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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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).  

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

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.

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

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. 

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.

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.

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

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

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