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Friday, April 03, 2026

Secrets of Nashville's Hospital No. 11, the 'Pest House'

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The Bostick property, site of Hospital No. 11 in Nashville. (Tennessee State Library and Archives)                                      Like...
Monday, March 23, 2026

'Gobbling up': What happened to 22nd Wisconsin at Brentwood, Tennessee?

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22nd Wisconsin soldiers ( Wisconsin Historical Society )                                     Like this blog on  Facebook  |  My YouTube vide...
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Sunday, March 22, 2026

Then & Now in Columbia, Tennessee: Where the armies slept

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Beechlawn Then & Now: The mansion stands on Pulaski Pike, south of Columbia, Tennessee. The sketch was drawn by 7th Minnesota Chaplain E...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Podcast: Medal of Honor stories, Antietam insights with guide Jess Rowley

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In Episode 58, Antietam battlefield guide Jess Rowley — a former National Park Service ranger — joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan ...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

A gruesome execution on Granny White Pike in Nashville

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               Like this blog on  Facebook  |  My YouTube videos  | Hat tip: Marty Bertera  Granny White Pike bore witness to its share of C...
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Thursday, March 05, 2026

Podcast: William Griffing of Spared & Shared on transcribing, posting soldier letters

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In Episode 57, William Griffing joins co-host John Banks (with Tom McMillan off this week) for a conversation about his remarkable transcr...

'Fatal blunders': A soldier's letter about Battle of Thompson's Station

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An aerial view of the battlefield and a postwar railroad station.  Midwestern troops   —  the 85th and 33rd Indiana —  retreated from right ...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

Podcast: Author Brad Gottfried compares Antietam, Gettysburg

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In Episode 56, prolific author/historian Brad Gottfried joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a discussion about his latest book, ...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

'Hidden' Fort Donelson: A butcher who returned home in a coffin

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Markers for 45th Illinois commissary sergeant John Travis in Greenwood Cemetery in Rockford, Ill. ( Find A Grave )                          ...

Tales from the road: Remembering 2nd Iowa fallen from Fort Donelson

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On Feb. 15, 1862, the 2nd Iowa attacked Confederates at the outer defenses of Fort Donelson.                                        Like thi...
Sunday, February 15, 2026

'Captain Bob' at Fort Donelson: Cowardice ... or the fog of war?

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A section of the Confederate outer trenches at Fort Donelson, captured by the 2nd Iowa.                                       Like this blog...
Friday, February 13, 2026

Podcast: First Corps at Antietam with author Darin Wipperman

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In Episode 55, historian Darin Wipperman breaks down generals Joseph Hooker and Ambrose Burnside and explains the First Corps’ role at Anti...
Sunday, February 08, 2026

'Scalded': Death of a 'most careful' river man at Fort Henry

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Harper's Weekly illustration of the U.S. Navy's attack at Fort Henry on Feb. 6, 1862.                                       Like th...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Podcast: The Lower Battlefield, Antietam's forgotten front

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In Episode 54, historian Robert Dunkerly joins co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks for a discussion about his book, The Lower Battlefield o...