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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...

Libraries, and there are lots of things that you can dig out of that volume. But by the spring of 1862, the powder works quickly constructed by incorporating the industrial capacity of much of the south by having the individual parts of the factory produced in different places, including some of the incorporating wheels, the big what you can kind of think of as grinding wheels in nashville, the drive shaft in the incorporating House Building which was in segments, which is almost 300 feet long, ...

First, the county trusts that the two kids who are related have been safely isolated from the community and will remain that way for the next three weeks. But with these two confirmed cases of measles, the superintendent of schools says it is very urgent that people prioritize this issue of immunization and getting their students vaccinated. Now, because the infection happened outside the county and the two kids were in their infectious stage also outside the county unvaccinated kids will not be...

Seconds. We have not heard yet. Surrounds the fate of two isis captives. The deadline for prisoner swap passed. Waiting for proof the pilot held hostage is still alive. The nationwide Measles Outbreak is spreading this morning. There are at least 98 cases in 14 states. Pilot and lockdown. A Delta Air Lines flight to las vegas had to make an Emergency Landing after the pilot got locked out of the cockpit. United Airlines Flight from l. A. X. Diverted after the cabin filled with a burning smell. R...

Transportation agencies are thinking ahead, brining road getting ready. It is friday night and the big story on action news tonight is the latest information from accu weather. We have tracking snow and rain, for super bowl sunday night, and weve got a little will taste late today with squalls around the tristate area double scan radar is on the the case as is meteorologist cecily tynan. Cecily, what can you determine two days out. At 6 00 i would say the storm system is 2,000 miles away. A lot ...

I have two questions, theyre a little bit unrelated but the first one goes on the scheme of plastic, so plastic wrap, plastic bags, you know, its great to say we should all use glass but we know whats used out there is plastic, and its reusable, you can come up with all these ways to avoid it but theres plastic everywhere and its accessible and cheap, so plastic wrap gets used a lot, there arent that many alternatives that can do what plastic wrap does, i dont use a lot of it and its harder to s...