51: A Change in Command: Seven Days Battles to the Battle of Cedar Mountain

History That Doesn't Suck

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🗓️ 11 November 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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“[Malvern Hill] was not war--it was murder.” This is the story of a Confederate comeback. Union General George “Little Mac” McClellan has an army of 100,000 within a few mere miles of the Confederate Capital: Richmond, Virginia. The city’s defending force is significantly smaller. It’s his for the taking. But where “Little Mac” is cautious, the new Confederate Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia Robert E. “Bobby” Lee is ready to fight to the death. They’ll duke it out in the Seven Days Battles. Meanwhile, US President Abraham Lincoln has a new General-in-Chief: Henry “Old Brains” Halleck. Can he get Generals “Little Mac” and John Pope to play nice and work together? We’ll find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	History that doesn't suck is a bi-weekly podcast, Delirian Elite Gitt, seriously researched
0:04.5	hard-hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories.
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0:30.0	Welcome to History that doesn't suck.
0:39.3	I'm your professor, Greg Jackson, and I'd like to tell you a story.
0:46.1	It's 2 a.m. as Confederate Brigadier General, Jeb Stewart walks through camp toward his
0:50.9	sleeping staff, and my God is this man a sight.
0:56.7	Picture this.
0:58.2	He's wearing a double-breasted grey jacket that's decked out with lace and brass buttons.
1:03.3	A yellow sash is wrapped around his waist.
1:05.9	A grey cape hangs off his shoulders, and he's wearing a light tan hat decorated with
1:11.1	a gold star in a big, gorgeous black ostrich feather.
1:15.0	Oh, and let's not forget his thick, Auburn Brown hair that transitions smoothly into a big,
1:21.4	burly beard.
1:22.6	Gotta admit it, this is one sexy Confederate.
1:27.4	No wonder students in his West Point days nicknamed the Virginia Cadet, beauty.
1:32.5	Add to all of this his French saber, and Jeb looks like he walked right out of Alexander
1:37.1	Dumas' relatively recent novel, The Three Musketeers.
1:41.9	And now that you've got that image, let's follow Jeb to his slumbering staff's quarters.
1:49.7	Gentlemen, in 10 minutes every man must be in his saddle.
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