GETTYSBURG (Part the Third)

In which we look at Robert E Lee’s reasons for launching an offensive strike north into Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E Lee Through His Private Letters” by Elizabeth Brown Pryor.

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• This episode of the podcast was sponsored by Simon & Schuster, publisher of “Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign That Broke the Confederacy” by Donald L Miller. Miller’s “Vicksburg” is available in hardcover, ebook, & audiobook. Get your copy today here

GETTYSBURG (Part the Second)

In which we look at the May 15, 1863 conference in Richmond attended by Jefferson Davis, James Seddon, & Robert E Lee.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Gettysburg” by Stephen W. Sears.

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• This episode of the podcast is sponsored by Simon & Schuster, publisher of “Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign That Broke the Confederacy” by Donald Miller. Order a copy today here

GETTYSBURG (Part the First)

In which we kick-off the Gettysburg story arc.

This episode is sponsored by Simon & Schuster, publishers of “Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign That Broke the Confederacy” by Donald Miller. The book will be available Oct. 29 in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook. Pre-order a copy today here

This episode’s book recommendation is “Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage” by Noah Andre Trudeau.

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VICKSBURG (Part the Twentieth)

In which Sherman scares off Johnston, Gardner surrenders Port Hudson to Banks, and we wrap-up the Vicksburg story arc.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Voices of the Civil War: Vicksburg” by the Editors of Time-Life Books.

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VICKSBURG (Part the Nineteenth)

In which we see John Pemberton surrender Vicksburg to Ulysses S Grant on July 4, 1863, ending the forty-seven day siege.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Port Hudson: Confederate Bastion on the Mississippi” by Lawrence Lee Hewitt.

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VICKSBURG (Part the Eighteenth)

In which we look at Confederate efforts to aid Pemberton and the besieged Vicksburg garrison.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Receding Tide: Vicksburg and Gettysburg- The Campaigns that Changed the Civil War” by Edwin C. Bearrs with J. Parker Hills.

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VICKSBURG (Part the Seventeenth)

In which we look at Federal siege operations at Vicksburg, May-June 1863.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Grant at Vicksburg: The General and the Siege” by Michael B. Ballard.

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VICKSBURG (Part the Sixteenth)

In which we look at Grant’s failed attacks at Vicksburg on May 19 & 22, 1863.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Vicksburg Assaults, May 19-22, 1863” edited by Steven E. Woodworth & Charles D. Grear.

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VICKSBURG (Part the Fifteenth)

In which we look at the decisive clash of the Vicksburg Campaign- the Battle of Champion Hill, which took place on May 16, 1863.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg” by Timothy B. Smith.

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VICKSBURG (Part the Fourteenth)

In which the Confederates lose the Battle of Raymond, lose the Mississippi state capital of Jackson, and Pemberton- despite his won better judgment- moves out to confront the Federals.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Triumph & Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign” by Timothy B. Smith.

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