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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 - #1053

Texas Public Radio | By Texas Public Radio

Published March 23, 2015 at 3:49 PM CDT

Some 32,000 Union troops under the command of E.R.S. Canby started driving against Mobile, Alabama on March 17, 1865. One Federal force moved westward from Pensacola, while a second Union force advanced up the east side of Mobile Bay. On the 18^th to confuse the enemy some 1700 Union troops advanced from Dauphin Island on the west side of the bay but withdrew two days later. Opposing these troops were an estimated 2800 Confederate defenders. Corresponding with Lee, President Jefferson Davis agreed that Mobile should be defended but curiously acknowledged that “all the recent indications are that the purpose of the enemy is to cut off all communication with Richmond….” Communications? Did Davis not understand the ultimate goal of the Union’s Anaconda Plan to crush the entire Confederacy?