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Emphasis on a decentralized government. Prof. Martinez good afternoon, everyone. How are you all doing . Our topic for today is the second part of our civil war content for the semester. About to talk today Economic Policy and social events tied to the economy. I titled this feeding the confederacy. We will talk about the crucial issue of how you make sure your soldiers and civilians have enough to eat over the course of the war. There are two key ironies of this confederate experience for me, t...

Also tonight, the pentagon now says the u. S. Has intercepted a drone attack believed to be targeting american troops in iraq. It comes just hours after launching u. S. Airstrikes on iranianbacked forces in syria. Martha raddatz and what shes learned. Here in the u. S. , the News Conference just moments ago in this manhunt after the Mass Shooting in lewiston, maine. Divers in the water and that note serviced by army robert card remains at large and communities in lockdown. And one of the critica...

Stories coming live from the bbc newsroom. There are a number to focus on across the hour. Of course well talk about the royal engagement. These are some of the latest pictures from indonesia where thousands of people are being told to leave their homes because of this enormous volcano to leave their homes because of this enormous volcano and barley. Weve also got this special report to play, its about Lake Victoria and pollution damaging the lives of fishermen. Hope frances is in myanmar and th...

Where are we today . We are at the iowa state fair. What is the goal of the booth at the state fair . To know how active Iowa Democrats are. This year is an unbelievable year. It will stop by the booth and cs us. All of our candidates are represented. Have you had any of the president ial candidates come through . , not yet, but all of them will stop by next week. Abc will lead us to a big debate. I wrote to the white house coverage of the president ial candidates continues live from the iowa st...

The next army secretary. Other nominees included the defense undersecretary for intelligence and for personnel and readiness and the assistant defense secretary who advises on weapons of mass destruction to the committee is chaired by her son senator john mccain. This is just under two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the Senate Armed Services Committee Meets today to consider the nominations of mark espers to be secretary of the army or robert l. Wilkie to be undersecr...

Theyve left a large train of munitions in the Eastern Central portion of atlanta that obviously cant get out. And so they set it on fire. This is 18 boxcars full of explosives. And you can imagine the sound that was heard 15, 20 miles away. This is the scene incidentally thats depicted in gone with the wind when red is in the wagon trying to get scarlet and the baby out, and theres all the sets burning in the background. I told my kids some of those sets were from the wizard of oz, which was tru...

Than 200,000 complete suits of uniforms to its soldiers in the field just in that time period. I do have to note a few qualifications. It was not always the most perfect system. The Southern Railroad network as it deteriorated often meant that Raw Materials and finished products would be delayed in either reaching the factories or reaching the destination points. It also meant that some alternate materials had to be used instead of the preferred all woollen outer garments, the confederates had t...

If the British Forces simply sailed up the potomac, everybody would know that washington was the ultimate party. Coburn recommends that the force be split up, one squadron sail up the Potomac River and threaten the capitol and the city of alexandria, the main force is going to go up the Pawtuxet River into southern maryland. The advantage was that it would shield the ultimate british intention it might mean an attack on washington, it could also mean the british were simply chasing after Commodo...

Rebuild these huge wooden spans. So thats where the real mastery logistics comes into play. One more question over here. General hood has been undergoing a bit of a reevaluation recently. It seemed to me that his plans. Once he took over as commander of the army of tennessee were fairly good plans on paper, its just that his army couldnt execute them for one reason or another. Could you comment briefly on hoods generalship as the commander of the army of tennessee . Sure. Hood is doesnt certainl...

In may 1864, had hundreds and hundreds of trains moving down a rail system through kentucky and tennessee stockpiling supplies in nashville and chattanooga. In chattanooga alone between the months of march and may of 1864, there are 145 rail cars unloading on a daily basis there. So hes Building Supply bases that hell need as he advances into georgia. During the campaign, he had about 5,000 wagons that were constantly on the move from the railroad to the army in the field. As Richard Mcmurray, w...