Author Archives: Rich & Tracy Y

Civil War Podcast, Episode 417

BRISTOE STATION (Part the Second)

In which we continue looking at the Bristoe Station Campaign, which took place in northern Virginia in October 1863.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “A Want of Vigilance: The Bristoe Station Campaign, October 9-19, 1863” by Bill Backus & Robert Orrison

Civil War Podcast, Episode 416

“Meanwhile, Back East…” (Bristoe Station- Part the First)

In which we look at what was going on with the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia while Rosecrans and Bragg were locked in combat at Chickamauga.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Maps of the Bristoe Station and Mine Run Campaigns” by Bradley M Gottfried

Civil War Podcast, Episode 415

THE LAWRENCE MASSACRE (Part the First)

William Clarke Quantrill (1837-1865)

In which William Quantrill and his rebel bushwhackers descend upon the town of Lawrence, Kansas, on August 21, 1863, and a massacre ensues.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Bloody Dawn: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre” by Thomas Goodrich

Civil War Podcast, Episode 414

THE LAWRENCE MASSACRE (Part the First)

James Henry Lane (1833-1907)

In which we look at the violence that wracked the Kansas/Missouri border after the start of the Civil War, and set the stage for the Lawrence (KS) Massacre, which happened in August 1863.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865” by Thomas Goodrich

Civil War Podcast, Episode 413

CHICKAMAUGA (Part the Twenty-third)

George Henry Thomas (1816-1870) the “Rock of Chickamauga”

In which we look at the aftermath of the battle.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Chickamauga Campaign: Barren Victory- the Retreat into Chattanooga, the Confederate Pursuit, and the Aftermath of the Battle… September 21 to October 20, 1863” by David A. Powell

Arkansas Visit

We recently visited Tracy’s hometown of Fayetteville. While there, we ran out to the Prairie Grove battlefield. Rich also went to Pea Ridge, where he shot a short video… if you’d like to view it, click HERE