The Civil War & Reconstruction

In which the campaign for Chattanooga takes a decisive turn- not in that town but in Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at Wheeler's October Raid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the Federals work to send substantial reinforcements to William Rosecrans, while- on the Confederate side- Braxton Bragg battles his own generals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the transition from the Chickamauga Campaign to the Chattanooga Campaign for the Army of Tennessee & the Army of the Cumberland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we talk about the fighting at the Battle of Bristoe Station (Virginia), which took place on October 14, 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we continue looking at the Bristoe Station Campaign, which took place in Northern Virginia in October 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at what was going on with the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia while Rosecrans and Bragg were locked in combat at Chickamauga. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which William Quantrill and his rebel bushwhackers descend upon the town of Lawrence, Kansas, on August 21, 1863, and a massacre ensues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the violence that wracked the Kansas/Missouri border after the start of the Civil War, and set the stage for the Lawrence (KS) Massacre, which took place in August 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the aftermath of the battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the battle of Chickamauga comes to a fitful, confusing end on the evening of September 20, 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the Confederates launch fierce attacks against Horseshoe Ridge, while the Federals struggle to hold onto the high ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we tell a tale of two generals... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which Longstreet's assault column rolls right through the hole in the Federal line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which Rosecrans' decision to send a constant stream of reinforcements to sustain George Thomas' position on the northern end of the battlefield sets the stage for a fatal gap opening up on the right side of the Union line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the big Confederate attack on the morning of the twentieth finally gets underway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at what was going on in both armies before the start of the fighting on the morning of the third (and final) day of the battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at what was going on with the Confederate high command on the night of September 19.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we talk about the aftermath of the second day of fighting, including important decisions made that night by each army commander. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at Cleburne's night attack that ended the fighting on the second day of the battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the fighting in and around Viniard Field consumes brigade after brigade, as Federals and Confederates continue their struggle for control of the vital La Fayette Road in this sector of the battlefield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the action shifts south, as the fighting in & around Viniard Field heats up on the afternoon of the second day of the battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the two armies continue to slug it out on the northern part of the field on the afternoon of the second day of the battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the combat continues to heat up on the second day of the battle as division after division, and brigade after brigade, is fed into the fight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the fighting continues to escalate on the morning of the battle's second day (September 19, 1863). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices