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Podcast: Battles Of The American Civil War
Episode: Waynesboro | Third Murfreesboro | First Fort Fisher | Second Fort McAllister
Description: Coming up this week we have 4 battles as we near the end of 1864. First up we head back to Sherman's March To The Sea with the battle of Waynesboro on December 4th, 1864 where the Union hope to clear the way for Sherman to continue on to Savannah. Then, it's back to the Franklin-Nashville Campaign where John Bell Hood tries one last attempt to force Sherman out of Georgia at the Third Battle of Murfreesboro December 5th-7th. At the first battle of Fort Fisher in North Carolina on December 24th-27th, the Union try to capture th...