Category Archives: 1862

Civil War Podcast, Episode 217

IUKA

Lewis Henry Little (1817-1862)

In which we discuss the action at the Battle of Iuka (Mississippi), which took place on September 19, 1862.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka & Corinth” by Peter Cozzens.

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Civil War Podcast, Episode 211

PERRYVILLE (Part the First)

George Henry Thomas (1816-1870)

In which we set the stage for the Battle of Perryville, which took place in Kentucky on October 8, 1862.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Creating a Confederate Kentucky: The Lost Cause and Civil War Memory in a Border State” by Anne E. Marshall.

Civil War Podcast, Episode 210

MOUNTAIN TREK FROM CUMBERLAND GAP

George Washington Morgan (later in life) 1820-1893

In which Rich & Tracy, with scratchy throats and failing voices, power through the episode to share the story of the epic march of the Federal garrison that evacuated Cumberland Gap during the 1862 Kentucky Campaign.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Contested Borderland: The Civil War in Appalachian Kentucky and Virginia” by Brian D. McKnight.