“War is war, and not popularity-seeking.”
This is the story of the fall of Atlanta. William Tecumseh “Cump” Sherman is leading three armies in an attack against this vital city in the Peach State. His forces are formidable, but so are his opponents: Confederate master of defense, Joseph E. “Joe” Johnston; and the far more aggressive Confederate General John B. Hood. The loss of life will be staggering and include prominent figures on both sides.
There’s also rebelling brewing within the rebellion. Care to meet secessionists who’ve seceded from the secession? Welcome to Mississippi’s “Free State of Jones.”
118: “The Island of Hope and Tears:” Ellis Island
117: Epilogue on Progressive Era Part I (Teddy Roosevelt)
116: Teddy Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy: From Big Stick Diplomacy to the Panama Canal
115: History–Doomed to Repeat It? A Conversation with Lindsay Graham
114: A Square Deal (pt. 3): “Leave it as it is” (Teddy Roosevelt & Conservationism)
113: A Square Deal (pt. 2): Consumer Protection–The FDA, & Ida Tarbell muckrakes Standard Oil
112: A Square Deal (pt. 1): Corp. Regulation—a coal strike, a trust, & Teddy’s Frenemy J.P. Morgan
111: The Assassination of Will McKinley & The Strenuous Life of Theodore Roosevelt
110: Epilogue to the Age of Imperialism
109: The Election of 1900 & the Rise of Anti-Imperialism
108: G.O. 100, “The Water Cure,” & The Law of War in the Early-20th Century with Professor Ryan Vogel
107: The Philippine-American War
106: The US Annexation of the Hawaiian Kingdom
105: “A Splendid Little War:” The Spanish-American War and Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders
104: The Road to the Spanish-American War
103: A Gilded Age Christmas: Joseph Pulitzer’s Christmas Tree Fund
102: Epilogue to the Gilded Age
101: The New South, Jim Crow (Plessy v. Ferguson), & the Death of Frederick Douglass
100: Halloween Special! Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, & The Raven
99: The Gilded Age’s Singer Sewing Machines & Dangerous Bananas w/ Dr. Ben Sawyer of The Road To Now
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