Threads From The National Tapestry: Stories From The American Civil War

By Fred Kiger

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owen
 Sep 27, 2020
love how the stories are told in a laid back but engrossing manner


 Jun 1, 2020

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History is, indeed, a story. With his unique voice and engaging delivery, historian and veteran storyteller Fred Kiger will help the compelling stories of the American Civil War come alive in each and every episode. Filled with momentous issues and repercussions that still resonate with us today, this series will feature events and people from that period and will strive to make you feel as if you were there.

Episode Date
084 - Return To The Confederacy's Gibraltar: Fort Fisher Revisited
Mar 28, 2025
083 - A Modern-Day Moses: The Life Of Harriet Tubman
Feb 26, 2025
082 - Resistance By Liberation: The Underground Railroad
Jan 30, 2025
081 - Salve For The Soul: Music During The American Civil War
Dec 27, 2024
080 - Moment Of Decision: The Election of 1864
Nov 26, 2024
079 - What If The Confederacy Won The American Civil War?
Oct 29, 2024
078 - Drive on the Heart of the Confederacy: The Atlanta Campaign
Sep 26, 2024
077 - "Stirring Violent Passions" - Civil War Prisons and Prisoners of War
Aug 26, 2024
076 - Prelude To 1860: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Jul 31, 2024
075 - "It Was Not War; It Was Murder" - North Anna and Cold Harbor
Jul 01, 2024
074 - Confederate Cavalier: J.E.B. Stuart
May 31, 2024
073 - The Confederacy's Last First Lady: Varina Howell Davis
Apr 26, 2024
072 - The Dawning Of A New Age: The Fight Between The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia
Mar 28, 2024
071 - Edwin McMasters Stanton: Lincoln's "Unloved" Secretary Of War
Feb 23, 2024
070 - Combatting The Invisible Enemy: Medicine During The Civil War
Jan 26, 2024
069 - Fredericksburg Revisited
Dec 26, 2023
068 - The Confederacy’s Last Salvo - The Career of the CSS Shenandoah
Nov 30, 2023
067 - Return to the ”Daughter of the Stars” - The Valley Campaign of 1864
Oct 30, 2023
066 - Waging War: Strategy, Tactics, Arms and Technology in the American Civil War
Sep 25, 2023
065 - The Soldier’s Friend: Clara Barton
Aug 25, 2023
064 - Taking Down The Citadel: The Siege of Vicksburg
Jul 28, 2023
063 - Then And Now: The Lost Cause
Jun 30, 2023
062 - ”...Hell Can’t Beat That Terrible Scene”: Spotsylvania Court House
May 26, 2023
061 - Duty, Honor, Countries: The West Point Class of 1846
Apr 27, 2023
060 - Desperate Times, Desperate Battle: The Battle Of Bentonville
Mar 31, 2023
059 - Connecting The Coasts: The Building Of The Transcontinental Railroad
Feb 24, 2023
058 - Breaking The Chains: The Passage Of The 13th Amendment
Jan 31, 2023
057 - Jefferson Davis: First and Final Confederate President
Dec 29, 2022
056 - Abraham Lincoln: Commander-In-Chief
Nov 28, 2022
055 - Bound To Duty: The Post-War Life Of Robert E. Lee
Oct 28, 2022
054 - ”The River of Death”: The Battle Of Chickamauga
Sep 30, 2022
053 - The Hero And The Humorist: The Friendship of U.S. Grant and Mark Twain
Aug 25, 2022
052 - ”Let Us Have Peace”: The Post-War Life Of U.S. Grant
