CIVIL WAR STORIES: A DISCUSSION WITH NOTED CIVIL WAR AUTHOR/HISTORIAN SAM MITCHAM

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast · Jul 13, 2022 · 57m

A treasure trove for Civil War buffs- 1001 interviews Civil War author/historian Sam Mitchum regarding his new book 'Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals'. In this discussion, Sam talks about Nathan Bedford Forrest (his favorite general), General Barksdale, General Longstreet, Pickett's Charge, Gettysburg, Mosby, Adam Stovepipe Johnson, Zebulon York, General Beauregard, 3 ways the South could have won the war, were southern generals better?, how media affected the war, today's generals, presentism, monument destruction, Col. Robert Shaw and the 54th Mass., John Decatur Berry and the death of…