PEA RIDGE (Part the First)
In which we set the stage for the Battle of Pea Ridge, which took place in northwest Arkansas on March 7-8, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Battle of Pea Ridge: The Civil War Fight for the Ozarks” by James R. Knight.
Listen to PeaRidgePartFirst
In which we make a special announcement and share some news about the future of the podcast.
Listen to announcement.
MUSIC SPECIAL: Songs of the Civil War
In which we celebrate our one-hundreth episode with a music special featuring over twenty songs that were popular during the Civil War.
Our book recommendation for this episode is Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War by Christian McWhirter.
“No historian has done more than Christian McWhirter to open our ears to Civil War music as a powerful expression of political action. Neither side, as McWhirter brilliantly reveals, was just ‘whistling Dixie’ in camp or on the battlefield.” ~ Peter S. Carmichael
Listen to Episode 100: MusicSpecial
SIBLEY’S NEW MEXICO CAMPAIGN (Part the Fourth)
In which we wrap-up our discussion of Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by looking at the Battle of Glorieta Pass (March 28, 1862).
Our book recommendations for this episode are…
The Battle of Glorieta Pass: A Gettysburg in the West, March 26-28, 1862 by Thomas S. Edrington and John Taylor.
Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by Martin Hardwick Hall.
Listen to Episode 99: NewMexicoPartFourth
THANKSGIVING DAY’S CIVIL WAR ORIGINS
In which we look at the Civil War origins of Thanksgiving Day, and share a few things for which we’re thankful.
Our book recommendation this time is #giveabook.
Listen to the bonus episode: http://civilwarpodcast.libsyn.com/bonus-episode-thanksgiving-days-civil-war-origins
SIBLEY’S NEW MEXICO CAMPAIGN (Part the Third)
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| John Potts Slough (1829-1867) |
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| Gabriel Rene Paul (1813-1886) |
In which we continue our discussion of Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by looking at the Confederates’ capture of Albuquerque & Santa Fe, the epic march of the First Colorado to Fort Union, and the engagement at Apache Pass (March 26, 1862).
Our book recommendations for this episode are
The Battle of Glorieta: Union Victory in the West by Don E. Alberts.
Blue & Gray magazine, June 1994
Listen to Episode 98: NewMexicoPartThird
SIBLEY’S NEW MEXICO CAMPAIGN (Part the Second)
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| Henry Hopkins Sibley (1816-1886) |
In which we continue our look at Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by discussing the Battle of Valverde (February 21, 1862).
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| Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (1817-1873) |
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| Christopher Houston “Kit” Carson (1809-1868) |
Our book recommendation for this episode is Bloody Valverde: A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grande, February 21, 1862 by John Taylor.
America’s Civil War Magazine, January 2013
Listen to Episode 97: NewMexicoPartSecond
SIBLEY’S NEW MEXICO CAMPAIGN (Part the First)
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| David Emmanuel Twiggs (1790-1862) |
In which we set the stage for Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign by discussing Texas’s secession from the Union in February, 1861 and looking at “Baylor’s Buffalo Hunt” (May-July, 1861).
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| John Robert Baylor (1822-1894) |
Our book recommendation for this episode is The Civil War in the American West by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
“Marvelous, original… that great, adventurous, little-known side of the Civil War is all here for the first time: the clash of North and South set in the immense space of the West and peopled with some of the most vivid characters of that vivid time.” ~ David McCullough
Listen to Episode 96: NewMexicoPartFirst
We’re going to wait another day before recording Episode #96. One of us (who shall remain nameless) got sick this past week and lost her voice, but she’s on the mend and, given one more day, thinks she’ll be good to go to record the podcast.
POSTSCRIPT: FORREST’S BREAKOUT
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| Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) |
In which we talk a bit about Nathan Bedford Forrest’s background and then take a closer look at his escape from Fort Donelson on February 16, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is A Battle from the Start: The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest by Brian Steel Wills.
“A Battle from the Start is direct, fast-paced, and totally absorbing. Nathan Bedford Forrest comes vibrantly alive- not, perhaps, as a man to be loved, but certainly as one who merits the closest consideration. He is shown to be one of the Civil War’s ablest, most aggressive, and most interesting commanders.” ~ Richard Wheeler, author of On Fields of Fury
Listen to Episode 95: PostscriptForrestsBreakout