This is the first episode of a new podcast called 'Civil War Sketches'.  Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at Civil War Sketches

 

     We start the podcast with two stories.  First, Lincoln starts the Civil War by not firing on the Confederates at Fort Sumter, then a look back at Lincoln's earlier career when he was challenged to a duel.  

     Did Lincoln manipulate the Southern leaders to fire the first shots of the war, and were those shots fired three months before Fort Sumter was bombarded?

      -then-

     Lots of Nineteenth century figures fought in duels, but we usually think of pistols at fifty paces- not standing in a box with a broadsword.  

     Welcome to the podcast- The Civil War and the world around it!