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Man, general William T Sherman and his progress in what he believes and hopes will be his final campaign of the war. Now sherman and grant are pursuing the grand strategy that they formulated in march of 1864 in cincinnati, ohio. The idea was to keep the armies in the east and in the west, the confederate armies so busy that they cannot reinforce each other. And not have a repeat fiasco in the battle of chickamauga. And now this strategy is working slopely but inex orablely. While grant keeps le...

Carolina during the last months of the civil war. This is about an hour. Thank you, david. Can everyone hear me okay . Yes. All right. Well, we have watched the armies of grant and lee moving across the virginia landscape from the siege of petersberg, to the surrender at appomattox courthouse, now im going to make a detour. Were going to make a sharp turn south and turn back the clock. Were going back to december of 1864. And were going to follow this man, general William T Sherman and his progr...

Park. It is little under an hour. [applause] thank you david. Can everyone hear me ok . We have watched the armys of grant and lee moving across the virginia landscape from the siege of petersburg to the surrendered appomattox courthouse. Now im going to take a detour. We are going to make a sharp turn south, and were going to turn back the clock. South, and were going to turn back the clock. Were going to go back to december of 1864. And we are going to follow this man, general william t sherma...

Captures atlanta. Thomas crushes the army of tennessee, the confederacys secondlargest field army, and one week later, general sherman completes his march from atlanta to the sea by presenting the city of Savannah Georgia to president Abraham Lincoln as a christmas gift. Now, sherman is looking ahead to his next campaign. He is going to make a march through the carolinas, moving his army group northward to richmond, virginia. There he will join forces with general grant, and together, they will ...

Looking for these types in bookstores this week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv. Org. Go to prizewinning historian James Mcpherson presents a history of the use of naval forces by the union and confederate armies during the civil war. Now on booktv. He reports on the impact that each navy made during the war, from union Naval Support of numerous battles, including vicksburg and new orleans to the confederates use of naval mines and the militaristic deployment...

Youve all gone soft. Youre all complaining too much. Do not give up on these kids. Do not give up on these kids. And she gave a rallying speech like it was the final scene of brave heart. I almost ripped open my shirt to join her. And i thought, he is so inspiering, on the day of her retirement. And i realized i well forever, forever be her student. So so, miss spicer, if youre watching, i love you. Host thats a rather formidable picture. Guest this was actually taken i told that story and the s...

One of the things were best known for is the uss monitor center. That is something we have done in partnership with the National Oceanic and atmospheric association, and it really tells of the uss ironclad monitor that went on to fight the merrimack, otherwise known as the css virginia, in the first battle of ironclad vessels. That happened in 1860 two and this is a fitting place for the center. Was built inor response to the growing confederate threat here. Begins at or see was building an iron...

We’ve got Delaware Park picks and horses to watch for this afternoon’s racing program.

We’ve got Delaware Park picks and horses to watch for this afternoon’s racing program.

We’ve got Delaware Park picks and horses to watch for this afternoon’s racing program.