Civil War Podcast, Episode 200

ANTIETAM (Epilogue) & EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (Prologue)

President Lincoln visiting George McClellan at the general’s headquarters on October 4, 1862. Visible in the lower left is a captured Confederate battle flag.

In which we look at the aftermath of the 1862 Maryland Campaign, and we set the stage for our discussion of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Lincoln’s Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union” by Louis P. Masur.

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