Category: Civil War
Lessons from Gettysburg That Save Lives Today
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/08/07Sep20-Civil-War-Medicine-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is a place that uses the lessons of Gettysburg to save lives in places like Iraq and Afghanistan –…
The Civil War Medicine Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/08/04Sep20-Civil-War-Medicine-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are many museums dedicated to the Civil War, but this one covers a unique aspect that fascinates many visitors. …
Biting a Bullet to East the Pain
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/08/03Sep20-Civil-War-Medicine-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people think Civil War medicine involved a saw and a patient biting a bullet to ease the pain. The…
The Most Memorable Tour
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/05/05Jun20-Gettysburg-Battlefield-Guide-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He’s shared his knowledge with joint chiefs of staff, ambassadors and other high-ranking government officials. But when you lead tours…
A Title That’s Tough to Attain
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/05/04Jun20-Gettysburg-Battlefield-Guide-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Each of us probably remembers studying hours and hours for a big test. The test given here certainly requires plenty…
The Aftermath of Antietam
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/03Feb20-Antietam-National-Battlefield-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Even by today’s standards the cost of this battle was staggering. It was a twelve hour conflict that saw a…
From Harvest Fields to Cemetery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/31Jan20-Antietam-National-Battlefield-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)These fields were filled with ears of corn nearing the harvest during September. The kernels would never be shelled though. …
Holding the Enemy’s Plan of Attack
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/01/30Jan20-Antietam-National-Battlefield-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine going into battle and having the enemy’s plan of attack in your hands. It sounds like it would not…
Civil War Veterans’ Homes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/01Mar19-Confederate-Memorial-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The Civil War ended in 1865…but how long did the veterans of that war live? There is some controversy over…
Care of Civil War Soldiers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/28Feb19-Confederate-Memorial-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Today veterans hospitals and retirement homes are common place, but in the years after the Civil War, grassroots efforts began…
The Name and the Story Behind An Indiana Couple
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/01Jun18-Fountain-City-IN-Levi-Coffin-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many fourth graders are required to study their states history. If you live in Indiana you probably studied this name. …
“Fair Trade” During the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/31May18-Fountain-City-IN-Levi-Coffin-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve heard of “fair trade” products you can purchase in this country that guarantee the producers in developing nations…
Carrying On Without Saying A Word
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/30May18-Fountain-City-IN-Levi-Coffin-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The work of the Underground Railroad needed to be secretive of course. But it seems many in this town knew…
The Secretive Work of the Couple From Fountain City
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/29May18-Fountain-City-IN-Levi-Coffin-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In Fountain City, Indiana you will find an older brick home with quite a story. If you step inside you’ll…
A Small Chapter of the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/29Sept17-Keokuk-Famous-People.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Whether you are a student of history or not, we each know something about the Civil War. However, the next…
The Surrender of Lee at Appomattox
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/09Apr15-Appamatox-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)After four years of Civil War the conflict had claimed over 630,000 lives. It was time to begin the long…
The Place Where the Final Chapter of the Civil War Began
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/08Apr15-Appamatox-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most Americans know it as the place where the Civil War ended. Although that is not technically true…it is still…
President Lincoln at the Gettysburg Depot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/11Jul14-Gettysburg-Depot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There was a mix of emotions when President Lincoln stepped onto the platform at this Gettysburg, Pennsylvania railroad depot. There…
A Historic Railroad Depot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/10Jul14-Gettysburg-Depot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many communities have saved and then restored their old rail depots. That’s the case for this small Pennsylvania town. However,…
A Chaplain in the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/03Jul14-Gettysburg-Chaplain-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the fall of 1861, Father William Corby, a Notre Dame educated priest, not yet 30 years old, joined the…
