In which we look at the series of increasingly futile assaults the Federals launched against Marye's Heights at the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we switch our focus to the action on the northern part of the battlefield on December 13, 1862, as the Federals begin to launch a series of bloody, futile assaults against Marye's Heights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we look at the action on the southern portion of the Fredericksburg battlefield on December 13, 1862 as Meade's and Gibbon's divisions assaulted the Confederate line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we say this is Episode #234, but it's really Episode #233. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we set the stage for Franklin's attack on the southern portion of the Confederate line on December 13, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which the Federals make a successful river crossing under fire, finish their bridges, fight through the streets of Fredericksburg, and then proceed to thoroughly ransack the town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which, under the category "better late than never," we finally get this episode released. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which Burnside's campaign starts to fall apart for lack of pontoons. Plus, Fighting Joe Hooker sends a friend request to Edwin Stanton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we look at Abraham Lincoln's need for a military victory to sustain emancipation as a war aim, and how that led to Burnside's winter offensive and the Battle of Fredericksburg (Virginia). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we look at Ambrose Burnside's decision to accept command of the Army of the Potomac in early November, 1862. Plus, bloopers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we look at the story behind President Abraham Lincoln relieving Major General George B. McClellan from command of the Army of the Potomac in November, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we look at the action at the Battle of Prairie Grove (Arkansas), which took place on December 7, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we look at the maneuvering that brought the armies to Prairie Grove, including the epic march of the Missouri Divisions to the battlefield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we continue to set the stage for Prairie Grove- by looking at the Battle of Cane Hill (Arkansas), which took place on November 28, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we begin to set the stage for the Battle of Prairie Grove, which took place in northwest Arkansas on December 7, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we look at the action at the Battle of Davis Bridge (Tennessee), which took place on October 5, 1862 in the aftermath of the Confederate defeat at Corinth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we look at the action at the Battle of Corinth (Mississippi), which took place on October 3 & 4, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which one of us continues to set the stage for the Battle of Corinth (Mississippi), which took place on October 3 & 4, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we set the stage for the Battle of Corinth (Mississippi), which took place on October 3 & 4, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we discuss the action at the Battle of Iuka (Mississippi), which took place on September 19, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we set the stage for the battles of Iuka and Corinth, which took place back in northern Mississippi while Braxton Bragg was up in Kentucky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we wrap-up our discussion of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky), which took place on October 8, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we continue our discussion of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky), which took place on October 8, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we continue telling the story of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky), which took place on October 8, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which the first shots of the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky) are fired early on the morning of October 8, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we set the stage for the Battle of Perryville, which took place in Kentucky on October 8, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which Rich & Tracy, with scratchy throats and failing voices, power through the episode to share the story of the epic march of the Federal garrison that evacuated Cumberland Gap during the 1862 Kentucky Campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we look at Braxton Bragg's capture of Munfordville, Kentucky on September 17, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we look at the fighting at the Battle of Richmond (Kentucky), which took place on August 30, 1862. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In which we continue our march toward Perryville. In this episode we set the stage for the Battle of Richmond (Kentucky), which was one of the most lop-sided victories of the Civil War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
