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66: The Election of 1864: Lincoln's Bid for Reelection
Jun 08, 2020“Johnson is either drunk or crazy,” This is the story of the fight for the presidency in 1864. No US President since Andrew Jackson has seen a second term. Few are even nominated by their party for ...
65: Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign & The Free State of Jones
May 25, 2020“War is war, and not popularity-seeking.” This is the story of the fall of Atlanta. William Tecumseh “Cump” Sherman is leading three armies in an attack against this vital city in the Peach State. His...
Bonus: A New Sound for HTDS (Farewell to Josh, Hello to Lindsay Graham & Airship)
May 18, 2020After more than two years of putting his blood, sweat, and tears into HTDS, Sound Designer Josh Beatty is moving on. We'll miss him! But we're also excited to have history podcasting legend Lindsay Gr...
64: Grant's Overland Campaign: The Battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, & Petersburg
May 11, 2020“I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.” This is the story of hard fights and harder losses. It’s early 1864, and battle-proven, newly promoted Ulysses S. Grant is now over th...
Bonus: A Chat about Southern Accents w/ Jeremy Collins from "Podcasts We Listen To"
May 06, 2020History can touch on present-day issues, and rather than duck away from such discomforts, Greg has always been stupid enough to try to hit them straight on. Indulging that stupidity today, Greg sat do...
63: Wounded and Dying: Nurses, Doctors, and Disease in the Civil War
Apr 27, 2020“I had never severed the nerves and fibers of human flesh.” This is the story of Civil War medicine. At the start of the war, the wounded sometimes lay on the field of battle for days hoping for help...
62: The War in Tennessee: Chickamauga and Chattanooga
Apr 13, 2020“Gloom and unspoken despondency hang like a pall everywhere.” This is the story of personalities. Union General William “Old Rosy” Rosecrans takes on Confederate General Braxton Bragg out in Tenness...
61: The Louisiana Native Guard, the 54th Massachusetts & On: Black Soldiers in the Civil War
Mar 30, 2020“It is hard to believe that Southern soldiers—and Texans at that—have been whipped by a mongrel crew of white and black Yankees … there must be some mistake.” This is the story of Black Soldiers in th...
60: Gettysburg
Mar 16, 2020“I shall lead my division forward, sir.” This is the story of Gettysburg. It’s summer, 1863, and Robert E. Lee is making a bold move; he’s leading his Army of Northern Virginia into Union territory....
59: Stone’s River, Suspending Habeas Corpus, Vicksburg, & Stonewall’s Death at Chancellorsville
Mar 02, 2020“Grant is my man and I am his the rest of the war.” This is the story of hard fighting—on the battlefield and in the courts. President Abraham Lincoln is making the controversial decision to suspend...