candice shy hoover about her book "lincoln's generals' wives."