The Civil War & Reconstruction

In which the action starts at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we discuss the fight at Kolb's Farm on June 22, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which both armies leave Spotsylvania behind, and head for the North Anna River. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we discuss the Battle of New Market (May 15, 1864), as we continue our look at the collapse of Ulysses S Grant's peripheral strategy in Virginia in the spring of 1864. Learn more about your a...

In which the Army of the Potomac advances across the Rapidan, into the Wilderness, and Robert E Lee responds by setting the Army of Northern Virginia into motion. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

In which we look at the life of Anna E Dickinson and her address on Capitol Hill in January 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we look at the aftermath of the battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which the battle of Chickamauga comes to a fitful, confusing end on the evening of September 20, 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which the Confederates launch fierce attacks against Horseshoe Ridge, while the Federals struggle to hold onto the high ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we look at what was going on in both armies before the start of the fighting on the morning of the third (and final) day of the battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

In which the two armies continue to slug it out on the northern part of the field on the afternoon of the second day of the battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we set the stage for the dramatic September 1863 battle at Sabine Pass, Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we look at the story of the Confederate ironclad CSS Atlanta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we continue to set the stage for the start of the Tullahoma Campaign, which took place in Tennessee in late June/early July 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

In which we wrap up the Gettysburg battle/campaign story arc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we get Jeb Stuart to Gettysburg and finish setting the stage for the fighting that took place at East Cavalry Field on July 3, 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

In which we look at the care of the wounded after the fighting on July 2, and we also see what a few of the civilians caught up in the battle were thinking about their predicament. Learn more about yo...

In which the Confederates attack the keystone of the Federal defensive line and there's a fierce, confused struggle for Cemetery Hill in the darkness on the evening of July 2. Learn more about your ad...

In which Sickles' Peach Orchard salient collapses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we set the stage for the collapse of the Federals' Peach Orchard salient. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which Anderson's Georgia brigade makes the first Confederate attack on the Wheatfield on July 2, 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which Little Round Top remains firmly in Federal hands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we look at Robert E Lee's decision to continue the battle on July 2, 1863 by attacking the Federals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which Robert E Lee arrives on the battlefield at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we make a special announcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we look at the beginning of Rodes' attack from Oak Hill and the destruction of Iverson's Brigade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we look at what Robert E Lee was up to on July 1, 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we examine John Reynolds' key role in bringing about a battle at Gettysburg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we find out it was the roads (of course) that brought the armies to Gettysburg. Plus, John Buford! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which the Confederates push deeper into Pennsylvania as Ewell's Corps approaches the Susquehanna River on two fronts (at Wrightsville and by way of Carlisle). Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

In which the Confederates plunder their way up the Cumberland Valley after entering Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we finish up our discussion of the Battle of Brandy Station, which took place on June 9, 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we look at Federal siege operations at Vicksburg, May-June 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we look at the Battle of Port Gibson, which took place on May 1, 1863, as Grant advanced inland after landing on the east side of the Mississippi River. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

In which we see the Federals marching down the Louisiana side of the Mississippi River... Porter's gunboats get battered at Grand Gulf... and by the end of the show, Grant's army is finally ready to c...

In which we start to look at the story of how West Virginia became the thirty-fifth state of the Union. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which Stonewall Jackson's flank attack on the evening of May 2, 1863 stalls due to his command's increasing disorganization, the onset of night, and stiffening Federal resistance. Learn more about ...

In which Stonewall Jackson's flank attack on the evening of May 2, 1863 shatters the Eleventh Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which Stonewall Jackson completes his famous flank march and prepares to launch his attack, which took place on the evening of May 2, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.   Learn more about your...

In which we look at how the Army of the Potomac came to look at Fighting Joe Hooker as the best thing since sliced bread. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which Rich & Tracy have some fun for the 250th episode of the show by answering your questions about the Civil War, waffles, and just whose idea it was to do this podcast. Learn more about your ad ...

In which we look at the start of the Confederate attack on the morning of December 31, 1862 at the Battle of Stones River.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

In which we start to set the stage for the Battle of Stones River, which took place outside of Murfreesboro, Tennessee from December 31, 1862 to January 2, 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

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...

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...

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). Lea...

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...

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...

In which we continue setting the stage for Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

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/adc...