battle of atlanta and lieutenant general john bell hood's assault on union forces. then the confederate army of tennessee's failed attack at the battle of franklin. a discussion on the engagements between confederate and union forces around petersburg, virginia, in the spring of 1865. later, a conversation with candice shy hoover about her book "lincoln's generals' wives." >>> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday, center for public integrity reporter liz whyte talks about the opiate epidemic in the united states. then james kitfield hosbook "twilight warriors" which explains how the u.s. national security apparatus has adapted to fight post-9/11 terrorism. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >>> next, author stephen davis talks about the 1864 battle of atlanta and the engagements on july 22nd just outside the city. highlighting confederate general john bell hood's attack on union forces. atlanta eventually fell to sherman's troops

. atlanta eventually fell to sherman's troops six weeks later. this 40 minute talk was part of a symposium. >> it is my pleasure now to introduce to you a man that i know as dr. edge. steve davis has a little bit of edge to him. if you want to know what that is about -- his business card says author, historian, yankee killer. [laughter] that should give you a little bit of context about the program we are about to hear. i had the pleasure of meeting steve a couple of years ago. he lives in the shadow of atlanta's great battlefield. as we got talking, our mutual publishers said when you sit down with steve, he will make eye contact with you and it is like his eyes will bore right through your head. i found that to be true, but what he didn't tell me and i discovered on my own is not only is steve intense, but he is also an intense pleasure. talk about a man who is so deeply devoted to history. he is quick to jump up and remind everybody there was fighting too. we will shift from the campaign to look at the corresponding actions in georgia that led to atlanta. with the city on the

about the civil war battles around atlanta in 1864. and he compares the strategies of confederate commanders joseph e johnston and his successor john bell hood. he argues that johnston's reluctance earlier in the campaign to engage with william tecumseh sherman place tied in a difficult position to defend atlanta once he assumed command. this is a 50 minute event. i would like to echo what bud said about events. he came up to where i live in dalton. i told since that since i am a georgia tech fan. he was still coaching and george i was going to push him off the ridge. he had retired by then. although i don't know that as much help. i was also interested in what kevin said this morning. the old lady came out she heard the pearl harbor and said to the end he's going to be with us this time? december 8, 1941. a reporter for the local newspaper went out to interview them about what they thought about the events of the previous day pearl harbor was the old fellas to himself up and said this never would've happened if albert sidney johnston had been killed at shiloh. maybe it's not just

first world war, and my third and current book tells the story of the black calhouns of atlanta. the founding family. who are the black calhouns? they were an extended atypical african-american family who-from 1865 to 1965, north and south, were also typically americans in their dreams and as separations. they were typically american because their founding father, my great-great grandfather, moses calhoun, impress siltly believed in the american dream. although he was a slave until he was 35, he was cultural, geographically, and historically lucky. he was lucky because despite laws mandating illiteracy for blacks he had been educated in slavery. his owner, andrew bone apart calhoun, an atlanta physician, a first man to sign georgia's article of secession and a cousin of john c. calhoun wanted a literate butler and was powerful enough to ignore the laws. mouses was geographically lucky because he lived in a town and not on a plantation, and was historically lucky because the great new reconstruction amendment to the constitution gave him everything he needed for luck and freedom. besi

story of the black calhouns of atlanta, the horne founding family. who are the black calhouns? they were an extended, atypical african-american family who from 1865 to 1965, north and south, were also typically more than in their dreams is and aspirations. they were typically american because their founding father, my great great grandfather, moses calhoun, implicitly believed in the american dream. although he was a slave until he was 35, he was culturally, geographically and historically lucky. he was lucky because despite laws mandating illiteracy for blacks, he had been educated in slavery. his owner, andrew pone that part -- bonaparte calhoun, a cowz sin of -- cousin of john c. calhoun, wanted a literate butler and was powerful enough to ignore the laws. moses wuss gee graphicically lucky because he lived on a town -- in a town and not on a plantation. and he was historically lucky because amendments to the constitution gave him everything he needed for luck in freedom. besides the 13th amendment which made him truly free, the 14th ghei him equality under -- gave him equality u

