#417- BRISTOE STATION (Part the Second)

The Civil War & Reconstruction

Richard Youngdahl

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🗓️ 4 June 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In which we continue looking at the Bristoe Station Campaign, which took place in Northern Virginia in October 1863. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Hey everyone, welcome to episode 417 of our Civil War Podcast.
0:40.2	My name is Rich.
0:41.9	And I'm Tracy.
0:42.9	Hello y'all.
0:43.9	Thanks for tuning into the podcast.
0:46.6	As y'all will recall with the last episode, we set the stage for the Battle of Bristol
0:51.5	Station.
0:52.9	The October 1863 campaign that led up to the battle was primarily one of maneuver between
0:58.6	the two armies, which were still recovering from the trauma of the massive bloodletting
1:03.7	at Gettysburg.
1:05.8	At this time, Robert E. Lee's army of Northern Virginia was missing James Longstreet's
1:11.2	corps, which was on detached duty with Braxton Bragg's army of Tennessee.
1:17.3	In fact, in September, Longstreet and most of his troops had arrived in Northwest Georgia
1:23.8	just in time to take part in the Battle of Chickamaga.
1:27.8	But despite the fact that his army was reduced in numbers, Lee decided to go over to the
1:32.7	offensive after he found out that the Federals had also sent troops to the Western Theater
1:37.9	of the War to try to help the army of the Cumberland hold on to Chattanooga after its defeat
1:44.1	at the Battle of Chickamaga.
1:45.9	Yep.
1:46.9	George Meade, the commander of the army of the Potomac, lost 11th Corps and 12th Corps when
1:53.7	the powers that be in Washington decided to send them by rail to Tennessee to aid
1:59.3	the effort to hold on to Chattanooga.
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