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The Western War Nov 21, 2024

THE WESTERN WAR

The 1864 Project is a limited series about the consequential decisions and events that shaped outcomes and affected lives during a pivotal year in the American Civil War.

On this episode, we're joined by Steven E. Woodworth, professor of history at Texas Christian University and author of a number of books about the Civil War, including Six Armies in Tennessee: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns and Manifest Destinies: Westward Expansion and the Civil War. We talked about the war’s oft-overlooked western theater in 1864, with a focus on how the decisions made by Union and Confederate leadership affected outcomes on the battlefield.
Welcome to The 1864 Project. We hope you’ll join us.

Grant vs. Lee Nov 07, 2024

GRANT VS. LEE

The 1864 Project is a limited series about the consequential decisions and events that shaped outcomes and affected lives during a pivotal year in the American Civil War.
On this episode, we're joined by Cecily Zander, assistant professor of history at Texas Women's University and author of the recently published book, The Army Under Fire: The Politics of Anti-Militarism in the Civil War Era (Louisiana State University Press, 2024). We talked about the challenges Robert E. Lee and his vaunted Army of Northern Virginia encountered when facing a new opponent in Ulysses S. Grant during the summer of 1864.
Welcome to The 1864 Project. We hope you’ll join us.

The 1864 Presidential Election Oct 22, 2024

THE 1864 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

The 1864 Project is a limited series about the consequential decisions and events that shaped outcomes and affected lives during a pivotal year in the American Civil War.
On this episode, we're joined by Harold Holzer, one of the country’s leading voices on Abraham Lincoln and Civil War-era political culture. Holzer is the chairman of the Lincoln Forum, and his latest book is titled Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration. We talked about the 1864 presidential election, and how Union military progress and his administration’s emancipation policy affected Lincoln’s quest for a second term.
Welcome to The 1864 Project. We hope you’ll join us.

The Civil War Monitor presents The 1864 Project Sep 30, 2024

This is Terry Johnston, founder and editor-in-chief of The Civil War Monitor, a quarterly magazine that presents a fresh look at America’s greatest conflict. Since 2011, we've been dedicated to sharing the rich and complex story of the Civil War. Now, we're excited to bring that history to you in a new way: through podcasting.
Our first series, The 1864 Project, is a podcast about one consequential year in the American Civil War. 1864 is the year that Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee faced off in Virginia, that President Abraham Lincoln ran for reelection, that women’s roles dramatically shifted on the homefront, and that African Americans seized freedom in rapidly increasing numbers. In this limited series, we’ll talk to leading historians about the year 1864 and why it was so important—and transformative. They’ll help us put the events of that year in perspective, and even link them to our current day culture and politics.
Welcome to The 1864 Project. We hope you’ll join us.

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