Jul 28, 2022
051 - ”Beat To Quarters!”: The C.S.S Alabama
Jun 24, 2022
050 - Lee’s Finest Hour: Chancellorsville
May 27, 2022
049 - Concealed Stories: Sex in the American Civil War
Apr 29, 2022
048 - The Trent Affair
Mar 25, 2022
047 - ”Into the Belly of the Beast” - Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign
Feb 25, 2022
046 - Reaping the Whirlwind: Sherman’s March to the Sea - Part 2
Jan 28, 2022
045 - Reaping the Whirlwind: Sherman‘s March to the Sea - Part 1
Dec 29, 2021
044 - Five Fateful Hours: The Battle of Franklin
Nov 18, 2021
043 - The ”Rock”, The ”Sledge”: George Henry Thomas
Oct 29, 2021
042 - The Southern Home Front
Sep 24, 2021
041 - The Northern Home Front
Aug 27, 2021
040 - July 3, 1863 - Climax - The Third Day at Gettysburg
Jul 30, 2021
039 - July 2, 1863 - A Rolling Thunder - The Second Day at Gettysburg
Jun 25, 2021
038 - July 1, 1863: A Meeting Engagement - The First Day at Gettysburg
May 28, 2021
037 - The Confederacy's "Greatest" Surrender - The Bennett Place
Apr 30, 2021
036 - Avenging Angel - John Brown
Mar 26, 2021
035 - Nathan Bedford Forrest - Part 2
Feb 26, 2021
034 - Nathan Bedford Forrest - Part 1
Jan 29, 2021
May We Suggest - Bullets And Bandages: The Aid Stations and Field Hospitals at Gettysburg
Jan 29, 2021
33 - "The Union Is Dissolved!" - South Carolina Secedes
Dec 18, 2020
32 - The Election of 1860
Nov 20, 2020
31 - Mr. Lincoln's Pilgrimage to the Banks of Antietam Creek
Oct 30, 2020
30 - "No Quarter!" - The Border War Between Kansas and Missouri
Sep 25, 2020
29 - The New York City Draft Riots
Aug 28, 2020
28 - "Useless! Useless!" - The Flight of John Wilkes Booth
Jul 17, 2020
27 - April 14th, 1865
Jun 19, 2020
26 - Clash In The Ozarks - Pea Ridge
May 29, 2020
25 - Assassination from the Bottom of the Sea - The Hunley
Feb 28, 2020
24 - Misery at Murfreesboro - the Battle of Stones River
Jan 31, 2020
23 - Chattanooga - Part 2
Dec 26, 2019
22 - Chattanooga - Part 1
Nov 25, 2019
21 - "I Wish I Could Forget Myself" - Mary Ann Todd Lincoln
Oct 25, 2019
20 - In The Shadows: Spies, Raiders, and Intelligence Gathering
Sep 20, 2019
19 - "Mighty Events Are On The Wing" - Second Manassas
Aug 30, 2019
18 - "Hell Has Busted" - The Battle Of The Crater
Jul 26, 2019
17 - "His Name Might Be Audacity" - The Seven Days Campaign
Jun 28, 2019
16 - Hell On Earth: The Battle Of The Wilderness
May 28, 2019
15 - Shiloh
Apr 26, 2019
14 - "With Malice Toward None" - Lincoln's Greatest Speech
Mar 28, 2019
13 - Thunder On The Rivers Tennessee And Cumberland: Forts Henry And Donelson
Feb 22, 2019
12 - The Gibraltar Of The Confederacy - Fort Fisher
Jan 18, 2019
11 - Fredericksburg And The Winter Of 1862-'63
Dec 17, 2018
10 - Mr. Lincoln Goes To Gettysburg
Nov 16, 2018
9 - The Ram Of The Roanoke - The CSS Albemarle
Oct 15, 2018
8 - Sheer Unadulterated Violence: The Battle Of Antietam
Sep 14, 2018
7 - Little Mac: Letters From George B. McClellan
Aug 17, 2018
6 - The Plains Of Manassas
Jul 18, 2018
5 - "Stonewall" - Part 02
Jun 12, 2018
4 - ”Stonewall” - Part 01
May 12, 2018
3 - Lee And Grant - Their Finest Hour
Apr 12, 2018
2 - Call To Duty: The Common Soldier - 1861
Apr 09, 2018
1 - Flashpoint 1861 Fort Sumter
Apr 03, 2018