The Civil War & Reconstruction
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#239 THE MUD MARCH
In which we look at how Burnside's January offensive succumbed to the Virginia mud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#238 "THE SADDEST HOUR"
In which we look at the political and military fallout after the Federal defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#237 FREDERICKSBURG (Part the Tenth)
In which we wrap-up our discussion of the Battle of Fredericksburg, which took place on December 13, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#236 FREDERICKSBURG (Part the Ninth)
In which we look at the series of increasingly futile assaults the Federals launched against Marye's Heights at the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#235 FREDERICKSBURG (Part the Eighth)
In which we switch our focus to the action on the northern part of the battlefield on December 13, 1862, as the Federals begin to launch a series of bloody, futile assaults against Marye's Heights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#234 FREDERICKSBURG (Part the Seventh)
In which we look at the action on the southern portion of the Fredericksburg battlefield on December 13, 1862 as Meade's and Gibbon's divisions assaulted the Confederate line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#233 FREDERICKSBURG (Part the Sixth)
In which we say this is Episode #234, but it's really Episode #233. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#232 FREDERICKSBURG (Part the Fifth)
In which we set the stage for Franklin's attack on the southern portion of the Confederate line on December 13, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#231 FREDERICKSBURG (Part the Fourth)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#230 FREDERICKSBURG (Part the Third)
In which, under the category "better late than never," we finally get this episode released. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#229 FREDERICKSBURG (Part the Second)
In which Burnside's campaign starts to fall apart for lack of pontoons. Plus, Fighting Joe Hooker sends a friend request to Edwin Stanton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#228 FREDERICKSBURG (Part the First)
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). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#227 "POOR BURN FEELS DREADFULLY": BURNSIDE TAKES COMMAND
In which we look at Ambrose Burnside's decision to accept command of the Army of the Potomac in early November, 1862. Plus, bloopers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#226 "AN AUGER TOO DULL TO TAKE HOLD": LITTLE MAC IS SACKED
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#225 PRAIRIE GROVE (Part the Fourth)
In which we look at the action at the Battle of Prairie Grove (Arkansas), which took place on December 7, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#224 PRAIRIE GROVE (Part the Third)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#223 PRAIRIE GROVE (Part the Second)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#222 PRAIRIE GROVE (Part the First)
In which we begin to set the stage for the Battle of Prairie Grove, which took place in northwest Arkansas on December 7, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#221 DAVIS BRIDGE
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#220 CORINTH (Part the Third)
In which we look at the action at the Battle of Corinth (Mississippi), which took place on October 3 & 4, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#219 CORINTH (Part the Second)
In which one of us continues to set the stage for the Battle of Corinth (Mississippi), which took place on October 3 & 4, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#218 CORINTH (Part the First)
In which we set the stage for the Battle of Corinth (Mississippi), which took place on October 3 & 4, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#217 IUKA
In which we discuss the action at the Battle of Iuka (Mississippi), which took place on September 19, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#216 MEANWHILE, BACK IN MISSISSIPPI...
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#215 PERRYVILLE (Part the Fifth)
In which we wrap-up our discussion of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky), which took place on October 8, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#214 PERRYVILLE (Part the Fourth)
In which we continue our discussion of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky), which took place on October 8, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#213 PERRYVILLE (Part the Third)
In which we continue telling the story of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky), which took place on October 8, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#212 PERRYVILLE (Part the Second)
In which the first shots of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky) are fired early on the morning of October 8, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#211 PERRYVILLE (Part the First)
In which we set the stage for the Battle of Perryville, which took place in Kentucky on October 8, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#210 MOUNTAIN TREK FROM CUMBERLAND GAP
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#209 MISSED OPPORTUNITY AT MUNFORDVILLE
In which we look at Braxton Bragg's capture of Munfordville, Kentucky on September 17, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#208 BATTLE OF RICHMOND (KENTUCKY)
In which we look at the fighting at the Battle of Richmond (Kentucky), which took place on August 30, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#207 "KENTUCKY'S SIREN SONG OF GLORY"
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#206 BLUEGRASS STATE OR BUST!
In which we start to set the stage for the Battle of Perryville, which took place in Kentucky on October 8, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#205 "MEANWHILE, OUT WEST..."
In which we turn our attention back to the western theater of the war... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#204 EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (Part the Fourth)
In which Rich flies solo (Tracy is visiting family), but manages to wrap-up our discussion of the Emancipation Proclamation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#203 EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (Part the Third)
In which we discuss Abraham Lincoln's release of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#202 EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (Part the Second)
In which we continue setting the stage for Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#201 EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (Part the First)
In which we begin to trace the evolution of the federal government's ideas & policies about slavery & emancipation during the Civil War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#200 ANTIETAM (Epilogue) & EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (Prologue)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#199 ANTIETAM (Part the Fourteenth)
In which we wrap-up our discussion of the Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#198 ANTIETAM (Part the Thirteenth)
In which we look at the aftermath of the Federal assault on the Sunken Road, and also the Ninth Corps' capture of Burnside Bridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#197 ANTIETAM (Part the Twelfth)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#196 ANTIETAM (Part the Eleventh)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#195 ANTIETAM (Part the Tenth)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#194 ANTIETAM (Part the Ninth)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#193 ANTIETAM (Part the Eighth)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#192 ANTIETAM (Part the Seventh)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#191 ANTIETAM (Part the Sixth)
In which we look at the start of the action at the Battle of Antietam on the morning of Wednesday, September 17, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#190 ANTIETAM (Part the Fifth)
In which we take a closer look at the action late on Tuesday, September 16, 1862- on the eve if the great battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices