Threads From The National Tapestry: Stories From The American Civil War
Fred Kiger
History is, indeed, a story. With his unique voice and engaging delivery, historian and veteran storyteller Fred Kiger will help the compelling stories of the A...
083 - A Modern-Day Moses: The Life Of Harriet Tubman
About this episode:
She stood only about 5’, yet, in terms of achievement and historical significance, she remains a giant. This is the story of not only a remarkable woman, but human being. This is the story of Harriet Tubman.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Charles Nalle
Frederick Douglass
Thomas Garrett
William Seward
John Brown
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Producer: Dan Irving
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082 - Resistance By Liberation: The Underground Railroad
About this episode:
Its mission and those who willingly took part in it dared to defy the highest law in the land. And in their desire to do what was right, they wrote, spoke and acted out against a hateful institution that remains to this day, a cross this country must bear. This is the story of brave crusaders who risked much and an organization that sought to right a moral evil. This is the story of the Underground Railroad.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Elijah Lovejoy
Charles Nalle
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Henry Box Brown
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Thank you to our sponsor Bob Graesser, Raleigh Civil War Round Table's editor of The Knapsack newsletter and the Round Table's webmaster at http://www.raleighcwrt.org
Producer: Dan Irving
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081 - Salve For The Soul: Music During The American Civil War
About this episode:
This is an episode about a phenomenon as old as time itself. Something that, throughout the ages, has brought laughter, reflection, made and rekindled memories and even moved men and women to tears. From stirring airs to ballads and everything in between, this is the story of that which has been described as a salve for the soul. This is the story of Music during the American Civil War.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Julia Ward Howe
George Frederick Root
Patrick Gilmore
Henry Clay Work
Stephen Foster
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Thank you to our sponsor, The Badge Maker - proudly carrying affordable Civil War Corps Badges and other hand-made historical reproductions for reenactors, living history interpreters, and lovers of history.
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Thank you to our sponsor Bob Graesser, Raleigh Civil War Round Table's editor of The Knapsack newsletter and the Round Table's webmaster at http://www.raleighcwrt.org
Special thanks to WCHL for providing the song recordings used in this episode.
Producer: Dan Irving
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080 - Moment Of Decision: The Election of 1864
About this episode:
Presidential elections essentially boil down to a popular mandate, either supporting an incumbent’s administration or repudiating it. Never was that clearer than in 1864 when some four million people went to the polls to either re-elect Abraham Lincoln or oust him. At the election’s core: to stay the course and finish the war or admit it a failure and call for a cessation of hostilities. Such were the weighty consequences surrounding Abraham Lincoln’s quest for a second term. This is the story of a nation’s moment of decision. This is the story of the presidential election of 1864.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
John Tyler
George B. McClellan
William Seward
Salmon P. Chase
Clement L. Vallandigham
Additional Resources:
Electoral Map - Election of 1864
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Thank you to our sponsor, The Badge Maker - proudly carrying affordable Civil War Corps Badges and other hand-made historical reproductions for reenactors, living history interpreters, and lovers of history.
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Thank you to our sponsor Bob Graesser, Raleigh Civil War Round Table's editor of The Knapsack newsletter and the Round Table's webmaster at http://www.raleighcwrt.org
Producer: Dan Irving
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079 - What If The Confederacy Won The American Civil War?
About this episode:
For millennia humans have reflected on historical events. Quite often, one poses the timeless question: what if - had a life been spared or taken, had a candidate won rather than lost and, as it relates to this episode, what if a battle or war ended differently? So, with a degree of trepidation, we address that last question and will do so through the works of a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and two university professors. With writing fueled by incredible imagination and plots, characters and consequences drawn from factual trends and themes, we offer three stories from the genre of alternative and counterfactual history. Three stories that address “what if” the South had won the American Civil War.
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For Further Reading:
If The South Had Won The Civil War by MacKinlay Kantor
The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove
The Confederate States of America: What Might Have Been by Roger L. Ransom
Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War by William Forstchen and Newt Gingrich
Grant Comes East: A Novel of the Civil War (The Gettysburg Trilogy, 2) by William Forstchen and Newt Gingrich
Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory: A Novel of the Civil War (The Gettysburg Trilogy, 3) by William Forstchen and Newt Gingrich
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Thank you to our sponsor, The Badge Maker - proudly carrying affordable Civil War Corps Badges and other hand-made historical reproductions for reenactors, living history interpreters, and lovers of history.
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Thank you to our sponsor Bob Graesser, Raleigh Civil War Round Table's editor of The Knapsack newsletter and the Round Table's webmaster at http://www.raleighcwrt.org
Producer: Dan Irving
About Threads From The National Tapestry: Stories From The American Civil War
History is, indeed, a story. With his unique voice and engaging delivery, historian and veteran storyteller Fred Kiger will help the compelling stories of the American Civil War come alive in each and every episode. Filled with momentous issues and repercussions that still resonate with us today, this series will feature events and people from that period and will strive to make you feel as if you were there.
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