47: Bull Run, Trent Affair, the Merrimack, & Fort Donelson: The Early Days of the Civil War
History That Doesn't Suck
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History That Doesn't Suck is a bi-weekly podcast delivering a legit, seriously researched, hard-hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories. This week Greg Jackson tells the story of Virginia Military Institute Professor turned Confederate General Thomas Jackson. On July 21, 1861, Union and Confederate soldiers are in the heat of battle just north of northeastern Virginia's strategically crucial railroad junction between the Orange and Alexander line and that of the Manassas Gap. The outnumbered Confederates are taking flight from Bull Run River to Up Henry Hill. In this state of pandemonium one column of Virginians marching toward rather than running from Henry Hill sees its commander as an inspiration.
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