The Civil War & Reconstruction
Richard Youngdahl
A History Podcast with Rich & Tracy
- 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 - 39 minutes 11 seconds#479- THE WILDERNESS (Part the First)
In which we set the stage for the start of the Wilderness Campaign in Virginia in the spring of 1864.
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6 January 2025, 3:20 am - 22 minutes 25 seconds#478- ALL-OUT WAR
In which we look at Ulysses S Grant's plans for the Federals' Spring 1864 offensives.
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22 December 2024, 10:08 pm - 30 minutes 39 seconds#477- GRANT CONQUERS WASHINGTON
In which we discuss Ulysses S Grant's arrival in Washington DC in March 1864, his promotion to lieutenant general, and his elevation to the post of general-in-chief of the armies of the United States.
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16 December 2024, 12:12 am - 26 minutes 29 seconds#476- RED RIVER CAMPAIGN (Part the Tenth)
In which we wrap up our look at the Red River Campaign.
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9 December 2024, 1:34 am - 35 minutes 2 seconds#475- RED RIVER CAMPAIGN (Part the Ninth)
In which we turn our attention back to the Louisiana portion of the campaign, and see if the Federal army & navy can make it safely back to Alexandria.
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