JOHN BANKS'
CIVIL WAR BLOG

A slave cabin in "The Quarters," near downtown Columbia, Tenn. It is one of four.                                          Like th...

In Episode 50, historian George Rable — author of Conflict of Command: George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of War — takes ...

Here’s a video capturing our visit to Fort Henry, the site Ulysses S. Grant seized on Feb. 6, 1862. Just ten days later, he took nearby For...

Sparing no effort, the U.S. Army outfitted Fort Granger with powerful siege guns, field artillery, a powder magazine for 1,200 artillery ro...

In Episode 49, former Antietam National Park Service ranger Alann Schmidt joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a freewheeling dis...

In Episode 48, Antietam guide and lifelong western Marylander Gary Rohrer joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a freewheeling dis...

In Episode 47 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," licensed Gettysburg battlefield guide Jim Hessler, an expert on George Armstr...

In Episode 46 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," Darin Weeks and Mare Fincher, co-hosts of the excellent "Civil War Break...

In Episode 45, join co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a "Best Of" podcast featuring these previous guests:  Historian Sc...

In Episode 44, Justin Martin — author of A Fierce Glory about the Battle of Antietam and four other books — talks with co-hosts John Bank...

The McLean house, where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. ( Library of Congress )                              Like t...

John McNamara (upper right) served as 1st Wisconsin chaplain.                                       Like this blog on  Facebook  |  My YouTu...

On Episode 43 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," Aaron Holley — an Antietam Institute board member and West Virginia University...

In Episode 42 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan discuss battlefield preservation at Anti...

Rebecca Brown and Joanie, an eight-year-old pit bull mix, at the George Meade HQ diorama.                                       Like this bl...

On March 23, 1924, the Des Moines Register reported about the image a young woman discovered by a Confederate soldier on the Winchester (V...

In Episode 41 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," author/historian/speaker Sarah Kay Bierle chats with co-hosts John Banks and ...

  A reporter in 1862 described the forts defending Union-occupied Nashville as the "most complete of the kind in the country." For...

In Episode 40 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," Brian James Egen of The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn and author/historian Jac...

In Episiode 39 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," author Linda Zimmerman talks with John Banks about her book, A Civil War Sold...

In Episode 38 of "The Antietam And Beyond Podcast," Canadian and fan of the podcast Devan Sommerville joins co-host John Banks (T...

Bonnie Parker's gravestone in Dallas' Crown Hill Memorial Park.                                     Like this blog on  Facebook  |  ...

In a mini-podcast, historian Ashley Whitehead Luskey — assistant director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College — chats with co...

In a mini-podcast, Jon Erik-Gilot — curator at the Thomas Espy Post at the Andrew Carnegie (Pa.) Free Library And Music Hall — dishes with...

 In a freewheeling Episode 34 — taped before an audience at the Maryland Campaign Symposium at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music ...

                                  Like this blog on  Facebook  |  My YouTube videos The first call from my friend Nick Picerno came before C...