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Civil War Podcast, Episode 47


INFANTRY (Part the Third)

In which we conclude our discussion of Civil War infantry.

During the sesquicentennial reeanactments at Gettysburg this past summer, William H. Hincks portrays his great-great-grandfather, Medal of Honor recepient William Bliss Hincks, taking a Confederate flag from a color bearer (portrayed by Skip Koontz, of Sharpsburg, Maryland) during Pickett’s Charge.

 

Our book recommendation for this episode is Company Aytch, or a Side Show of the Big Show by Sam Watkins, a new edition annotated & edited by Philip Leigh.

~ “To the memory of my dead comrades of the Maury Grays and the First Tennessee Regiment, who died in defense of Southern homes and liberties: also to my living comrades, nearly all of whom shed their blood in defense of the same cause, this book is respectfully dedicated by the author.”


Listen to Episode 47: InfantryPartThird

Civil War Podcast, Episode 46

INFANTRY (Part the Second)

Percussion cap seated on a Civil War-era rifle musket.


Minie bullets (note hollow base)


In which we discuss the principal shoulder arm used by Union & Confederate infantrymen during the Civil War: the rifle-musket.

Our book recommendation for this episode is The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth by Earl J. Hess.

“Hess hits a bull’s-eye with this fresh, provocative look at the impact of the rifle musket on Civil War combat.  His persuasive challenge to many old assumptions about the revolutionary role of the rifle requires a broad re-evaluation of what we have long thought happened on the battlefields of 1861-65.” ~ Daniel Sutherland, author of Seasons of War: The Ordeal of a Confederate Community, 1861-1865


Listen to Episode 46: InfantryPartSecond

Civil War Podcast, Episode 45

INFANTRY (Part the First)


In which we use several episodes to talk about the three combat arms of Civil War armies- the infantry, cavalry, & artillery.


Our book recommendations for this episode are The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy and The Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union by Bell Irvin Wiley.



Listen to Episode 45: InfantryPartFirst