STONES RIVER (Part the Third)
In which we look at the start of the Confederate attack on the morning of December 31, 1862 at the Battle of Stones River.
Our book recommendation for this episode is a back issue of Blue & Gray magazine: Volume 28 Issue #6 which features the Battle of Stones River.
STONES RIVER (Part the Second)
In which we continue to set the stage for the Battle of Stones River, which took place outside Murfreesboro, Tennessee from December 31, 1862 to January 2, 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Stones River: The Forgotten Conflict between the Confederate Army of Tennessee and the Union Army of the Cumberland” by Larry J. Daniel.
STONES RIVER (Part the First)
In which we start to set the stage for the Battle of Stones River, which took place outside Murfreesboro, Tennessee from December 31, 1862 to January 2, 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River” by Peter Cozzens.
THE MUD MARCH
In which we look at how Burnside’s January offensive succumbed to the Virginia mud.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History” by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler.
“THE SADDEST HOUR”
In which we look at the political and military fallout after the Federal defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Over Lincoln’s Shoulder: The Committee on the Conduct of the War” by Bruce Tap.
FREDERICKSBURG (Part the Tenth)
In which we wrap-up our discussion of the Battle of Fredericksburg, which took place on December 13, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Don Troiani’s Civil War Soldiers” by Don Troiani and Earl J. Coates with Michael J. McAfee.
FREDERICKSBURG (Part the Ninth)
In which we look at the series of increasingly futile assaults the Federals launched against Marye’s Heights at the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862.
Our book recommendation this week is a couple of back issues of Blue & Gray Magazine that deal with the Battle of Fredericksburg- Volume 25 Issues #4 & 5.
FREDERICKSBURG (Part the Eighth)
In which we switch our focus to the northern part of the battlefield on December 13, 1862, where the Federals begin to launch a series of bloody, futile assaults against Marye’s Heights.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Lincoln’s White House: The People’s House in Wartime” by James B. Conroy.
FREDERICKSBURG (Part the Seventh)
In which we look at the action on the southern portion of the Fredericksburg battlefield on December 13, 1862 as the divisions of Meade and Gibbon assaulted the Confederate line.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Fredericksburg Campaign: Decision on the Rappahannock” edited by Gary W. Gallagher.
FREDERICKSBURG (Part the Sixth)
In which we say this is Episode #234, but it’s really Episode #233. Oops.
Link to Civil War Trust: CWTrust
Link to Central Virginia Battlefield Trust: CVBT