Presidential Chronicles

Episode #228: Benjamin Harrison #3: The War Years (1862-1865)


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Benjamin Harrison #3: The War Years (1862-1865); Topics covered include: Off to war with the 70th Indiana, skirmish at Russellville, loses job as Reporter for State Supreme Court, Emancipation Proclamation, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Resaca, Battle of New Hope Church, Battle of Golgotha Church, Battle of Peach Tree Creek, promotion to Brigadier General, end of Civil War, and the Grand Review at Washington


Key people: John Morgan; S.C. Vance, Carrie Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, William Ward, William Rosecrans, Ulysses Grant, William Sherman, Joseph Hooker, John Hood, Joseph Johnston, and George Meade


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Presidential ChroniclesBy David Fisher