The Civil War & Reconstruction

Richard Youngdahl

A History Podcast with Rich & Tracy

  • 31 minutes 40 seconds
    #489- BATTLE OF YELLOW TAVERN

    In which we discuss the Battle of Yellow Tavern- which took place in Virginia on May 11, 1864- and the mortal wounding of Jeb Stuart.

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    14 April 2025, 4:59 pm
  • 34 minutes 11 seconds
    #488- THE COLLAPSE OF GRANT'S PERIPHERAL STRATEGY (Part the Second)

    In which we discuss the Battle of New Market (May 15, 1864), as we continue our look at the collapse of Ulysses S Grant's peripheral strategy in Virginia in the spring of 1864.

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    31 March 2025, 9:25 pm
  • 28 minutes 54 seconds
    #487- THE COLLAPSE OF GRANT'S PERIPHERAL STRATEGY (Part the First)

    In which we look at the collapse of Grant's peripheral strategy in Virginia. We talk about the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain on May 9, 1864.

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    24 March 2025, 12:12 am
  • 43 minutes 16 seconds
    #486- SPOTSYLVANIA (Part the Third)

    In which we look at the fierce fighting at the Mule Shoe on May 12, 1864.

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    17 March 2025, 12:57 am
  • 2 minutes 15 seconds
    UPDATE

    A quick update on where we've been...

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    8 March 2025, 4:31 pm
  • 40 minutes 22 seconds
    #485- SPOTSYLVANIA (Part the Second)

    In which the two armies clash near Spotsylvania on May 10, 1864, and Grant vows "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer."

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    17 February 2025, 1:59 am
  • 34 minutes 36 seconds
    #484- SPOTSYLVANIA (Part the First)

    In which the two armies break off the fight in the Wilderness and set off for Spotsylvania Court House.

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    9 February 2025, 11:42 pm
  • 29 minutes 21 seconds
    #483- THE WILDERNESS (Part the Fifth)

    In which the fierce fighting in the Wilderness comes to end on May 6, with the two armies locked in something of a stalemate- but, as it turns out, Grant is not ready to quit.

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    3 February 2025, 12:35 am
  • 33 minutes 42 seconds
    #482- THE WILDERNESS (Part the Fourth)

    In which the fighting heats up on May 6 in the Brock Road/Orange Plank Road sector of the battlefield.

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    26 January 2025, 6:53 pm
  • 34 minutes 26 seconds
    #481- THE WILDERNESS (Part the Third)

    In which there is fighting on May 5 at Saunders' Field on the Orange Turnpike and at the Brock Road intersection on the Orange Plank Road.

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    20 January 2025, 1:01 am
  • 34 minutes 27 seconds
    #480- THE WILDERNESS (Part the Second)

    In which the Army of the Potomac advances across the Rapidan, into the Wilderness, and Robert E Lee responds by setting the Army of Northern Virginia into motion.

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    13 January 2025, 1:22 am
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