#437- KNOXVILLE (Part the Third)

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#437- KNOXVILLE (Part the Third)

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Nov 19, 2023

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In which Longstreet arrives at Knoxville but he isn't sure he's strong enough to actually eject Burnside from the town.
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Nov 19, 2023

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A history podcast in which we weave together a chronological narrative of the Civil War era. Visit us at www.civilwarpodcast.org

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#16 ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Part the First): In which we use a special two-part biography of Abraham Lincoln to bring his life up to speed with where we currently are on the podcast timeline, the year 1858. by The Civil War & Reconstruction
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#21 LINCOLN AT COOPER UNION: In which we take a look at the important February 1860 speech in New York City that helped catapult Abraham Lincoln to the White House. by The Civil War & Reconstruction
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#08 ELECTION OF 1848 & COMPROMISE OF 1850: In which we look at the Presidential Election of 1848, the crisis over the admission of California as a free state, & how Henry Clay laid the groundwork for Stephen Douglas to sweep in and save the day with the Compromise of 1850. by The Civil War & Reconstruction
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#06 MEXICAN WAR (Part the Second): In which we continue our discussion of America's war with Mexico. We talk about the military action in California & New Mexico, then cover a battle in Congress over something called the Wilmot Proviso. Finally, we move back down to the Rio Grande,... by The Civil War & Reconstruction
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#15 DRED SCOTT: In which we take a look at the Dred Scott case and the fiasco over the Lecompton Constitution, and show how the snowballing negative consequences from those events finally caused the Democratic Party to, once & for all, split along sectional... by The Civil War & Reconstruction
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#19 LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES (Part the Second): In which we continue our coverage of the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates in 1858. by The Civil War & Reconstruction
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#437- KNOXVILLE (Part the Third)

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