Learn Civil War History Podcast
1) A Selection of Civil War Terms From Letter N Through Letter Z
A Selection of Civil War Terms From Letter N Through Letter Z is Episode 15 of the Learn Civil War History Podcast. It continues on from episode 14 that featured terms from Letter A Through Letter M. ...Show More
2) A Selection of Civil War Terms From Letter A Through Letter M
The soldiers of the Civil War often had their own unique way of saying things. The words, slang, and phrases of Billy Yank (a Union soldier), a Johnny Reb (a Confederate soldier), and the civilians of...Show More
3) Civil War Speech and Jargon
Civil War Speech and Jargon The soldiers of the Civil War had their own way of saying things. The words, slang, and phrases of Billy Yank (a Union soldier), Johnny Reb (a Confederate soldier), and th...Show More
4) John Burns - The Old Hero of Gettysburg
John Burns - The Old Hero of Gettysburg Robert E. Lee and his invading Army of Northern Virginia brought the Civil War to the quiet and pastoral town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in early July 1863. A...Show More
5) The Story Of Antietam’s Dunker Church - Part Two
Immediately after the battle, the Dunker Church served as a makeshift hospital for the wounded. It was not used as a proper hospital because it was too small, and it had no supply of water or food. Th...Show More
6) The Story of Antietam’s Dunker Church - Part One
The Battle of Antietam or the Battle of Sharpsburg as the South called it, was fought on September 17, 1862. This one-day battle left a terrible carnage on the beautiful and pastoral countryside of Sh...Show More
7) Elizabeth Van Lew – A Union Spymaster in Richmond
Elizabeth Van Lew – A Union Spymaster in Richmond When the Southern states began seceding from the Union after Abraham Lincoln’s election as president in November 1860, young Elizabeth Van Lew thoug...Show More
8) Belle Boyd, the “La Belle Rebelle” – A Confederate Spy
Isabella Maria Boyd ran her father’s hotel in Front Royal, Virginia. Front Royal is at the northern end of the Civil War-strategic Shenandoah Valley. Belle Boyd was a Confederate spy. Most often she w...Show More
9) Freedman Jourdon Anderson Writes A Letter To His Old Master
Jourdon Anderson was born a Tennessee slave around 1825. When he was only seven or eight-years-old he was sold by his first owner to General Paulding Anderson of Wilson County, Tennessee. General Ande...Show More
10) Mules In The Civil War
Mules are sturdy, strong, and durable animals and in the Civil War they provided a lot of brute strength to get tough, backbreaking work done for both the North and the South. In the 19th century mul...Show More