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The Dahlgren Affair and the 1864 Union Raid on Richmond from 2021-05-04T14:42:38
By early 1864, POW populations in Civil War prison camps had exploded, and conditions in the camps were abysmal. In an attempt to liberate captured Union soldiers held at nearby Belle Isle prison, ...
ListenRaiders of the Lost Cause; Part B from 2021-04-06T18:32:56
Part B takes us through the end of the short life of rebel cavalier Jeb Stuart. Then, Chambersburg meets its unfortunate fate, courtesy of Jubal Early. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...
ListenRaiders of the Lost Cause; Part A from 2021-03-27T19:23:11
For the most part, towns north of the Mason-Dixon line sustained a lot less damage during the Civil War than their counterparts down South. Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, though, may be the single mos...
ListenNathan Bedford Forrest, Part 4 from 2020-12-23T21:31:27
Part 4 of our series on Nathan Bedford Forrest picks back up with Forrest continuing to frustrate William T. Sherman and the series of Union cavaliers dispatched to neutralize him. As Union might b...
ListenNathan Bedford Forrest, Part 3 from 2020-09-07T14:29:56
"His eyes, usually mild in their expression, were blazing with the intense glare of a panther’s springing upon its prey....So fierce did his passion become that he was almost equally dangerous to f...
ListenNathan Bedford Forrest, Part 2 from 2020-05-10T14:40:38
In Spring, 1862, Nathan Bedford Forrest's military acumen began to reveal itself, as he became a thorn in the side of Union operations in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama. Part 2 includes Forres...
ListenNathan Bedford Forrest, Part 1 from 2020-04-05T15:39:57
Nathan Bedford Forrest was perhaps the most despised, though begrudgingly respected, Confederate military leader. After growing up poor on the frontier, Forrest ascended the ranks of Southern socie...
ListenWm. Tecumseh Sherman, Pt. 4 from 2020-01-01T20:37:33
Sherman's famous March to the Sea is one of the most well-known and noteworthy campaigns of the U.S. Civil War and probably contributed more than anything else to the hatred of Sherman that flouris...
ListenWm. Tecumseh Sherman, Pt. 3 from 2019-08-26T07:00
After Shiloh, Sherman got the opportunity to try his hand in civic administration as the military governor of Memphis. And it was from Memphis that he embarked on a mission, with good friend U.S. ...
ListenWm. Tecumseh Sherman, Pt. 2 from 2019-06-03T14:01
Part 2 of our look at the life of William Tecumseh Sherman begins with Col. Sherman commanding NY volunteers at Manassas. The battle goes poorly for the Union, but Sherman shows strong, earning a ...
ListenWm. Tecumseh Sherman, Part 1 from 2019-03-19T22:15:35
William Tecumseh Sherman is one of the U.S. Civil War's most controversial figures. A "Fierce Patriot" (in the words of Sherman biographer Robert O'Connell), Sherman deserves more credit for holdi...
ListenJohn Brown, Part 2B from 2018-12-09T16:17:03
John Brown's 1859 raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry brought abolitionism and slavery to the forefront of the national conversation. The support for Brown's raid voiced by influential Nor...
ListenJohn Brown, Part 2A from 2018-11-23T22:46:14
In Part 2A of our portrait of John Brown, we pick up in the aftermath of Bleeding Kansas and follow John Brown as he recruits, fund-raises, and prepares for his game-changing raid on the federal ar...
ListenJohn Brown: Part 1 from 2018-09-26T01:28:24
A throwback to old-school Puritanism, John Brown brought passion - and violence - into the abolitionist movement. Work with the Underground Railroad gradually gave way to more radical methods, as ...
ListenThe Cruise of the CSS Alabama: Pt. 2 from 2018-07-16T02:44:23
The CSS Alabama continued preying on Yankee shipping throughout 1863, prowling off coasts from Brazil to South Africa to Singapore. The success of the raider, skippered by wily Captain Raphael Sem...
