In which we see Grant's Army of the Tennessee set out on its epic march into the interior of Mississippi, in order to cut off Vicksburg from supplies & reinforcements.
* This episode of the podcast was sponsored by Simon & Schuster, publishers of "Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation" by Douglas Waller. Available wherever you get your books.
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#289 VICKSBURG (Part the Thirteenth)

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In which we look at the Confederate attack on USS Underwriter at New Bern, North Carolina, on February 2, 1864.
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#453- "EVERY MAN STOOD AT HIS POST AND DID HIS DUTY": The Destruction of USS Underwriter

In which we look at the life of Anna E Dickinson and her address on Capitol Hill in January 1864.
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#452- ANNA E DICKINSON AND "THE PERILS OF THE HOUR"

In which we look at the pay inequality between black and white soldiers in the Federal armies.
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#451- TEN DOLLARS A MONTH

In which we look at Confederate Major General Patrick Cleburne's controversial proposal, presented in January 1864, to arm and free the Confederacy's slaves.
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#450- CLEBURNE'S PROPOSAL

In which we look at how 1864 will be a pivotal year in the Civil War.
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#289 VICKSBURG (Part the Thirteenth)

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