The American Civil War Archives - Page 8 of 9 - Battle of Nashville & Beyond

April 24, 2016 By Bob Henderson Leave a Comment

The Red Clay Minuet

The Atlanta Champaign Virtual Tour

“The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864. Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman invaded Georgia from the vicinity of Chattanooga, Tennessee, beginning in May 1864, opposed by the Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston.

Johnston’s Army of Tennessee withdrew toward Atlanta in the face of successive flanking maneuvers by Sherman’s group of armies. In July, the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, replaced Johnston with the more aggressive John Bell Hood, who began challenging the Union Army in a series of damaging frontal assaults. Hood’s army was eventually besieged in Atlanta and the city fell on September 2, setting the stage for Sherman’s March to the Sea and hastening the end of the war.” – Wikipedia

A running battle after the retreat of the Confederates at Missionary Ridge in the Battle of Chattanooga, these panoramas are some of the best preserved battlefields from that chapter of the war. In sequence from North Georgia to Atlanta:

Note: get the full screen experience by clicking the icon in the lower left of the video frame. A zoom option is available also for reading the historical signage. Some markers are embedded in the floating icons.

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Tunnel Hill (admission fee) – 215 Clisby Austin Drive, Tunnel Hill, GA 30755 (to be re-shot)

Rocky Face – 2401 Chattanooga Road, Dalton, GA 30720

Dug Gap 1 – Dug Gap Mountain Rd, Dalton, GA 30720 (34.742882, -85.015281)

Dug Gap 2 – (34°44’51.2″N 85°00’56.3″W)

Resaca Battlefield Historic Site – Resaca Lafayette Rd NW, Resaca, GA 30735

Etowah Furnace – Altoona – 1052 Old River Road SE, Cartersville, GA 30121

Pickett’s Mill – 4432 Mount Tabor Church Road, Dallas, GA 30157 (Open Thursday- Saturday)

Kennesaw Mountain – 900 Kennesaw Mountain Dr, Kennesaw, GA 30188 – tour

Peachtree Creek – 482-488 Collier Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30309 – tour

The History of the American Civil War in Georgia. Narrated by Hal Holbrook.

“The Battle for Georgia – a History of The Civil War in Georgia” is a 24 Minute educational documentary commissioned by SMMA and produced by Stone Mountain Productions, Inc. The award winning film is narrated by Hal Holbrook and features hundreds of archival photographic images from the Civil War.

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April 1, 2016 By Bob Henderson Leave a Comment

Earthworks in 3D

Corinth, MS Civil War Earthworks Virtual Tour:

Corinth Interpretive Center: 501 W Linden St, Corinth, MS 38834

I recently visited one of the newest jems on the American Civil War history trail. Corinth, Mississippi has one of the newest and best interpretive centers I have seen in the western theater territory (West Linden Street). It also has some of the most well preserved earthworks. It’s literary quite a hike to get to at about a mile and a half. The entrance I used was at 3101 N Polk St, Corinth, MS 38834. It was gated at the time, so I used my mountain bike to reach the trail head (1 mile). From there, it’s about a half mile to the north rim of the Corinth earthworks. #earthworks #3d

Trail Head Coordinates to Confederate Siege Works:

34°57’43.70″N

88°30’58.43″W

An affordable way to view these on your smart phone is with the Google Cardboard 3D viewer. It sells for only $15. The Google Street View App is free.

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March 18, 2016 By Bob Henderson Leave a Comment

Captured: Battlefield Shrugged

Preserving Battlefields Forever in 360º:

4442 Tennessee 6, Thompson Station, Tennessee

Hood’s Retreat at Thompson’s Station

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West Harpeth River – Dec. 17, 1864

Marker ID: THC 3D 17

Location: U.S. 31, Williamson County, south of Franklin, TN on the West Harpeth River (360° panorama)

“Moving rapidly south through Franklin, Stephen D. Lee’s Corps, with Chalmers’ cavalry division attacked, took up a delaying position in this area about 1:00 p.m. They beat off attacks by Wood’s IV Corps & Wilson’s cavalry. Here, Gen. Lee was wounded; command passed to Maj. Gen. L. Carter Stevenson. The Army of Tennessee bivouacked that night around Spring Hill.”

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An affordable way to view these on your smart phone is with the Google Cardboard viewer. It sells for only $15.

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December 11, 2015 By Bob Henderson 4 Comments

Hood’s Crossing

Hood crossing of the Tennessee River:

Where did Gen. Hood cross of the Tennessee River on his escape out of region in late 1864? Bainbridge is the location mentioned in the official records, but after the river was damed, it is now a lake. On December 27th 1864 at 3:00 am Hood’s retreat of the Army of Tennessee began a two day evacuation across the river. U.S. Navy gunboats were just a few miles downstream, but due to the turbulent river at Muscle Shoals, were unable to reach the crossing and do any harm.

Hood’s Retreat from Nashville

Looking north towards the location.

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December 9, 2015 By Bob Henderson Leave a Comment

Johnsonville

Johnsonville in the Civil War:

Nashville was the spring board for the North in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Johnsonville was the logistic supply base that was it’s life-line. Due to the unpredictable water level of the Cumberland River at certain times of the year, a rail line was built to connect Nashville to the Tennessee River. This logistics infrastructure ran as far as South Carolina to Gen. Sherman. Gen. Hoods invasion of Tennessee in the fall of 1864, set out to disrupt and destroy it.

“During the Civil War, Johnsonville was the location of a Union supply depot that moved food, guns, uniforms and everything else needed to supply an army. Steamboats brought supplies up the Tennessee River to the Johnsonville Depot. The supplies were transferred on to railroad cars and transported along the 78 mile Nashville & Northwestern Military Railroad to Nashville, Tennessee and on to General William Tecumseh Sherman’s army in Georgia”…read more

This historical site was the location of the audacious raid by Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest in November of 1864. This was the commencement of Lieutenant General John Bell Hood’s Tennessee champaign. Forrest’s raid here captured the U.S.S. Undine and resulted in the burning the 6 other naval warships and over 6.7 million dollars of U.S. Army supplies. The 2500 Johnsonville man garrison included the 12th, 13th, and 100th United States Colored Troops (USCT). These African American soldiers would go on to fight valiantly in the Battle of Nashville, having 5 consecutive color bearers shot down on Peach Orchard Hill.

Johnsonville State Historic Park, is located 3 miles north of Highway 70 in New Johnsonville, and has a new interpretive center (2013). The 527 wooded park offers some of the most well preserved earthworks in the country. Across the river near Camden, Tennessee, the Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park offers a commanding view of the area, located where the Confederate force attacked from.

Note: get the full screen mode by clicking the icon in the lower left of the video frame. A zoom option is available also. This virtual tour also includes other cavalry battle sites.

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