SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES: GAINES’S MILL (Part the First)
In which we look at the third battle of the Seven Days’ Campaign: Gaines’s Mill (June 27, 1862).
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Seven Days Battles 1862: Lee’s Defense of Richmond” by Angus Konstam (Osprey Campaign Series).
LEE TAKES COMMAND
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.
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.
STONEWALL IN THE VALLEY: The Romney Expedition
In which we look at Stonewall Jackson’s controversial winter-time expedition to capture Romney in January, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Intimate Strategies of the Civil War: Military Commanders and Their Wives,” edited by Carol K. Bleser and Lesley J. Gordon.
CLASH OF THE IRONCLADS (Part the Second)
In which we continue to tell the story of the world’s first battle between two ironclad warships, the USS Monitor & the CSS Virginia, which took place on March 9, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Hampton Roads 1862: First Clash of the Ironclads” by Angus Konstam.
CLASH OF THE IRONCLADS (Part the First)
In which we start to tell the story of the world’s first battle between two ironclad warships, the U.S.S. Monitor & the C.S.S. Virginia, which took place on March 9, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Confederate Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization, 1861-1865” edited by William N. Still, Jr.
Listen to Episode 105: ClashIroncladsPartFirst
BALL’S BLUFF
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| Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861) |
CHEAT MOUNTAIN
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| Robert Edward Lee (pre-beard) |
In which we look at Robert E. Lee’s Cheat Mountain campaign in western Virginia in September, 1861.
Our book recommendations for this episode are:
September Blood: The Battle of Carnifex Ferry by Terry Lowry
R.E. Lee’s Cheat Mountain Campaign by Jack Zinn
Listen to Episode 71: CheatMountain
FIRST MANASSAS (Part the Eighth)
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| Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909) |
In which we conclude our discussion of the First Battle of Manassas (July 21, 1861), looking at the Federal army’s retreat and the failure of the Confederates to pursue, and then we offer some final thoughts on the war’s first major battle.
Our book recommendation for this episode is The Civil War in the East: Struggle, Stalemate, and Victory by Brooks D. Simpson.
“Informative, solidly researched, well-written, and unfailingly interesting, The Civil War in the East will further solidify Brooks Simpson’s place as one of this generation’s outstanding scholars of the Civil War.” ~ Ethan S. Rafuse
Listen to Episode 59: FirstManassasPartEighth
FIRST MANASSAS (Part the Seventh)
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| William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) |
In which we continue with our discussion of the First Battle of Manassas (July 21, 1861), looking at the fight for Henry Hill, and then we move over to the action at Chinn Ridge.
Our book recommendation for this episode is Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War by William C. Davis.
Listen to Episode 58: FirstManassasPartSeventh
FIRST MANASSAS (Part the Sixth)
In which we continue with our discussion of the First Battle of Manassas (July 21, 1861), looking at the start of the pivotal fight for Henry Hill. Plus, we see how Stonewall Jackson got his famous nickname.
Our book recommendation for this episode is Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend by James I. Robertson, Jr.
“Few military figures in American history have been more written about than Jackson, but Robertson, through diligent research, uncovers a great deal of fresh material about the general’s public and private life. he shapes that material into an engrossing, detailed narrative that is the indispensable first place to turn for anyone interested in the great Confederate general.” ~ Gary W. Gallagher
Listen to Episode 57: FirstManassasPartSixth