man in atlanta. and then would start the family business mother was the cook they were considered favored slaves. they appeared to be is thevely benevolent butt the story of the black of calhoun's in the family of moses sister from atlantahe and in 1865 through 1965 the sure black calhoun's would live through the landscape it was han wonderful and terriblereedom, injury for black americans. fo frdomreedom and inspiration and achievement but on thephem other hand,eral the doors of cl- aspiration and achievementnt wee were closed.merica's america emancipation and m then mandated education yea construction only lasted 10 years and through that generation to believe thatlay it they have a role to play andnd then to fulfill that su aspirationccess. those that stad in atlanta s were successful and in some ways even more successful obviously wither than theiraspects life was easier in the north and the south. sign there were no white only signs high achievement wasesting normal bull sides of the channel.nt -- both sides of the channel the differences were personal and marriages aended to

, an officer in the war. and the black calhouns of atlanta. who are the black calhouns? they were an extended atypical african-american family for through 1865 to 1965, north and south, they're all so typically america in their dreams and aspirations. they were typically america because the founding brother, cal hup, he believed in the american dream. although he was a slave until he was 35 he was lucky because despite laws mandating literary for blacks, he had been educated by his owner. the first man to sign georgia's article of succession and the cousin that cool hewn was a powerful literal butler. moses was geographically lucky because he lived there. >> it gave him everything he needed for luck and freedom. bee site the 13th amendment which made him truly free. the 14th gave him equality under the law and the 15th gave him the vote. he was therefore an american citizen with all the rights of every other american citizen. as an enterprising an and intelligent man, moses took advantage of everything that reconstruction had to offer. i don't know what would have happened to my grea

: he's going to get that to brandon myers. we start by telling you the average score of an atlanta game this season, was atlanta 33, and the opposition, 29. 62 points per game. >> cris: there we go. coming across the field here. big collision. a little mushy. found his way over there for two. >> al: george hill, you know anybody that went under tonight? can't do that, right? 43-28. 71 total points in the game. atlanta has ten possessions in the game. five t.d.s, three field goals. they have ored on eight. and they only had a punt one time tonight. dirk koetter will have his team lick its wounds after playing over 13 minutes of overtime, giving up a zillion yards to oakland. and going to go to 0-4, in this ballpark. >> cris: just think the reality set in tonight, don't you? and that several of those guys playing 100 plays, turn around four days later, in the middle >> al: it was a leaky defense to begin with. that will be collected at the 44 yard line, by hooper. one thing about this division, look at that. points per game this season. the falcons one, saints two, panthers fourth. a

beginning of the atlanta campaign. jim, walk us through the beginning of this storied march that will come after that. plan was at's coordinated defense by several armies, principally the army of the potomac by general meade. and the army of georgia, which oldnow a combination of the army of the tennessee and the army of the cumberland and the army of the ohio. three armies are now combined under sherman, and grant's orders to sherman are to get into the interior of georgia, wreck their resources, capture atlanta, and provide joe the army commander of defending georgia. thato, sherman begins campaign in the second week of may of 1864 -- the same time the armies are fighting in virginia. and unlike the campaign in virginia, which were a series of head-on collisions between grant and lee in the wilderness at sherman engages in a series of flanking moves. usually, moving to his right, under general james mcpherson. no relationship. [applause] though i would like to claim a relationship. getting them to retreat, this happens over and over again. cashville, to and on and on. and at kennesa

wealthiest colored man in atlanta. b the black calhoun's,'s, moses and his mother and sister had a sort of family business with andrew calhoun. moses was a butler, his mother was a cook and his sister was a nurse made. they were considered favorite ad slaves. they appear to be generous or owner. he deeded property to moses his mother and sister. the story of the calhoun's was the story of moses whose descendents would prosper in tho north and family of moses's sister whose distending state and prospered in atlanta. ameri from 1865 until 1965, the blacka calhoun's lived through the civil rights. surely the most volatile american century of all. it was both a a wonderful and terrible century for black americans. on the one hand it was a century of freedom, aspiration, and achievement. on the other hand, for most the freedom -- for a lucky few the doors of aspirations and achievement were closed. emancin it's important to remember american slaves were freed without compensation, preparation, or education.d american emancipation compared to britain's it was a very amply done. britain c

