65: Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign & The Free State of Jones

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🗓️ 25 May 2020

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“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.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.7	It's summer, 1864.
0:35.4	Newly appointed commander of the US military division of the Mississippi, General William
0:39.5	to come to Sherman, or Cump, as he's better known to his friends, is advancing with three
0:44.2	armies towards Atlanta.
0:46.7	But the sharp-jawed, trim bearded O'Hine isn't just thinking about the fight ahead here
0:50.8	in the Peach State.
0:52.4	He's thinking of his six kids, the young folks, as he calls them, including his recently
0:57.6	deceased favorite child, Willie.
1:00.5	Like many of Cump's soldiers, his terubic face, venture some nine-year-old, fell victim
1:06.0	to fever and dysentery.
1:08.5	And yet, the far-from-religious general and his devout Catholic wife, Ellen, will soon
1:13.1	welcome another child into their lives.
1:16.1	There's no replacing Willie, but this father of four girls hopes for a boy that may prove
1:21.1	some kind of bomb to the Willie-shaped hole in his and his wife's hearts.
1:25.8	All he knows of the child is through the oft-delayed letters and telegrams that are a part
1:29.8	of 19th century life.
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