Hey everyone, welcome to the 8th episode of our

Civil War podcast. I'm Rich and here with me is someone who is always the better

half of each show. Her name is Tracy. Hello y'all, welcome to the podcast. Do you

want to do the previously on the podcast a bit? Sure. So previously on the

podcast, we made a mistake. Well that's right. Okay, so while listening to episode

number seven, which sometimes I don't do for several days, I mean obviously I

edit each show and put the segments together in the correct order and add the music and

whatnot. But sometimes it's several days after an episode's release before I'll listen

to the whole show from start to finish, mostly because I find it excruciatingly uncomfortable

to listen to myself. But anyway, yes, there was a mistake with episode number seven. When

we said Lewis Armistead was mortally wounded during Pickett's Charge on July 5th, 1863 at

Gettysburg. Pickett's Charge of course was actually on July 3rd and then July 5th was

the day that Armistead died from his wounds. So sorry about that. Has our research assistant

been reprimanded? Yes, I said that I couldn't watch Duck Dynasty at all this weekend.

We don't even watch Duck Dynasty. Well, just in case I got the urge to start watching

it, I'm not allowed to. Do you think anyone is still listening at this point? Well probably

not, but let's pretend there's one person who hasn't been able to hit the stop button yet.

Okay, okay. So previously on the podcast, we finished talking about America's War with

Mexico by following along with Windfield Scott and his army until they captured Mexico City

in September 1847 and a fellow named Abraham Lincoln made his first appearance on the podcast.

Now, let's look at what happened after the United States victory against Mexico. When

the news of the Americans victory at Mexico City reached the previously skeptical Duke of

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