#101 PEA RIDGE (Part the First)

The Civil War & Reconstruction

Richard Youngdahl

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🗓️ 15 December 2014

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In which we set the stage for the Battle of Pea Ridge, which took place in northwest Arkansas on March 7-8, 1862.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, thanks for downloading episode 101 of our Civil War podcast. I'm Rich.
0:29.6	And I'm Tracy. Hello y'all. Welcome to the podcast. Before we get started talking about the
0:35.4	Battle of P Ridge, we just wanted to remind y'all that the podcast website has moved to
0:40.6	www.civilwarpodcast.org. And that once you're there, you can also sign up to become a member
0:48.5	and have access to a couple of extra episodes each month. In fact, the first member's episode
0:54.4	is already up there on the website. And thanks to those of you who have already signed up to be
1:00.0	members. And someone actually suggested we come up with a clever name for those of you who
1:05.8	support the podcast by becoming members. Like for example, Jimmy Buffett fans are known as
1:11.9	Parrotheads. Or Swifties are Taylor Swift fans. And we have it from a reliable source that the
1:20.0	supporters of the London-based Arsenal football club are known as Guners. And one more. And this
1:27.3	is our favorite Barry Manelow fans are known as Fanelos. So in that great tradition, for those of
1:35.1	you who become members of the podcast, we came up with the Strafe Brigade. And the story behind
1:42.0	that is that during the Civil War, when raw recruits showed up fresh from the farm, so to speak,
1:47.8	some wouldn't know their left from their right. But they did know the difference between hey and
1:52.9	straw. So in order to teach them how to march, their sergeant would tie a piece of hey to their
1:57.9	left foot and a piece of straw to their right. And so the cadence for starting out marching would be
2:03.7	hey foot, straw foot, hay foot, straw foot. And so one name for a green recruit back then was
2:10.7	straw foot. And so Rich and I thought the straw foot brigade would be a neat nickname for all of
2:16.6	y'all who support the podcast by becoming members. So you can go to the new website and sign up to
2:22.6	become a member of the straw foot brigade for just $5 a month. And as Tracy said, the first members
2:28.9	episode is already up. And the next on the Battle of Pikachu Pass will be up this next week.
2:36.2	Right now our plan is to release new members episodes around the 10th and 20th of each month. So
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