I was originally going to discuss the song “Battle Cry of Freedom” and the Emancipation Proclamation, and then cover another major battle or two at the end. However, by the time I got done talking about the Proclamation, I had more than enough material for an entire episode, so decided to just stop there for now. Hope you enjoy!

Join CJ as he discusses:

• The song “Battle Cry of Freedom,” composed by George F. Root in July of 1862
• The Lincoln-Greeley letters of August 1862
• The Emancipation Proclamation (announced in September 1862 & implemented in January 1863) and its effects

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• DHP Ep. 0106: A History of American Chattel Slavery Part VII
• DHP Ep. 0131: Opening Gambits: The Not-So-Civil War Part 1
• DHP Ep. 0132: Upping the Ante: The Not-So-Civil War Part 2
• DHP Ep. 0133: Crisis & Leviathans: The Not-So-Civil War Part 3

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• “Battle Cry of Freedom” (Union version) with vocals
• “Battle Cry of Freedom” (Confederate version) with vocals
• “America F*#k Yeah!” The Team America: World Police theme song

In this episode we’re talking about mobilization of manpower and resources for large-scale warfare and the resultant growth in the size and power of the central state, something that happened on a massive scale in the case of both the Union and the Confederate governments.

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• The mobilization of manpower, finances, and resources in the North
• The mobilization of manpower, finances, and resources in the South

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• DHP Ep. 0131: Opening Gambits: The Not-So-Civil War Part 1
• DHP Ep. 0132: Upping the Ante: The Not-So-Civil War Part 2

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• The State by Randolph Bourne on pdf

In this installment, we’re covering the major military developments in the war up through September of 1862.

Join CJ as he discusses:

• A little bit of background on the 4 most important generals in this episode: Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson; George McClellan; and Ulysses Grant
• The Union’s campaign to control the Mississippi watershed system in the Western theater of the war, including the Battle of Shiloh
• Stonewall Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign
• McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign against Richmond & Lee’s counterattack, known as The Seven Days’ Battles
• The Confederate invasion of Maryland & the Battle of Antietam

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• DHP Ep. 0131: Opening Gambits: The Not-So-Civil War, Part 1

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• Wikipedia’s entry for the ‘City-Class Ironclads’ the Union would use in their Mississippi River operations
• Interesting article (from the NY Times of all places!) about the river operations of the CivWar
• Leroy Jenkins (It’s hard to stick to the plan when someone goes all Leroy Jenkins…)
• Ambrose Burnside (Hint: When you’re a general and your facial hair is more famous than your performance in battle, you’re a shitty general.)