The Civil War & Reconstruction

In which the fighting during the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864, claims the life of the commander of the Army of the Tennessee, James McPherson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we finish setting the stage for the Battle of Atlanta, which took place on July 22, 1864, just southeast of the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we set the stage for the Battle of Atlanta, which took place on July 22, 1864, just to the southeast of the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at what was happening with James McPherson & the Army of the Tennessee, east of Atlanta, while George Thomas was fighting off the Confederates at Peach Tree Creek on July 20, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we take a look at the music of the Civil War (again). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we wrap-up our look at the Battle of Peach Tree Creek, which took place outside Atlanta on July 20, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the action at the start of the Battle of Peach Tree Creek, which took place outside Atlanta on July 20, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

in which we start to look at the Battle of Peach Tree Creek, which took place outside Atlanta on July 20, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the daunting task facing John B Hood when he assumed command of the Army of Tennessee, and we set the stage for the Battle of Peachtree Creek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the change in command at the top of the Army of Tennessee between Joseph E Johnston and John B Hood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we set the Atlanta Campaign within the larger context of what was happening in the war during the summer of 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which Sherman comes up with a plan for "a general right wheel" now that the Federal armies are across the Chattahoochee, and there's a shake-up in the Confederate Army of Tennessee's high command. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the Federals get across the Chattahoochee, and Joe Johnston abandons the Shoup Line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Federals reach the Chattahoochee River, the last natural obstacle between them and Atlanta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we perform a postmortem on the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain to analyze Sherman's decision to order an attack on the Confederates' works on June 27, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the life of Joseph Wheeler, who was a Confederate cavalry general during the Civil War and a US Army general during the Spanish-American War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the two-week long standoff at Kennesaw Mountain comes to an end as Sherman moves to flank the Confederates and, in response, Joe Johnston pulls the Army of Tennessee out of its lines and withdraws to a new position. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which it's a race to see if we can finish recording the episode before Tracy's voice gives out (she's been sick). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which Sherman takes stock of the lessons learned from the failed Federal frontal attacks on the Confederate lines at Kennesaw Mountain and decides to switch strategies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we wrap-up our look at the Federal assault on the Dead Angle at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we start to look at the fierce fighting for the Dead Angle at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia on June 27, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we continue our discussion of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia on June 27, 1864, by setting the stage for the fierce fighting at the Dead Angle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we continue covering the action at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at more of the action at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the action starts at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we talk about the role each of us can play in ensuring that the American experiment in democracy survives through these perilous times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which Sherman decides to launch an attack on the Confederate lines at Kennesaw Mountain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we discuss the fight at Kolb's Farm on June 22, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the armies take up their positions along the Kennesaw line, near Marietta, Georgia, in June 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which Kennesaw Mountain enters the discussion, Polk is killed, and there's a fight at Kolb's Farm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we discuss three changes that took place in the campaign over late May/early June. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the Federals swing away from the railroad, out into the north Georgia countryside, and there are sharp fights at New Hope Church and Pickett's Mill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the Confederates fall back, fall back again, have a very bad day at Cassville, then fall back again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the armies face off at Resaca, and the pattern of operations for the next couple of months is set. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the Federals seize Snake Creek Gap and score a major success at the start of the campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which Sherman & Johnston get the opposing armies into position for the start of the campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the geography of the region where the Atlanta Campaign would open, and how it influenced Sherman's strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we take a closer look at the opposing armies, and discuss their strengths & weaknesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the importance of logistics, and the Western & Atlantic Railroad in particular, to the spring campaign in north Georgia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the Federals discover an important piece of in formation, and the command woes continue in the Confederates' Army of Tennessee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we continue setting the stage for the Atlanta Campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we continue to set the stage for the Atlanta Campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we begin to set the stage for the Atlanta Campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we wrap-up our look at the Overland Campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the bloody & futile Federal assaults on June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we continue to look at the maneuvering & fighting that preceded the (in)famous Federal attack at Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we set the stage for the famous fight at Cold Harbor between the two armies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at what was being purchased by all the death & suffering during the Overland Campaign in Virginia in the spring of 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the physical misery & psychological strain endured by the soldiers during the Overland Campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the care of the large numbers of wounded during the Overland Campaign, how both sides dealt with the many enemy soldiers taken captive, and what happened with the dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which Lee sees an opportunity to strike Warren's Fifth Corps, and Grant tries to (once again) maneuver around Lee's right and draw him into battle in the open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the two armies leave the North Anna behind, and there is a clash at Haw's Shop on May 28, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the two armies reach the North Anna and Robert E Lee presents Ulysses S Grant with a problem to solve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which both armies leave Spotsylvania behind, and head for the North Anna River. