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You dont get the votes purely from idealism, and lincoln is facing a very powerful opposition. >> lincoln and sherman are making a hard charge to the finish. shermans 285-mile crusade of terror carves a path of destruction, leaving much of georgia in ruins. now his ruthless offensive targets the heavily fortified city of savannah. >> and grant has not heard from sherman. do you think that the rebels have stopped him? >> no. >> i hope youre right, mr. president. >> mr. president. >> lincoln is re...

And what the future holds for the country. >> what say we go get drunk, bill? >> id sooner poke my own eyes out than share a drink with a virginian right now. you people of the south believe that something like a peaceful secession is possible? you dont know what youre doing. this country will be drenched in blood. >> there may be a few shots fired, but... >> the people of the north are not going to allow this country to be destroyed without some mighty attempt to save it. you are bound to fail....

Most trusted generals. >> the honor is all yours. >> the fact that sherman came to respect lincoln is one of the stories not only of shermans maturation as a commander, but shermans ability to understand that the lincoln he encountered in 1865 was not the lincoln he had met four years earlier. >> so what next? >> how will we end this war? >> the end will require one more bloody battle. >> if we press this thing, they will surrender. ♪ >> then let the thing be pressed. ♪ >> for nine months, w...

>> it is a celebration, sir. the house has voted 119 to 56. the amendment has passed. >> it passed. we have done it. >> the 13th amendment is the kings cure for the evil. it is what puts the abolition of slavery beyond any hope of recall throughout the country. >> let us now bring the states together. let us end this war. >> the 13th amendment is the culmination of lincolns fight to abolish slavery, and it could not have happened without shermans systematic annihilation of southern resources. >>...

If richmond will fall than when richmond will fall. ♪ >> thou makest us to turn back from the enemy and they which hate us... >> jefferson davis sends his family away for safety and prepares for the worst, but he still has faith that lee will fend off the federals and save richmond one more time. >> let us be ever mindful... as god showed loving favor. heavenly father, we beseech you. let the sacrifice of our lambs not be in vain. >> my god. >> people, please. >> after years of being targeted ...

>> senator. >> mr. president. >> president lincolns immediate view of what the future holds is a war that will be far less intense than the one that hes going to get. >> mr. president, southerners are not to be taken lightly. these are strong-willed people. >> captain, thank you, but as you can see, im quite busy. >> sherman said, "these politicians think this is going to be easy on both sides, and theyre unleashing something that they cant control, and this is going to be a nightmare." >> you p...

And just give the keys to the city to him," and he took savannah without having to lay it under siege or anything like that, without having to destroy anything. >> with shermans successful march to the sea, lincoln may now have the political capital needed to pass the 13th amendment and secure his legacy. >> at the outset of the war, lincoln is clearly anti-slavery. however, his primary objective is to save the union, but the brilliance of lincoln is that he allowed himself the freedom to shift ...

These tracks were violently uprooted, heated up, melted and wrapped around the trunks of trees, making them virtually unusable. there was no way you were actually going to replace those ties in time to keep your railroads running, and it was, in fact, cutting of those railroad lines that aided the end of the war. >> while many think of william sherman as an unhinged madman wildly wreaking havoc through the south, sherman knows better than to march blindly into the heart of the confederacy. hes m...

Upon this opportunity here. by god, this war may never end. >> it is a risk, but i trust you and sherman to make it a risk worth taking. >> very good. >> turned loose to forage and destroy, sherman first attacks confederate railroads, cutting off supplies to the rebel army and the citizens of georgia. >> william tecumseh sherman said the most important question in his atlanta campaign was one of supplies, and the railroads are the key. >> for years, the way the union army had been disrupting sou...