The Civil War & Reconstruction

In which we look at Grant's failed attacks on Vicksburg on May 19 & 22, 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the decisive clash of the Vicksburg Campaign- the Battle of Champion Hill, which took place on May 16, 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we slip in a plug for joining the Strawfoot Brigade while sharing the story of how Benjamin Grierson saved William Tecumseh Sherman's life at Fort Sill in 1871.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the Confederates lose the Battle of Raymond, lose the Mississippi state capital of Jackson, and Pemberton- against his own better judgement- moves out to confront Grant.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we see Grant's Army of the Tennessee set out on its epic march into the interior of Mississippi, in order to cut off Vicksburg from supplies & reinforcements. * This episode of the podcast was sponsored by Simon & Schuster, publishers of "Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation" by Douglas Waller. Available wherever you get your books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

In which we look at the Battle of Port Gibson, which took place on May 1, 1863, as Grant advanced inland after landing on the east side of the Mississippi River. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we see the Federals marching down the Louisiana side of the Mississippi River... Porter's gunboats get battered at Grand Gulf... and by the end of the show, Grant's army is finally ready to cross over to the east bank below Vicksburg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we turn our attention back to Ulysses S Grant, who makes the fateful decision to march his army down the west side of the Mississippi River and then cross to the east bank below the Confederate strongpoint of Vicksburg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at Banks' successful Bayou Teche Campaign in central Louisiana in the spring of 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at events downriver from Vicksburg, including the appointment of Major General Nathaniel Banks to command the Department of the Gulf and Rear Admiral David Farragut running the the Confederate batteries at Port Hudson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the fate of USS Indianola and talk about the failure of the Yazoo Pass and Steele's Bayou expeditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the Federal attack on Arkansas Post on January 11, 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at Sherman's failed assault at Chickasaw Bayou, north of Vicksburg, at the end of December 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we start to look at Grant's first attempt to wrest Vicksburg from the Confederates. It didn't go well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we continue to look at the background to the Vicksburg Campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we continue to look at the background to the Vicksburg Campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which start to look at the background to the Vicksburg Campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we wrap-up our look at how West Virginia, in the midst of the Civil War, became the thirty-fifth state of the Union. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we start to look at the story of how West Virginia became the thirty-fifth state of the Union. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the wounding and death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which Hooker retreats, Lee stews, and we wrap-up our discussion of the Chancellorsville Campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we see Robert E Lee fail in his attempt to "demolish" Sedgwick on May 4, 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the fighting at Salem Church on May 3, 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which our focus shifts to the fighting east of Chancellorsville, at Fredericksburg and Salem Church.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the Confederate forces of Jeb Stuart & Robert E Lee capture the Chancellorsville intersection after furious fighting on the morning of May 3, 1863.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices