Sun, 27 April 2014
In which we discuss George B. McClellan's arrival in Washington in July of 1861, and his taking command of the defeated & demoralized force that would become the Union's famed Army of the Potomac. |
Sun, 20 April 2014
In which we look at Robert E. Lee's Cheat Mountain campaign in western Virginia in September, 1861. |
Sun, 13 April 2014
In which we discuss the Blockade Board, Confederate privateers, and the capture of Hatteras Island by a Federal joint army-navy task force in August, 1861. |
Sun, 6 April 2014
In which we look at John C. Fremont's tenure as commander of the Federal's Western Department in 1861 and see how troubled Missouri proved to be his downfall. |