History of the Civil War in 10 Battles, Part 18: The Overland Campaign

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History Unplugged

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🗓️ 29 November 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

We're nearing the end of our Civil War series. It's 1864. Lincoln is re-elected, and Sherman's March to the Sea obliterated the Confederacy's industrial base. But work remains for General Grant. He must contend with his greatest foe, Robert E. Lee. Now that Grant was directing the operations of the Army of the Potomac, Northern expectations were high. Southern expectations were also high. Grant had three objectives: 1) Tie Lee down (Grant told Meade “Wherever Lee goes you will go also.”); 2) Bleed Lee’s army as much as possible; 3) Take Richmond.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast.
0:05.4	The unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes, Mythbust's historical lies, and rediscoveres
0:11.9	the forgotten stories that changed our world.
0:15.5	I'm your host, Scott Rank.
0:22.6	Welcome everyone to our series on the most important battles in the Civil War.
0:26.6	We are coming near to the end of the series.
0:29.4	This time we look at Sherman's March of the Sea.
0:31.6	We saw the fall of Atlanta, where the south and its infrastructure and its industrial
0:36.4	base and its entire ability to support the war is being destroyed.
0:40.2	Sherman then swings up north.
0:41.5	He goes through Savannah, up to the Carolinas.
0:44.3	But we left Grant.
0:46.1	Where is Grant now?
0:47.4	And is the war truly over?
0:49.5	Lincoln has been reelected.
0:51.1	But Grant now has to contend with his greatest foe, Robert E. Lee.
0:56.9	We're going to see what happens with the Overland Campaign and the eventual end of the
1:01.0	war.
1:02.0	We have a lot of territory to cover, much like the Union Army.
1:06.1	So we're going to feel them in a sense as we march through quite a bit on our own right.
1:10.2	So James, let's start up.
1:11.9	What is Grant's plan for ending the war?
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