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Civil War Podcast, Episode 102

PEA RIDGE (Part the Second)

In which we continue our discussion of the events that preceded the Battle of Pea Ridge, which took place in northwest Arkansas on March 7-8, 1862.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West” by William L. Shea and Earl J. Hess.

“Offers the rich tactical detail, maps, and order of battle that military scholars love but retains a very readable style combined with liberal use of recollections of the troops and leaders involved.” ~ Library Journal

Listen to Episode 102: PeaRidgePartSecond

Civil War Podcast, Episode 101

PEA RIDGE (Part the First)

In which we set the stage for the Battle of Pea Ridge, which took place in northwest Arkansas on March 7-8, 1862.

Earl_Van_Dorn — Earl Van Dorn (1820-1863)

Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Battle of Pea Ridge: The Civil War Fight for the Ozarks” by James R. Knight.

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Special Announcement

In which we make a special announcement and share some news about the future of the podcast.

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Civil War Podcast, Episode 100

MUSIC SPECIAL: Songs of the Civil War

In which we celebrate our one-hundreth episode with a music special featuring over twenty songs that were popular during the Civil War.

Midnight On the Water— Spiritwood Northwoods Ensemble (Superior Solitude)
Dixie’s Land—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Southern Soldier)
The Bonnie Blue Flag—2^nd South Carolina String Band (In High Cotton)
Maryland, My Maryland—Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the CSA, Volume 1)
Lorena—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Hard Road)
Join the Cavalry—Hardtack & Harmony (Call to Arms)
Goober Peas—Hardtack & Harmony (Call to Arms)
Short Rations—Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the CSA, Volume 4)
Hard Crackers Come Again No More—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Dulcem Melodies)
Weeping, Sad and Lonely—Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the Union Army, Volume 1)
Just Before the Battle, Mother—Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the Union Army, Volume 2)
All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight—Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the CSA, Volume 1)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Hard Road)
Home, Sweet Home—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Strike the Tent)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp—Tom Glazer (A Treasury of Civil War Songs Sung by Tom Glazer)
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Hard Road)
Nearer My God to Thee—Chip Mergott (Hymns for the Acoustic Guitar)
Go Down Moses—Paul Robeson (Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions, 1928-1939)
Kingdom Coming—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Lightning in a Jar)
My Country Tis of Thee—United States Air Force Heritage of America Band
John Brown’s Body—Tom Glazer (A Treasury of Civil War Songs Sung by Tom Glazer)
The Battle Hymn of the Republic—Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the Union Army, Volume 2)
The Battle Cry of Freedom—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Hard Road)
We Are Coming Father Abraham, 300,000 More—Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the Union Army, Volume 1)
Marching Through Georgia—Hardtack & Harmony (Call to Arms)
Taps—United States Marine Band
Midnight On the Water—Spiritwood Northwoods Ensemble (Superior Solitude)

Our book recommendation for this episode is Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War by Christian McWhirter.

“No historian has done more than Christian McWhirter to open our ears to Civil War music as a powerful expression of political action. Neither side, as McWhirter brilliantly reveals, was just ‘whistling Dixie’ in camp or on the battlefield.” ~ Peter S. Carmichael

Listen to Episode 100: MusicSpecial

Civil War Podcast, Episode 99

SIBLEY’S NEW MEXICO CAMPAIGN (Part the Fourth)

In which we wrap-up our discussion of Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by looking at the Battle of Glorieta Pass (March 28, 1862).

Our book recommendations for this episode are…

The Battle of Glorieta Pass: A Gettysburg in the West, March 26-28, 1862 by Thomas S. Edrington and John Taylor.

Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by Martin Hardwick Hall.

Listen to Episode 99: NewMexicoPartFourth

Civil War Podcast, Bonus Episode

THANKSGIVING DAY’S CIVIL WAR ORIGINS

In which we look at the Civil War origins of Thanksgiving Day, and share a few things for which we’re thankful.

Our book recommendation this time is #giveabook.

Listen to the bonus episode: http://civilwarpodcast.libsyn.com/bonus-episode-thanksgiving-days-civil-war-origins

Civil War Podcast, Episode 98

SIBLEY’S NEW MEXICO CAMPAIGN (Part the Third)

In which we continue our discussion of Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by looking at the Confederates’ capture of Albuquerque & Santa Fe, the epic march of the First Colorado to Fort Union, and the engagement at Apache Pass (March 26, 1862).

Our book recommendations for this episode are

The Battle of Glorieta: Union Victory in the West by Don E. Alberts.

Blue & Gray magazine, June 1994

Listen to Episode 98: NewMexicoPartThird

Civil War Podcast, Episode 97

SIBLEY’S NEW MEXICO CAMPAIGN (Part the Second)

In which we continue our look at Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by discussing the Battle of Valverde (February 21, 1862).

Our book recommendation for this episode is Bloody Valverde: A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grande, February 21, 1862 by John Taylor.

America’s Civil War Magazine, January 2013

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Civil War Podcast, Episode 96

SIBLEY’S NEW MEXICO CAMPAIGN (Part the First)

In which we set the stage for Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by discussing Texas’s secession from the Union in February, 1861 and looking at “Baylor’s Buffalo Hunt” (May-July, 1861).

Our book recommendation for this episode is The Civil War in the American West by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.

“Marvelous, original… that great, adventurous, little-known side of the Civil War is all here for the first time: the clash of North and South set in the immense space of the West and peopled with some of the most vivid characters of that vivid time.” ~ David McCullough

Listen to Episode 96: NewMexicoPartFirst

We’re going to wait another day before recording Episode #96. One of us (who shall remain nameless) got sick this past week and lost her voice, but she’s on the mend and, given one more day, thinks she’ll be good to go to record the podcast.