What lyrical lines! I caught myself singing them. Well done,
@DBF
1. THE WHO: After Bragg's loss at Chattanooga, his army retreated to Dalton, GA to regroup, and Bragg was made military advisor to CSA President Davis, who assigned him to report on
General Joe Johnston's "plans" and performance against Union General W. Sherman in Georgia. Bragg play a role in having Johnston replaced by Hood.
Editorial sidebar note: Bragg will have much to answer for on Judgement Day. As Advisor to Davis, he proceeded to "overhaul" the conscript process, and prisoner of war system, before having Johnston sacked.
2. THE WHERE: The Battle of
Kennesaw Mountain near Atlanta was Joe Johnston's last gasp, before Davis replaced him by Hood. Was the precise location where Bragg interrogated Johnston noted in some log book?
3. THE WHAT BUSINESS:
Atlanta, a key railroad hub, was the target of the Union.
BONUS:
Robert Todd Lincoln hopped off
a train during a stop at Jersey City, a few months before his father's assassination, only to find himself on an extremely crowded platform. To be polite, Robert stepped back to wait his turn to walk across the platform, his back pressed to one of the train's cars.
This situation probably seemed harmless enough until
the train started moving, which whipped Robert Lincoln around and dropped him into the space between the platform and train, an incredibly dangerous place to be. Robert Lincoln probably would have been dead meat if a stranger hadn't yanked him out of the hole by his collar. That stranger? None other than
Edwin Booth, one of the most celebrated actors of the 19th century and brother of eventual Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln immediately recognized the famous thespian, sort of like if George Clooney pulled you from a burning car today, and thanked him effusively.
Oddly, Robert was nearby when three presidents were assassinated: Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley.