Sun, 5 November 2017
In which we continue our discussion of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky), which took place on October 8, 1862. |
Sun, 22 October 2017
In which we continue telling the story of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky), which took place on October 8, 1862. |
Sun, 15 October 2017
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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Sun, 8 October 2017
In which we set the stage for the Battle of Perryville, which took place in Kentucky on October 8, 1862.
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Sun, 1 October 2017
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. |
Sun, 24 September 2017
In which we look at Braxton Bragg's capture of Munfordville, Kentucky on September 17, 1862.
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Sun, 10 September 2017
In which we look at the fighting at the Battle of Richmond (Kentucky), which took place on August 30, 1862.
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Mon, 4 September 2017
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. |
Sun, 27 August 2017
In which we start to set the stage for the Battle of Perryville, which took place in Kentucky on October 8, 1862. |
Sun, 20 August 2017
In which we turn our attention back to the western theater of the war... |
Sun, 13 August 2017
In which Rich flies solo (Tracy is visiting family), but manages to wrap-up our discussion of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Sun, 6 August 2017
In which we discuss Abraham Lincoln's release of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. |
Sun, 30 July 2017
In which we continue setting the stage for Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. |
Sun, 23 July 2017
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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Sat, 15 July 2017
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. |
Sun, 11 June 2017
In which we wrap-up our discussion of the Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862. |
Mon, 5 June 2017
In which we look at the aftermath of the Federal assault on the Sunken Road, and also the Ninth Corps' capture of Burnside Bridge. |
Mon, 29 May 2017
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. |
Sun, 21 May 2017
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. |
Sun, 14 May 2017
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. |
Sun, 7 May 2017
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. |
Sun, 30 April 2017
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. |
Sun, 23 April 2017
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. |
Sun, 16 April 2017
In which we look at the start of the action at the Battle of Antietam on the morning of Wednesday, September 17, 1862. |
Sun, 9 April 2017
In which we take a closer look at the action late on Tuesday, September 16, 1862- on the eve if the great battle. |
Sun, 2 April 2017
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. |
Sun, 26 March 2017
In which we continue to set the stage for the Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862. |
Sun, 19 March 2017
In which we continue to set the stage for the Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862. |
Sun, 12 March 2017
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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Sun, 5 March 2017
In which we continue our look at the Battle of South Mountain, which took place on September 14, 1862. |
Sun, 26 February 2017
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. |
Sun, 19 February 2017
In which we discuss Napoleon's victory over the Austrians at Castiglione in 1796. Oh, and we also talk about some Civil War stuff. |
Sun, 12 February 2017
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. |
Sun, 5 February 2017
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. |
Sun, 29 January 2017
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. |
Sun, 22 January 2017
In which we wrap up our discussion of the Second Battle of Manassas, which took place August 28-30, 1862. |
Sun, 15 January 2017
In which we look at some of the action on Saturday, August 30, 1862, the third day of the Second Battle of Manassas. |
Sun, 1 January 2017
In which we look at the action on the second day of the Second Battle of Manassas (August 29, 1862). |
Mon, 26 December 2016
In which we look at the fight at the Brawner Farm, which took place on the evening of August 28, 1862. |
Sun, 18 December 2016
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. |
Sun, 11 December 2016
In which we continue our march toward Second Manassas, looking at Stonewall Jackson's movement around John Pope's right flank. |
Sun, 4 December 2016
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. |
Sun, 13 November 2016
In which we look at the action at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, which took place on August 9, 1862. |
Sun, 6 November 2016
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. |
Sun, 30 October 2016
In which we look at the circumstances surrounding John Pope's appointment to command the Union's Army of Virginia in June of 1862. |
Sun, 23 October 2016
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. |
Sun, 16 October 2016
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. |
Sun, 9 October 2016
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. |
Sun, 2 October 2016
In which we set the stage for the Battle of Malvern Hill, which took place on July 1, 1862. |
Sun, 25 September 2016
In which we look at the action at the Battle of Glendale, which took place on Monday, June 30, 1862. |
Sun, 18 September 2016
In which we set the stage for the next battle of the Seven Days' Campaign: Glendale (June 30, 1862). |
Tue, 6 September 2016
In which we look at the next clash during the Seven Days' Campaign: Savage's Station (June 29, 1862). |
Sun, 21 August 2016
In which we look at the aftermath of the Battle of Gaines's Mill, which took place on June 27, 1862. |
Sun, 7 August 2016
In which we conclude our discussion of the third battle of the Seven Days' Campaign: Gaines's Mill (June 27, 1862). |
