Bonus Q&A on the Civil War Series with Scott & James

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 27 December 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Two weeks ago we finished the 25-part series on the 10 most important battles in the Civil War. Some of you had follow-up questions. We ran a poll to so which ones were the most popular. In a recording of a live-streaming Q&A session, James and Scott answer the following questions:
How many civilians died due to battles getting close to population centers (e.g., the Gettysburg battle site is close to the town)?

What was going on with John Wilkes Booth during the Civil War?

Were people at the time aware of events like Harriett Tubman's involvement in the raid on Combahee Ferry? Did that effect public perception?

For various generals (both sides), was there any correlation between how well they did in West Point and how well they did as leaders in war?

Please describe POW camps in more detail.

What do you think about the removal of the statues and the renaming of places that have been named after Confederate soldiers?

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0:00.0	The History of North America podcast is a sweeping historical saga of the United States,
0:09.3	Canada, and Mexico from their deep origins to our present epoch.
0:14.1	Join me, Mark Vinet, on this exciting, fascinating epic journey through time, focusing on the compelling,
0:20.7	wonderful, and tragic stories of North America's inhabitants, heroes, villains, leaders,
0:27.1	environment, and geography.
0:29.5	I invite you to come along for the ride!
0:59.5	Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast, the unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes,
1:14.6	Mythbust's historical lies, and rediscover the forgotten stories that changed our world.
1:21.2	I'm your host, Scott Rank.
1:28.8	Hello everyone! Welcome to the first live streaming event for History Unplugged.
1:34.3	So, I'm Scott Rank and to the side of me, or the other side of you, depending on how it looks,
1:38.8	is James Early. Hey! Howdy, howdy!
1:42.0	I think this might be the first time you're seeing us. I don't know what your expectations were.
1:46.2	If you think that history lovers like to sit in libraries with leather-brown
1:51.7	bound books and mahogany bookshelves with crystal decantors of scotch and a marble bus of Aristotle,
1:58.5	which doesn't sound too bad. I guess I missed out. James and I thought that we'd have
2:04.8	Civil War hats, but we didn't think that far ahead, so James did get the Colt 45.
2:12.8	Yeah, so basically, we're here to answer any questions you have. Thank you for those of you who
2:18.8	listen through the entire series on the history of the Civil War and Ted Battles. A lot of you
2:23.6	had follow-up questions, so we want to do our best to answer those that all of you voted on.
2:28.2	And in time permitting, we will get into some other things too. We want to keep things to about an hour.
2:34.7	But the six questions that were voted on were how many civilians die due to battles getting close
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