Civil War Rarities

In our Halloween episode, come learn about the grisly effects of carnivores roaming the battlefields after the action had ended. Due to the graphic nature of this episode, viewer and listener discretion is advised.

In Season 1, Episode 6 we travel to our first off-site location and visit Hobdy's Bridge in Southeastern Alabama. This was the site of the last skirmish of the Civil War and as we'll discuss, the actual last death of the Civil War.

Listen to living historian Chris Leighton talk about his Rosecrans ambulance and the revolutionary history behind this invention.

In this month's episode we will be learning about the revolutionary engineering of the Rosecrans ambulance and how its redesign and corresponding ambulance organization radically changed the way injured were evacuated from the battlefield.

Let's learn about the boyhood home of Nathan Bedford Forrest and it's unique architecture.

Did General Albert Sidney Johnston's 1837 dueling injury play a factor in his death at Shiloh 25 years later? Most say yes, but are they wrong? We'll review the injury and death from a medical perspective.

Dueling during the Civil War was definitely a rarity. Here in our second episode we'll examine a few noteworthy duels that you may not know about.

First "real" episode! General Felix Zollicoffer and his poor eyesight was his undoing.

First video! Introduction to Civil War Rarities, a podcast that covers unique and rarely known aspects of the Civil War. We look forward to everyone joining us and learning about these fun facts!