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Civil War Podcast, Episode 78

REHEARSAL FOR RECONSTRUCTION (Part the Second)


Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873)
 
In which we discuss the Port Royal Experiment on South Carolina’s Sea Islands, which many people considered a dress rehearsal for the South’s postwar reconstruction.
 
 
Our book recommendation for this episode is Rehearsal for Reconstruction: The Port Royal Experiment by Willie Lee Rose.
 
“A triumph of historical analysis and a detailed re-creation of some of the Civil War’s noblest hopes and greatest tragedies.” ~ David Brion Davis
 
Listen to Episode 78: RehearsalForReconstruction

Civil War Podcast, Episode 77

REHEARSAL FOR RECONSTRUCTION (Part the First)

Former slaves of Confederate Brigadier General Thomas Drayton
photographed on Hilton Head Island, May 1862.


In which we set the stage for a discussion of the Port Royal Experiment, which took place on South Carolina’s Sea Islands and which many people view as a “rehearsal for reconstruction.”


Our book recommendation for this episode is Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in America, 1861-1865 by James Oakes.

“Was Lincoln really a ‘Reluctant Emancipator’?  Freedom National answers that question eloquently and fully.  Oakes argues that Lincoln, from the moment of his inauguration, began using every political and military means at his disposal to wipe out slavery forever.” ~ Howell Raines, Washington Post

Listen to Episode 77: PortRoyalExperiment

Civil War Podcast, Episode 76


PORT ROYAL SOUND

Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803-1865)


In which we look at the Battle of Port Royal Sound, South Carolina (November 7, 1861).

Thomas West Sherman (1813-1879)

 

Our book recommendation for this episode is Now for the Contest: Coastal & Oceanic Naval Operations in the Civil War by William H. Roberts.

“Now for the Contest tells the story of the Civil War at sea in the context of three campaigns: the blockade of the southern coast, the raiding of Union commerce, and the projection of power ashore.  The book also examines how both sides mobilized and employed their resources for a war that proved to be of unprecedented intensity and duration.  For both antagonists, the conduct of the naval war was complicated by rapid technological change, as steam power, metal armor, and more powerful ordnance sparked experiment and innovation both in naval construction and tactics.”

Listen to Episode 76: PortRoyalSound

U.S.S. Wabash