In this episode I continue to look at the Battle of Shiloh. I look at the death of Albert Sidney Johnson followed by the Confederates finally capturing the Hornet's Nest. I then look at the ways in which Grant and Buell managed to get another defense line set up. That night a horror fell along the battlefield but the next morning the Union managed to snatch victory from the hands of defeat and chase the Confederates from the battlefield. Finally I look at the aftermath of the battle and the ways in which the north and south would be forever changed. 

In this episode I turn from the Atlantic to the Western Theater looking at the struggle for Kentucky and Missouri. I examine the personalities involved in the beginning of the war and I look at the Battle of Carthage and the Battle of Wilson's Creek. I look at the personalities of several of the most colorful men to fight and lead the war in the West and I look at why the West was both important and different from the East.

In this episode I look at the career of Raphael Semmes and his most famous ship the CSS Alabama one of the most effective of the CSA Commerce Raiders during the Civil War. The CSS Alabama was one of the most feared ships of its time in the 20 months that it was at sea sinking at least 40 ships during that time. The captain Raphael Semmes also was in charge earlier in the war of the CSS Sumter and he sunk about 20 ships in his career with this ship. I also look at some of the other commerce raiders during the war which can be seen as perhaps the best effective weapon of the Confederacy in the North Atlantic Theater.