Abner Doubleday: Fort Sumter's First Shot, Gettysburg and the Baseball Myth
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Abner Doubleday was born in Ballston Spa, New York, in 1819 into a family of soldiers: both gran...
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Siege of Vicksburg 1863: Cave Dwellers, McClernand's False Report, July 4
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Vicksburg sat on 200-foot bluffs above a hairpin bend of the Mississippi, the last major obstacl...
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Spotsylvania 1864: Emory Upton's Column and the Oak Felled by Bullets
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!A 22-inch oak stump in the Smithsonian was cut down by rifle fire at Spotsylvania Court House in...
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USS Monitor's 11 Months: The Cheese Box From Hampton Roads to Hatteras
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The USS Monitor existed for less than 11 months. Its story starts with Mary Louvestre, a freed w...
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John Burns of Gettysburg: A 70-Year-Old Civilian in a Silk Top Hat
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!John Lawrence Burns was born in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1793, fought at Lundy's Lane in the W...
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Ely S. Parker: The Seneca Engineer Who Drafted Lee's Surrender Terms
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Ely S. Parker, born Hasanoanda on the Tonawanda Reservation in New York in 1828, grew up transla...
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Joseph Hooker: California Hay, Army Reforms and a Cannonball Concussion
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Joseph Hooker, born in Massachusetts in 1814, graduated 29th of 50 at West Point and won three b...
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Julia Ward Howe: The Battle Hymn's Author and Her Mother's Day for Peace
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Julia Ward was born in New York City in 1819 to a wealthy Wall Street banker and strict Calvinis...
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