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Dr. James McPherson discusses the reasons and motivations behind what made common soldiers ("Billy Yank" and "Johnny Reb") go fight in the Civil War.
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One of the new fields in Civil War history is what is known as “sensory history:” what people experienced, thought, smelled, tasted, heard, etc. Dr. James McPherson and Dr. Mark Smith discuss these...
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Dr. Mark Smith analyzes auditory experiences during the Secession Convention, and the sounds and voices in Charleston, S.C., during the Civil War.
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In this segment, Dr. Mark Smith discusses tastes, and what people typically ate during the Civil War. He uses Vicksburg, and foods, as examples to illustrate this aspect of sensory history.
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Dr. Thomas analyzes the impact of introducing African-Americans into Confederate military service near the end of the Civil War. African-Americans completely disproved the notion of “racial...
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Dr. Emory Thomas, the Regents Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Georgia, joins Dr. Edgar for a discussion of the Civil War in this 150th year anniversary of its beginning. Thomas has...
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Dr. Thomas opines on how some ramifications from the Civil Still resonate in the present day.
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Why didn’t General Robert E. Lee consider using guerrilla or insurgency type warfare against the Union during the Civil War? Dr. Emory Thomas and Walter Edgar discuss.
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In this first segment on The Dogs of War, Dr. Emory Thomas briefly discusses the unintended consequences of secession. Some of those consequences included the implementation of state socialism in some...
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In this segment, Dr. Thomas discusses the attitudes and animosity the North showed the South, and vice-versa. He then discusses how many people on both sides did not consider the consequences of such...