Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show? President Abraham Lincoln sat down to enjoy a play at Ford’s Theatre, but the night took a deadly turn. Enter John Wilkes Booth: actor, Confederate sympathizer, and America’s most infamous assassin. In this episode of Quick and Dirty History , we break down the shocking events of Lincoln’s assassination, Booth’s escape, the conspiracy behind the plot, and how this moment altered the course of U.S. history. Buckle up—this one ends with a bang!...
Feb 20, 2025•7 min
The final days of the Civil War…from Lincoln’s hard-fought reelection in 1864 to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment and the surrender at Appomattox… sealing the fate of the Confederacy.
Feb 14, 2025•6 min
The American Civil War rages on, but Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant intend to end it…at any cost. “War is cruelty…there is no use in trying to reform it…the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over” – William Tecumseh Sherman
Jan 09, 2025•5 min
When the armies meet at Gettysburg during the American Civil War…it’s carnage, and Abraham Lincoln has a few words to say about it too.
Dec 20, 2024•6 min
Who decided a bird gets presidential pass? Is it justice, or just plain fowl play? This turkey has better legal representation than you do! This is what Thanksgiving during the Civil War sounds like.
Nov 29, 2024•5 min
The Emancipation Proclamation, it’s the first big step toward ending slavery, but it was also a crucial move to keep Europe out of the American Civil War. Freeing slaves would shift the focus of the conflict and set the stage for a larger showdown.
Nov 20, 2024•5 min
During the Civil War, more than 22,000 soldiers fell in the fields of Maryland in the single bloodiest day in American History. It’s the Battle of Antietam.
Nov 14, 2024•5 min
The Second Battle of Bull Run kicks off with a demoted Union general, and a chance for the North to redeem themselves…spoiler alert, they don’t.
Apr 04, 2024•4 min
The Confiscation Act gets bigger and badder…and George McClellan is still….mehhh.
Mar 28, 2024•4 min
Robert E. Lee has a breakfast of champions…Hard Tack…and then comes out swinging in the Seven Days Battles of the Civil War.
Mar 21, 2024•4 min
In war, nobody wins…one side just loses more slowly. The bloodiest battle of not just the Civil War, but any American military engagement up to that point takes place in Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee. It’s the Battle of Shiloh.
Mar 07, 2024•5 min
The Navies of the Civil War go heavy metal!
Feb 21, 2024•4 min
Abraham Lincoln fills his cabinet with people that disagreed with him…because the Union is bigger than just one dude.
Feb 08, 2024•6 min
Who do you want to have a beer with? Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis…The time there were two Commanders in Chief within our borders during the Civil War…
Jan 25, 2024•7 min
The beginning of 1862 is action packed, the Union strikes back!
Jan 18, 2024•5 min
In the North corner…it’s George McClellan, and in the South, Robert E. Lee…Ready, fight!
Jan 11, 2024•8 min
Harriet Tubman and the abolitionist movement is full steam ahead with the Underground Railroad in the fight against slavery. As the Civil War chugs along, the Union fires a legal shot at the Confederacy with the Confiscation Act.
Jan 04, 2024•7 min
The first real confrontation of the American Civil War kicks off near the town of Manassas, and only a stone’s throw from Washington D.C. It’s the battle of Bull Run.
Dec 28, 2023•5 min
Arlington Cemetery will become our nation’s most hallowed ground…but first, it will be the most strategic ground to protect Washington D.C. And, as an unintended FU to the future general of the confederacy, it’s on Robert E. Lee’s family land.
Dec 21, 2023•4 min
The Civil War revolutionized how battles were fought. From guns and bullets to the telegraph and railroads…America is the leader in technology, but these weapons of war prove especially devastating when Americans use them against each other.
Dec 14, 2023•9 min
As Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the 16th President of America…states have already begun to secede and join the confederacy. The Civil War has begun.
Dec 07, 2023•4 min
Abraham Lincoln is the Big Buck of This Lick! He and the new Republican Party set out to oppose slavery, just as the Supreme Court doubles down with one of their worst decisions…the Dred Scott case.
Nov 30, 2023•6 min
Tensions are mounting between political parties and the northern and southern states. The powder keg is about to explode.
Nov 23, 2023•5 min
The feminine frontier has begun! Women want their voices heard at the ballot box…and they’re gonna get it!
Nov 15, 2023•3 min
There’s gold in them there hills! Gold is struck in California! We’re gonna get rich…or, at least a few dudes are.
Nov 09, 2023•5 min
California roars towards independence! It’s the Bear Flag Revolt.
Nov 02, 2023•5 min
Chuck Norris makes Texas a state, then he fights a war…on his own.
May 29, 2023•5 min
The future of the Texas hangs in the balance…as tensions explode, so do the cannons. The fighting kicks off at the Alamo, with folk legend Davy Crockett. It doesn’t turn out so well for him, but everyone will Remember the Alamo!
Mar 20, 2023•5 min
Westside is the best side…Unless you died of dysentery along the way. #OregonTrail. Manifest Destiny broadens the horizons of the young United States, but there’s a dark side to westward expansion.
Mar 04, 2023•7 min
The American government wages war on Native Americans and the banks…at the behest of Andrew Jackson. The Trail of Tears becomes one of America’s darkest stories.
Feb 23, 2023•8 min
