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Learn Civil War History Podcast Episodes

The purpose of my podcast is to help you Learn Civil War History. You are invited to learn about a crucial time in the history of the United States. Any and all aspects of the Civil War will be subjects of this podcast. Battles, leaders, soldiers, civilians, before the Civil War, after the Civil War, Reconstruction, abolitionists, slaves, freedmen, the Underground Railroad, politics, politicians, equipment, cavalry, infantry, artillery, medicine, heroes, villains, and scoundrels – any topic related to the Civil War might be covered here.
…Jonathan R. Allen

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A Selection of Civil War Terms From Letter N Through Letter Z

A Selection of Civil War Terms From Let...

A Selection of Civil War Terms From Letter N Through Letter Z is Episode 15 of the Learn Civil War History Podcast...

00:21:45

January 21, 2024

A Selection of Civil War Terms From Letter A Through Letter M

A Selection of Civil War Terms From Let...

The soldiers of the Civil War often had their own unique way of saying things. The words, slang, and phrases of Bi...

00:21:53

January 08, 2024

Civil War Speech and Jargon

Civil War Speech and Jargon

Civil War Speech and Jargon The soldiers of the Civil War had their own way of saying things. The words, slang, a...

00:08:16

October 23, 2023

John Burns - The Old Hero of Gettysburg

John Burns - The Old Hero of Gettysburg

John Burns - The Old Hero of Gettysburg Robert E. Lee and his invading Army of Northern Virginia brought the Civi...

00:12:38

July 25, 2023

The Story Of Antietam’s Dunker Church - Part Two

The Story Of Antietam’s Dunker Church...

Immediately after the battle, the Dunker Church served as a makeshift hospital for the wounded. It was not used as...

00:08:35

May 22, 2023

The Story of Antietam’s Dunker Church - Part One

The Story of Antietam’s Dunker Church...

The Battle of Antietam or the Battle of Sharpsburg as the South called it, was fought on September 17, 1862. This ...

00:12:26

May 18, 2023

Elizabeth Van Lew – A Union Spymaster in Richmond

Elizabeth Van Lew – A Union Spymaster...

Elizabeth Van Lew – A Union Spymaster in Richmond When the Southern states began seceding from the Union after...

00:09:11

May 05, 2023

Belle Boyd, the “La Belle Rebelle” – A Confederate Spy

Belle Boyd, the “La Belle Rebelle” ...

Isabella Maria Boyd ran her father’s hotel in Front Royal, Virginia. Front Royal is at the northern end of the C...

00:10:41

April 19, 2023

Freedman Jourdon Anderson Writes A Letter To His Old Master

Freedman Jourdon Anderson Writes A Lett...

Jourdon Anderson was born a Tennessee slave around 1825. When he was only seven or eight-years-old he was sold by ...

00:10:12

April 10, 2023

Mules In The Civil War

Mules In The Civil War

Mules are sturdy, strong, and durable animals and in the Civil War they provided a lot of brute strength to get to...

00:13:11

March 18, 2023

William Faulkner’s Pickett’s Charge Quote

William Faulkner’s Pickett’s Charge...

The Army of Northern Virginia led by General Robert E. Lee made a fateful charge from Seminary Ridge attacking the...

00:08:36

March 09, 2023

What Slave Life Was Like And Slave Quotes

What Slave Life Was Like And Slave Quot...

Slaves were not treated as human beings in the slave-holding South. They were treated as animals, nothing more tha...

00:11:21

February 25, 2023

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

Powhatan Beaty: African-American Civil ...

Powhatan Beaty was born into slavery on October 8, 1837, in Richmond, Virginia. Beaty’s African-American parents...

00:12:42

February 13, 2023

Andrew Johnson Drunk at Lincoln’s Second Inaugural

Andrew Johnson Drunk at Lincoln’s Sec...

"Andy ain't a drunkard." - Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural on March 4, 1865 wa...

