Civil War Podcast, Episode 175

STONEWALL ON THE LOOSE (Part the Second)

Confederate troops from Stonewall Jackson’s command pillaging Manassas Junction.

In which we look at Stonewall Jackson’s capture of the huge Federal supply depot at Manassas Junction, and his subsequent march to the old battlefield of First Manassas nearby.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1849” by Sidney Blumenthal.