CHICKAMAUGA (Part the Eleventh)
In which the action shifts south, as the fighting in & around Viniard Field heats up on the afternoon of the second day of the battle.
Our book recommendation for this episode are back issues of Blue & Gray magazine- Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Summer 2008- which cover the three days of the Battle of Chickamauga.
CHICKAMAUGA (Part the Tenth)
In which the two armies continue to slug it out on the northern part of the field on the afternoon of the second day of the battle.
Our book recommendation(s) for this episode are “Shadows of Blue & Gray: The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce”… and also “Company Aytch: or a Side Show of the Big Show- A Memoir of the Civil War” by Sam Watkins.
CHICKAMAUGA (Part the Ninth)
In which the combat continues to heat up on the second day of the battle as division after division, and brigade after brigade, are fed into the fight.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness” by Earl J Hess.
CHICKAMAUGA (Part the Eighth)
In which the fighting continues to escalate on the morning of the battle’s second day (September 19, 1863).
Our book recommendation for this episode is “This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga” by Peter Cozzens.
CHICKAMAUGA (Part the Seventh)
In which we look at the start of the fighting on the morning of the second day of the battle (September 19, 1863).
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Voices of the Civil War: Chickamauga” by the Editors of Time-Life Books.
CHICKAMAUGA (Part the Sixth)
In which we finish looking at the events on the first day of the battle, and set the stage for the next day’s fighting.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Decisions at Chickamauga: The Twenty-four Critical Decisions that Defined the Battle” by Dave Powell.
In lieu of a regular episode, this is a talk that Rich gave this past week to a group in Denver when he and Tracy were invited to share about the podcast and the Civil War.
CHICKAMAUGA (Part the Fifth)
In which the first shots of the Battle of Chickamauga are fired on September 18, 1863, as the Confederates force their way across the creek.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale: The Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863” by William Lee White.
CHICKAMAUGA (Part the Fourth)
In which a frustrated Bragg misses out on a couple of opportunities to cripple the enemy by striking at isolated segments of the Yankee army.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Chickamauga 1863: Rebel Breakthrough” by Alexander Mendoza.
Hey, everyone. While Tracy was away on a trip visiting family, Rich traveled to see his parents in Pennsylvania. He decided that as long as he was east of the Mississippi, he’d go to some battlefields. He shot some video at each battlefield- Gettysburg, Antietam, Chickamauga, and Shiloh- and those videos are up on youtube. Here’s the link to watch the videos (just click on it)…