THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Fifth)
In which we look at the importance of logistics, and the Western & Atlantic Railroad in particular, to the spring campaign in north Georgia.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Civil War Supply and Strategy: Moving Men and Feeding Armies” by Earl J Hess.
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THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Fourth)
In which the Federals discover an important piece of information, and the command woes continue in the Confederates’ Army of Tennessee.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Conflict and Controversy in the Confederate High Command: Davis, Johnston, Hood, and the Atlanta Campaign of 1864” by Dennis B Conklin.
THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Third)
In which we continue to set the stage for the start of the Atlanta Campaign.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War” by Charles Bracelen Flood.
THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Second)
In which we continue to set the stage for the Atlanta Campaign.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West” by Steven E Woodworth.
This episode was sponsored by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Find out more at www.suvcw.org or contact them at join@suvcw.org
THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the First)
In which we begin to set the stage for the start of the Atlanta Campaign.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Echoes of Glory: The Illustrated Atlas of the Civil War” by the Editors of Time-Life Books.
This episode is sponsored by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Learn more at www.suvcw.org or contact them at join@suvcw.org
THE OVERLAND CAMPAIGN: A Conclusion
In which we wrap-up our look at the Overland Campaign.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History” edited by Gary W Gallagher and Alan T Nolan.
This episode was sponsored by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Learn more at www.suvcw.org or contact them at join@suvcw.org
COLD HARBOR (Part the Third)
In which we look at the bloody & futile Federal attacks on June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor.
Our book recommendation for this episode is North & South Magazine, Volume 5 Issue 2 (2002).
COLD HARBOR (Part the Second)
In which we continue to look at the maneuvering & fighting the preceded the (in)famous Federal attack at Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “No Turning Back: A Guide to the 1864 Overland Campaign, from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor” by Robert Dunkerly, Donald Pfanz, & David Ruth.
This episode was sponsored by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Find out more at www.suvcw.org or email them at join@suvcw.org
COLD HARBOR (Part the First)
In which we set the stage for the famous fight at Cold Harbor between the two armies.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Not War but Murder: Cold Harbor 1864” by Ernest B Furgurson.
“THE PRESIDENT THINKS VERY HIGHLY OF WHAT GRANT HAS DONE”
In which we look at what was being purchased by all the death & suffering during the Overland Campaign in Virginia in the spring of 1864.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War” by Drew Gilpin Faust.