i think william tecumseh sherman understands what is expected of him in the coming campaign. and joseph johnston's army of tennessee is indeed to be the first target for sherman's combined army group of the military division of the mississippi. and he'll later summarize this strategy by saying he was to go for lee, and i was to go for joe johnston. that was the plan. the confederate armies would be the first target. but there had by 1864 to be a second target, and that was the war resources. that are mentioned in this order. because by 1864, the confederate states of america had created a capacity principally in central georgia and central alabama, and now you can turn to the handout that i've provided you, and in particular the side that is in the lower right-hand corner labeled number 1. the side with the map of the southeast of the united states on it principally. you'll notice there in central georgia, and central alabama, at places like augusta, athens, macon, and montgomery and selma, i've drawn a solid square with a straight line off one of the upper corners of that squ

i think william tecumseh sherman understands what is expected of him in the coming campaign.ca and joseph johnston's army of tennessee is indeed to be the first target for sherman's combined army group of the mississippi. and he'll later summarize this strategy by saying he was to got for lee, and i was to go for joe johnston.e a that was the plan. the confederate armies would be the first target. joe but there had by 1864 to be a nt second target, and that was the war resources. that are mentioned in this m order. because by 1864, the confederate states of america had created a capacity principally in central georgia and central alabama, ana now you can turn to the handout that i've provided you, and in particular the side that is in . the lower right-hand corner sie labeled number 1. the side with the map of the southeast of the united states on it, principally. you'll notice there in central georgia, and central alabama, a places like augusta, athens, macon, and montgomery and selma, i've drawn a solid square with a straight line off one of the upper corners of that square, a squiggly

it is from chattanooga that following spring that william tecumseh sherman will take a combined union army group and advance southward from chattanooga toward atlanta and into that military-industrial heartland, and disrupted and destroy much of it, and bring the war to a close in the spring of 1865. observers and participants at the time believed that union wasess here at chattanooga a signal of alternate union success in the war. some has said this was a death knell of the confederacy. chattanooga remained in union hands from their seizure of it in this campaign in 1863 onto the end of the war. and in part because it was a inon base and garrison town the last year and a half of the war, it allows a number of individuals from the north to come to chattanooga and began exploiting the resources that are in this greater chattanooga region. even before the war was over, chattanooga's industrial segment of its economy that was beginning to grow just before the civil war actually gets reinvigorated in the closing then willthe war, and boom in the late 1860's and 1870's. we are located righ

it is from chattanooga that following spring that william tecumseh sherman will take a combined unionmy group from chattanooga towards atlanta and into the military-industrial heartland, disrupt it and destroy much of it. and bring the war to a close and this pregnant 1865. -- in the spring of 1865. observers believe that success in chattanooga was a signal of union success in the war. some have said that this was the death knell of the confederacy. c-span's american history tour of the civil war. tonight starting at 8:00 eastern. >> here is a great read, "sundays at 8:00." a collection of stories from some of the nation's most influential people over the last 25 years. >> i always knew there was a risk in the bohemian lifestyle. i decided to take it. whether it is an illusion or not, i do not think it is, it helps my concentration, it stopped me being bored and stopped other people being boring, to some extent. , puttingkeep me awake on a longer conversation. if i was asked what i do it again, the answer is probably yes. hoping to get away with the whole thing. easy for me to say, no

the hat was worn by general william tecumseh sherman during his famous march to the sea in november and december of 1864. after he had sacked atlanta. what happened was once hits army got to fort mcallister outside savannah and before savannah fell, he ended up meeting with general foster who was in command of union forces at hilton head island, basically in trying to determine how they were going to take the city, how they were going to capture the city for the union army. and during that exchange in mid december, 1864, there was a treasury agent that was there and he had become familiar with sherman, they were on friendly terms and at that meeting this agent's name was albert brown, he commented to general sherman, he said something to the effect of general sherman, for a man of your rank and reputation you have a shocking bad hat. and sherman didn't necessarily take offense to it, but he said in response to agent brown, he said, well, brown, you have a decent hat, i will swap you. and brown said, done, and they traded hats. and brown took this particular hat with him, sent it home to

