VICKSBURG (Part the Twentieth)
In which Sherman scares off Johnston, Gardner surrenders Port Hudson to Banks, and we wrap-up the Vicksburg story arc.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Voices of the Civil War: Vicksburg” by the Editors of Time-Life Books.
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VICKSBURG (Part the Nineteenth)
In which we see John Pemberton surrender Vicksburg to Ulysses S Grant on July 4, 1863, ending the forty-seven day siege.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Port Hudson: Confederate Bastion on the Mississippi” by Lawrence Lee Hewitt.
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VICKSBURG (Part the Eighteenth)
In which we look at Confederate efforts to aid Pemberton and the besieged Vicksburg garrison.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Receding Tide: Vicksburg and Gettysburg- The Campaigns that Changed the Civil War” by Edwin C. Bearrs with J. Parker Hills.
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VICKSBURG (Part the Seventeenth)
In which we look at Federal siege operations at Vicksburg, May-June 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Grant at Vicksburg: The General and the Siege” by Michael B. Ballard.
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VICKSBURG (Part the Sixteenth)
In which we look at Grant’s failed attacks at Vicksburg on May 19 & 22, 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Vicksburg Assaults, May 19-22, 1863” edited by Steven E. Woodworth & Charles D. Grear.
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VICKSBURG (Part the Fifteenth)
In which we look at the decisive clash of the Vicksburg Campaign- the Battle of Champion Hill, which took place on May 16, 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg” by Timothy B. Smith.
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VICKSBURG (Part the Fourteenth)
In which the Confederates lose the Battle of Raymond, lose the Mississippi state capital of Jackson, and Pemberton- despite his won better judgment- moves out to confront the Federals.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Triumph & Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign” by Timothy B. Smith.
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In which we see Grant’s Army of the Tennessee start its epic march into the interior of Mississippi, in order to cut off Vicksburg from supplies & reinforcements.
This episode of the podcast was sponsored by Simon & Schuster, publisher of “Lincoln’s Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation” by Douglas Waller. Available wherever you get your books. Amazon link
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VICKSBURG (Part the Twelfth)
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 bank of the MIssissippi River.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Vicksburg Campaign: March 29- May 18, 1863” by Steven E. Woodworth and Charles D. Grear.
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VICKSBURG (Part the Eleventh)
In which we see the Federals marching south 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 cross over to the east side of the great river below Vicksburg.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi” by Michael B. Ballard.
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