The 38th Virginia Infantry suffered a significant number of casualties at Gettysburg, including William B. Chatten, who suffered a gunshot wound in his left arm on July 3 and fell into enemy hands the next day. Thus began a trip to Fort Delaware, where he met his fate.

Joining us this week is the man who's laced up the boots of two very important figures in wartime history, Corin Silva! From a hardheaded USAAF Colonel, to a soft-spoken, God-fearing man, Corin has shown us not only two sides of himself, but the juxtaposition of war. He's brought to the screen th...

In late July 1863, the cessation of prisoners exchanges became clear to the Confederate government in Richmond—prompting a crisis that threatened the fate of the Southern armies. A fiery editorial in the Richmond Dispatch tells the tale of woe.

Daz was joined by historian and author Eric Wittenberg to discuss the Battle of Brandy Station & JEB Stuart's ride to Gettysburg in the summer of 1863.

The Battle of Brandy Station, also called the Battle of Fleetwood Hill, was the largest predominantly cavalry engagement of the American Civil W...

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. defied age, illness, and enemy fire to lead soldiers ashore on Utah Beach. This is the remarkable story of how he earned his Medal of Honor on D-Day, June 6th, 1944.

Daz was joined by historian and battlefield tour guide Aaron Siever of Aaron’s Civil War Travels to discuss the Battle of Cross Keys.

The Battle of Cross Keys was fought in Rockingham County, Virginia, as part of Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s legendary Shenandoah Valley C...

In this episode of The Distant Drums Podcast, noted military historian and firearms expert Phil Spaugy joins us to explore the tactics, weapons, and terrain of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Best known for his expertise in Civil War weaponry and battlefield history, Spaugy brings decades of ha...

First Lt. Edward Burgin Knox of the 11th New York Infantry, a friend of the late Elmer Ellsworth who established the U.S. Zouave Cadets before the Civil War, fought at the First Battle of Bull Run. His vivid letter describing the battle includes a rallying cry in his lamented friend's honor.

Longhunter Volume One discusses clothing, making center seam moccasins, oil cloth, accouterments, rifle cleaning, firearms, walnut dye, paper cartridges & various skills used by hunters on the eastern frontier during the 18th century. Flint knapping demo by William White.

Daz was joined by three of the best historians on the planet, Chris Kolakowski, Mark Wheatcroft & Tim Willging, to discuss arguably one of the biggest events in world history D-Day.

D-Day - 6 June 1944 - was the largest amphibious invasion in history. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the Allies wou...

On April 9, 1885, the twentieth anniversary of the surrender at Appomattox, the Boston Globe published an interview with former Confederate Maj. Gen. William Mahone about his part in the final days of the Army of Northern Virginia. Here's what he remembered.

Daz is joined by living historian Pete Neal of Pete's Living History to discuss his new book, It Wasn't Always Just Corned Beef and Biscuits: British Army Recipes from World War One.

It Wasn't Always Corned Beef and Biscuits: British Army Recipes from World War One explores the culinary experien...

Sam Flowers joins for an episode of Unfiltered Conversations, to discuss the history of celebrations as we approach America 250!

Features live recordings of Morgan’s Glade with Larry Spisak and some songs from disbanded Curmudgeon & some out-takes from our Longhunter Series. Includes a redone vignette of Red is the Rose. Fun & entertaining with some of our best video shots.

Major Gen. William T. Sherman’s “Bummers” could be hated, feared, condemned—or welcomed as indispensable providers. These hard-riding, hard-fighting foragers kept 60,000 Union troops fed during the March to the Sea, living off Southern resources while spreading chaos from Georgia to Savannah and ...

Every monument at Gettysburg tells a story. And so it is with the monument to the 13th Vermont Infantry, located near the Copse of Trees, the focal point of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. The statue of the officer on the memorial, Stephen F. Brown, carried an axe into the fight.

Daz was joined by historian Dr. Nathan Provost (The Dramatic Historian on HistoryFix) to discuss the Battle of Cold Harbor.

Dr. Provost chose to focus his dissertation on the Battle of Cold Harbor, dedicating a significant amount of time to researching this battle and its associated data.

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Narratives by Civil War generals sharing their opinions about the momentous battles and campaigns abound. Far less numerous are such writings by private soldiers. Here's one, by John Joseph Bowen of the Richmond Howitzers, that takes a different view of the Battle of Gettysburg.

On April 26, 1865, on a wharf at Helena, Ark., photographer Thomas W. Bankes captured the steamboat Sultana packed with about 2,130 souls—almost 2,000 of them Union ex-prisoners-of-war. Soon, about 1,200 of them would be dead. One of the survivors, Corp. Erastus Winters of the 50th Ohio Infantry,...