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About this episode:
Presidential elections essentially boil down to a popular mandate, either supporting an incumbentâs administration or repudiating it. Never was that clearer than in 1864 when some four million people went to the polls to either re-elect Abraham Lincoln or oust him. At the electionâs core: to stay the course and finish the war or admit it a failure and call for a cessation of hostilities. Such were the weighty consequences surrounding Abraham Lincolnâs quest for a second term. This is the story of a nationâs moment of decision. This is the story of the presidential election of 1864.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
John Tyler
George B. McClellan
William Seward
Salmon P. Chase
Clement L. Vallandigham
Additional Resources:
Electoral Map - Election of 1864
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Producer: Dan Irving
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For millennia humans have reflected on historical events. Quite often, one poses the timeless question: what if - had a life been spared or taken, had a candidate won rather than lost and, as it relates to this episode, what if a battle or war ended differently? So, with a degree of trepidation, we address that last question and will do so through the works of a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and two university professors. With writing fueled by incredible imagination and plots, characters and consequences drawn from factual trends and themes, we offer three stories from the genre of alternative and counterfactual history. Three stories that address âwhat ifâ the South had won the American Civil War.
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For Further Reading:
If The South Had Won The Civil War by MacKinlay Kantor
The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove
The Confederate States of America: What Might Have Been by Roger L. Ransom
Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War by William Forstchen and Newt Gingrich
Grant Comes East: A Novel of the Civil War (The Gettysburg Trilogy, 2) by William Forstchen and Newt Gingrich
Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory: A Novel of the Civil War (The Gettysburg Trilogy, 3) by William Forstchen and Newt Gingrich
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Producer: Dan Irving
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Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant understood numbers. And, in the spring of 1864, he intended to use the Northâs advantage in men and materiel to pressure, stretch and snap the Confederacy at multiple points. And so, he ordered simultaneous campaigns. As Abraham Lincoln put it, âthose not skinning can hold a leg.â Three were to begin in Virginia: at Bermuda Hundred, into the Shenandoah Valley and across the Rapidan into the Wilderness. One was to be launched on the Red River in Louisiana and, finally, a campaign from Chattanooga, Tennessee. One that was aimed at the very heart of the Confederacy. This is the story of that campaign. This is the story of William Tecumseh Shermanâs drive on Atlanta.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
William T. Sherman
James B. McPherson
George Henry Thomas
Joseph E. Johnston
William J. Hardee
John Bell Hood
Additional Resources:
Movements and Battles of The Atlanta Campaign, May 7th - September 1st, 1864
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Producer: Dan Irving
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Too often, we think only of wild assaults, the terrible collision of armed men, the desperate fighting of soldiers - often, hand to hand - and the killed and wounded but, in the American Civil War, we tend to overlook what happened to another element that comprised battle casualties: Those captured. This is the story about the American Civil Warâs prisoners of war. This is also the story of the prisons that contained them.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Montgomery C. Meigs
William Hoffman
Henry Halleck
Thomas Rose
Henry Wirz
Edwin Stanton
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Producer: Dan Irving
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As weâve seen in the one presidential debate this election year, a performance has consequences. Although it was not for the office of chief executive, we turn over timeâs shoulder to speak of another storied debate - in 1858 and for the office of U.S. senator. This is the story of a series of face-to-face confrontations that may not have had immediate ramifications but most certainly resonated two years later when, on the eve of civil war, the two both pursued the office of President of The United States. This is the story of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Stephen A. Douglas
Lyman Trumbull
John C. Frémont
Dred Scott
James Buchanan
For Further Reading:
Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America by Allen C. Guelzo
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Producer: Dan Irving
