078 - Drive on the Heart of the Confederacy: The Atlanta Campaign

About this episode: 

Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant understood numbers. And, in the spring of 1864, he intended to use the North’s advantage in men and materiel to pressure, stretch and snap the Confederacy at multiple points.  And so, he ordered simultaneous campaigns. As Abraham Lincoln put it, “those not skinning can hold a leg.” Three were to begin in Virginia: at Bermuda Hundred, into the Shenandoah Valley and across the Rapidan into the Wilderness. One was to be launched on the Red River in Louisiana and, finally, a campaign from Chattanooga, Tennessee. One that was aimed at the very heart of the Confederacy. This is the story of that campaign. This is the story of William Tecumseh Sherman’s drive on Atlanta. 

         

Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:

William T. Sherman

James B. McPherson

George Henry Thomas

Joseph E. Johnston

William J. Hardee

John Bell Hood

 

Additional Resources:

Movements and Battles of The Atlanta Campaign, May 7th - September 1st, 1864

 

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