“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.”
41: Kansas! (Bleeding Kansas, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, & Caning of Charles Sumner)
40: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention & the Explosion of Social Reform
39: The California Gold Rush and the Compromise of 1850
38: The (Early) Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
37: La Amistad Slave Rebellion and the Rise of Abolitionism
Volume III Epilogue
36: Mexican-American War (Part 4): Los Niños Héroes, St. Patrick’s Battalion, & the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
35: Mexican-American War (Part 3): Nuevo México and the Final Push from Vera Cruz
34: Mexican-American War (Part 2): The Pathfinder, the Bear Flag Revolt, y Los Californios
33: Mexican-American War (Part 1): From the Nueces River to the Rio Grande
32: Mormonism and the Mormon Trail
31: The California Trail: From the Donner Party to the Gold Rush
30: The Oregon Trail (“You Have Died of Dysentery”)
Christmas Special II: A Jackson White House Christmas
29: The Bank War, Whigs, & Revolution in Texas
28: Ushering in the Age of Jackson
Epilogue to Volume 2
27: The Last of the Founding Fathers
26: Peace in Ghent, War in New Orleans
25: From Lake Champlain to the “Defense of Fort M’Henry”
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