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

In which one of us continues to set the stage for the Battle of Corinth (Mississippi), which took place on October 3 & 4, 1862.

 

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:25pm MDT

In which we set the stage for the Battle of Corinth (Mississippi), which took place on October 3 & 4, 1862.

 

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In which we discuss the action at the Battle of Iuka (Mississippi), which took place on September 19, 1862.

 

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Category:History -- posted at: 8:16pm MDT

In which we set the stage for the battles of Iuka and Corinth, which took place back in northern Mississippi while Braxton Bragg was up in Kentucky.

 

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Category:History -- posted at: 4:44pm MDT

In which we wrap-up our discussion of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky), which took place on October 8, 1862.

 

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:32pm MDT

In which we continue our discussion of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky), which took place on October 8, 1862.

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:58pm MDT

In which we continue telling the story of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky), which took place on October 8, 1862.

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:28pm MDT

In which the first shots of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky) are fired early on the morning of October 8, 1862.

 

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Category:History -- posted at: 7:02pm MDT

In which we set the stage for the Battle of Perryville, which took place in Kentucky on October 8, 1862.

 

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Category:History -- posted at: 5:13pm MDT

In which Rich & Tracy, with scratchy throats and failing voices, power through the episode to share the story of the epic march of the Federal garrison that evacuated Cumberland Gap during the 1862 Kentucky Campaign.

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Category:History -- posted at: 5:32pm MDT

In which we look at Braxton Bragg's capture of Munfordville, Kentucky on September 17, 1862.

 

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Category:History -- posted at: 5:19pm MDT

In which we look at the fighting at the Battle of Richmond (Kentucky), which took place on August 30, 1862.

 

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:04pm MDT

In which we continue our march toward Perryville.  In this episode we set the stage for the Battle of Richmond (Kentucky), which was one of the most lop-sided victories of the Civil War.

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:01pm MDT

In which we start to set the stage for the Battle of Perryville, which took place in Kentucky on October 8, 1862.

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Category:History -- posted at: 7:45pm MDT

In which we turn our attention back to the western theater of the war...

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:37pm MDT

In which Rich flies solo (Tracy is visiting family), but manages to wrap-up our discussion of the Emancipation Proclamation.

 

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:18pm MDT

In which we discuss Abraham Lincoln's release of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862.

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:58pm MDT

In which we continue setting the stage for Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:39pm MDT

In which we begin to trace the evolution of the federal government's ideas & policies about slavery & emancipation during the Civil War.

 

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:26pm MDT

In which we look at the aftermath of the 1862 Maryland Campaign, and we also set the stage for our discussion of the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Category:History -- posted at: 7:30pm MDT

In which we wrap-up our discussion of the Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862.

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:13pm MDT

In which we look at the aftermath of the Federal assault on the Sunken Road, and also the Ninth Corps' capture of Burnside Bridge.

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:55pm MDT

In which we look at Round 2 of the fight for the Sunken Road, aka Bloody Lane, at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862.

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Category:History -- posted at: 5:45pm MDT

In which we look at Round 1 in the fight for the Sunken Road, aka Bloody Lane, at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862.

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:31pm MDT

In which we look at the final major combat on the northern part of the battlefield, as Greene's Federals gain a foothold in the West Woods near the Dunker Church.  Next week, the action shifts to the Sunken Road.

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Category:History -- posted at: 7:47pm MDT

In which we look at the ill-fated attack into the West Woods by John Sedgwick's division of Sumner's Second Corps at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862.

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:36pm MDT

In which we look at the attack by Joseph Mansfield's Twelfth Corps against the north end of the Confederate line on the morning of Wednesday, September 17, 1862 at the Battle of Antietam.

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Category:History -- posted at: 4:07pm MDT

In which we continue our discussion of the attack by Hooker's First Corps at the Battle of Antietam on the morning of September 17, 1862.

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Category:History -- posted at: 7:08pm MDT

In which we look at the start of the action at the Battle of Antietam on the morning of Wednesday, September 17, 1862.

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:54pm MDT

In which we take a closer look at the action late on Tuesday, September 16, 1862- on the eve if the great battle.

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:19pm MDT

In which we finish setting the stage for the Battle of Antietam, as we take the story right up to the eve of the battle.

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:16pm MDT

In which we continue to set the stage for the Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862.

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Category:History -- posted at: 7:54pm MDT

In which we continue to set the stage for the Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862.

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Category:History -- posted at: 7:22pm MDT

In which we wrap-up our discussion of the Battle of South Mountain (which took place on September 14, 1862) and start to set the stage for the Battle of Antietam (which took place on September 17, 1862).  

 

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Category:History -- posted at: 7:04pm MDT

In which we continue our look at the Battle of South Mountain, which took place on September 14, 1862.

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Category:History -- posted at: 8:14pm MDT

In which we start to look at the fighting at the Battle of South Mountain, which took place on September 14, 1862 and was an important milepost on the two armies' road to Antietam.

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Category:History -- posted at: 7:13pm MDT

In which we discuss Napoleon's victory over the Austrians at Castiglione in 1796. Oh, and we also talk about some Civil War stuff.

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Category:History -- posted at: 5:16pm MDT

In which we look at the movements of the Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia after it crossed over the Potomac River into Maryland. We also discuss the reaction of George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac to the Confederate invasion of Maryland. And we talk about Lee's Special Orders No. 191. 

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Category:History -- posted at: 5:48pm MDT

In which we discuss Robert E. Lee's decision to strike north after Second Manassas, and the great events that awaited the outcome of his invasion of Maryland.

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Category:History -- posted at: 4:17pm MDT

In which we look at what happened in the aftermath of the Second Battle of Manassas, including Lincoln's decision to ask George McClellan to take command of the merged Union armies in northern Virginia.

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Category:History -- posted at: 6:06pm MDT

In which we wrap up our discussion of the Second Battle of Manassas, which took place August 28-30, 1862.

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Category:History -- posted at: 5:08pm MDT

In which we look at some of the action on Saturday, August 30, 1862, the third day of the Second Battle of Manassas.

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Category:History -- posted at: 3:54pm MDT

In which we look at the action on the second day of the Second Battle of Manassas (August 29, 1862).

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Category:History -- posted at: 4:28pm MDT

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