ListenThe Cruise of the CSS Alabama: Pt. 1 from 2018-06-03T15:58:52
After the outbreak of the Civil War, the Union blockade crippled Southern commerce. Hoping to ease the pressure on blockade runners (and turn the tables on Northern shipping), the Confederate Navy...
ListenGeorge Brinton McClellan, Part 3 from 2018-05-04T19:45:17
After the failure on the Peninsula, it appeared that McClellan would lose his command. But, things changed after the disaster that was Second Manassas, and McClellan was restored over the protests...
ListenGeorge Brinton McClellan, Part 2 from 2018-03-28T22:02:29
George Brinton McClellan left the army at the rank of captain but, upon the start of the Civil War, soon found himself a major general in overall command of all Union operations. He was called to ...
ListenGeorge Brinton McClellan, Part 1 from 2018-02-27T23:27:32
George McClellan is one of the most oft-criticized figures from the Civil War, but has he been treated fairly? Our series on "Little Mac" will look at the important contributions McClellan made to...
ListenStonewall Jackson: Part 3 from 2018-01-21T21:23:59
Following the success at Second Manassas, Stonewall Jackson finally gets the northern invasion for which he has been lobbying since the Civil War began. The bloody draw at Antietam precedes the qu...
ListenStonewall Jackson: Part 2 from 2017-12-12T15:05:50
Part 2 of our series on Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson begins with a review of Jackson's famous Valley Campaign, one of the most famous campaigns of not only the Civil War, but in all of American mi...
ListenStonewall Jackson: Part 1 from 2017-11-05T21:34
Portraits of Blue&Grey: The Biographical Civil War Podcast examines the lives of the most prominent, interesting, and influential figures of the United States Civil War Era. Learn more about your a...
ListenEpisode 2: Ulysses S. Grant, Part 4 from 2017-10-01T17:51
In the fourth and final installment of our portrait of Ulysses Grant, we look at Grant's post-war role in Reconstruction, the Grant presidency, and Grant's final years after leaving office. Email ...
ListenEpisode 2: Ulysses S. Grant, Part 3 from 2017-08-30T20:55
Part 3 of our portrait of Ulysses Grant sees Grant come to the rescue in Chattanooga before being summoned east for his showdown with Robert E. Lee. Email us with any questions or comments about th...
ListenEpisode 2: Ulysses S. Grant, Part 2 from 2017-07-21T21:14
Grant from Shiloh to Vicksburg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ListenEpisode 2: Ulysses S. Grant, Part 1 from 2017-06-21T19:52
Part 1 of our Portrait of U.S. Grant examines Grant's early life, time at West Point and in the Mexican-American War, tough circumstances before the beginning of the Civil War, and the start of hi...
ListenEpisode 2: Ulysses S. Grant, Part 1 from 2017-06-21T19:52
Part 1 of our Portrait of U.S. Grant examines Grant's early life, time at West Point and in the Mexican-American War, tough circumstances before the beginning of the Civil War, and the start of hi...
ListenEpisode 1: Robert E. Lee, Part 4 from 2017-05-25T18:33
In the fourth and final chapter of our portrait of Robert E. Lee, we see Lee reluctantly forced to go on the defensive, as new Union commander Ulysses Grant presses the attack. After ferocious fi...
ListenEpisode 1: Robert E. Lee, Part 2 from 2017-05-12T19:28
In Part 2 of our portrait of Robert E. Lee, we see Lee take command of the Army of Northern Virginia after the Battle of Seven Pines. Following successes at the Seven Days' Battles and Second Man...
ListenEpisode 1: Robert E. Lee, Part 3 from 2017-05-12T19:25
In Part 3, Lee earns victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, reorganizes his army after the death of Stonewall Jackson, and makes a fateful decision to journey north of the Mason-Dixon l...
ListenEpisode 1: Robert E. Lee, Part 3 from 2017-05-12T19:25
In Part 3, Lee earns victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, reorganizes his army after the death of Stonewall Jackson, and makes a fateful decision to journey north of the Mason-Dixon l...
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