it is from chattanooga that following spring that william tecumseh sherman will take a combined unionrmy group and from chattanooga toward atlanta and into that military disruptal heartland and it and destroy much of it and bring the war to be close in the spring of 1865. time believethe that union success here at was a signal of ultimate union success in the war. some have said that this was the death bell of the confederacy. >> and you can watch c-span's american history tour of the civil war tonight starting at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. also in primetime on c-span2, we will have more from book tv with hillary clinton on her memoir. also ben shapiro and glenn greenwald. it is american history tv, sports and history. that is tonight starting 8:00 eastern on the c-span networks. >> hi, i am sarah. >> and i am shelley. the buses of interactive, multimedia education center and along with your television c-span's we bring public affair coverage to you and your community. we also visit schools and book festivals, lyrical and historic events throughout the country. >> to learn more, go

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i take people past the statue of the horse, william tecumseh sherman, the house. the revisionist history, i say, war is a pathway to a more perfect peace. and i wonder if this psychological effect, when he brought his children, when the family came to chattanooga, and his son died, another son named willie, how much of a psychological effect do you think it ha in making -- some say it made him manic and mean. what do you think? >> i think it was tragic for him, as losing a child would be for anybody. i think that -- i don't think sherman was mean. i think that sherman was clear-eyed. which is to say that i think sherman recognized that the way you stop a war is you make the war too costly. and that in so doing, he also really did believe that he was saving his men, because -- look, his men, they thought the march was great. they loved it. you know, they had more to eat than they normally did. they marched less each day than they normally did. with very few exceptions, nobody ever shot at them. from sherman's perspective, saving his men's lives while bringing the w

those full conversations, as bn william tecumseh sherman would characterize them, had begun two days earlier in nashville. and ironically in the recently f abandoned and recently constructed renaissance revival home of one of the very men, ry confederate quartermaster george w. cunningham who would soon feel as if he personally had a target painted on his chest. because at that time, cunningham was working for the new e confederate government in atlanta. concluding on march 20, two days ago, in the burnett house hotel in cincinnati where the co conversations had moved, including being continued on thn rail line between nashville andn louisville, and then on to cincinnati, these full conversations set the strategy for the coming campaign season.w two weeks later, grant, the principal in those full ng conversations, having relocatedi to the east, would reiterate the substance of those discussions as a general directive. in a letter to sherman dated washington, april 4, 1864, and marked "private and confidential." grant would write, it is my design if the enemy keep quiet and allow me t

on the civil war, university of west georgia professor keith o hannan discusses general william tecumseh sherman's 1864 atlanta campaign. in the summer of 18 six e4, general sherman marched south from chattanooga into georgia with the goal of capturing atlanta. after a series of battles and a siege of the city, atlanta l to the union on september 2, 1864, setting up sherman's march to the see later in the year. this was part of the gettysburg civil war institute. it's about an hour. >> before we get started, the map you >> before we get started, the map you see up here is a campaign map. the smaller map indicates the main battle. i know it is probably difficult for those of you in the back of the room to see the small details and maybe read the print , so what we did -- or actually, what pete's staff did, was actually include this in your book.nd handbooks if you turn to page nine, you will see this map in their. you might want to refer t

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william, general tecumseh sherman atlanta campaign. a look at the election laws and .upreme court case, bush v gore find our schedule online at c-span.org and let us know about the programs you are watching. call us. c123.itter, use # or e-mail us. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> steve perry is the founder and principal of a school in hartford, connecticut, that accepts only first-generation low-income students. he talks about the role of social workers in impoverished communities. it is part of a conference hosted by clark atlanta university. it is a little more than an hour. >> folks, i want to thank you so much for having me here today. i am truly humbled and honored to be at clark atlanta because you are the epicenter of what atlanta means. to be at clark atlanta because you are the epicenter of what atlanta means. you are really at the center. so we are going to have a , and i mean today that because what i know is that i do not know everything. what i also know is that you are seeing th