37 Weeks
Week 07 (June 2nd - June 8th)
Episode 7 | 1m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Soldiers on both sides of the war are mostly farmboys and 24 years old on average.
It is the first week of June 1864. Sherman’s attempt to bypass the Confederates has distanced him from his supply line. Food and ammunition run low. Most soldiers are farmboys averaging 24 years old. Sherman’s soldiers are Westerners; veterans of victorious battles. Johnston’s are Southerners acquainted with defeat. Sherman’s advance stalls 25 miles from Atlanta, Confederate confidence restored.
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37 Weeks is a local public television program presented by GPB
37 Weeks
Week 07 (June 2nd - June 8th)
Episode 7 | 1m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
It is the first week of June 1864. Sherman’s attempt to bypass the Confederates has distanced him from his supply line. Food and ammunition run low. Most soldiers are farmboys averaging 24 years old. Sherman’s soldiers are Westerners; veterans of victorious battles. Johnston’s are Southerners acquainted with defeat. Sherman’s advance stalls 25 miles from Atlanta, Confederate confidence restored.
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