by David Inglehart | Nov 17, 2021 | Age of Revolution podcast
McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign having come to nothing, President Lincoln calls upon John Pope to lead Union forces in a fresh advance upon Lee’s army near Gordonsville. Outmaneuvered and befuddled, Pope eventually attacks...
by David Inglehart | Nov 10, 2021 | Age of Revolution podcast
In the wake of the Union defeat at First Bull Run, George B. McClellan turns the Army of the Potomac into a formidable fighting force yet reveals few gifts for field command in the Peninsular campaign. After advancing to the outskirts of...
by David Inglehart | Nov 3, 2021 | Age of Revolution podcast
With an army of 15,000 men, Ulysses S. Grant sets out from Cairo, Illinois, in an effort to end Kentucky’s bid to remain neutral in the Civil War. Seizing Fort(s) Henry and Donelson, he next launches an even more ambitious campaign...
by David Inglehart | Oct 27, 2021 | Age of Revolution podcast
Following the Battle of First Bull Run, the war’s center of gravity shifts westward to western Virginia (soon to become its own state), Kentucky, and Missouri. Though relatively obscure, these lesser engagements in the border states...
by David Inglehart | Oct 19, 2021 | Age of Revolution podcast
After consulting his chief military advisors, President Lincoln decides to send General Irvin McDowell, at the head of newly-assembled Union forces in Washington, against a key railroad junction at nearby Manassas, Virginia. A capable yet...
by David Inglehart | Oct 10, 2021 | Age of Revolution podcast
In our first podcast to feature the text of “Fateful Lightning: the American Civil War” we trace the long history of slavery in America from its origins in the English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to its central...
