CHICKAMAUGA (Part the First)
In which we get a start on the Chickamauga story arc.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Maps of Chickamauga” by David A Powell and David Friedrichs.
BATTLE OF SABINE PASS (Part the Second)
In which we look at the action at the Battle of Sabine Pass (Texas), which took place on September 8, 1863.
BATTLE OF SABINE PASS (Part the First)
In which we set the stage for the dramatic September 1863 battle at Sabine Pass (Texas).
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Sabine Pass: The Confederacy’s Thermopylae” by Edward T Cotham Jr
BATTLE OF HONEY SPRINGS
In which we look at the Battle of Honey Springs, which took place in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) on July 17, 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “When the Wolf Came: The Civil War and the Indian Territory” by Mary Jane Warde.
CSS ATLANTA
In which we look at the story of the Confederate ironclad CSS Atlanta.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Confederate Ironclad (1861-1865)” by Angus Konstam.
TULLAHOMA (Part the Third)
In which we wrap up our discussion of the Tullahoma Campaign and get ready to start in on the Battle of Chickamauga.
Our ‘book’ recommendation for this episode is Blue & Gray magazine, Volume 10 Issue #1 “The Deception of Braxton Bragg: The Tullahoma Campaign” by William B Feis
TULLAHOMA (Part the Second)
In which Rosecrans’ long-awaited campaign in Middle Tennessee finally gets started…
Our ‘book’ recommendation for this episode is North & South magazine Issue #2 (January 1998)
TULLAHOMA (Part the First)
In which we continue to set the stage for the start of the Tullahoma Campaign, which took place in Tennessee in late June/early July 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that Changed the Course of the Civil War” by David A Powell and Eric J Wittenberg.
MEANWHILE, OUT WEST…
In which we head back out west of the Appalachians to Tennessee and set the stage for the Tullahoma Campaign.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Stones River and Tullahoma Campaigns: This Army Does Not Retreat” by Christopher L Kolakowski
The 54th Massachusetts “so full of hope and glory” (Part the Second)
In which we wrap up our look at the story of the 54th Massachusetts and the part it played in the Federal assault on Battery Wagner outside Charleston in July 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Where Death and Glory Meet: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Infantry” by Russell Duncan.