Key Battles of the Civil War
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Introducing James Early's New Podcast "Key Battles of American History"
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Did you enjoy this series? Then you'll love James Early's new show "Key Battles of American History." Check it out on the podcast player of your choic...
Episode 22: How the Civil War Lives on Today
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this very final episode, James and Scott discuss the lasting effects of the Civil War and why it is the single most important event in the history ...
Episode 21: What Became of the Men Who Wore the Blue and the Grey
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this epilogue episode James and Scott talk about the Union and Confederate generals whom we've gotten to know so well after the war finished. They ...
Episode 20: The Naval War
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Civil War is now finished but our series is not. Scott and James discuss an aspect of the Civil War that for the most part didn’t tie into our m...
Episode 19: African Americans in Uniform
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As the Civil War came to an end, a big question remained for the North and eventually the reunited United States. What would become of its African-Ame...
Episode 18: The Overland Campaign
24 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's now 1864. Lincoln is re-elected, and Sherman’s March to the Sea obliterated the Confederacy’s industrial base. But work remains for General G...
Episode 17: Sherman's March to the Sea
23 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From November to December 1864, Gen. Sherman led over 60,000 soldiers from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia in a scorched earth campaign to completely dem...
Episode 16: The Battle of Atlanta
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the fall of 1864, the Union Army now had full momentum against the Confederacy, pushing deeper into the South than ever before. General Sherman ove...
Episode 15: Chattanooga
21 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Following Union defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga, Union forces retreated to the railroad junction of Chattanooga, Tennessee. From November 23-25, 1...
Episode 14: The Battle of Chickamauga
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Battle of Chickamauga marked the end of Union Maj. Gen. William Rosencran's offensive into southwestern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia and the...
Episode 13: The Battle of Gettysburg
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The 1863 Battle of Gettysburg stopped Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. It was the deadliest battle of the Civil War, with over 50,000 cas...
Episode 12: The Fall of Vicksburg
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second part in our episodes on the Vicksburg Campaign, one of the most consequential Civil War battles in the Western theatre and what ...
Episode 11: The Western Campaign and the Siege of Vicksburg
17 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the next two episodes Scott and James will discuss the Siege of Vicksburg. In the summer of 1863, Grant’s Army of the Tennessee came to Vicksburg...
Episode 10: The Battle of Chancellorsville
16 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Battle of Chancellorsville is considered Robert E. Lee’s masterpiece. His reputation as a military genius was sealed by fighting an incredibl...
Episode 9: The Battle of Fredericksburg
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Following McClellan's disastrous Union loss at Antietam, Lincoln replaced him with Ambrose Burnside, who planned to march to the city of Fredericksbu...
Episode 8: Sidetrack Episode on Emancipation
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The entire point of the Civil War was to end slavery, right? Not exactly, and definitely not at the beginning of the War. The North went to war strict...
Episode 7: The Battle of Antietam
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Battle of Antietam—an 1862 clash between Robert E. lee's Army of Northern Virginian and George McClellan's Army of the Potomac—was the deadlie...
Episode 6: The Seven Days Battle
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Union General George B. McClellan, who led 100,000 men and moved as fast as an iceberg, attempted to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond in a ...
Episode 5: The 1862 Peninsula Campaign
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In early 1862 the Union Army launched a major operation in southeastern Virginia, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. Lincoln repl...
Episode 4: The Battle of Shiloh
10 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Battle of Shiloh was a battle in the Western Theater fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. On the first morning, 40,000 Confederate...
Episode 3: Border States and the War in the West
09 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1861, four slave states had still not seceded. If even two or three joined the Confederacy, the Union would be in big trouble. Lincol...
Episode 2: Battle of First Bull Run
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Abraham Lincoln believed that the Civil War would be over in a few months, with the Union Army marching on Richmond by late 1861. The Union and the Co...
Episode 1: Background to the Civil War
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The origins of the Civil War go back decades, even before the United States became an independent nation The federal union had always been precarious,...
Introduction to Key Battles of the Civil War
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Civil War pitted brother against brother and divided a nation. It also featured the most epic—and deadliest—battles in American history. From ...
Prologue to Key Battles of the Civil War
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A couple of announcements from host Scott Rank. He tells you what this series will be about and where to find his main podcast History Unplugged (http...