any place in georgia and proclaim sherman is a hero and atlanta got what it deserved and see what happens. .his is a true story i first moved to georgia 21 years ago, i was on my way to atlanta from savanna. i passed a pickup truck on i-16. the bumper sticker said general sherman: where are you now that atlanta really needs you? [laughter] thing i want to show you is this wonderful piece of civil war memorabilia. are those of you in the back, you may not be able to read this . this was given to me as a gift. it says general william t sherman, still wiping up the self. .- the south it comes with a dispenser. every time you tear off a piece of the paper, it plays dixie. that gives you some idea of the fame of general sherman. possible exception of property league, no civil war general is so well known by the public. there is no soldier more associated with georgia than the hand that became infamous as its destroyer. what i would like to do during the time allotted to me this afternoon is to cut through some of the myths, folklore, and distortion surrounding sherman and the march to

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metro atlanta chamber. i'm kelly evans and "welcome to atlanta." they'll join us coming up. >> very big on my ipod. i'm bill griffeth here at the new york stock exchange. today the dow under some pressure. the whole stock market down for a seventh straight day. pfizer and apple are the biggest components and waiting for final numbers for july auto sales. some under pressure today. we'll bring you those numbers as soon as they cross the tape, kelly. >> also, coming up from atlanta, over the next two hours, ceo of home depot, initiated that stock with a buy and shares at an all-time high and the cfo of u.p.s. and delta with that stock going the other way, dropping on the back of weak passenger revenue numbers out this morning and an exclusive interview with dennis lockhart. >> a lot to get to over the next couple of hours but let's start with the markets and "closing bell" exchange today, we have jeff reeves, steve grasso sitting next to me at post nine and rick santelli checks in from chicago. steve, so we mentioned seven consecutive declines for the dow and finally, this is the first me

retreats to the defenses of atlanta having not stopped sherman over the course of nearly 100 miles and jefferson davis gives up on johnston and appoints john bell hood a fighter as commander of the army of tennessee. hood repeatedly attacks sherman, trying to drive him back from atlanta and hood gets a series of bloody noses. finally, sherman undertakes the last of his flanking moments at the end of august cuts the last railroad into atlanta coming in from the south forces hood to evacuate atlanta on september 2nd. and that has a huge political impact in the north, northern people have become wary of the war and the slaughter, especially in virginia, during the summer of 1864, with nothing to show for it. or apparently nothing to show for it. and now comes the message from atlanta, from sherman. atlanta is ours. and fairly won. people in the north go upset at this news. it's one of the major turning points of the war -- the nina turning point toward union victory is the6f4í fall of atl at the beginning of september 1864, it ensures lincoln's re-election. it ensures the north is going

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alone and that's the beginning of the atlantic campaign. walk us through the capture of atlanta and the beginning of this storied martha will come after that. >> grant's plan was a coordinated offensive. principally the army of the potomac in virginia. the army of georgia which was now a combination of the old army of the tennessee, cumberland and ohio. three armies are now combined under sherman and grants orders are to get into the interior of georgia, wreck their war resources and capture atlanta and drive joe johnston, commander of the confederate army of tennessee defending georgia, out of georgia. and so they -- sherman begins that campaign in the second week of may at the same time the armies are fighting in virginia, unlike the campaigns in virginia, which were a series of head on collisions between grant and lee, sherman engages in a series of flanking moves. usually moving to his right under general james mcpherson, no relationship although i'd like to claim we were related. getting into the confederate rear, forcing them to retreat. this happens over and over again from dalto

proclaim that sherman was a hero and atlanta got what it deserved and see what happens. i'm going to tell you, this is a true story. when i first moved to georgia 21 years ago, was on my way to atlanta from savannah. i passed an old pickup truck on i-16. i looked down. it was a bumper sticker and the bumper sticker said, general sherman, where are you now that atlanta really needs you. the other thing i want to show you, this wonderful piece of civil war memorabilia, for those of you in the back who may not be able to read this, this was given as a gift, it says general william t. sherman, still wiping up the south. and it comes with a dispenser, so every time you tear a piece of the paper off, it plays "dix "dixie. ." that just gives you some idea of the fame of general sherman . indeed with the populous of gener gener general e. lee, there is no man known more to georgia. what i would like to do during the time that's been a lotted to me this often is cut through some of the myths, the folk lore to the march to the sea. to that end i'm going to attempt to answer three broad questio

