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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/11Jan19-John-Brown-Osawatamie-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the years just ahead of the Civil War, thousands of people came to Kansas ahead of a critical vote…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/21Dec18-Stones-River-National-Battlefield-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:03 — 2.1MB)The Union army was defeated at Fredricksburg, Virginia in mid December 1862.  President Lincoln needed a victory to bolster the…

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