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
S2E1 – Little Napoleons
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
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Recent Blog Posts
Lincoln’s War Order No. 3: The Moment That Reshaped Union High Command
On March 11, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued War Order No. 3, a directive that quietly but decisively reshaped Union command during the American Civil War. The order relieved George B. McClellan of his position as general-in-chief of the Unio…
Battle of Pea Ridge: The Forgotten Civil War Victory That Secured Mis…
The Battle of Pea Ridge, fought March 7–8, 1862, in northwestern Arkansas, was one of the most consequential yet often overlooked engagements of the early Civil War. Though it occurred far from the war’s eastern headlines, the battle dec…
1862 Civil Liberties Clash: Davis, Congress, and Habeas Corpus
On February 27, 1862, the Confederate Congress granted President Jefferson Davis the authority to suspend the writ of habeas corpus—a move that spoke volumes about how desperate, centralized, and strained the Confederate war effort had already…