About this episode:
In the first months after war began, both North and South mobilized. Men were needed to fill the ranks. In the North, the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, called for 75,000 three-month volunteers. Seeking excitement, adventure and certain this would be a short war, they came en masse. To them, politicians and the press, the war's strategy was simple, "On to Richmond."
This is the story of how wrong they were. July 21, 1861 - a day when expected battlefield glory morphed into the grim reality of what war truly is. Hard lessons learned some 25 miles to the southwest of Washington City - on the plains of Manassas.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
First Battle Of Manassas/Bull Run
Want to learn more about the Civil War? A great place to start is Fred's guide, The Civil War: A History of the War between the States from Workman Publishing. The guide is in its 9th printing.
Producer: Dan Irving
054 - ”The River of Death”: The Battle Of Chickamauga
053 - The Hero And The Humorist: The Friendship of U.S. Grant and Mark Twain
052 - ”Let Us Have Peace”: The Post-War Life Of U.S. Grant
051 - ”Beat To Quarters!”: The C.S.S Alabama
050 - Lee’s Finest Hour: Chancellorsville
049 - Concealed Stories: Sex in the American Civil War
048 - The Trent Affair
047 - ”Into the Belly of the Beast” - Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign
046 - Reaping the Whirlwind: Sherman’s March to the Sea - Part 2
045 - Reaping the Whirlwind: Sherman‘s March to the Sea - Part 1
044 - Five Fateful Hours: The Battle of Franklin
043 - The ”Rock”, The ”Sledge”: George Henry Thomas
042 - The Southern Home Front
041 - The Northern Home Front
040 - July 3, 1863 - Climax - The Third Day at Gettysburg
039 - July 2, 1863 - A Rolling Thunder - The Second Day at Gettysburg
038 - July 1, 1863: A Meeting Engagement - The First Day at Gettysburg
037 - The Confederacy's "Greatest" Surrender - The Bennett Place
036 - Avenging Angel - John Brown
035 - Nathan Bedford Forrest - Part 2
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