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Washington City was buzzing with anxiety. It was the middle of May 1864 and no news had arrived from Virginia for days. Then, finally, in flurries, it came - word from the front and it was most welcome. Grant was posed to strike a mortal blow. Readers clutched papers that, in bold print, screamed âExtra.â Unable to concentrate, Congress adjourned for three days. At 10 pm on the evening of May 11th, the President moved out onto the Executive Mansion portico where, before him, a massive crowd sprawled on the lawn. He announced the times as dramatic and, in his high, reedy voice, Mr. Lincoln read a message from Grant, âI propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.â And, indeed, it would. To the tune of Union casualties that numbered as many or more as Robert E. Lee had in his Confederate army. This is the story of two more Overland Campaign collisions between Lee and Grant. Two more that continued to bleed both armies. This is the story of the battles at the North Anna and Cold Harbor.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
A. P. Hill
Richard S. Ewell
John B. Gordon
Gouverneur Warren
George Gordon Meade
Franz Sigel
Additional Resources:
Fighting at North Anna, VA - May 24th, 1864
Actions, Battle of Cold Harbor - June 3rd, 1864
For Further Reading:
To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13â25, 1864 by Gordon C. Rhea
Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26âJune 3, 1864 by Gordon C. Rhea
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Producer: Dan Irving
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With gray cape lined with red satin and ostrich plume in hat, he was the beau ideal of the cavalier South. He rode and campaigned with Sam Sweeney on banjo and Mulatto Bob on the bones. At times, one wondered was it war or just a lark. Despite all the showy display, he was Robert E. Leeâs âeyes and earsâ and his reconnaissance set the table for battles and campaigns. And, in doing so, he came across as a knight in shining armor on a holy quest - a happy warrior in the middle of a desperate war. A dashing adventurer who loved to see his name in headlines, there were some who believed that for him, the contest was a constant quest for glory. And, sometimes, that propensity got himself, his comrades and the commander he dearly loved in trouble. This is the story of a man whose exploits paved the way for Confederate victories, and, to many, one of its greatest defeats. This is the story of James Ewell Brown Stuart.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Fitzhugh Lee
Flora Cooke
Philip St. George Cooke
John Mosby
John Pope
Joseph Hooker
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Producer: Dan Irving
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She was witty, intelligent and a great conversationalist: everything that raised the eyebrows of proper Southern women in the mid-19th century. And then, she married the man who became the first and only President of the Confederacy. Wedded to her fate with him and a doomed nation, her life was filled with trying times. She was, if you will, locked in a personal civil war as she struggled to reconcile her societal duties with strong individual beliefs. This is the story of a remarkably resilient woman who served as the Confederacy's First Lady. This is the story of Varina Howell Davis.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Jefferson Davis
Sarah Childress Polk
Washington Irving
Jane Appleton Pierce
Elizabeth Keckley
Alexander H. Stephens
Additional Resources:
First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davisâs Civil War by Joan E. Cashin
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Producer: Dan Irving
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For those aboard the fifty-gun USS Congress, it had been a quiet morning. Its crew, as usual, prepared the twenty-year-old vessel for inspection which would be held the next day. Meanwhile, the shipâs quartermaster gazed out over Hampton Roads which glistened under a late winter sun. All seemed normal. And then, at 12:45 p.m., a column of heavy black smoke. Curiosity aroused, the quartermaster turned to a fellow officer, handed him his glass and asked for him to take a look. Their gaze created concern. Indeed, as the quartermaster put it, at last, âthat thing is a-cominâ. Something no one had ever seen before. Its mission - to change the course of the war. It was Saturday, March 8, 1862, and one vessel, an ironclad, was about to alter centuries of naval warfare. This is the story of technology turning a page. This is the story of the Duel between the Ironclads.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Stephen Mallory
John Mercer Brooke
John L. Porter
Gideon Welles
John Ericsson
John Worden
Additional Resources:
Monitor: The Story of the Legendary Civil War Ironclad and the Man Whose Invention Changed the Course of History by James Tertius De Kay
Duel Between The First Ironclads by William C. Davis
The Blockade: Runners and Raiders (The Civil War Series, Vol. 3) by Time-Life Books
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*Title Image by Ivan Berryman
Producer: Dan Irving
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When exercising power, the 16th Presidentâs stocky and sphinxlike Secretary of War could demonstrate a Jekyll and Hyde personality. Personally honest, he could be unforgiving and given to histrionics when he thought them necessary. And again, when required, warm hearted, selfless and patriotic. In charge of the Unionâs land-based operations, he made tough decisions and did so with little regard for those affected by those decisions. His mission was to win the war and he pursued that purpose with relentless fury. In doing so, far too many simply remembered him as the âunloved Secretary of Warâ. In the pantheon that was Abraham Lincolnâs Cabinet, this is the story of his Mars. This is the story of Edwin McMasters Stanton.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Salmon P. Chase
