Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865: Unabridged

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All For the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes

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American Icon: The Rise & Fall Of General George Custer

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The Iron Brigade: The History of the Famous Union Army Brigade During the Civil War

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Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam

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Through Blood and Fire at Gettysburg: General Joshua L. Chamberlain and the 20th Main

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The Battle of Gettysburg

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General Sherman's Christmas: Savannah, 1864

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My Life On The Plains

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Hero of the Pacific: The Life of Marine Legend John Basilone

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General George Washington: A Military Life

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Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-61: Unabridged

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The Road to Appomattox

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Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778

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A Stillness at Appomattox

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John Haslet's World: An Ardent Patriot, the Delaware Blues, and the Spirit of 1776

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Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War

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Life in the Confederate Army

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Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J. E. B. Stuart

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Reminiscences of a Rebel: The True Adventures of a Confederate Soldier

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Antietam: Military Accounts of the Bloodiest Battle in American History

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Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army

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Long Time Gone: Neighbors Divided by Civil Way

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Civil War Reminiscences by Those Who Were There

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A Fire in the Wilderness: The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee

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The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood's First Effort to Save Atlanta

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Lost Soul: A Confederate Soldier In New England

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Heart of a Soldier: The Intimate Letters of General George E. Pickett, CSA

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The Great Partnership: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and the Fate of the Confederacy

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Living Hell: The Dark Side of the Civil War

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Sherman's March: The First Full-Length Narrative of General William T. Sherman's Devastating March through Georgia and the Carolinas

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Counting the Cost

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On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft

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Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

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The Woman in Me

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I'm Glad My Mom Died

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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir

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Roxane Gay & Everand Originals: My Year of Psychedelics: Lessons on Better Living

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10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found a Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story

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Making It So: A Memoir

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Enough

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Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

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Wishful Drinking

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Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

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Night: New translation by Marion Wiesel

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How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

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Pageboy: A Memoir

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Bad Mormon

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Writing into the Wound: Understanding trauma, truth, and language

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Finding Me: A Memoir

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The Summer of Fall: Gravity is a bitch, but I'm still standing

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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

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Good Girls Don't

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While Time Remains: A North Korean Girl's Search for Freedom in America

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The Glass Castle: A Memoir

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See You on the Way Down: Catch You on the Way Back Up!

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The Year of Magical Thinking

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Love, Lucy

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Roxane Gay & Everand Originals: Built for This: The Quiet Strength of Powerlifting

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You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir

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Dad on Pills: Fatherhood and Mental Illness

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#04 NULLIFICATION CRISIS: In which we discuss the Tariff of Abominations, the Nullification Crisis of 1832/33, and we wonder who had the pre-Civil War era's most impressive head of hair: John C Calhoun or Andrew Jackson. Plus, Manifest Destiny beckons & we set the stage...

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#320- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Sixth): "hearing that a supply of shoes was to be obtained in gettysburg"

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#322- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Eighth): "we went down at them pretty lively and captured a good many"

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#324- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Tenth): "go like hell"

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#317- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Third): "the devil's to pay"

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#318- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Fourth): "a heavy task was before us"

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#323- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Ninth): "in retreat, double-quick, run!"

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#319- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Fifth): "the enemy are advancing in strong force"

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#321- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Seventh): "the action had now commenced in real earnest"

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#03 MISSOURI COMPROMISE: In which we take a look at the crisis surrounding Missouri's admission into the Union as a slave state, and Henry Clay's pivotal role in brokering the ensuing compromise in 1820. 

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#06 MEXICAN WAR (Part the Second): In which we continue our discussion of America's war with Mexico. We talk about the military action in California & New Mexico, then cover a battle in Congress over something called the Wilmot Proviso. Finally, we move back down to the Rio Grande,...

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#32 LINCOLN'S INAUGURATION: In which we look at Abraham Lincoln's inaugural journey from Illinois to Washington, D.C. and then his inauguration as the sixteenth President of the United States on March 4, 1861. 

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#02 SLAVERY & POLITICS: In which we take a look back at American history to see how slavery, even from the colonial period, played a major role in shaping & defining the country's political landscape. 

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#22 ELECTION OF 1860: In which we discuss the reasons behind the collapse of the Democratic Party, the resulting four-way contest for the presidency, and Abraham Lincoln's victory on Election Day, November 6, 1860.

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#05 MEXICAN WAR (Part the First): In which we look at how tensions rose along the U.S.'s southern border, and then discuss how hostilities with Mexico commenced in April 1846.

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#24 "REBELLION THUS SUGAR-COATED": In which we continue our discussion by asking if the southern states had a right to secede, or if secession was rebellion. Then, we look at the message the secession commissioners spread throughout the South in late 1860/early 1861. Our book...

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Gallipoli: James and Sean discuss the 1981 Australian film Gallipoli, which tells the story of a group of Australian young men who are introduced to the horrors of war at the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli.

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S2E1: Major John L. Smith, USMC, F4F Wildcat pilot, Guadalcanal, World War 2

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S2E2: Captain Marion Carl, USMC, F4F Wildcat pilot, Navy Cross at Midway and Guadalcanal, World War 2

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#54 FIRST MANASSAS (Part the Third): In which we cover the affair at Blackburn's Ford on July 18, 1861. Plus, we look at McDowell's decision to change his plan and attempt to turn the Confederate left flank. 

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Flags of Our Fathers: One of the most iconic photographs of all time is the famous Joe Rosenthal photo of the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi in the southwest corner of Iwo Jima. In Flags of Our Fathers, director Clint Eastwood weaves together the story of...

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#95 POSTSCRIPT: FORREST'S BREAKOUT: In which we talk a bit about Nathan Bedford Forrest's background and then take a closer look at his escape from Fort Donelson on February 16, 1862.

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10: Dueling, Life Sucks at Valley Forge, von Steuben's Cool & the Battle of Monmouth

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#49 ARTILLERY: In which we cover the third Civil War combat arm: the artillery.

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#316- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Second): "my god- you are not going to fire here, are you?"

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72. Guy Sajer - The Forgotten Soldier: Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk, over the next 12 days Al and James are reading you extracts from some of their favourite books about the war. Today, Al is reading from The Forgotten Soldier, by Guy Sajer.

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Killing Crazy Horse

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#91 FORTS HENRY & DONELSON (Part the Third): In which we look at the Federal timberclads' dramatic raid up the Tennessee River, and Albert Sidney Johnston's controversial decision to reinforce- but not to fully commit to the defense of- Fort Donelson.

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#36 SECESSION! PART DEUX: In which we talk about Abraham Lincoln's April 15th call for 75,000 militia to suppress the rebellion, and the subsequent secession of Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, & North Carolina.

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#39 THE BLOCKADE: In which we discuss the April 19, 1861 proclamation by which Abraham Lincoln declared a blockade of the Confederacy. And we also look at the Confederate seizure of the important Gosport navy yard a few days later.