This week marks the 156th anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga and we spend this episode talking about the leadup, Chattanooga's strategic importance to both the Union and the Confederacy as well as the events of September 18, 1863; the first day of the battle.

This week we are joined by two special guests from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum: Christian McWhirter, Lincoln Historian and Daniel Worthington, Director of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln. We touch on our Museum visit before getting into the Papers of Abraham Lincoln project and also discuss Lincoln's time in the Legislature and Congress.

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How are we at 100 episodes already?!

Railsplitter Mary traveled to Springfield, IL over Labour Day weekend and met up with Railsplitter Nick and Railsplitter Jeremy for the first time ever to record this milestone episode. We take a look back at our first 99 episodes and talk about our time here.

We talk Springfield, IL history in preparation for our upcoming road trip there over Labour Day weekend for our 100th episode!

This week Jeremy challenges Nick and Mary with some Lincoln-related trivia questions.

In this episode, we've got a few news stories to share and we discuss Lincoln in history parodies.

Feel like hanging out with the Railsplitters? That's exactly what this episode is! The three of us talk books, recent trips and our upcoming 100th episode!

This week is the third and final installment of our discussion about the Battle of Gettysburg. Also, we start the episode with a surprise!

We discuss day 2 of the Battle of Gettysburg and we have a very exciting announcement regarding our 100th episode!

As the 156th anniversary approaches, we discuss the events leading up to as well as day 1 of the Battle of Gettysburg.