Episodes

  • Sailor's Creek | High Bridge | Cumberland Church

    Sailor's Creek | High Bridge | Cumberland Church
    Nov 29 2024
    We are getting closer to the end with this week's battles taking us one day away from Lee's surrender. At this point, Lee and his army are still retreating hoping to get rations and supplies, but the Union are one step ahead the whole way.

    The Confederates suffer a huge defeat in the battle of Sailor's Creek on April 6th, 1865 where a large portion of Lee's Army was captured, including Kershaw and Ewell.

    The next day at the battle of Cumberland Church, all hope is lost as he is forced to retreat to Appomattox Court House, only for the Union to make it there first. It is after this battle that Grant sends Lee a letter asking for his surrender, but Lee is quite finished. Not yet.

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    47 mins
  • Namozine Church | Amelia Springs | Rice's Station

    Namozine Church | Amelia Springs | Rice's Station
    Nov 22 2024
    We are on our way to the end of the war and in this episode we will see Robert E. Lee and the Confederates start their retreat from Petersburg and Richmond. We have the battle of Namozine Church on April 3rd, the battle of Amelia Springs on April 5th, and the battle of Rice's Station on April 6th.

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    20 mins
  • Third Petersburg

    Third Petersburg
    Nov 15 2024
    The Third Battle Of Petersburg occurred on April 2nd, 1865, and it was essentially the beginning of the end for General Lee's Army. The Union push the Confederate line back and force a retreat of Lee's Army. The Confederates are forced to abandon Petersburg as well as Richmond taking documents and archives with them. The defeat eventually leads to the infamous surrender of Lee's Army at Appomattox Courthouse.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Five Forks

    Five Forks
    Nov 2 2024
    The Battle Of Five Forks occurred on April 1st, 1865, during the Appomattox Campaign with a Union effort to capture Five Forks to control the South Side Railroad which was one of the last major supply lines and evacuation routes for the Confederates. The win here would cause Robert E. Lee to abandon Petersburg and Richmond and the war is all but over.

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    57 mins
  • Spanish Fort | Lewis's Farm | White Oak Road | Dinwiddie Courthouse

    Spanish Fort | Lewis's Farm | White Oak Road | Dinwiddie Courthouse
    Oct 26 2024
    We have officially reached the beginning of the end as we start the Appomattox Campaign. First, we take a look at the small battle of Spanish Fort in Alabama on March 27th- April 8th, 1865 where Union forces attempt to take the fort.

    The Appomattox Campaign begins with the battle of Lewis's Farm on March 29th as the Union works to dislodge the Confederate lines at Petersburg and Richmond. This leads us directly into the simultaneous battles of White Oak Road and Dinwiddie Court House on March 31st and the Confederate chances of winning the war are all but over.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Averasborough | Bentonville | Fort Stedman

    Averasborough | Bentonville | Fort Stedman
    Oct 18 2024
    It's the month of March of 1865 and it’s only a matter of time before the collapse of the Confederates. We start out the episode with the Battle of Averasborough on March 16th as Sherman was moving his Army towards Goldsboro, he split it in two where Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee decided to attack the force led by Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum. This was a preclude to our next battle of Bentonville.

    At Bentonville on March 19th-21st the Confederate forces were entrenched when Slocum came up upon them and the battle began. After Sherman sent reinforcements, all hope was lost for the Rebels.
    We finish off the episode at the Siege of Petersburg and the battle of Fort Stedman on March 25th. Confederate Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon, under orders of General Lee, attack the siege lines of the Union at the Fort. This would be the last serious attempt by the Confederates on the Union lines of Petersburg.

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    27 mins
  • Waynesboro | Natural Bridge | Wyse Fork | Monroe's Crossroads

    Waynesboro | Natural Bridge | Wyse Fork | Monroe's Crossroads
    Oct 11 2024
    This week, we cover 4 battles as the war winds down. We start in Virginia with the battle of Waynesboro on March 2nd, 1865 where Brigadier General George Custer and his troops defeat Lt. General John Bell Hood and eliminate his army. Hood would not see the battlefield for the rest of his career.

    Next, we head to Florida on March 6th with the battle of Natural Bridge. A Confederate force tries to stop the Yankee's from crossing the bridge.

    For the last two battles of the episode, we go back to the Carolinas Campaign at the battles of Wyse Fork and Monroe's Crossroads, where Sherman continues his trek through the states to meet up with Grant up north.

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    27 mins
  • Capture Of Columbia

    Capture Of Columbia
    Oct 5 2024
    Columbia, South Carolina was captured on February 17th, 1865 during the Carolinas Campaign. Sherman and his troops took over the city where Union troops and some residents got drunk and proceeded to burn the city and raise hell.

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    59 mins