GETTYSBURG (Part the First)
In which we kick-off the Gettysburg story arc.
This episode is sponsored by Simon & Schuster, publishers of “Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign That Broke the Confederacy” by Donald Miller. The book will be available Oct. 29 in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook. Pre-order a copy today here
This episode’s book recommendation is “Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage” by Noah Andre Trudeau.
Listen to Episode 297: GettysburgPartFirst
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.
Listen to Episode 296: VicksburgPartTwentieth
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.
Listen to Episode 295: VicksburgPartNineteenth
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.
Listen to Episode 294: VicksburgPartEighteenth
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.
Listen to Episode 293: VicksburgPartSeventeenth
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.
Listen to Episode 292: VicksburgPartSixteenth
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.
Listen to Episode 291: VicksburgPartFifteenth
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.
Listen to Episode 290: VicksburgPartFourteenth
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
Listen to Episode 289: VicksburgPartThirteenth