It’s June! That means that three weeks from today we’ll be in Gettysburg. Yes, the meet-up is still on! Rain or shine, we’ll be at the Virginia Monument on Seminary Ridge at 10 a.m. on June 22. For those who wish to and are able to, we’ll walk Pickett’s Charge over to the Union position on Cemetery Ridge. We’re very excited about getting to visit the battlefield again before we do Gettysburg on the podcast, and meeting some of you will just be icing on the cake. We hope to see you there!
VICKSBURG (Part the Fifth)
In which we look at Sherman’s failed assault at Chickasaw Bayou, north of Vicksburg, at the end of December 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life” by James Lee McDonough
Listen to Episode 281: VicksburgPartFifth
VICKSBURG (Part the Fourth)
In which we start to look at Grant’s first attempt to wrest Vicksburg from the Confederates. It didn’t go well.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Holly Springs: Van Dorn, the CSS Arkansas, and the raid that saved Vicksburg” by Brandon B. Beck.
Listen to Episode 280: VicksburgPartFourth
VICKSBURG (Part the Third)
In which we continue to look at the background to the Vicksburg Campaign.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Pemberton: A Biography” by Michael B. Ballard.
Listen to Episode 279: VicksburgPartThird
VICKSBURG (Part the Second)
In which we continue to look at the background to the Vicksburg Campaign.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Echoes of Glory: Illustrated Atlas of the Civil War” by the Editors of Time-Life Books.
Listen to Episode 278: VicksburgPartSecond
VICKSBURG (Part the First)
In which we start to look at the background to the Vicksburg Campaign.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Campaign for Vicksburg” (3 volumes) by Edwin Bearss.
Listen to Episode 277: VicksburgPartFirst
Just a reminder- but as we announced at the end of the last show, there won’t be a new episode this weekend. We’re taking a bit of time off to celebrate our anniversary and Easter. We’ll be back on April 28 with the first installment of the Vicksburg story arc.
“MOUNTAINEERS ARE ALWAYS FREE”: How West Virginia Became a State (Part the Second)
In which we wrap-up the story of how West Virginia, in the midst of the Civil War, became the thirty-fifth state of the Union.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “A House Divided: A Study of Statehood Politics and the Copperhead Movement in West Virginia” By Richard Orr Curry.
Listen to Episode 276: WestVirginiaPartSecond
“MOUNTAINEERS ARE ALWAYS FREE”: How West Virginia Became a State (Part the First)
In which we start to look at the story of how West Virginia became the thirty-fifth state of the Union.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “West Virginia and the Civil War” by Mark Snell.
Listen to Episode 275: WestVirginiaPartFirst
We’re making a big change to the membership program. You see, when we first started the Strawfoot Brigade we put together a wordpress website ourselves and found a membership plugin to use with it, and although both have performed yoeman duty up to this point, they’re beginning to show the strain as the number of members continues to climb steadily. A growing membership is a good problem to have, obviously, and we think we’ve hit upon the best solution to address that “problem” as we continue to move forward with the podcast. We’re going to transition all of the Strawfoot Brigade material to a proven membership platform named Patreon that is already used by thousands of other creators, including many of our fellow podcasters. Our page there is all set-up and ready to go, so you can check it out right now at www.patreon.com/civilwarpodcast
Although we think this is the best long-term solution for us as we move forward with the show, we realize that there may be some short-term disruption, since unfortunately there’s no way to simply transfer all of our current members to Patreon. That means you’ll have to close out your current membership through Paypal and open up a new membership through Patreon. To help ease this transition for current members, we’re going to plan for a transition period of six weeks, during which we’ll leave all the membership episodes up on the website, but after May 10, 2019 the only way to access membership material will be through Patreon.
Thank you for your support of the podcast. We’re still as excited as ever about continuing to tell the story of the Civil War & Reconstruction. We hope we can continue to count on your support as we keep telling that story, one episode at a time.
