About this episode:
Perhaps, the last time Americans volunteered en masse was in the days and weeks immediately following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Yet, as my father and many of his generation found, many more men were needed to wage a two-front war and, so, there was conscription. In the American Civil War, conscription was, also, eventually, resorted to - first by the Confederacy in April of 1862 and, eleven months later, by the Federal Government. Yet, the overwhelming majority of those who fought in both Northern and Southern armies were there because they chose to be. Indeed, the Civil War was the last great American conflict fought, essentially, by volunteers.
This is their story - the common men and women who stepped forward. This is "Call to Duty - 1861."
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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
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14 - "With Malice Toward None" - Lincoln's Greatest Speech
13 - Thunder On The Rivers Tennessee And Cumberland: Forts Henry And Donelson
12 - The Gibraltar Of The Confederacy - Fort Fisher
11 - Fredericksburg And The Winter Of 1862-'63
10 - Mr. Lincoln Goes To Gettysburg
9 - The Ram Of The Roanoke - The CSS Albemarle
8 - Sheer Unadulterated Violence: The Battle Of Antietam
7 - Little Mac: Letters From George B. McClellan
6 - The Plains Of Manassas
5 - "Stonewall" - Part 02
4 - ”Stonewall” - Part 01
3 - Lee And Grant - Their Finest Hour
1 - Flashpoint 1861 Fort Sumter
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