the rebel railroads. it's a testament to the weak cartography of the atlanta campaign that i had to draw my own map to show the railroad emanating from atlanta. the georgia railroad going to augusta. the macon and weston down to macon and eventually savannah. the atlanta and west point eventually to montgomery. cut the railroads. and his plan was succeeding. david evans of athens, georgia, has written the book on sherman's cavalry in the atlanta campaign. he reminds us that rousseau had cut the line to montgomery in mid-july cutting fully 26 miles or so of that line. it was knocked out of operation for at least a month. moreover, when sherman was throwing his cavalry and mcpherson's army east of atlanta, they descended upon the railroad to augusta at stone mountain and started marching in tearing up more railroad on july 18th and more on the 19th, 20th as mcpherson was coming toward the city from the east. hood, on his first full day of command faced this situation with at least four of thomas' 14th, 14th, 21st, 4th divisions and corps south of the teapeache creek. schofield coming in from the northeast. as i see, mcpherson's army of the tennessee, the 1

the western atlantic railroad. a stop on that railroad just a little bit south, although technically just east of ringgold, georgia. a platform that had been developed by the railroad as a place for those visiting the mineral springs at catusa springs to get off the western atlantic railroad and take carriages to those mineral springs. those mineral springs, the resort facilities at the mineral springs served as confederate hospitals in 1862 and into the summer of 1863. in fact, the very ill braxton bragg and his ill wife elise had soaked their bones in the mineral springs at cherokee springs in the -- in july and august of 1863. in fact, that's where braxton bragg was on the day that the union began -- bombardment of chattanooga to announce rosecranes' approach. the longstreet will embark there in the area of catusa platform. not at the platform itself but in the area of catusa platform because the destruction of bridges on the western atlantic railroad as briggs army retreated south out of chattanooga on september 9th, 10s, and 11th. thealry screening that withdrawal in that area had burned a number of railroad b

the railroad, trying to draw sherman northward. hoodhole idea, he will get to give up atlanta by following him north into the mountains of georgia. he can let sherman attacked him and beat sherman in north georgia. that does not really happen. then, he will move his army into northern alabama. a plan to strike into middle tennessee. cause shermann, to give up. he is going to eventually move over, developing another plan. hoodthis is all going on, goes to alabama and sherman throws his hands up in the air. his hands up and goes to atlanta and then starts moving on savannah. backs ons turned their one another and go in opposite directions. but he did not completely leave hood alone. he sent george thomas to nashville to gather a force to deal with hood. but that will take time, and time becomes a factor. if hood can cross the river, that could cause some real trouble. grant and sherman express a good deal of concern about what is going on. hoursn also detaches two o corps fromy -- tw his army. they end up in lasky, tennessee. the birthplace of the ku klux klan after the war. strikeswhere hood across the river and -- to drive off sc

the railroad a number of cases. trying to draw sherman northward. he is going to get hood to give up atlanta by following him back north. into the mountains north georgia. and let sherman attack him and destroy and beat sherman in north georgia. so then hood will move his army into northern alabama. again, now coming up with a plan to try to strike in the middle tennessee. draw sherman out and call sherman to give up. he's going to move over developing another plan now. when this is all going on once he gets to a point, basically sherman throws his hands up in the air. he throws his hands up and turns his army around and goes to atlanta and then starts moving on savannah. it's one of the craziest things you have ever seen. two armies that battled each other for so long turn their backs on one another and go in opposite directions. but he didn't completely leave hood completely alone. he sent george thomas to nashville to gather a force to deal with hood but that's going to take time and now time becomes a factor. if hood can get across the river and thomas can amass his forces that can cause real trouble. and expressing a good bit of concern about what

georgia. we're at speed. same s cross the legion bridge. no problems in great falls. taking a look northern maryland coming down 270 spur look how quiet we railroad rockville down. speed same story secondarys in concernsing top we're looking great in coalsville in silver spring as well as we look at 270 quiet commute. it's a little congestion building from 70 to truck scales and not enough to cause major slow downs yet i'll let you know if and when that changes 66 all good all good on the map and not seeing any south of that towards the occoquan 5 minute delay building with congestion. closer look there next wisdom and maureen. >> m coming up on "fox news morning" rolling stone wants verdicts in uva def nation case thrown out. >> owners of pulse night club in orlando reveal their plan for future of the club? as we heat to break with a live look across the region 5:37 with the temperature 43 degrees what you gone do? lift up your head and keep moving or let the paranoia haunt you? everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence i keep my fee-fi-fo-fum i keep my heart undone be noisy. be silent. be near. be far. be joyful. be together. celebra