Civil War Part 3: The South’s Last Stand | Foundations of Freedom Ep. 6 | The GDP
- Author
- The Green Dragon
- Published
- Fri 07 Apr 2023
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-green-dragon/episodes/Civil-War-Part-3-The-Souths-Last-Stand--Foundations-of-Freedom-Ep--6--The-GDP-e21fdeu
Last podcast we ended with the Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle in American history. In this episode we explore what happened after this. Starting with Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, and Sherman’s March to Sea.
We also discuss what happens after the surrender of the confederate army at Appomattox Courthouse. How the war affected the south and the deep scars left by the war on the nation.
If you are looking for more in depth material about the battles we covered in the last podcast go check out Jocko Podcast Civil war Excursion episodes 1-6
Outline
1:30 After Gettysburg
2:30 Sherman’s March to the Sea
3:50 Johnston was in charge of defending Atlanta
5:10: Where the soldiers are buried and Aiden’s relative that fought in the war
6:40 Kennesaw Mountain
8:15 Pictures of Kennesaw Mountain
12:00 Sherman attacking Johnston on the Mountain
13:45 Taking Kennesaw meant Sherman could win Atlanta
17:00 Fighting the elements in the battlefield
18:30 Johnston being removed and being replaced by John Hood
19:30 Hood lost to Sherman and Atlanta was lost by the confederacy
21:30 Sherman’s character
23:45 Sherman destroyed supply lines and infrastructure
25:00 The March to the Sea
27:00 Pictures from the war shared by Aiden
33:00 The Sherman Necktie
34:30 The North incapacitated the Southern economy
35:50 Sherman making it to Savannah
36:20 The Union traps Lee and Lee surrenders
39:30 How the Northern Virginia Army had superior leadership
43:30 How good leadership could have ended the war in 90 days
45:00 The different possible outcomes
47:00 How the Civil War really changed the country
49:00 Either side had truths of what they were fighting for
53:45 Lincoln is killed
55:00 After the war
57:00 The lives lost in the war
58:30 The Reconstruction Period
59:00 The plight of the freed slaves after the war
1:00:45 Why the freed slaves were estranged from society
1:03:30 The animosity that started and carried through that continued to divide the North and the South.
Resources:
Jocko Civil War Excursion Series