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your screen, you have no doubt noticed how large the demonstration has grown in atlanta. it appeared when we widen out to be almost a half mile long, perhaps even longer, and in our control room, we have been cruising around on satellite feeds from our nbc stations, all of which have helicopters in the air. we are seeing demonstrations in several u.s. cities. cal perry is tracking it all. what are you seeing? >> as you said, it's steadily been growing. we saw this last night in new york, where protesters kind of circle around the city and they time it for when people are leaving work and then that kind of naturally snowballs into these larger marches. this was a march that started at centennial park which is for many people who are familiar with atlanta, just outside the cnn center which is actually being shut down right now out of an abundance of caution. it's supposed to end there. the march is supposed to end there as well. you are looking at protesters making their way through downtown atlanta, basically walking in a loop starting and finishing at the same spot. right now, it's a

is the fall of atlanta, which had been the object of union attention since the spring, fall of atlanta on the second of september. this is immediate greeted with jubilation across the north, and may have been the single thing what turns the tied of the northern opinion. in the election that follows, you see two very queer strategies. if you are a democrat, you're going to emphasize race. what northern democrats are going to do throughout the election of 1864 is constantly remind northern voters this is an unnecessary war fought to establish racial equality. in the interest of time i'm going to pass over one image here and just move to another one really quickly. this is a drawing that appears in the summer of 1864 that is picking up on a theme that emerges in democratic strategy at the end of 1863. at the end of 1863, a democratic journalist for "the new york world" anonymously authored a pamphlet, when he said the agenda of the us, what this author called miscegenation. that term is not much used anymore. it's invented in 1863. it comes from two latin root words which mean it'

? >>> off the chain! >> the preachers of atlanta. not your typical people of god. >> god is going to heal your heart! >> how these young flashy faith leaders attract hundreds to sunday services, host hip-hop parties, even go to extremes to get people in the pews. >>> and prince charming chris pine. looking back at those early years. he's gone from manning the starship enterprise in space -- >> prepare to fire. >> yes, sir. >> to daring the ocean in "the finest hours." tonight what he has to say about the growing chris competition in hollywood. >>> but first the "nightline 5." >> seriously? where do you think you're going? >> to work with you, it's taco tuesday. >> you're not coming. i took mucinex to get rid of congestion. >> i'll swing by in four hours. >> forget the tacos. one pill lasts 12 hours. i'm good all day. >> your loss. i was going to wear a sombrero. >> only mucinex has aby-layer tablet that starts fast and keeps working 12 full hours. start the relief, ditch the misery, let's end this. >> number one in just 60 >>> good evening. thanks for join is us. tonight it was a war of w

by america's cable television companies. the atlanta mayor talked about it. he is right by the former atlanta mayor. he has the foundation that promotes education and human rights internationally. welcome back. i am the deputy for consumer policy. it is a pleasure to introduce. to be moderated by our boss. and a board member. we are also also joined by the mayor. as well as the prior members for the capabilities. so please join me in welcoming the dems to the stage. [applause]. i want to take it. the real personal question is the interaction between regular people's let me start with you can. let me ask you to talk about the role of financial services. we want to say thank you. and as we have learned about this. it was needed to address of the people in that time. and a way to actually realize some kind of economic prosperity. and especially minority banks. it's with the macroeconomic change that has occurred for the broader part of our population. that was vivid in my opinion. and the treasury department response providing capital. because of blanks --dash make they are left with the

atlanta police shoulder to shoulder with georgia state troopers, they have created a human barrier, that's keeping people off the interstate. police is creating a barrier to keep back the crowd as these protesters, these again straiters were making their way on to the interstate. a couple of hours ago, there was a small protest that spread through the streets of atlanta. so the protesters, if they plan to head up today, they should do so in an orally and peaceful fashion, they state in the city itself, however we now see from the crowd and now from the air, these protesters are starting to make their way on to the interstate. the p the. >> tell us where you are, where the protesterings are and how are police handling the situation, because they appear to be calm, even as some protesters are standing in front of them, talking to them. how are they handling the situation? >> reporter: basically we're in downtown and midtown atlanta and basically this is where you can drive on to the interstate. we see those pictures from above, and you see the protesters on the other side are a tract

