RED RIVER CAMPAIGN (Part the Eighth)
In which we look at the fate of Steele’s column in Arkansas.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “All Cut to Pieces and Gone to Hell: The Civil War, Race Relations, and the Battle of Poison Spring” edited by Mark K Christ.
RED RIVER CAMAPIGN (Part the Seventh)
In which we look at what was happening with Frederick Steele’s column up in Arkansas, the second Federal ‘pincer’ that was supposed to converge on Shreveport, Louisiana.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Rugged and Sublime: The Civil War in Arkansas” edited by Mark Christ.
BATTLE OF PLEASANT HILL
(Red River Campaign, Part the Sixth) In which we look at what happened at the Battle of Pleasant Hill, in Louisiana, on April 9, 1862.
BATTLE OF MANSFIELD
(Red River Campaign, Part the Fifth) In which we cover the action at the Battle of Mansfield on April 8, 1864.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Dark and Bloody Ground: The Battle of Mansfield and the Forgotten Civil War in Louisiana” by Thomas Ayres.
RED RIVER CAMPAIGN (Part the Fourth)
In which we continue with the story of the 1864 Red River Campaign in Louisiana.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign of 1864” by Gary Dillard Joiner.
RED RIVER CAMPAIGN (Part the Third)
In which we continue with the story of the 1864 Red River Campaign in Louisiana.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Red River Campaign: Politics & Cotton in the Civil War” by Ludwell H Johnson.
RED RIVER CAMPAIGN (Part the Second)
In which we get the Federals started off on their Red River Campaign in March 1864.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Richard Taylor: Soldier Prince of Dixie” by T Michael Parrish.
RED RIVER CAMPAIGN (Part the First)
In which we give some background to the 1864 Red River Campaign.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Pretense of Glory: The Life of General Nathaniel P Banks” by James G Hollandsworth Jr.
In which there’s an update about some of the major story arcs coming up on the podcast as we continue to make our way through 1864.
THE KILPATRICK-DAHLGREN RAID (Part the Second)
In which we look at the enduring controversy that erupted in the aftermath of the raid.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Cavalry Raids of the Civil War” by Robert W Black.