Daniel Sickles
Simon Cameron
William Seward
Lorenzo Thomas
Manton Marble
Additional Resources:
Lincoln's Autocrat: The Life of Edwin Stanton by William Marvel
Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary by Walter Stahr
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*Title Image by The McMahan Photo Archive/RMP Archive/Mathew Brady / The Brady Studio
Producer: Dan Irving
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For most of us, our mental snapshot of 19th-century battlefield medicine is captured when Union Major General Carl Schurz recorded a ghastly scene at Gettysburg: âThere stood the surgeons, their sleeves rolled up to their elbows ⊠[One] surgeon snatched his knife from between his teeth âŠ, wiped it rapidly once or twice across his bloodstained apron, and the cutting began. The operation accomplished, the surgeon would look around with a deep sigh, and then â 'Next!'â Relying on first-hand accounts, meticulous statistics and research, we share a side of the conflict that few who fought wanted to think about and, particularly, experience. For our 70th episode, we tell the story of Civil War Medicine.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
William A. Hammond
Jonathan Letterman
Samuel Preston Moore
Sally Tompkins
Dorothea Dix
Clara Barton
Additional Resources:
The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy by Bell Irvin Wiley
The Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union by Bell Irvin Wiley
Voices of the Civil War by Richard Wheeler
Civil War Medicine 1861-1865 by C. Keith Wilbur
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*Title Image by Alexander Gardner
Producer: Dan Irving
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Back in December of 2018, we told the story of an engagement that took place along the banks of the Rappahannock and detailed events that took place afterwards. Now, five years later, we return to that story but with greater detail, and the addition of first person accounts. Once again, we would like to take you back to November and December 1862, when yet another Federal commander wanted Richmond but, in order to do that, had to take a sleepy little town almost halfway between the Southern capital and Washington City. Once again, we return to stories not only about men in battle but men showing compassion for one another - yes, even for those deemed their enemy. This is story of the Battle of Fredericksburg, revisited.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
George B. McClellan
Ambrose Burnside
William B. Franklin
William Barksdale
Richard Kirkland
Additional Resources:
Battle of Fredericksburg Overview
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*Title Image by Mort Kunstler
*Map by Hal Jespersen
Producer: Dan Irving
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By 1864, a desperate Confederacy realized it must resort to desperate measures. Measures not only confined to land battles and trying to break the Union blockade, but the procuring and use of commerce raiders which would scour the oceans to wreak havoc on the Northâs vast merchant marine. Anything to create economic hardship. Anything to doom Abraham Lincolnâs chances for reelection. This is the story of one such raider. This is the story of the CSS Shenandoah.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
James Dunwoody Bulloch
Thomas Dudley
Lord John Russell
James Iredell Waddell
William Conway Whittle
For Further Reading:
Sea of Gray: The Around-the-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah by Tom Chaffin
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The Native Americans referred to Virginiaâs Shenandoah Valley as âDaughter of the Stars.â Yet, both the Federal Union and the Confederacy knew it to be the âBreadbasket of Virginiaâ - and that made it a theater for military operations. Both sides very aware of âStonewallâ Jacksonâs assessment in 1862, âIf the Valley is lost, then Virginia is lost.â Played out in 1864, this is the story of the dramatic ebb and flow to control that strategic site. This is the story of the Second Valley Campaign.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
John Imboden
Franz Sigel
William E. "Grumble" Jones
Philip Sheridan
Jubal Early
Stephen Dodson Ramseur
Additional Resources:
Map of the Shenandoah Valley Campaigns of 1864
For Further Reading:
The Shenandoah in Flames: The Valley Campaign of 1864 by Thomas A. Lewis
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This time around, a different delivery, a different approach. Rather than anecdotes and stories from a biography, battle or campaign, this time a series of facts, figures, theories and themes that set the stage for waging civil war. This session: Strategy, Tactics, Arms and Technology - a basis for understanding why our civil conflict was so long and so costly.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Antoine-Henri Jomini
Carl von Clausewitz
Winfield Scott
Dennis Hart Mahan
Claude-Ătienne MiniĂ©
William J. Hardee
For Further Reading:
Battle Tactics of the Civil War by Paddy Griffith
The Civil War Dictionary by Mark M. Boatner III
Get The Guide:
Want to learn more about the Civil War? A great place to start is Fred's guide, The Civil War: A History of the War between the States from Workman Publishing. The guide is in its 9th printing.
