Podcast Episodes

52: From Second Bull Run, or Second Manassas to Antietam, or Sharpsburg

“Come on God damn you.”

This is the story of the Second Bull Run/Manassas Campaign and the Battle of Antietam.

Robert “Bobby” E. Lee isn’t content to r…

6 years, 6 months ago

51: A Change in Command: Seven Days Battles to the Battle of Cedar Mountain

“[Malvern Hill] was not war--it was murder.”

This is the story of a Confederate comeback. 

Union General George “Little Mac” McClellan has an army of 1…

6 years, 6 months ago

50: Mississippi Valley 1862: The Battles of New Orleans, Corinth, Memphis, and Vicksburg

This is the story of the Mississippi Valley in 1862. Navy Secretary Gideon “Father Neptune” Welles is moving forward with an audacious plan. He’s sen…

6 years, 7 months ago

49: From Little Mac McClellan to Stonewall Jackson: The Peninsula and Shenandoah Valley Campaigns

“In my opinion, Cadet Jackson of Virginia is a complete jackass.”

This is the story of daring. On both sides.

President Lincoln is tired of waiting for…

6 years, 7 months ago

48: The Battle of Shiloh: “Now boys, pitch in!”

“Here boys, is as good a place as any on this battlefield to meet death!”

This is the story of the Civil War kicking into a higher gear as two massive…

6 years, 8 months ago

47: Bull Run, Trent Affair, the Merrimack, & Fort Donelson: The Early Days of the Civil War

“There is Jackson standing like a stone wall! Rally behind the Virginians!”

This is the story of violence on land and sea. Of violence unlike anything…

6 years, 8 months ago

46: The Civil War Begins: Fort Sumter, Secession, & Raising Armies

“I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky.”

This is the story of the last, bare thread holding the Union together snapping. This is the…

6 years, 8 months ago

Volume IV Epilogue

"They are beautiful words, they are beautiful ideals... and there is beauty in seeing others as they make those words shift and close the gap towards…

6 years, 9 months ago

44: Abraham Lincoln Becomes President of the Divided States of America

“Mary, Mary, we are elected!” 

This is the story of the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States … which means it’s also the stor…

6 years, 9 months ago

43: Honest Abe, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, & John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

“Any man who took Lincoln for a simple-minded man would wind up with his back in a ditch.”

This is the story of America on the eve of the Civil War. K…

6 years, 10 months ago