00:06:42

February 05, 2023

John Brown Quotes

John Brown Quotes

Learn Civil War History from quotes by and about the radical abolitionist John Brown. Was he a hero or a terrorist...

00:16:23

February 02, 2023

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2 Nov

After a great duel of ironclad monsters at the Battle of the Ironclads in March 1862 at Hampton Roads, neither the Monitor or the Virginia sank or disabled the other, and each steamed away from Hampton Roads.

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1 Nov

At the Battle of the Ironclads in March 1862 at Hampton Roads, the Union ironclad Monitor’s orders were to protect the wooden Minnesota. It remained to fulfill its duty but did not chase after the departing ironclad Virginia.

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31 Oct

At Hampton Roads in March 1862, the Monitor had a different commander to replace its wounded one and it was ready for more battle, but it found the ironclad Virginia sailing away.

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30 Oct

Eventually on March 9, 1862, at Hampton Roads during the Battle of the Ironclads the tide was falling and the ironclad Virginia was losing maneuverability. The Virginia did not have time to finish off the wooden Minnesota, it began its way back to Norfolk.

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29 Oct

During the Battle of the Ironclads in March 1862, The Union ironclad Monitor’s wounded commander had to back off and regroup. The ironclad Virginia’s crew mistook the Monitor’s movement as a retreat and believed it had won the day.

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28 Oct

During the Battle of the Ironclads in March 1862, The Union Monitor’s commander was temporarily blinded and the ironclad had to back off and regroup. The Virginia’s crew mistook the Monitor’s movement as a retreat and believed it had won the day.

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27 Oct

My newest book: 305 Civil War Words and Terms is now available in both paperback and eBook forms. Learn Civil War History From Words and Terms Used In Civil War Times.

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27 Oct

On March 9, 1862, at Hampton Roads the Union ironclad Monitor and the CSA ironclad Virginia settled into a duel. The Monitor’s commander was temporarily blinded when the Union ironclad's pilothouse was hit.

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26 Oct

On March 9, 1862, at Hampton Roads the Union ironclad Monitor and the CSA ironclad Virginia settled into a duel at close range. Eventually, the Virginia hit the Monitor’s pilothouse, an exposed and crucial part of the ironclad.

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25 Oct

On March 9, 1862, at Hampton Roads the Union ironclad Monitor and the CSA ironclad Virginia settled into a duel at close range. They were so close that the Virginia rammed into the Monitor. Each ironclad hammered away with cannon fire at the other in a four-hour battle.

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Here brothers fought for their principles
Here heroes died to save their country
And a united people will forever cherish
the precious legacy of their noble manhood.
-- Pennsylvania Monument at Vicksburg

“The histories of the Lost Cause are all written out by big bugs, generals and reknowned historians. Well, I had as much right as any man to write a history.”
-- Sam Watkins (1839-1901), of Company H, 1st Tennessee of Nashville. Author of: Co. Aytch: A Side Show of the Big Show.

“History must stay open, it is all humanity.”
-- William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), American author and poet.

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
-- George Santayana (1863-1952), philosopher and poet.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
-- William Faulkner

“History is not was, it is.”
-- William Faulkner

"History is not gossip; opinion is seldom truth."
-- Miss Sibby, R. T. Smith's fictional docent at the Lee Chapel in Lexington, Virginia. From Smith's book, "Uke Rivers Delivers."

Grand Tactician

Game creator Grand Tactician has teamed up with LearnCivilWarHistory.com blogmaster, @CivilWarHistory Tweeter, and author/editor of 501 Civil War Quotes and Notes, Jonathan R. Allen, to help with their upcoming game Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865).

From Grand Tactician:

"Mr.Allen's most accurate notes allows all players to learn Civil War history from the spoken words and writings of the military commanders, political leaders, the Billy Yanks and Johnny Rebs who fought in the battles."

"In Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) we want to tell the story of the War. What better way than letting those who saw the War tell it in their own words? We're excited to announce that 501 Civil War Quotes and Notes by @CivilWarHistory will be featured in the game!"

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Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)