Historic Hindsight

Confederates lose more ground when they retreat from Philippi without even putting up a fight! We apologize for the bad audio on Lt. Tommy....not sure what happened here but it will be fixed moving forward.

This week the Union takes swaths of land from Virginia....THE REBELS ARE ALREADY ON THE RUN!!!!! War will be over in a week!

So apparently in 1968 parents in England let their children wander free and somehow were surprised when they started killing each other.......

Confederate President Davis issues a 50 million dollar loan and starts printing money like it was grown on cotton.....Also Jonny gives us a geography lesson!

Battle of the Ironclads....or battle of Hampton Roads....or battle of Monitor vs Merrimack....or battle of Monitor vs Virginia.....man...civil war battles have way too many names....whatever you call it, its the first battle between ironclad ships!

This week we have our first war crime!

This week the Confederacy declares war on the Union....the Union still refuses to acknowledge them as a nation so refuses to declare war.

This week Lincoln will say to heck with the constitution while a New York yacht club vows to volunteer its boats for the Union blockade!

I introduced Jonny to this glorious piece of cinematography from the 80's.....So we try our hand at a Glory Movie Review!

This week Baltimore is in full riot resulting in Union and Civilian Casualties.

Sorry for the delay in this episode....telegraph wires were cut. Next week will resume war reports as usual.