W. H. D. Rouse
speaker
2,788 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 8 Aug
W. H. D. Rouse’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 2 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 1.
Appearances
relative to the northern armies that they had held early in the spring psychologically however there had been a great shift the news that atlanta had fallen meant that the average northerner had at last a tangible military victory that made it possible for him to see the end of the war in the future
sherman in atlanta on september three eighteen sixty four president abraham lincoln telegraphed the commanding officer of the federal military division of the mississippi the national thanks are rendered to major general w t sherman and the officers and soldiers of his command before atlanta for the distinguished ability and perseverance displayed in the campaign in georgia
which under divine favor has resulted in the capture of atlanta the marches battles sieges and other military operations that have signalized the campaign must render it famous in the annals of war and have entitled those who have participated therein
to the applause and thanks of the nation the union soldiers had in sherman's words completed the grand task which has been assigned us by our government atlanta chief rail hub of the confederacy and one of the south's principal distributing
industrial commercial and cultural centers was in federal hands at last it was a choice prize the city was founded in eighteen thirty seven as terminus so named because a rail line ended there it was incorporated as marthasville in eighteen forty five
Two years later it was renamed Atlanta.
Only a few dozen people lived there in the 1840s, but by 1861, when the Civil War began, some 10,000 people called it home.
By 1864, when Sherman's army started south from Chattanooga, Atlanta's population was double that number.
The city boasted factories, foundries, stores, arsenals, government offices, and hospitals, which, as the war progressed and drew closer, were hard-pressed to handle the mounting number of casualties needing treatment.
So strategic was Atlanta that Confederate President Jefferson Davis proclaimed that
that its fall would open the way for the federal armies to the gulf on one hand and to charleston on the other and close up those granaries from which general robert e lee's armies were supplied it would give them control of our network of railroads and thus paralyze our efforts now with federal soldiers in atlanta davis's fears would be realized
sherman's troops occupied atlanta for more than two months the road past kenesaw the atlanta campaign of eighteen sixty four by richard manning mcmurray
Chapter one of Your United States Impressions of a First Visit.
This is a LibriVox recording.
All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.
For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org.
Recording by David Wales.
Your United States Impressions of a First Visit by Arnold Bennett.
Chapter one The First Night
I sat with a melting ice on my plate and my gaze on a very distant swinging door, through which came and went every figure except the familiar figure I desired.
Showing 481–500 of 2,788 · page 25 of 140
← Previous
Next →