Civil War The Untold Story: Death Knell of the Confederacy ( Chapter 4), 2014

Episode Four Death Knell of the Confederacy The battle of Chickamauga continues. .. One of the biggest blunders of the Civil War leaves a gap in the Union line. .. James Longstreets Confederate forces split the Union army in two. .. 34, 000 casualties making it the bloodiest battle of the Western Campaign, only to be topped later by Gettysburg. .. In November, General Grant begins an offensive and routs the Confederates from their stronghold in a devastating defeat. .. At Fort Pillow in Tennessee, soldiers of the Unions Colored Artillery are killed as they attempt to surrender. .. Grant is made commander of all Union forces. .. 1864 Sherman begins to move his army of 100thousand into Georgia to capture Atlanta, a key city in the Confederate war machine. .. Confederate President Jefferson Davis makes it clear that captured black soldiers will be returned to slavery. .. Shermans army is blocked just short of Atlanta.