Civil War Breakfast Club

In which we discuss Union General John Gibbon

In which we discuss the Battle of New Market!

In which we discuss the Sultana Disaster, which happened April 27, 1865. 

In which we discuss the Battle of Fort Pillow aka the Massacre at Fort Pillow - April 12, 1864. 

We revisit the Battle of Bentonville in this episode we recorded live at GettysGear in Gettysburg, PA as part of their reeanctor appreciation weekend! At the end, we also discuss our experience in being able to attend the reenactment for the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville. Huge thanks to the amazing people at GettysGear for inviting us to speak as well as for hosting the event!

In this episode, we discuss the enigmatic Confederate scout "Harrison" and how his true identity was discovered over a century after the Civil War ended. 

In this episode, we discuss Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard. 

In which we discuss a very understudied battle - Roanoke Island! This battle has far-reaching effects for the entire Civil War. 

We are joined by Dr. Bennett Parton to discuss his new book "Somewhere Towards Freedom", which is about the former slaves who joined Sherman on his March to the Sea. 

We go back to the early days of the Civil War to discuss The Trent Affair! It is a very important event often overlooked in the study of the Civil War and definitely deserves a closer look!

We are joined by Dr. Robert K.D. Colby to discuss his book "An Holy Traffic".  Huge thanks to him for joining us!

In this episode, we discuss the planning that goes into the March to the Sea as well as the situation in Georgia after Sherman took Atlanta (Hood was kind of a pain in his rear!). 

We are joined by Codie Eash from the Seminary Ridge Museum to discuss the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg during their 24 hours on the ridge event! Huge thank you to Codie and the awesome folks at the Seminary Ridge Museum for asking us to be part of this amazing event! Also thanks to those that were in the audience for the live recording (and asked questions too!)!

It's our 5th annual Halloween Spooktacular and, as always for this episode, we are joined by the awesome Jen Price to talk to Civil War ghost stories and history!

In this episode, we discuss the Burning of the Shenandoah Valley which happened in late September - early October 1864.

In this episode, we discuss the Battle of Jonesboro - one of the final large battles before the fall of Atlanta to Union forces on September 2, 1864.

We are back in the Eastern Theatre! In this episode, we discuss the Battle of Reams Station, fought on August 25, 1864.

In this episode, we look at the first battle in which the Confederate Army of Tennessee fought under the command of General John Bell Hood.

For the first time ever, we are recording on location! We were able to record this episode from Grant Hall on Fort McNair which is the place where the Lincoln Conspiracy trial took place in 1865. We are joined by guests Adam Oler, Michael Kauffman (author of "American Brutus") and Kim Holien. Huge thanks to them for joining us to have this discussion about the conspirators, the trial and its significance today. 

In this episode, we discuss the Battle of Gaines' Mill, fought on June 27, 1862. 

In which we discuss a very much under-appreciated and underrated General - Lew Wallace!

We are joined by Dave Taylor of the excellent Lincoln assassination related blog "Lincoln Conspirators" ( https://lincolnconspirators.com/ )to discuss the Apple TV series "Manhunt". 

We are happy to be joined by Dr. Allen C. Guelzo to discuss his new book "Voices from Gettysburg", which will be released on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Huge thanks to Dr. Guelzo for joining us!

In which we discuss the Siege of Yorktown, part of the Peninsula Campaign

In this episode, we discuss a battle not talked about but which has repercussions for things like the Vicksburg Campaign - the Battle of Island No. 10. 

In this episode, we discuss the life of Confederate General Patrick R. Cleburne.

In this episode, we discuss the Union Irish Brigade. 

Since it's Valentine's Day, we decided to tell the story of Union General John F. Reynolds and his secret fiancee Kate Hewitt. In this episode, we also discuss the journey that Reynolds body had to take in order to get back to Lancaster, PA after he was killed on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

In which we discuss the very fascinating story of the H.L. Hunley!

In this episode we discuss the Bureau of Military Information aka the BMI, which is one of the changes that General Joe Hooker made to the Army of the Potomac after he takes over in late January 1863. We zero in specifically on the role the BMI plays in the Battle of the Gettysburg.

In this episode, we discuss Confederate General Hiram B. Granbury. 

We are joined by Dr. Elizabeth R. Varon to discuss her new book "James Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South" 

We are live from the Boo Barn for our 4th annual Halloween Spooktacular with our awesome friend Jen Price! Join us to hear some Civil War ghost stories and some history too. Happy Halloween!

In which we discuss the Battle of Bristoe Station, an often overlooked battle post-Gettysburg 1863 battle. 

In which we discuss the battle that happens immediately after Antietam!

In which we discuss the actions of Colonel Robert H. Minty and Colonel John T. Wilder at Reed's Bridge & Alexander's Bridge on September 18, 1863, the first day of the Battle of Chickamauga.

In which we discuss the Battle of Cheat Mountain. An early battle of the Civil War, it features General Robert E. Lee and people might be surprised to learn about how the south felt about him before and after this battle.

In which we talk about the Battle of the Crater which happened July 30, 1864. 

In which we talk about the New York City Draft Riots, which occurred from July 13 - 16, 1863.

In which we (finally) discuss Union General Oliver Otis Howard. Huge thanks to Lincoln Memorial University Archives, Bowdoin College & Howard University for resources we used in researching this episode! All 3 institutions have amazing archival collections about Howard.

We are back in the eastern theatre to discuss the Battle of Cold Harbor. 

We go back to the western theatre to discuss the second most deadliest battle in the Atlanta Campaign - Pickett's Mill. 

We conclude our discussion on the Battle of Spotsylvania. 

In which we discuss Spotsylvania Part 1!

We are joined by Dr. Peter Carmichael of Gettysburg College and Civil War Institute to discuss the letters of Confederate soldier John Futch. 

We discuss the 1861 Baltimore Riots, also known as the Pratt Street Riots. 

We are joined by our friend and living historian MJ Henion to talk about Civil War spy Pauline Cushman!

We are joined by President and CEO of Gettysburg Foundation, Wayne Motts, to talk about all the awesome stuff the foundation does!

This week, we talk about Dahlgren's Raid and the Dahlgren Affair. 

In which we discuss the amazing but not so well known story of Robert Smalls. 

For our 100th episode, we are joined by author Alexander Rose to discuss Confederate naval espionage in England during the Civil War, which is the topic of his new book "The Lion and The Fox". Anyone familiar with the AMC series "Turn" will be familiar as he is the author of the book the TV series was based off of and he was also the producer and writer of the series.