The American Civil War
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Theres a couple of dedicated civil war podcasts online I've been meaning to check out that might interest you .
Also I was listening to a podcast the other day about this odd bit of history, that followed the civil war https://www.history.com/news/irish-american-civil-war-veterans-attack-canada
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@jegga said in The American Civil War:
Theres a couple of dedicated civil war podcasts online I've been meaning to check out that might interest you .
Also I was listening to a podcast the other day about this odd bit of history, that followed the civil war https://www.history.com/news/irish-american-civil-war-veterans-attack-canada
There was an incident mentioned in the doco where an Irish regiment from the South mowed down an Irish regiment from the North. That must have been bizzarre to witness.
The Irish also raised holy hell for black people in New York during the war. I think this is mentioned in the film Gangs of New York?
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in The American Civil War:
@jegga said in The American Civil War:
Theres a couple of dedicated civil war podcasts online I've been meaning to check out that might interest you .
Also I was listening to a podcast the other day about this odd bit of history, that followed the civil war https://www.history.com/news/irish-american-civil-war-veterans-attack-canada
There was an incident mentioned in the doco where an Irish regiment from the South mowed down an Irish regiment from the North. That must have been bizzarre to witness.
The Irish also raised holy hell for black people in New York during the war. I think this is mentioned in the film Gangs of New York?
I think so, there was also an issue in that film where you could pay someone to take your place if you were drafted?
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@jegga said in The American Civil War:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in The American Civil War:
@jegga said in The American Civil War:
Theres a couple of dedicated civil war podcasts online I've been meaning to check out that might interest you .
Also I was listening to a podcast the other day about this odd bit of history, that followed the civil war https://www.history.com/news/irish-american-civil-war-veterans-attack-canada
There was an incident mentioned in the doco where an Irish regiment from the South mowed down an Irish regiment from the North. That must have been bizzarre to witness.
The Irish also raised holy hell for black people in New York during the war. I think this is mentioned in the film Gangs of New York?
I think so, there was also an issue in that film where you could pay someone to take your place if you were drafted?
Yep, that was big business. Guys would take payment and then disappear and then do the same thing in another town. Think one dude did it 30 times.
Another interesting fact is that the respective capitals were only about 150km apart.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel it’s fascinating stuff. About 10 years ago I read quite a bit and watched a few different docos. If you’re after a good read, Battle Cry for Freedom by James McPherson is probably the best book I’ve read on it. It answered a lot of questions I had. A more recent book that was a decent read is The Fiery Trial by Eric Foner.
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When you travel to the States try to get in some visits to battlefields, like Gettysburg, Manassas, etc. Awesome.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in The American Civil War:
@Virgil said in The American Civil War:
What’s the doco called?
The Civil War
Nice and easy!
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Stephen Ambrose’s biography of Custer and Crazy horse covers a lot of the civil war . It’s interesting reading about how the students at West Point picked a side and ended up fighting their schoolmates. Custer went to the wedding of one of his confederate classmates dressed in his Union officers uniform.
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@JC said in The American Civil War:
@jegga His two books on Eisenhower were outstanding. I’ll have to give your recommendation a try.
I’ve been meaning to read those , he was an interesting choice for overlord considering how well his plans to defend the Phillipines worked out.
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@jegga said in The American Civil War:
@JC said in The American Civil War:
@jegga His two books on Eisenhower were outstanding. I’ll have to give your recommendation a try.
I’ve been meaning to read those , he was an interesting choice for overlord considering how well his plans to defend the Phillipines worked out.
I seem to remember his main attribute was the ability to get both sides to work together
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@jegga said in The American Civil War:
@JC said in The American Civil War:
@jegga His two books on Eisenhower were outstanding. I’ll have to give your recommendation a try.
I’ve been meaning to read those , he was an interesting choice for overlord considering how well his plans to defend the Phillipines worked out.
Were either he or Marshall ever in combat? Don't think he was in WW1.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in The American Civil War:
@jegga said in The American Civil War:
@JC said in The American Civil War:
@jegga His two books on Eisenhower were outstanding. I’ll have to give your recommendation a try.
I’ve been meaning to read those , he was an interesting choice for overlord considering how well his plans to defend the Phillipines worked out.
Were either he or Marshall ever in combat? Don't think he was in WW1.
I don’t think so . His actions over the Suez look pretty awesome now 60 years on .