In which we say this is Episode #234, but it's really Episode #233.

In which we set the stage for Franklin's attack on the southern portion of the Confederate line on December 13, 1862.

In which the Federals make a successful river crossing under fire, finish their bridges, fight through the streets of Fredericksburg, and then proceed to thoroughly ransack the town.

In which, under the category "better late than never," we finally get this episode released. 

In which Burnside's campaign starts to fall apart for lack of pontoons. Plus, Fighting Joe Hooker sends a friend request to Edwin Stanton.

In which we look at Abraham Lincoln's need for a military victory to sustain emancipation as a war aim, and how that led to Burnside's winter offensive and the Battle of Fredericksburg (Virginia).

In which we look at Ambrose Burnside's decision to accept command of the Army of the Potomac in early November, 1862. Plus, bloopers!

In which we look at the story behind President Abraham Lincoln relieving Major General George B. McClellan from command of the Army of the Potomac in November, 1862.

In which we look at the action at the Battle of Prairie Grove (Arkansas), which took place on December 7, 1862.

In which we look at the maneuvering that brought the armies to Prairie Grove, including the epic march of the Missouri Divisions to the battlefield.

In which we continue to set the stage for Prairie Grove- by looking at the Battle of Cane Hill (Arkansas), which took place on November 28, 1862. 

In which we begin to set the stage for the Battle of Prairie Grove, which took place in northwest Arkansas on December 7, 1862.

In which we look at the action at the Battle of Davis Bridge (Tennessee), which took place on October 5, 1862 in the aftermath of the Confederate defeat at Corinth.

In which we look at the action at the Battle of Corinth (Mississippi), which took place on October 3 & 4, 1862.

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 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).

In which we look at the fight at the Brawner Farm, which took place on the evening of August 28, 1862.

In which we look at Stonewall Jackson's capture of the huge Federal supply depot at Manassas Junction, and his subsequent march to the old battlefield of First Manassas nearby.

In which we continue our march toward Second Manassas, looking at Stonewall Jackson's movement around John Pope's right flank.

In which we continue our march toward Second Manassas by looking at how Robert E. Lee forced John Pope to withdraw from his line along the Rapidan River, but then Lee's advance stalled in front of Pope's new position along the Rappahannock.

In which we look at the action at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, which took place on August 9, 1862.

In which we set the stage for the Battle of Cedar Mountain, which took place on August 9, 1862 on the road to Second Manassas.

In which we look at the circumstances surrounding John Pope's appointment to command the Union's Army of Virginia in June of 1862.

In which we discuss how the Seven Days' Battles and the failure of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign in the summer of 1862 was a turning point in the Civil War.

In which we look at the aftermath of the Seven Days' Battles, and the decision to withdraw the Army of the Potomac from the Peninsula.

In which we look at the action at the final battle of the Seven Days' Campaign: the Battle of Malvern Hill, which took place on July 1, 1862.

In which we set the stage for the Battle of Malvern Hill, which took place on July 1, 1862.

In which we look at the action at the Battle of Glendale, which took place on Monday, June 30, 1862.

In which we set the stage for the next battle of the Seven Days' Campaign: Glendale (June 30, 1862).

In which we look at the next clash during the Seven Days' Campaign: Savage's Station (June 29, 1862).

In which we look at the aftermath of the Battle of Gaines's Mill, which took place on June 27, 1862.

In which we conclude our discussion of the third battle of the Seven Days' Campaign: Gaines's Mill (June 27, 1862).

In which we continue our discussion of the third battle of the Seven Days' Campaign: Gaines's Mill (June 27, 1862).

In which we discuss the third battle of the Seven Days' Campaign: Gaines's Mill (June 27, 1862).

In which we discuss the first two battles of the Seven Days' Campaign, Oak Grove (June 25, 1862) and Mechanicsville (June 26). 

In which we set the stage for the Seven Days' Battles (June 25- July 1, 1862) by looking at Jefferson Davis's decision to put Robert E. Lee in command of the Confederate army defending Richmond.

In which we review the important events of the Peninsula Campaign, up to the Battle of Fair Oaks (May 31- June 1, 1862) and Robert E. Lee's appointment to command the Army of Northern Virginia. 

In which we wrap-up our discussion of Stonewall Jackson's famous 1862 Valley Campaign.

In which we look at the battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic, which took place at the end of Jackson's Valley Campaign on June 8 & 9, 1862.

In which we look at Carroll's raid on Port Republic, which took place on Sunday, June 8, 1862.

In which we see Stonewall Jackson slip through the Federals' trap, and we begin to set the stage for the battles at Cross Keys & Port Republic.

In which we look at what happened after Stonewall Jackson's victory at the First Battle of Winchester in May, 1862 during the Valley Campaign.

In which we look at the First Battle of Winchester, which took place on May 25, 1862 during Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign.

In which we look at the events of Saturday May 24, 1862- the day sandwiched in between the battles at Front Royal and Winchester during Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign.

In which we look at the engagement at Front Royal, which took place during Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign on May 23, 1862.

In which we lay out the background to the battles of Front Royal and Winchester, which took place in May 1862 during Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign.

In which we look at the Battle of McDowell, which took place on May 8, 1862.

In which we lay out the background to the Battle of McDowell, which took place on May 8, 1862.

In which we discuss the activities of the Confederate and Union forces in the Shenandoah Valley after the Battle of Kernstown (March 23, 1862).

In which we conclude our discussion of the Battle of Kernstown, which took place on March 23, 1862.

In which we look at the start of the action at the First Battle of Kernstown, which took place on March 23, 1862.

In which we lay out the background to the First Battle of Kernstown, which took place in March 1862.

In which we look at Stonewall Jackson's controversial winter-time expedition against Romney in January, 1862. 

In which we continue with Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson's story, taking him from the start of the Civil War in April, 1861 to his assumption of command in the Shenandoah Valley in November, 1861.

In which we start look at Confederate general Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson's story.

In which we wrap-up our discussion of the Battle of Fair Oaks, which took place outside Richmond on May 31 & June 1, 1862.

In which we start to look at the Battle of Fair Oaks, which took place outside Richmond on May 31 & June 1, 1862.

In which we set the stage for the Battle of Fair Oaks, which took place outside Richmond over May 31-June 1, 1862.

In which we look at the First Battle of Drewry's Bluff on May 15, 1862 and also discuss the slow but steady march of the Army of the Potomac up the Peninsula as it closes in on Richmond.

In which we look at the engagement at Williamsburg on May 5, 1862 and the heavy skirmish at Eltham's Landing on May 7.