“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.”
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
98: Silver & Gold: From Grover Cleveland to William Jennings Bryan & William McKinley
97: The Gilded Age’s Robber Barons: John D. Rockefeller & Andrew Carnegie
96: The War of the Currents: (Thomas Alva Edison v. Nikola Tesla & George Westinghouse)
95: "Several Thousand Things that Won't Work:" Thomas Alva Edison and His Electric Light
94: Epilogue to Gilded Age Part I (or Gilded Age interlude w/ Significant HTDS Updates)
93: La Liberté éclairant le monde: Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty
92: The Brooklyn Bridge, or the Story of the Roebling Family
91: The Gilded Age, Industrialization, and Assassination of President James Garfield
90: Epilogue to the Wild West
89: Closing the Wild West: (Wounded Knee, Buffalo Bill & the 1893 Colombian Expo)
88: “The Last Frontier:” The Purchase of Alaska and the Klondike Gold Rush
87:Gunslingers & Outlaws (pt 2): Pearl Hart, Tombstone, Jesse James, B. Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
86: Gunslingers & Outlaws (pt 1): The Second Industrial Revolution, Sam Bass & Billy the Kid
85: Transcontinental Railroad (pt 3): The Central Pacific, Chinese Workers, & The Golden Spike
84: Transcontinental Railroad (pt 2): Dr. Thomas Durant, The Union Pacific & “Hell on Wheels”
83: Transcontinental Railroad (pt 1): Industrialization, Ted Judah & The Rise of the Central Pacific
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