#477- GRANT CONQUERS WASHINGTON

The Civil War & Reconstruction

Richard Youngdahl

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🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In which we discuss Ulysses S Grant's arrival in Washington DC in March 1864, his promotion to lieutenant general, and his elevation to the post of general-in-chief of the armies of the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.3	The Hey everyone. Thanks for tuning into episode 477 of our Civil War podcast.
1:14.6	My name is Rich.
1:15.9	And I'm Tracy.
1:17.4	Hello, y'all.
1:18.4	Welcome to the podcast.
1:20.3	We've said before that we don't think there was a turning point during the Civil War.
1:26.4	Instead, we think there were a number of turning points,
1:31.0	plural during the war. That is, battles or other events, that if the outcome had been
1:38.5	different, or if they hadn't happened at all, would have had a major impact on the course of the Civil War
1:46.1	and or the outcome of the war. Some examples are the Emancipation Proclamation and the federal
1:52.8	victories during the summer of 1863 at Gettysburg and Vicksburg and with the Tallahoma campaign.
2:00.0	Exactly. And on March 8th, 1864, there was,
2:06.1	we believe, another one of those pivotal turning points in the war, because on that Tuesday,
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