Heart of a Soldier: The Intimate Letters of General George E. Pickett, CSA

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Gettysburg Voices from the Front

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Braxton Bragg: The Most Hated Man of the Confederacy

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A Campaign of Giants--The Battle for Petersburg: Volume 1: From the Crossing of the James to the Crater

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Lost Triumph: Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg--And Why It Failed

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The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War

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“If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania”: The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg - Volume 1: June 3–21, 1863

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Hero of the Pacific: The Life of Marine Legend John Basilone

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Shiloh, 1862

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American Soldiers: Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam

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Boots and Saddles

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War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars

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Johnny Reb and Billy Yank

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Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War

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Chancellorsville and Gettysburg: Unabridged

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The Iron Brigade: The History of the Famous Union Army Brigade During the Civil War

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Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers Four Years with the Iron Brigade

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Civil War Reminiscences by Those Who Were There

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The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood's First Effort to Save Atlanta

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Blood: Stories of Life and Death From The Civil War

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Lost Soul: A Confederate Soldier In New England

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Through Blood and Fire at Gettysburg: General Joshua L. Chamberlain and the 20th Main

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The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775

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Sherman's Military Lessons Of The American Civil War, From His Memoirs

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The First Battle of Bull Run

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The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby

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'Co. Aytch,' Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show

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A Fire in the Wilderness: The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee

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Living Hell: The Dark Side of the Civil War

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Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas

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American Hannibal: The Extraordinary Account of Revolutionary Hero Daniel Morgan at the Battle of Cowpens

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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

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Up From Slavery

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The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir

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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

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Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts

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Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

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The Untold History of the United States

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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

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Sins of the Founding Father: George Washington, the Indigenous Tribes, and the Decisions that Shaped America’s Future

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Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

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Lies My Teacher Told Me: 2nd Edition

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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

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Killing the Guys Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln: A Nutty Story About Edwin Booth and Boston Corbett

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The Wright Brothers

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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson And The Opening Of The American West

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Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

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Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

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JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters

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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

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How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America

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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

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Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001

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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

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Land of Delusion: Out on the edge with the crackpots and conspiracy-mongers remaking our shared reality

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The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

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1776

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John Adams

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The Book of Charlie

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Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury

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#49 ARTILLERY: In which we cover the third Civil War combat arm: the artillery.

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#89 FORTS HENRY & DONELSON (Part the First): In which we give the background to Ulysses S. Grant's February, 1862 campaign to capture Forts Henry & Donelson in northern Tennessee.

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#03 MISSOURI COMPROMISE: In which we take a look at the crisis surrounding Missouri's admission into the Union as a slave state, and Henry Clay's pivotal role in brokering the ensuing compromise in 1820. 

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#320- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Sixth): "hearing that a supply of shoes was to be obtained in gettysburg"

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#51 GONE FOR A SOLDIER: In which we look at why Northern & Southern men signed up to fight at the beginning of the Civil War.

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#04 NULLIFICATION CRISIS: In which we discuss the Tariff of Abominations, the Nullification Crisis of 1832/33, and we wonder who had the pre-Civil War era's most impressive head of hair: John C Calhoun or Andrew Jackson. Plus, Manifest Destiny beckons & we set the stage...

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#91 FORTS HENRY & DONELSON (Part the Third): In which we look at the Federal timberclads' dramatic raid up the Tennessee River, and Albert Sidney Johnston's controversial decision to reinforce- but not to fully commit to the defense of- Fort Donelson.

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#50 CONTRABANDS / BIG BETHEL: In which we discuss the decision to declare runaway slaves "contraband of war," and then we look at the Battle of Big Bethel which took place on June 10, 1861.

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#324- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Tenth): "go like hell"

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#327- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirteenth): "will our army be whipped?"

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Gallipoli: James and Sean discuss the 1981 Australian film Gallipoli, which tells the story of a group of Australian young men who are introduced to the horrors of war at the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli.

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#05 MEXICAN WAR (Part the First): In which we look at how tensions rose along the U.S.'s southern border, and then discuss how hostilities with Mexico commenced in April 1846.

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Battle of Austerlitz: Napoleon's Greatest Victory: 2 December is a special date for those fascinated by Napoleon Bonaparte. Not only is this the date he crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804, but also the date of his greatest victory a year later, the Battle of Austerlitz. James Rogers is joined by...

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#02 SLAVERY & POLITICS: In which we take a look back at American history to see how slavery, even from the colonial period, played a major role in shaping & defining the country's political landscape. 

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#448- THE HARPER'S FERRY SKEDADDLERS

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#68 "BATTLE OF THE HEMP BALES": In which we discuss the successful siege of Lexington by Sterling Price's Missouri State Guard in September, 1861.

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#66 WILSON'S CREEK (Part the First): In which we discuss the activities and maneuvering of both sides prior to the Battle of Wilson's Creek (August 10, 1861) in southwest Missouri.

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Bonus Episode: HORSES & MULES: In which we look at the importance of horses & mules to Civil War armies. Plus, we talk about Robert E Lee's horse- Traveller.

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#94 FORTS HENRY & DONELSON (Part the Sixth): In which we conclude our discussion of the Battle of Fort Donelson (February 13-16, 1862).

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#355- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-first): "coming on like devils incarnate"

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503a The Nez Perce War; American Nomads

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#352- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirty-eighth): "boys, you know what's before you. give them hell"

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#323- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Ninth): "in retreat, double-quick, run!"

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#65 MAYHEM IN MISSOURI (Part the Second): In which we continue our look at the mayhem that broke out in Missouri at the start of the Civil War.  In this episode we cover the 'Battle of Carthage,' and set the stage for the Battle of Wilson's Creek.

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Flags of Our Fathers: One of the most iconic photographs of all time is the famous Joe Rosenthal photo of the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi in the southwest corner of Iwo Jima. In Flags of Our Fathers, director Clint Eastwood weaves together the story of...

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#322- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Eighth): "we went down at them pretty lively and captured a good many"

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#64 MAYHEM IN MISSOURI (Part the First): In which we look at the mayhem that broke out in Missouri at the start of the Civil War.

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#67 WILSON'S CREEK (Part the Second): In which we cover the action at the Battle of Wilson's Creek (August 10, 1861).

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158 The Revolutionaries' Army: Between 1775 and 1783, an estimated 230,000 men served in the Continental Army with another approximately 145,000 men serving in state militia units. Who were the men who served in these military ranks? What motivated them to take up arms and join the...

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#321- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Seventh): "the action had now commenced in real earnest"