042 - The Southern Home Front

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

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While actual combat was, indeed, nightmarish, being at home - helpless, constantly wondering about loved ones, fending for one’s selves - proved to be equally harrowing. That particularly was the case in the American South - the Confederacy - which served as the primary stage for the four-year-long conflict. And so we return to those eleven seceded states whose political leaders sought independence but, instead, sowed the seeds and reaped the whirlwind for Southern turmoil and destruction.

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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:

Judah P. Benjamin

George Washington Rains

Sidney Lanier

Blind Tom Bethune

Benjamin Butler

Alexander H. Stephens

Get The Guide:

Want to learn more about the Civil War? A great place to start is Fred's guide, The Civil War: A History of the War between the States from Workman Publishing. The guide is in its 9th printing.

Producer: Dan Irving

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