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Civil War Podcast, Episode 164

SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES: GLENDALE (Part the First)

George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885)
George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885)

In which we set the stage for the next battle of the Seven Days’ Campaign: Glendale (June 30, 1862).

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Our book recommendation for this episode is “Extraordinary Circumstances: The Seven Days Battles” by Brian K. Burton.

Civil War Podcast, Episode 161

SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES: GAINES’S MILL (Part the Third)

John Bell Hood (1831-1879)
John Bell Hood (1831-1879)

In which we conclude our discussion of the third battle of the Seven Days’ Campaign: Gaines’s Mill (June 27, 1862).

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Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula & the Seven Days” edited by Gary W. Gallagher.

Civil War Podcast, Episode 160

SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES: GAINES’S MILL (Part the Second)

Maxcy Gregg (1814-1862)
Maxcy Gregg (1814-1862)

In which we continue our discussion of the third battle of the Seven Days’ Campaign: Gaines’s Mill (June 27, 1862).

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Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Seven Days: The Emergence of Lee” by Clifford Dowdey.

Civil War Podcast, Episode 159

SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES: GAINES’S MILL (Part the First)

Fitz John Porter (1822-1901)
Fitz John Porter (1822-1901)

In which we look at the third battle of the Seven Days’ Campaign: Gaines’s Mill (June 27, 1862).

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Our book recommendation for this episode is “Seven Days Battles 1862: Lee’s Defense of Richmond” by Angus Konstam (Osprey Campaign Series).

Civil War Podcast, Episode 158

SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES: OAK GROVE AND MECHANICSVILLE

Ambrose Powell Hill, Jr. (1825-1865)
Ambrose Powell Hill, Jr. (1825-1865)

In which we look at the first two battles of the Seven Days’ Campaign: Oak Grove (June 25, 1862) and Mechanicsville (June 26).

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Our book recommendation for this episode is “Davis & Lee at War” by Steven E. Woodworth.

Civil War Podcast, Episode 157

LEE TAKES COMMAND

Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870)
Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870)

In which we set the stage for the Seven Days’ Battles (June 25- July 1, 1862) by looking at Jefferson Davis’s decision to appoint Robert E. Lee to command the Confederate army defending Richmond.

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Our book recommendation for this episode isn’t a book! It’s The Great Courses’ “Robert E. Lee and His High Command,” which is a series of twelve lectures by Gary W. Gallagher.

Civil War Podcast, Episode 135

PENINSULA CAMPAIGN (Part the Sixth)

One of the bridges that McClellan's army built over the Chickahominy River.
One of the bridges that McClellan’s army built over the Chickahominy River.

In which we set the stage for the Battle of Fair Oaks, which took place outside Richmond over May 31-June 1, 1862.

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Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Civil War: An Illustrated History” by Geoffrey Ward with Ric Burns & Ken Burns.

Civil War Podcast, Episode 132

PENINSULA CAMPAIGN (Part the Third)

Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1807-1891)
Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1807-1891)

In which we continue our discussion of the Peninsula Campaign and see that George McClellan won Yorktown as he always hoped- without a fight.

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Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Peninsula Campaign & the Necessity for Emancipation: African Americans & the Fight for Freedom” by Glenn David Brasher.