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This Week in the Civil War

00000174-b11b-ddc3-a1fc-bfdbb1a20000The Schreiner University Department of History is honoring the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War with a series of short vignettes focusing on events from 1861 through 1865. The Civil War was the most destructive conflict in American history, but it was also one of our most defining moments as a people and as a nation. Let us know what you think about "This Week in the Civil War." E-mail your comments to Dr. John Huddleston at jhuddles@schreiner.edu.Airs: Weekdays at 5:19 a.m., 8:19 a.m., 4:19 p.m. on KTXI and 4:49 a.m., 9:29 p.m. on KSTX.

This Week in the Civil War - #992

Texas Public Radio | By Texas Public Radio

Published December 26, 2014 at 2:49 PM CST

In Tennessee, by late December 1864 things were not well in John Bell Hood’s Confederate army. Marching southward from Columbia toward Pulaski, Tennessee, Hood essentially sacrificed his rear guard to cover his retreat. Reaching Bainbridge on Christmas Day, Hood could ill afford to give his pursued and exhausted Confederates a day to celebrate. On Monday, December 26, the remains of his army began crossing the Tennessee River, essentially bringing his invasion of Tennessee to a close. A once proud army that confidently had invaded Tennessee finished retreating across the Tennessee River on the 27^th and headed for the safety of Tupelo, Mississippi, carrying with them the demeanor of a thoroughly defeated army. Theirs was the last invasion of the North ever attempted by the Confederacy during the American Civil War.