The Civil War & Reconstruction
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#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
#189 ANTIETAM (Part the Fourth)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#188 ANTIETAM (Part the Third)
In which we continue to set the stage for the Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#187 ANTIETAM (Part the Second)
In which we continue to set the stage for the Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#186 SOUTH MOUNTAIN (Part the Fourth) / ANTIETAM (Part the First)
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). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#185 SOUTH MOUNTAIN (Part the Third)
In which we continue our look at the Battle of South Mountain, which took place on September 14, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#184 SOUTH MOUNTAIN (Part the Second)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#183 SOUTH MOUNTAIN (Part the First)
In which we discuss Napoleon's victory over the Austrians at Castiglione in 1796. Oh, and we also talk about some Civil War stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#182 LEE'S SPECIAL ORDERS No. 191
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#181 LEE STRIKES NORTH
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#180 "BOYS, McCLELLAN IS BACK IN COMMAND OF THE ARMY AGAIN!"
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#179 SECOND MANASSAS (Part the Fourth)
In which we wrap up our discussion of the Second Battle of Manassas, which took place August 28-30, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#178 SECOND MANASSAS (Part the Third)
In which we look at some of the action on Saturday, August 30, 1862, the third day of the Second Battle of Manassas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#177 SECOND MANASSAS (Part the Second)
In which we look at the action on the second day of the Second Battle of Manassas (August 29, 1862). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#176 SECOND MANASSAS (Part the First)
In which we look at the fight at the Brawner Farm, which took place on the evening of August 28, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#175 JACKSON ON THE LOOSE (Part the Second)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#174 JACKSON ON THE LOOSE (Part the First)
In which we continue our march toward Second Manassas, looking at Stonewall Jackson's movement around John Pope's right flank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#173 STALEMATE ALONG THE RAPPAHANNOCK
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#172 CEDAR MOUNTAIN (Part the Second)
In which we look at the action at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, which took place on August 9, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#171 CEDAR MOUNTAIN (Part the First)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#170 "I HAVE COME TO YOU FROM THE WEST"
In which we look at the circumstances surrounding John Pope's appointment to command the Union's Army of Virginia in June of 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#169 A NEW WAR
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#168 "IT IS DETERMINED TO WITHDRAW YOUR ARMY FROM THE PENINSULA"
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#167 SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES: MALVERN HILL (Part the Second)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#166 SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES: MALVERN HILL (Part the First)
In which we set the stage for the Battle of Malvern Hill, which took place on July 1, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#165 SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES: GLENDALE (Part the Second)
In which we look at the action at the Battle of Glendale, which took place on Monday, June 30, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#164 SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES: GLENDALE (Part the First)
In which we set the stage for the next battle of the Seven Days' Campaign: Glendale (June 30, 1862). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#163 SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES: SAVAGE'S STATION
In which we look at the next clash during the Seven Days' Campaign: Savage's Station (June 29, 1862). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#162 SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES: RETREAT TO THE JAMES
In which we look at the aftermath of the Battle of Gaines's Mill, which took place on June 27, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#161 SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES: GAINES'S MILL (Part the Third)
In which we conclude our discussion of the third battle of the Seven Days' Campaign: Gaines's Mill (June 27, 1862). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#160 SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES: GAINES'S MILL (Part the Second)
In which we continue our discussion of the third battle of the Seven Days' Campaign: Gaines's Mill (June 27, 1862). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#159 SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES: GAINES'S MILL (Part the First)
In which we discuss the third battle of the Seven Days' Campaign: Gaines's Mill (June 27, 1862). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#158 SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES: OAK GROVE AND MECHANICSVILLE
In which we discuss the first two battles of the Seven Days' Campaign, Oak Grove (June 25, 1862) and Mechanicsville (June 26). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#157 LEE TAKES COMMAND
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#156 BACK TO THE PENINSULA...
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#155 STONEWALL IN THE VALLEY: CONCLUSION
In which we wrap-up our discussion of Stonewall Jackson's famous 1862 Valley Campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#154 STONEWALL IN THE VALLEY: CROSS KEYS & PORT REPUBLIC (Part the Second)
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#153 STONEWALL IN THE VALLEY: CROSS KEYS & PORT REPUBLIC (Part the First)
In which we look at Carroll's raid on Port Republic, which took place on Sunday, June 8, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#152 STONEWALL IN THE VALLEY: "OUR GOD HAS BEEN MY GUIDE AND SAVED ME FROM THEIR GRASP"
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices