59: Stone’s River, Suspending Habeas Corpus, Vicksburg, & Stonewall’s Death at Chancellorsville

History That Doesn't Suck

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🗓️ 2 March 2020

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“Grant is my man and I am his the rest of the war.” This is the story of hard fighting—on the battlefield and in the courts. President Abraham Lincoln is making the controversial decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. While the Constitution does permit this to be done “in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion” that threaten “the public Safety,” is the executive branch the one to do it? Is it prudent? Meanwhile, battles rage across the nation. Stone’s River claims a higher percentage of combatants than any other battle has or will. Ulysses S. Grant is laying siege to Vicksburg, which is the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River. Can he do it, effectively cutting the CSA in two? Finally, friendly fire is laying low one of the Confederacy’s most talented generals at Chancellorsville. The war will never be the same. . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.5	It's December 30th, 1862.
1:09.5	Union General William Rosecrans and his force of 42,000 are hunkering down in your Stone's
1:14.4	River, roughly two miles northwest of Murphy'sboro, Tennessee.
1:18.8	Only a few hundred yards away, Confederate General Braxton Bragg is positioned with
1:22.8	his 38,000 men.
1:25.7	Both sides know battle will come in the morning.
1:28.8	As the men prepare for bed, union musicians play the very northern and federal songs of
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