Controlling Missouri, Part 5: Bloody Hill
Controlling Missouri, Part 5: Bloody Hill
Season 3, Episode 21. After an early morning victory, the Battle of Wilson’s Creek concentrates on a hill that would lat... Read more
5 Sep 2018
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The Battle of the Ironclads, Part 1: Building the Merrimack
The Battle of the Ironclads, Part 1: Building the Merrimack
Season 3, Episode 38To combat the superior size of the United States Navy, the Confederacy believed that its best strate... Read more
2 Jan 2019
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The Battle of the Ironclads, Part 2: Wood versus Iron
The Battle of the Ironclads, Part 2: Wood versus Iron
Season 3, Episode 39 On March 8, 1862, the ironclad Merrimack — renamed the CSS Virginia — was tested in battle against ... Read more
9 Jan 2019
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Controlling Missouri, Part 6: Martial Law
Controlling Missouri, Part 6: Martial Law
Season 3, Episode 22. With former Republican presidential contender John C. Frémont now in charge of the Department of t... Read more
12 Sep 2018
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A Policy of Northern Oppression
A Policy of Northern Oppression
Season 3, Episode 23. As the fear of spies and traitors spread through the North, political arrests became commonplace, ... Read more
19 Sep 2018
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The Battle of the Ironclads, Part 3: Inventing the Monitor
The Battle of the Ironclads, Part 3: Inventing the Monitor
Season 3, Episode 40 The Union’s response to the Confederate ironclad was an iron warship of its own. Unlike the Merrima... Read more
16 Jan 2019
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The Battle of the Ironclads, Part 4: Building the Monitor
The Battle of the Ironclads, Part 4: Building the Monitor
Season 3, Episode 41 John Ericsson’s design for the Monitor was only a skeleton when he was awarded the contract to have... Read more
23 Jan 2019
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The Battle of the Ironclads, Part 5: Iron versus Iron
The Battle of the Ironclads, Part 5: Iron versus Iron
Season 3, Episode 42 On March 9th, 1862 — the day after the ironclad Merrimack destroyed two Union warships — the Confed... Read more
30 Jan 2019
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The Emergence of Grant, Part 1: Finding the Gateway
The Emergence of Grant, Part 1: Finding the Gateway
Season 3, Episode 43As Lincoln grew impatient with his generals, he sent an order demanding action. In the West, Ulysses... Read more
6 Feb 2019
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We Must Have Kentucky
We Must Have Kentucky
Season 3, Episode 25. Lincoln believed that Kentucky, one of the four remaining slave states, was crucial to the Union w... Read more
3 Oct 2018
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