THE PURSUIT OF VICTORY

In which we discuss the Confederate and Union war aims & strategy at the beginning of the Civil War.  Plus, we look at the Union’s move in May, 1861 to seize Alexandria, Virginia- just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (1837-1861)

Our book recommendation for this episode is The Grand Design: Strategy and the U.S. Civil War by Donald Stoker.

“Donald Stoker’s book offers a new way of looking at both the military and political history of the Civil War, and does so from a strategic vantage point far above that to which we have been accustomed. The Grand Design represents an important advance in our understanding of this momentous event.” ~ Steven E. Woodworth

Listen to Episode 41: PursuitOfVictory