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    Ep. 11: John Matteson on the Civil War's Cultural Impact

    Ep. 11: John Matteson on the Civil War's Cultural Impact

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    Ep. 11: John Matteson on the Civil War's Cultural Impact

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    Length:
    45 minutes
    Released:
    Jan 4, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    John Matteson, Distinguished Professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, joins the show to discuss how the Civil War—and in particular the fall of 1862—left its mark on the nation's culture and on some of its most famous citizens.

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    01:25 - Introduction

    03:28 - Fall of 1862

    09:19 - Matteson's selection of Americans included in A Worse Place Than Hell


    12:17 - Oliver Wendell Holmes and the 20th Massachusetts

    16:13 - John Pelham

    18:23 - Holmes, Pelham, and the battle of Antietam

    23:56 - Holmes, Pelham, and the battle of Fredericksburg

    27:23 - Valor and luck in battle

    30:22 - The 20th Massachusetts in the battle of Fredericksburg

    36:38 - Walt Whitman

    40:17 - Oliver Wendell Holmes


    Recorded December 7, 2021
    Released:
    Jan 4, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    This podcast seeks to learn what war teaches. There’s a steady decline in the study of military history and its associated theoretical discipline, strategy. Avoiding the knowledge of war is dangerous. This podcast solves that problem by diving into military and diplomatic history.  We study strategy, and the words and deeds of significant battlefield commanders, diplomats, strategists, policymakers, and statesmen who have trained directly in the school of war.   This podcast is primarily an interview show. The subject of any given episode may be the story of an historical battle, campaign, or conflict; the conduct of policy in the course of a major international competition; the work of a famous strategist; the nature of a famous weapon; the legacy of an important military commander or political leader in wartime.