Breaking Nation: A Civil War Podcast
When the political system of compromise that had served the United States for decades utterly and epically fails to deal with slavery at a national level, the mid-nineteenth century leaders of the nation and states must choose where their loyalties lie.
Will they save their way of life and solve the sins of cruel bondage before the land and its people are torn apart and shredded by violence and prejudice?
When Abraham Lincoln takes the oath of office as the sixteenth President on March 4, 1861, he faces a crisis unlike any other faced by his predecessors.
The country is on the brink of breaking as a nation…
Breaking Nation: A Civil War Podcast will take you on a revelatory and surprising journey through the years of the American Civil War, as if you had no idea how the events surrounding you would play out.
Recent Episodes
Interview with Chris Mowery
Interview with Robert Tracy McKenzie
S1E6 – The Island in the Harbor
S1E5 – Stars and Banners
S1E4 – A Political Free-For-All
S1E3 – American Slavery
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Recent Blog Posts
A Historian POV – An Interview with Chris Mowery
In the latest episode of Breaking Nation, Scott sits down with Chris Mowery, the creator and host of the hit YouTube channel Vlogging Through History, where more than half a million fans tune in to explore the forgotten corners of the past. From his…
Storming the Southern Coast: The Port Royal Expedition of 1861
The Port Royal Expedition of October 1861 stands as one of the early examples of Union ambition in the Civil War, combining naval and army forces in a bold attempt to seize control of the Southern coastline. The operation targeted Port Royal Sound i…
Connecting a Continent: How the Telegraph Shaped the Civil War
On October 24, 1861, the completion of the Transcontinental Telegraph stitched together the eastern and western halves of the United States with instantaneous communication for the first time. Coming just six months into the Civil War, this achievem…