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Producer: Dan Irving
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It was over 140 years ago that the American Red Cross was founded. Though most know its founder, few know the details of her lifetime of charity, sacrifice and service. This is an attempt to correct that. This is the story of an American pioneer - an American hero. This is the story of Clara Barton.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Charles Sumner
Frances Gage
Dorence Atwater
Samuel Green
Dorothea Dix
For Further Reading:
A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War by Stephen B. Oates
Get The Guide:
Want to learn more about the Civil War? A great place to start is Fred's guide, The Civil War: A History of the War between the States from Workman Publishing. The guide is in its 9th printing.
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In the first days of the American Civil War, Winfield Scott, the then 74-year-old Union General-in-Chief, advised a strategy that he believed was key in putting down the Southern rebellion. Derisively tabbed the âAnacondaâ Plan, Scott believed: one, the Border States had to be held and used as avenues for invasion; two, Southern ports should be blockaded and, third, to split the Confederacy, the Mississippi River should become a Union highway. This is the story of the incredible campaign that made Scottâs third element reality. This is the story of Ulysses S. Grantâs campaign and siege of Vicksburg.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
David G. Farragut
John Alexander McClernand
John C. Pemberton
Earl Van Dorn
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Stephen D. Lee
Additional Resources:
Assaults on Vicksburg - May 22nd, 1863
Operations against Vicksburg and Grant's Bayou Operations - November 1862 through April 1863
Get The Guide:
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It was January 1872. In Lexington, Virginia and on the campus of recently re-named Washington and Lee College, former Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early was on a mission: a mission to venerate Robert E. Lee, and to give Southerners a positive spin on their defeat - not only to address the recent past, but to arm them and their descendants with, as he and his disciples put it, a âcorrectâ narrative of the war. This is the story of an ideology that simmers even to this day. This is the story of the creation and foundations of the Lost Cause.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Patrick Cleburne
Jubal Anderson Early
James Longstreet
Albert Sidney Johnston
Philip Sheridan
Frederick Douglass
For Further Reading:
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History by Gary W. Gallagher and Alan T. Nolan
Get The Guide:
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Producer: Dan Irving
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It was May 1864 and Ulysses S. Grantâs Overland Campaign was underway. After two days of violence in the Wilderness and a swing to the southeast, weary men from the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac found themselves eyeball to eyeball yet again. The fighting to come: savage, up close, personal, hand to hand. The consequences: bloody, even ghastly. This is the story of the most vicious episode of sustained combat ever to occur on the North American continent. This is the story of Spotsylvania Court House.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Gouverneur Warren
Richard S. Ewell
John B. Gordon
Wesley Merritt
Fitzhugh Lee
Philip Sheridan
Additional Resources:
Movements, May 7th-8th, 1864
Actions, May 8th, 1864
Situation 4 pm, May 9th, 1864
Actions, May 10th, 1864
Actions, May 12th, 1864
Movements, May 13th-14th, 1894
**Map Images by Hal Jespersen, www.posix.com/CW
For Further Reading:
The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7â12, 1864 by Gordon C. Rhea Esq.
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Producer: Dan Irving
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About this episode:
The United States Military Academy has a long and distinguished history. Established in 1802, its stated mission continues to be âto educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army.â Six decades after its creation, that mission took on new and unusual interpretation, for their country was at war with itself. All too often, fellow alums and classmates - all trained on the west bank of the Hudson River - were pitted against one another. This is the story of one prominent class that found itself caught in that tragic dilemma. This is the story of the West Point Class of 1846.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
George B. McClellan
Richard Delafield
Zachary Taylor
Winfield Scott
Cadmus M. Wilcox
For Further Reading:
The Class Of 1846: From West Point To Appomattox - Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan And Their Brothers by John C. Waugh
Get The Guide:
Want to learn more about the Civil War? A great place to start is Fred's guide, The Civil War: A History of the War between the States from Workman Publishing. The guide is in its 9th printing.
Producer: Dan Irving
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