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74: Reconstruction (Part 2): The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
"The office has come to me unsought; I commence its duties untrammeled. I bring to it a conscious desire and determination to fill it to the best of…
5 years, 6 months ago
73: Reconstruction (Part 1): The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
“You are placed in a position where you have the power to save or destroy us; to bless or blast us--I mean our whole race.”
This is the story of the f…
5 years, 6 months ago
72: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
“Sic semper tyrannis!”
This is the story of deception. Conspiracy. Assassination.
The handsome, 26-year-old successful actor John Wilkes Booth has symp…
5 years, 7 months ago
71: Revisiting the Hamilton/Burr Duel: An Affair of Honor
"Adieu best of wives and best of women."
We’re interrupting our usual chronological walk through US history today to bring you a remastered, new sound…
5 years, 7 months ago
70: Epilogue: The Civil War Comes to a Close
After nearly a full year of covering only four years of US history, we are done with the Civil War. It’s time for an epilogue! Greg and Cielle talk b…
5 years, 8 months ago
69: Surrender at Appomattox: The Last Days of the Civil War
“I feel that it is … my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood, by asking you to surrender … the army of North…
5 years, 8 months ago
68: Sherman's March to the Sea and the Thirteenth Amendment
“I can make the march, and make Georgia howl!”
This is the story of the March to the Sea and the 13th Amendment.
William Tecumseh “Cump” Sherman descri…
5 years, 9 months ago
67: Ending 1864: The Battles of the Crater, Mobile Bay, Centralia, and Franklin
“Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!”
This is the story of the Civil War in late 1864. Battles of significance are happening all across the country,…
5 years, 9 months ago
66: The Election of 1864: Lincoln's Bid for Reelection
Episode 66
“Johnson is either drunk or crazy,”
This is the story of the fight for the presidency in 1864.
No US President since Andrew Jackson has seen a second t…
5 years, 10 months ago
65: Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign & The Free State of Jones
“War is war, and not popularity-seeking.”
This is the story of the fall of Atlanta. William Tecumseh “Cump” Sherman is leading three armies in an atta…
5 years, 10 months ago