Sun, 31 July 2016
In which we continue our discussion of the third battle of the Seven Days' Campaign: Gaines's Mill (June 27, 1862). |
Sun, 24 July 2016
In which we discuss the third battle of the Seven Days' Campaign: Gaines's Mill (June 27, 1862). |
Sun, 17 July 2016
In which we discuss the first two battles of the Seven Days' Campaign, Oak Grove (June 25, 1862) and Mechanicsville (June 26). |
Sun, 10 July 2016
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. |
Mon, 4 July 2016
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. |
Sun, 12 June 2016
In which we wrap-up our discussion of Stonewall Jackson's famous 1862 Valley Campaign. |
Sun, 5 June 2016
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. |
Sun, 22 May 2016
In which we look at Carroll's raid on Port Republic, which took place on Sunday, June 8, 1862. |
Sun, 8 May 2016
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. |
Sun, 1 May 2016
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. |
Sun, 17 April 2016
In which we look at the First Battle of Winchester, which took place on May 25, 1862 during Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. |
Sun, 10 April 2016
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. |
Sun, 3 April 2016
In which we look at the engagement at Front Royal, which took place during Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign on May 23, 1862. |
Sun, 27 March 2016
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. |
Sun, 13 March 2016
In which we look at the Battle of McDowell, which took place on May 8, 1862. |
Sun, 6 March 2016
In which we lay out the background to the Battle of McDowell, which took place on May 8, 1862. |
Sun, 28 February 2016
In which we discuss the activities of the Confederate and Union forces in the Shenandoah Valley after the Battle of Kernstown (March 23, 1862). |
Sun, 21 February 2016
In which we conclude our discussion of the Battle of Kernstown, which took place on March 23, 1862. |
Sun, 14 February 2016
In which we look at the start of the action at the First Battle of Kernstown, which took place on March 23, 1862. |
Sun, 7 February 2016
In which we lay out the background to the First Battle of Kernstown, which took place in March 1862. |
Sun, 31 January 2016
In which we look at Stonewall Jackson's controversial winter-time expedition against Romney in January, 1862. |
Sun, 17 January 2016
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. |
Sun, 10 January 2016
In which we start look at Confederate general Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson's story. |
Sun, 3 January 2016
In which we wrap-up our discussion of the Battle of Fair Oaks, which took place outside Richmond on May 31 & June 1, 1862. |
Sun, 20 December 2015
In which we start to look at the Battle of Fair Oaks, which took place outside Richmond on May 31 & June 1, 1862. |
Sun, 13 December 2015
In which we set the stage for the Battle of Fair Oaks, which took place outside Richmond over May 31-June 1, 1862. |
Sun, 6 December 2015
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. |
Wed, 18 November 2015
In which we look at the engagement at Williamsburg on May 5, 1862 and the heavy skirmish at Eltham's Landing on May 7. |
Sun, 8 November 2015
In which we continue our discussion of the Peninsula Campaign and see that George McClellan won Yorktown as he always hoped- without a battle. |
Sun, 1 November 2015
In which we hit the pause button on the action during the Peninsula Campaign and we talk about (1) McClellan's special bond with the men of the Army of the Potomac, (2) McClellan's suspicious arithmetic and the security of Washington, and (3) Lincoln's decision to withhold McDowell's corps from McClellan. |
Sun, 25 October 2015
In which we see the Army of the Potomac disembark at Fort Monroe and start its march up the Peninsula in April, 1862. |
Sun, 18 October 2015
In which we finish setting the stage for McClellan's Peninsula Campaign. |
Sun, 11 October 2015
In which we continue to set the stage for McClellan's Peninsula Campaign. |
Sun, 4 October 2015
In which we continue to lay out the background to McClellan's Peninsula Campaign. |
Sun, 27 September 2015
In which we start to set the stage for McClellan's Peninsula Campaign... |
Sun, 13 September 2015
In which we conclude our discussion of the campaign and battle of Shiloh. |
Mon, 7 September 2015
In which we look at the second day's fighting at the Battle of Shiloh. The battle took place over April 6-7, 1862. This is the next-to-last episode in our Shiloh story arc (so we'll wrap things up next week!). |
Sun, 30 August 2015
The "Lick 'Em Tomorrow Though" Episode In which we continue telling the story of the Battle of Shiloh, which took place over April 6-7, 1862. |
Sun, 23 August 2015
In which we continue telling the story of the Battle of Shiloh, which took place on April 6-7, 1862. In this episode we look at the legend of the Hornets' Nest and then discuss the formation of Grant's last line of defense. |
Sun, 16 August 2015
In which we continue to tell the story of the Battle of Shiloh, which took place on April 6-7, 1862. In this episode we talk about the collapse of the Hornets' Nest. |
Sun, 9 August 2015
In which we continue telling the story of the Battle of Shiloh, which took place on April 6-7, 1862. |
Sun, 19 July 2015
In which we continue to tell the story of the Battle of Shiloh, which took place on April 6-7, 1862. In this episode we discuss Sherman & McClernand's counterattack on the Union right, and we also look at the wayward march of Lew Wallace's Third Division. |
Sun, 5 July 2015
In which we continue to tell the story of the Battle of Shiloh, which took place on April 6-7, 1862. |
Sun, 21 June 2015
In which we discuss the death of the Confederate army's commanding general, Albert Sidney Johnston, during the Battle of Shiloh. |
Sun, 14 June 2015
In which we continue with our look at the Battle of Shiloh, which took place on April 6-7, 1862. |
Sun, 31 May 2015
In which we continue to tell the story of the Battle of Shiloh, which took place on April 6-7, 1862. |