Episode 502: The American Civil War (7): The Winter of 1861
American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)
English - January 27, 2022 15:25 - 34 minutes - 34.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsBooks Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 501: The American Civil War (6): The Battle of Wilson’s Creek
I complete my look at volume 1 of the Library of America's anthology of Civil War writings. It is a dark winter for the USA after a series of military defeats. The political and military response to these defeats is the centerpiece of the documents I examine in this episode.