Ep. 0132: Upping the Ante: The Not-so-Civil War Part 2

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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Internal Links

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

External Links

• 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.)