Civil War Breakfast Club Episode 61 - Battle of Cedar Creek
We are back in the eastern theatre and talking Battle of Cedar Creek, which is probably Sheridan's finest moment in the Civil War!

We are back in the eastern theatre and talking Battle of Cedar Creek, which is probably Sheridan's finest moment in the Civil War!
We finally made it to the Battle of Perryville! The final episode in our trilogy aboot the Kentucky Campaign which began with the Battle of Richmond, continued with the road to Perryville, finally culminates in this battle which will ultimately decide the fate of Kentucky in the Civil War.
We are racing through Kentucky as we discuss the lead up to the Battle of Perryville!
We discuss the Second Battle of Corinth. This may or may not be where Grant and Rosecrans started their rivalry.
We teamed up with Joe and Bo over at Home Brew History podcast to talk battle preservation! This was a great and fun discussion. We are also doing a fundraiser with me for Battle of Franklin Trust - details in the episode!
We discuss General William Haines Lytle, the Poet General.
We wrap up our discussion of the Northern Virginia Campaign by discussing the Battle of Chantilly! Spoiler alert - things don't work out too great for Kearny or Stevens.
Great Scott! We are back in the eastern theatre and taking it back again to Second Manassas!
We head back to the western theatre to the battle that is taking place at the same time as Second Manassas - Battle of Richmond!
We talk the 4 Lincoln conspirators - Herold, Atzerodt, Powell, & Mary Surratt. Also, this is our 1 year anniversary episode!
We head back to the Trans-Mississippi Theatre to discuss the Battle of Wilson's Creek.
Taking it back to the western theatre, we are talking the Battle of Ezra Church. Sherman, Howard, Logan, Stephen D. Lee & Hood all make an appearance.
We got all the way back to the beginning of the Civil War again (and eastern theatre) & discuss the battle that made many realize this war was going to be a long, drawn out affair.
This week we talk Battle of Monocacy. It could also be called the Redemption of Lew Wallace!
Our wrap up of the Gettysburg Campaign is with the retreat from Gettysburg. Probably one of Lee's more brilliant moments, but Meade doesn't do too bad himself here either.
We wrap up our discussion of Vicksburg by going from the Battle of Raymond right through to Pemberton's surrender on July 4, 1863.
In this episode, we discuss the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. Sherman, Howard, Thomas, Johnston, Cleburne & Cheatham all make an appearance. Sherman gets CleBURNED!
We discuss the 2nd Battle of WINCHESTAH (as we like to call it here). Also the Gateway to Gettysburg. It's also General Richard Ewell's shining moment in the Civil War.
We are so happy to be partnering with Civil War Trails to do a fundraiser for them! They're an awesome group that love to tell the story of the Civil War! Think of them as an open air museum! And yes, we do have books to give away too!
This week we are back in the western theatre (the Canadian's geography skills astound the American's) and talking part 2 of Vicksburg! We follow Grant, Sherman, Birbseye & other through swamps & bayous as they try to make their way to Vicksburg.
We discuss some of the good, the bad, the ugly (and underrated!) of the Civil War.
Huge thank you to Eric Schlehlein, author of "Black Iron Mercy" & "The Dim White Light", who joined us to talk aboot the Iron Brigade. We very much enjoyed this discussion with him!
We conclude our discussion aboot Chancellorsville - Howard is back again, as is Hooker, Jackson and Lee!
Chancellorville Part 1 - Stonewall, Hooker, Howard - They're all here!
We wrap up our discussion aboot the Carolina's Campaign with a discussion aboot the surrender of Johnston to Sherman at Bennett Place in April of 1865!
In this episode, we are back at the end the Civil War War with the escape and capture of Jeff Davis!
In our second episode aboot secession, we talk aboot what led to the firing upon Fort Sumter as well as a bit of the aftermath of it.
Hold onto your butts! We are here with part 2 of our discussion on the Battle of the Shiloh.
Pull up a chair, grab some shad because we are talking Battle of Five Forks!