The Civil War (1861-1865): A History Podcast

In which we continue our coverage of the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates in 1858.

Direct download: CivilWar19.mp3
Category:History -- posted at: 6:26pm MDT

In which we give the background to the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, and then we start in on the debates themselves.

Direct download: CivilWar18.mp3
Category:History -- posted at: 9:31pm MDT

In which we continue the biographical sketch of Abraham Lincoln's life in order to bring him up to speed with where we are on the podcast timeline, the year 1858.  In this episode we break the discussion up into three sections: Lincoln the Lawyer, Lincoln Gets Married, and Lincoln the Politician.

Direct download: CivilWar17.mp3
Category:History -- posted at: 10:57am MDT

In which we use a special two-part biography of Abraham Lincoln to bring his life up to speed with where we currently are on the podcast timeline, the year 1858.

Direct download: CivilWar16.mp3
Category:History -- posted at: 8:10pm MDT

In which we take a look at the Dred Scott case and the fiasco over the Lecompton Constitution, and show how the snowballing negative consequences from those events finally caused the Democratic Party to, once & for all, split along sectional lines. A unified Republican Party will take advantage of that split & win the presidency in 1860.

Direct download: CivilWar15.mp3
Category:History -- posted at: 10:40am MDT

In which we discuss the three-way presidential contest of 1856 and its importance to the rise of the Republican Party. Plus, we see Abraham Lincoln start to position himself to be a leading national figure in the party.

Direct download: Civil_War_14.mp3
Category:History -- posted at: 7:35pm MDT

In which we look at the brutal caning of Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts by Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina in May, 1856.

Direct download: CivilWar13.mp3
Category:History -- posted at: 9:27pm MDT

In which we talk about Stephen Douglas's sponsorship of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, the ensuing violence in "Bleeding Kansas," & the rise of the Republican Party as a direct result of Northern outrage over the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Direct download: CivilWar12.mp3
Category:History -- posted at: 8:38pm MDT

In which we discuss the Northern reaction to the new Fugitive Slave Law that was part of the Compromise of 1850.  Plus, we look at the significant impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Direct download: CivilWar11.mp3
Category:History -- posted at: 9:31pm MDT

In which we take a fast pass through the abolitionist movement in the U.S., and show how it made a significant contribution to the sectional unraveling that led to the Civil War. 

Direct download: Civil_War_Episode10.mp3
Category:History -- posted at: 8:33pm MDT