RED RIVER CAMAPIGN (Part the Seventh)

In which we look at what was happening with Frederick Steele’s column up in Arkansas, the second Federal ‘pincer’ that was supposed to converge on Shreveport, Louisiana.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Rugged and Sublime: The Civil War in Arkansas” edited by Mark Christ.

• Listen to Episode 473: RedRiverCampaignPartSeventh

BATTLE OF PLEASANT HILL

(Red River Campaign, Part the Sixth) In which we look at what happened at the Battle of Pleasant Hill, in Louisiana, on April 9, 1862.

• Listen to Episode 472: BattlePleasantHill

BATTLE OF MANSFIELD

(Red River Campaign, Part the Fifth) In which we cover the action at the Battle of Mansfield on April 8, 1864.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Dark and Bloody Ground: The Battle of Mansfield and the Forgotten Civil War in Louisiana” by Thomas Ayres.

• Listen to Episode 471: BattleOfMansfield

RED RIVER CAMPAIGN (Part the Fourth)

In which we continue with the story of the 1864 Red River Campaign in Louisiana.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign of 1864” by Gary Dillard Joiner.

• Listen to Episode 470: RedRiverPartFourth

RED RIVER CAMPAIGN (Part the Third)

In which we continue with the story of the 1864 Red River Campaign in Louisiana.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Red River Campaign: Politics & Cotton in the Civil War” by Ludwell H Johnson.

• Listen to Episode 469: RedRiverPartSecond

RED RIVER CAMPAIGN (Part the Second)

In which we get the Federals started off on their Red River Campaign in March 1864.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Richard Taylor: Soldier Prince of Dixie” by T Michael Parrish.

• Listen to Episode 468: RedRiverPartSecond

RED RIVER CAMPAIGN (Part the First)

In which we give some background to the 1864 Red River Campaign.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Pretense of Glory: The Life of General Nathaniel P Banks” by James G Hollandsworth Jr.

• Listen to Episode 467: RedRiverPartFirst

In which there’s an update about some of the major story arcs coming up on the podcast as we continue to make our way through 1864.

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THE KILPATRICK-DAHLGREN RAID (Part the Second)

In which we look at the enduring controversy that erupted in the aftermath of the raid.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Cavalry Raids of the Civil War” by Robert W Black.

• Listen to Episode 466: KilpatrickDahlgrenRaidPartSecond

THE KILPATRICK-DAHLGREN RAID (Part the First)

In which we give the background to the failed Federal cavalry raid on Richmond in February/March 1864 that ignited one of the most enduring controversies of the Civil War.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Like a Meteor Burning Brightly: The Short but Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren” by Eric J Wittenberg.

• Listen to Episode 465: KilpatrickDahlgrenRaidPartFirst