BRISTOE STATION (Part the Second)
In which we continue looking at the Bristoe Station Campaign, which took place in northern Virginia in October 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “A Want of Vigilance: The Bristoe Station Campaign, October 9-19, 1863” by Bill Backus & Robert Orrison
“Meanwhile, Back East…” (Bristoe Station- Part the First)
In which we look at what was going on with the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia while Rosecrans and Bragg were locked in combat at Chickamauga.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Maps of the Bristoe Station and Mine Run Campaigns” by Bradley M Gottfried
THE LAWRENCE MASSACRE (Part the First)
In which William Quantrill and his rebel bushwhackers descend upon the town of Lawrence, Kansas, on August 21, 1863, and a massacre ensues.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Bloody Dawn: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre” by Thomas Goodrich
THE LAWRENCE MASSACRE (Part the First)
In which we look at the violence that wracked the Kansas/Missouri border after the start of the Civil War, and set the stage for the Lawrence (KS) Massacre, which happened in August 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865” by Thomas Goodrich
CHICKAMAUGA (Part the Twenty-third)
In which we look at the aftermath of the battle.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Chickamauga Campaign: Barren Victory- the Retreat into Chattanooga, the Confederate Pursuit, and the Aftermath of the Battle… September 21 to October 20, 1863” by David A. Powell
CHICKAMAUGA (Part the Twenty-second)
In which the battle of Chickamauga comes to a fitful, confusing end on the evening of September 20, 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “George Henry Thomas: As True as Steel” by Brian Steel Wills
CHICKAMAUGA (Part the Twenty-first)
In which the Confederates launch fierce attacks against Horseshoe Ridge, while the battered Federals struggle to hold onto the high ground.
In which we tell a tale of two generals…
Our book recommendations for this episode are “The Civil War in the East: Struggle, Stalemate, and Victory” by Brooks Simpson and “The Civil War in the West: Victory and Defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi” by Earl Hess
We recently visited Tracy’s hometown of Fayetteville. While there, we ran out to the Prairie Grove battlefield. Rich also went to Pea Ridge, where he shot a short video… if you’d like to view it, click HERE
CHICKAMAUGA (Part the Nineteenth)
In which Longstreet’s assault column rolls right through the hole in the Federal line.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Chickamauga Campaign: Glory or the Grave- The Breakthrough, the Union Collapse, and the Defense of Horseshoe Ridge, September 20, 1863” by David A Powell