Missouri Compromise of 1820: Tallmadge's Amendment and the 36°30' Line
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!During the so-called Era of Good Feelings under President James Monroe, Missouri applied for sta...
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Medal of Honor History: 27th Maine, the 1917 Purge and the Tiffany Cross
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Commanding General Winfield Scott opposed military medals as a European monarchical custom, but ...
1 Okt 26min
Ford's Theatre: Baptist Church, Assassination Site and the 1893 Collapse
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The building on 10th Street began in 1833 as the second meeting house of the First Baptist Churc...
1 Okt 21min
Wilmer McLean: A Shell Down His Chimney, Then Lee's Surrender in His Parlor
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Wilmer McLean was a 47-year-old retired Virginia militia major and wholesale grocer living on th...
1 Okt 19min
George Meade: Lighthouse Builder Given the Army 3 Days Before Gettysburg
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!George Gordon Meade was born in 1815 in Cadiz, Spain, to a merchant family ruined by its support...
1 Okt 22min
Minié Ball: The Hollow-Based Bullet That Replaced the Loading Mallet
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Black powder fouled rifled barrels so quickly that soldiers sometimes carried wooden mallets to ...
1 Okt 20min
Contraband Camps: Fort Monroe's Three Fugitives, Slabtown and Roanoke
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On May 24, 1861, Frank Baker, Shepherd Mallory and James Townsend escaped from Norfolk County, w...
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Raphael Semmes: Lawyer Admiral, a Dual Parole and the Captain Nemo Link
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Raphael Semmes, born in Maryland in 1809, entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman in 1826 and stud...
1 Okt 22min