. >> overnight, new protests against police practices across the country. in atlanta, police arrested 16 people after hundreds took to the streets protesting the police killing of two black men. one in louisiana and one in minnesota. the protesters marched to the georgia's governor's mansion. cnn's polo sandoval has more from the scene. >> reporter: the city of atlanta is one across the country erupting with protests for the fifth night in a row. we ever marching along with part of the black lives matter movement that made their way to the governor's mansion. calling for justice. meanwhile, several police officers on the ground and in the air keeping a sharp eye on the crowd and making sure they keep distance away from the mansion. there is a good sign there is some common ground here. we are now seeing atlanta city officials, including kaseem reed and george turner with conversations with the demonstrators to talk about finding that common ground. that is a good indication that things could potentially improve. while the demonstrations are peaceful, we have seen several arrests. while t

truth about the real history, and my parents moved from northside atlanta and as soon as we got there i knew something was strange, it is one of the 25 wealthiest counties in america, part of suburban atlanta. in 1977 when we moved there, a rural place of cow pastures and chicken houses but the thing i noticed even as a kid was there were no people of color anywhere in the county and couldn't help but notice my friends at school, many of my teachers, use for people of color was the n-word and this open and overt bigotry and at a certain point i asked a friend on the bus what is going on here, why does everybody hate black people when none of them are around? that was the first time i ever heard the myth that started me on the journey of writing this book and i first heard it in the back of a school bus and what they told me was a long time ago a white woman had been raped and found beaten and bloodied in the woods and this was said to be not far from the house where i grew up, they ran out every last african-american in the county and kept it that way for generations and this is still t

memory, walk into any public place in georgia and proclaim that sherman was a hero and atlanta got what it deserved and see what happens. this is a true story when i first moved to georgia, 21 years ago, i was on my way to atlanta from savannah. i passed an old pickup truck on i-16 and looked down and there was a pumper sticker that said general sherman, where are you now that atlanta really needs you? the other thing i wanted to show you, this wonderful piece of civil war memorabilia. for those of you in the back who may not be able to read this, this was given to any as a gift a few years ago, general will jum yum sherman, still wiping up the south. it comes with a dispenser so every time you tear a piece of the paper off it plays dixie. >> that gives you some idea of the fame of general sherman, indeed with the possible exception of robert e. lee, no civil war general is so well known by the public. certainly there is no soldier more associated with georgia than the man who became infamous as it's destroyer. what i would like to do during the time allotted to me this afternoon, cut t

protect civilians. protesters again on the streets tonight. i want to show you pictures of atlanta. you can see that right there. they are blocking a major roadway not far from the cnn center in atlanta. in some big cities tonight, officers are patrolling in pairs for safety. both major presidential candidates have weighed in. president obama we learned tonight is cutting his overseas trip short. he is coming to dallas at the beginning of the week. all across this city, we have seen an outpouring of grief, outpouring of sadness, but more than anything, an outpouring of support for police. there have been vigils in the streets and we learned much more about the man responsible for all this heartache. a lot to cover from here. we are not going to mention the gunman's name or show his face. we don't do that here. we begin with polo sandoval in the middle of atlanta to give us a sense of what's going on in the protest there. what can you tell us? >> reporter: there was this massive march that began at 6:00 p.m. local. you had really well over 2,000 protesters that were marching up and

] plus, he's the creator and star of the new fx series, "atlanta." donald glover is joining us! >> jimmy: a talented guy. >> steve: talented guy. >> jimmy: good rapper. good actor. and i'm very excited about this. fresh off their history-making performances at the summer olympics in rio, we have the five members of the gold medal-winning united states women's gymnastics team on the show! [ cheers and applause ] they are fantastic. i love those guys. just awesome. we always do something different here on "the tonig a giant new game with them, maybe our biggest game ever. [ cheers ] did you see rehearsal at all? yeah. tariq, you're gonna play it with us? >> tariq: yeah, man. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's going to be fun. i don't want to tell you what it is, but it's -- [ light laughter ] it's another level, yeah, yeah, yeah. guys, it's time to take a look at the stories making headlines today, and weigh the good with the bad. it's time for "pros and cons." here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ? pros and cons >> jimmy: tonight, we'll be taking a look at the pros and cons of returning