Battles Of The American Civil War

We are on to the first HUGE battle of 1864! It's the Battle Of The Wilderness and The Army Of The Potomac faces off against the Army Of Northern Virginia. This is Ulysses S. Grants first big battle si...

29 Dec 20231h 2min

We continue on with the Red River Campaign as we take a look at the battle of Jenkins' Ferry which occurred April 30t, 1864 southwest of Little Rock, Arkansas. This being the last battle of the Camden...

22 Dec 202328min

We start out this episode with more of the Red River Campaign as the Confederates attempt to trap Union Major General Nathaniel P. Banks and his troops at Monett's Ferry in Natchitoches Parish, LA on ...

15 Dec 202338min

We have some more Red River Campaign in this episode as Confederate BG Tom Green attacks Union gunboats at the battle of Blair's Landing on April 12th, 1864. We move to Kentucky for the battle of Saly...

8 Dec 202328min

We start off today's episode with the Red River Campaign still going as the Union attempt to make their way to the Confederate capitol of Shreveport, this time battling at Pleasant Hill on April 9th, ...

1 Dec 202339min

Continuing on with more of the Red River Campaign we start off this week with the battle of Elkin's Ferry, which was actually apart of the Camden Expedition which was designed to aid Nathaniel Banks a...

24 Nov 202335min

We start off this week's episode with the battle of Yazoo City, Mississippi on March 5th, 1864 where Union Colonel James Coates was attacked by Confederate BG Lawrence Ross. At the battle of Fort De R...

17 Nov 202325min

We have another 5 battles on this week's episode as 1864 continues to start off slow. We'll start in Lauderdale County, MS for the Meridian campaign from February 14th-20th which is a prelude to Sherm...

10 Nov 202333min