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Civil War Podcast, Episode 125

SHILOH (Part the Fifteenth)

In which we conclude our discussion of the campaign and battle of Shiloh.

Henry Wager Halleck (1815-1872)
Henry Wager Halleck (1815-1872)

Our book recommendation for this episode is “The West Point History of the Civil War” by the United States Military Academy.

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Civil War Podcast, Episode 124

SHILOH (Part the Fourteenth)

Shiloh Church building at Shiloh National Military Park.
Shiloh Church building at Shiloh National Military Park.

In which we look at the second day of fighting at the Battle of Shiloh.  The battle took place over April 6-7, 1862. This is the next-to-last episode in our Shiloh story arc (so we’ll wrap things up next week!)

ConquerOrPerish

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Shiloh: Conquer or Perish” by Timothy B. Smith.

Civil War Podcast, Episode 123

SHILOH (Part the Thirteenth)

Steamboats pulled up at Pittsburg Landing on the west bank of the Tennessee River.
Steamboats pulled up at Pittsburg Landing on the west bank of the Tennessee River.

The “Lick ‘Em Tomorrow Though” Episode

In which we continue telling the story of the Battle of Shiloh, which took place over April 6-7, 1862.

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Our book recommendation for this episode is “Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War” by Charles Bracelen Flood.

Civil War Podcast, Episode 122

SHILOH (Part the Twelfth)

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In which we continue telling the story of the Battle of Shiloh, which took place on April 6-7, 1862. In this episode we look at the legend of the Hornets’ Nest and then discuss the formation of Grant’s final defensive line.

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Rocco

Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Soldier’s View: The Civil War Art of Keith Rocco.”

Civil War Podcast, Episode 121

SHILOH (Part the Eleventh)

William Harvey Lamme Wallace (1821-1862)
William Hervey Lamme Wallace (1821-1862)
Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss (1819-1901)
Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss (1819-1901)

In which we continue telling the story of the Battle of Shiloh, which took place on April 6-7, 1862. In this episode we discuss the collapse of the Hornets’ Nest.

CunninghamBook

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862” by O. Edward Cunningham, edited by Gary D. Joiner and Timothy B. Smith.

Civil War Podcast, Episode 120

SHILOH (Part the Tenth)

Shiloh Church
Shiloh Church

In which we continue to tell the story of the Battle of Shiloh, which took place on April 6-7, 1862.

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Our book recommendation for this episode is actually two magazine back issues.  Blue & Gray magazine, Volume XIV Issues 3 & 4 feature the battle of Shiloh with articles written by Stacy D. Allen, Chief Ranger at Shiloh National Military Park.

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Civil War Podcast, Episode 119

SHILOH (Part the Ninth)

In which we continue to tell the story of the Battle of Shiloh, which took place on April 6-7, 1862. In this episode, we discuss Sherman & McClernand’s counterattack on the Union right, and we look at the wayward march of Lew Wallace’s Third Division.

Lewis Wallace (1827-1905)
Lewis Wallace (1827-1905)

Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Shiloh Campaign” edited by Steven E. Woodworth.

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Civil War Podcast, Episode 117

SHILOH- Death of Albert Sidney Johnston

Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862)
Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862)

In which we talk about the death of the Confederate army’s commanding general, Albert Sidney Johnston, during the Battle of Shiloh.

GenSouthGenNorth

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Generals South, Generals North: The Commanders of the Civil War Reconsidered” by Alan Axelrod.

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Civil War Podcast, Episode 115

SHILOH (Part the Fifth)

William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891)
William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891)

In which we continue to tell the story of the Battle of Shiloh, which took place on April 6-7, 1862.

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Our book recommendation for this episode is “Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War” by Larry J. Daniel.