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we finish up our look at the collapse of Grant's peripheral strategy in the spring of 1864 in Virginia, with a discussion of Butler's Bermuda Hundred Campaign, including the battle at Drewry's Bluff on May 16, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we discuss the Battle of Yellow Tavern- which took place in Virginia on May 11, 1864- and the mortal wounding of Jeb Stuart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we discuss the Battle of New Market (May 15, 1864), as we continue our look at the collapse of Ulysses S Grant's peripheral strategy in Virginia in the spring of 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the collapse of Grant's peripheral strategy in Virginia. We talk about the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain on May 9, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the fierce fighting at the Mule Shoe on May 12, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A quick update on where we've been... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the two armies clash near Spotsylvania on May 10, 1864, and Grant vows "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the two armies break off the fight in the Wilderness and set off for Spotsylvania Court House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the fierce fighting in the Wilderness comes to end on May 6, with the two armies locked in something of a stalemate- but, as it turns out, Grant is not ready to quit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the fighting heats up on May 6 in the Brock Road/Orange Plank Road sector of the battlefield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which there is fighting on May 5 at Saunders' Field on the Orange Turnpike and at the Brock Road intersection on the Orange Plank Road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which the Army of the Potomac advances across the Rapidan, into the Wilderness, and Robert E Lee responds by setting the Army of Northern Virginia into motion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we set the stage for the start of the Wilderness Campaign in Virginia in the spring of 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at Ulysses S Grant's plans for the Federals' Spring 1864 offensives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we discuss Ulysses S Grant's arrival in Washington DC in March 1864, his promotion to lieutenant general, and his elevation to the post of general-in-chief of the armies of the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we wrap up our look at the Red River Campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we turn our attention back to the Louisiana portion of the campaign, and see if the Federal army & navy can make it safely back to Alexandria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the fate of Steele's column in Arkansas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at was happening with Frederick Steele's column up in Arkansas, the second Federal 'pincer' that was supposed to converge on Shreveport, Louisiana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(Red River Campaign, Part the Sixth) In which we look at what happened at the Battle of Pleasant Hill, in Louisiana, on April 9, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(Red River Campaign, Part the Fifth) In which we cover the action at the Battle of Mansfield on April 8, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we continue with the story of the 1864 Red River Campaign in Louisiana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we continue with the story of the 1864 Red River Campaign in Louisiana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we get the Federals started off on their Red River Campaign in March 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we give some background to the 1864 Red River Campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which there's an update about some of the major story arcs coming up on the podcast as we continue to work our way through 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the enduring controversy that erupted in the aftermath of the raid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we give the background to the failed Federal cavalry raid on Richmond in February/March 1864 that set off one of the most enduring controversies of the Civil War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the action at the Battle of Olustee, which took place in northern Florida on February 20, 1864. *This episode contains explicit language.* Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samuel L. Jackson’s got big plans when he arrives at Morehouse College in the late 1960s. He loves movies, and he’s dreaming of a bright future as a marine biologist, but the world’s dreaming of other things. Tensions around the Civil Rights Movement are only increasing and protests against the Vietnam War are erupting on campuses around the nation. When these forces come to a head on campus, Samuel L. Jackson’s leading the charge, and his shocking actions change the history and future of Morehouse College. Listen to Black History, For Real wherever you get your podcasts, or you can listen early and ad-free on Wondery+: https://wondery.com/shows/black-history-for-real/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we continue setting the stage for the Battle of Olustee, which took place in northeast Florida in February 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we set the stage for the Battle of Olustee, which took place in northeast Florida on February 20, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the Confederate Secret Service's Canadian-based activities to undermine the Union war effort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the story of the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship- the Confederate sub HL Hunley, which sank USS Housatonic on the night of February 17, 1864, and then vanished. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at what happened to those 7000 Federal horsemen who were supposed to meet Sherman at Meridian, Mississippi, in February 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which Sherman marches right across Mississippi and destroys Meridian in February 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we discuss the evolution of William Tecumseh Sherman's thinking regarding the prosecution of the war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at Sherman's raid on Meridian, Mississippi, in February 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the mass escape from Libby Prison in Richmond in February 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the experience of POWs during the Civil War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the Confederate attack on USS Underwriter at New Bern, North Carolina, on February 2, 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the life of Anna E Dickinson and her address on Capitol Hill in January 1864. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at the pay inequality between black and white soldiers in the Federal armies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at Confederate Major General Patrick Cleburne's controversial proposal, presented in January 1864, to arm and free the Confederacy's slaves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we look at how 1864 will be a pivotal year in the Civil War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices