Podcasts
Published: 12/5/24
Episode 4: The Women’s War
Historian Stephanie M. McCurry discusses the great diversity in women’s experiences—northern and southern, white and black—during the conflict.
Published: 11/21/24
Episode 3: The Western War
Historian Steven E. Woodworth talks about the war’s oft-overlooked western theater in 1864, with a focus on how the decisions made by Union and Confederate leadership affected outcomes on the battlefield.
Published: 11/7/24
Episode 2: Grant vs. Lee
Historian Cecily Zander discusses the challenges Robert E. Lee and his vaunted Army of Northern Virginia encountered when facing a new opponent in Ulysses S. Grant during the summer of 1864.
Published: 10/22/24
Episode 1: The 1864 Presidential Election
Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer talks about the 1864 presidential election, which pitted incumbent Abraham Lincoln against his Democratic challenger, George B. McClellan.