Civil War | Bind Up the Nation's Wounds | 7

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In early 1865, after four long years of bloodshed, the Confederacy was on the brink of defeat. General William Tecumseh Sherman marched his army through South Carolina, where Union soldiers sought vengeance against the secessionist state that started the war. After nine grueling months of siege warfare in Virginia, General Ulysses S. Grant prepared to strike a final blow against Robert E. Lee’s starving, ragged army. Soon, the two commanders would meet at a house in Appomattox, Virginia to finally bring the war to a close.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:10.0	Imagine it's an early morning in February 1865.
0:22.4	Your Union Colonel and General Sherman's Army and your regiment has just arrived at a
0:26.4	farm outside Columbia, South Carolina.
0:29.3	You've been charged with burning or destroying anything that your enemy could use against
0:33.2	you. That includes crops and farm equipment.
0:36.4	You never imagined you'd be going to war against civilians, but your experiences in this
0:40.8	conflict have hardened you.
0:42.8	You stand in front of your men and give your orders.
0:45.2	Alright, let's divide up.
0:47.0	Half of you get started on burning that wheat field over yonder.
0:50.1	The rest of you break any plows or tools you find.
0:53.2	You four come with me to the barn.
0:55.3	A woman runs out of the house, frantically tying the sash on her dressing gown.
1:00.2	Go away. Leave this farm at once.
1:03.6	She awkwardly runs to you and her slippers.
1:06.2	We're not going to hurt you, ma'am, but we need to destroy all your crops and equipment.
1:11.1	We can't have you feeding any rebel soldiers and prolonging this horrible war.
1:16.3	Now is this where you keep your animals?
1:18.9	You start walking toward the barn, but the woman blocks your path.
1:22.5	How dare you!
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