042 - The Southern Home Front

<p></p> <p>About this episode: </p> <p>While actual combat was, indeed, nightmarish, being at home - helpless, constantly wondering about loved ones, fending for one’s selves - proved to be equally harrowing.  That particularly was the case in the American South - the Confederacy - which served as the primary stage for the four-year-long conflict.  And so we return to those eleven seceded states whose political leaders sought independence but, instead, sowed the seeds and reaped the whirlwind for Southern turmoil and destruction.</p> <p>----more----</p> <p> </p> <p>Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:</p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_P._Benjamin'>Judah P. Benjamin</a></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Rains'>George Washington Rains</a></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Lanier'>Sidney Lanier</a></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Tom_Wiggins'>Blind Tom Bethune</a></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Butler'>Benjamin Butler</a></p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_H._Stephens'>Alexander H. Stephens</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Get The Guide:</p> <p>Want to learn more about the Civil War? A great place to start is Fred's guide, <a href='https://www.amazon.com/dp/0761113983/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_.CbSAbD23Y2X1'>The Civil War: A History of the War between the States</a> from Workman Publishing. The guide is in its 9th printing.</p> <p> </p> <p>Producer: Dan Irving</p> <p> </p>