Powhatan Beaty: African-American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient

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. ...

21 Jan 202421min

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...

8 Jan 202421min

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...

23 Okt 20238min

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...

25 Jul 202312min

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...

22 Mai 20238min

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...

18 Mai 202312min

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...

5 Mai 20239min

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...

19 Apr 202310min