less mill you -- in this milieu, tecumseh was going to be out of town.e said, i'm leaving for the south on recruiting drive, i will be back, and then maybe we will talk to the president or something about this treaty. the troops got there in 1826. they almost immediately undertook their expedition to prophetstown. they got here on the afternoon of november 6. there -- their orders from the secretary of war were to effect the dispersal and abandonment of prophetstown by peaceful means if possible but by force if necessary. looking around at the surrounding terrain, the army came over to this tempered -- timbered ridge that we are standing on now and set up camp on this spot now known as the tippecanoe battlefield. the weather was cold and rainy. it was early november. the troops were tired. they were low on provisions. they had limited manpower and limited time and equipment. harrison had complained about their shortage of axes and poor quality in the building of the fort. he had the troops build bonfires to keep them warm and ward off the rein field -- r

harrison learned that tecumseh who now had come to see his major opponent in this mill you -- tecumseh going to be out of town. he said, i'm leaving for the south on recruiting drive, i will be back, and then maybe we will talk to the president or something about this treaty. the troops got incensed. they almost immediately undertook their expedition to prophetstown. they got here on the afternoon of november 6. the orders from the secretary of war word to effect the dispersal and abandonment of prophetstown by peaceful means if possible but by force if necessary. looking around at the surrounding terrain, the army came over to this timber ridge that we are standing on now and set up camp on this spot now known as the tippecanoe battlefield. the weather was cold and rainy. it was early november. the troops were tired. they were low on provisions. they had limited manpower and limited equipment. they had a shortage of axes. he had the troops build bonfires. he had them sleep in battle positions fully dressed on their weapons. in the predawn hours, about 4:00, one of the soldiers heard a

the battle here was a blow to to credibility and influence tecumseh and the profit.seh returned to wabash in january of 1812 and was killed a in october of 1813. the profit stayed in canada -- prophet stayed in canada for a long time, even after some of his followers came back. he did eventually make his way to the shawnee reservation in kansas in the 1830's and died in 1836 and is buried somewhere under the streets of kansas city. he lived to be quite an old man. harrison was having political problems before the battle, and when they returned to van sends after the battle, a lot of prominent indiana and kentucky families suddenly found themselves with dead sons. there was a lot of criticism because of that. it was uncertain whether the battle was really a victory or not because of the heavy losses. harrison ran for president for the first time in 1836 against martin van buren. he had in the intervening years parlayed the victory here, such as it was, into a national and acal campaign nickname for himself. he was called old tip. you probably would not have been able

just the mention of william tecumseh pww/÷sherman's name brings to mind terror stricken women and children come to widen the burden and pain of the war beyond just rebel soldiers to include the supporters of the confederacy, especially the common folk who j?filled the ranks of the rebel armies. sherman believed that forcing noncombatants to field what he 6há called the hard hand of war was a military necessity.,8k÷ making the war as harsh as possible but bringing victory more quickly and with a minimum loss of life on both sides.zc it would undermine confederate trigger a wave of desertions áhz from the armies, destroy the oney"f" l #5onfederacy's ability to wage qú war and prove to the rebels that their cause was hopeless and their government impotent to protect them and their property.a> this new hard war doctrine was fully sanctioned by the united states government. the previous year president abraham lincoln had approved the creation of the libor code, a set of rules based on aca)5 practices that authorized the army to destroy civilian pbñud property, starve noncombatants, shell to'prk

. >>> on december 21st, 1864, union forces under general william tecumseh sherman captured savannah,completing the march to the sea campaign that started in atlanta more than five weeks earlier. todd gross, president of the georgia historical society, talks about the significance of the campaign, and how it has been remembered. this ceremony inlict that created this world that we live in today. thank you so much for being here. >>> we'd like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. join us every saturday at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern for a special look at the civil war. we'll bring you to the battle battlefields. we'll let you hear from scholars and re-enactors and bring you the latest historical forums on the subject. every saturday at 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >>> you've been watching c-span's american his try tv. follow us on twitter @c-span history. connect with us on facebook at facebook.com/cspan history. where you can leave comments too. and check out our upcoming programs at our website, c-span.org/histo

. >>> on december 21st, 1864, union forces under general william tecumseh sherman captured savannah,completing the march to the sea campaign that started in atlanta more than five weeks earlier. todd gross, president of the georgia historical society, talks about the significance of the campaign, and how it has been remembered. this ceremony in savannah is about 20 minutes and includes the unveiling of a new historical marker about the march to the sea. >>> good afternoon. i'm bob jepsen, chairman of the georgia historical society and i'd like to welcome you all to madison square on this warm and balmy day. i'm taking a big risk, we believe that the bells are finished for awhile, so i hope you can hear me. part of our mission at the georgia historical society is the education of the history of the great state of georgia and we're here today to dedicate a marker that represents an event, people, and a time in our 1tÑ history, and to get on with the program, i'd like to introduce the president of the historical society, dr. todd gross. todd? >> thank you, bob. thank you, sir. thank you

. >>> on december 21st, 1864, union forces under general william tecumseh sherman captured savannah, completing the march to the sea campaign that started in atlanta more than five weeks earlier. todd gross, president of the georgia historical society, talks about the significance of the campaign, and how it has been remembered. this ceremony in savannah is about 20 minutes, and includes the unveiling of a new historical marker about the march to the sea. >>> good afternoon. i'm bob jepsen, chairman of the georgia historical society and i'd like to welcome you all to madison square on this warm and balmy day. i'm taking a big risk, we believe that the bells are finished for awhile, so i hope you can hear me. part of our mission at the georgia historical society is the education of the history of the great state of georgia, and we're here today to dedicate a marker that represents an event, people, and a time in our history, and to get on with the program, i'd like to introduce the president of the historical society, dr. todd gross. todd? >> thank you, bob. thank you, sir. thank you.