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

In which we get Ewell into the Valley and set the stage for the Second Battle of Winchester.

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In which we finish up our discussion of the Battle of Brandy Station, which took place on June 9, 1863.

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In which we look at the start of the action at the Battle of Brandy Station on June 9, 1863.

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In which Joe Hooker decides to do something about the concentration of rebel cavalry under Jeb Stuart at Culpeper.

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In which the armies start to move. Well, one of the armies starts to move.

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In which we turn our attention to the Army of the Potomac and the troubles in its high command after the fiasco at Chancellorsville.

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In which we look at Robert E Lee's reorganization of the Army of Northern Virginia prior to the start of the Gettysburg Campaign.

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In which we look at Robert E Lee's reasons for launching an offensive strike north into Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863. 

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In which we look at the May 15, 1863 conference in Richmond attended by Jefferson Davis, James Seddon, and Robert E Lee.

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In which we kick-off the Gettysburg story arc.

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In which Sherman scares off Johnston, Gardner surrenders Port Hudson to Banks, and we wrap-up the Vicksburg story arc.

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In which we see John Pemberton surrender Vicksburg to Ulysses S Grant on July 4, 1863, ending the forty-seven day siege.

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In which we look at Confederate efforts to aid Pemberton and the besieged Vicksburg garrison.

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In which we look at Federal siege operations at Vicksburg, May-June 1863.

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In which we look at Grant's failed attacks on Vicksburg on May 19 & 22, 1863.

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In which we look at the decisive clash of the Vicksburg Campaign- the Battle of Champion Hill, which took place on May 16, 1863.

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In which we slip in a plug for joining the Strawfoot Brigade while sharing the story of how Benjamin Grierson saved William Tecumseh Sherman's life at Fort Sill in 1871. 

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In which the Confederates lose the Battle of Raymond, lose the Mississippi state capital of Jackson, and Pemberton- against his own better judgement- moves out to confront Grant.

 

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In which we see Grant's Army of the Tennessee set out on its epic march into the interior of Mississippi, in order to cut off Vicksburg from supplies & reinforcements.

* This episode of the podcast was sponsored by Simon & Schuster, publishers of "Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation" by Douglas Waller. Available wherever you get your books.

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In which we look at the Battle of Port Gibson, which took place on May 1, 1863, as Grant advanced inland after landing on the east side of the Mississippi River.

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In which we see the Federals marching down the Louisiana side of the Mississippi River... Porter's gunboats get battered at Grand Gulf... and by the end of the show, Grant's army is finally ready to cross over to the east bank below Vicksburg.

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In which we turn our attention back to Ulysses S Grant, who makes the fateful decision to march his army down the west side of the Mississippi River and then cross to the east bank below the Confederate strongpoint of Vicksburg.

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In which we look at Banks' successful Bayou Teche Campaign in central Louisiana in the spring of 1863.

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In which we look at events downriver from Vicksburg, including the appointment of Major General Nathaniel Banks to command the Department of the Gulf and Rear Admiral David Farragut running the the Confederate batteries at Port Hudson.

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In which we look at the fate of USS Indianola and talk about the failure of the Yazoo Pass and Steele's Bayou expeditions.

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In which we look at the Federal attack on Arkansas Post on January 11, 1863.

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In which we look at Sherman's failed assault at Chickasaw Bayou, north of Vicksburg, at the end of December 1862.

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In which we start to look at Grant's first attempt to wrest Vicksburg from the Confederates. It didn't go well.

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In which we continue to look at the background to the Vicksburg Campaign.

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In which we continue to look at the background to the Vicksburg Campaign.

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In which start to look at the background to the Vicksburg Campaign.

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In which we wrap-up our look at how West Virginia, in the midst of the Civil War, became the thirty-fifth state of the Union.

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In which we start to look at the story of how West Virginia became the thirty-fifth state of the Union.

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In which we look at the wounding and death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863).

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In which Hooker retreats, Lee stews, and we wrap-up our discussion of the Chancellorsville Campaign.

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In which we see Robert E Lee fail in his attempt to "demolish" Sedgwick on May 4, 1863.

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In which we look at the fighting at Salem Church on May 3, 1863.

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In which our focus shifts to the fighting east of Chancellorsville, at Fredericksburg and Salem Church.

 

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In which the Confederate forces of Jeb Stuart & Robert E Lee capture the Chancellorsville intersection after furious fighting on the morning of May 3, 1863. 

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In which there is fierce fighting on May 3, 1863 as the Confederates fight to reunite their divided forces at Chancellorsville.

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In which Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire on the evening of May 2, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.

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In which Stonewall Jackson's flank attack on the evening of May 2, 1863 stalls due to his command's increasing disorganization, the onset of night, and stiffening Federal resistance.

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In which Stonewall Jackson's flank attack on the evening of May 2, 1863 shatters the Eleventh Corps of the Army of the Potomac.

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In which Stonewall Jackson completes his famous flank march and prepares to launch his attack, which took place on the evening of May 2, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.

 

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In which we get Stonewall Jackson started on his famous flank march, which took place during the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863.

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