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American History Tellers

Wondery

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

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee made a daring bid for victory. He marched his army north to invade Pennsylvania. For three sweltering days, two massive armies locked in combat in the Battle of Gettysburg, the defining clash of the Civil War—and the conflict’s bloodiest. In the West, General Ulysses S. Grant emerges as the North’s most capable military leader as he drives his forces in the Siege of Vicksburg to turn the tide of the war.

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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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0:09.6	Imagine it's late in the afternoon of May 1st, 1863 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
0:25.3	After a major general in the Union's Army of the Potomac, and second-end command to General
0:29.6	Joseph Hooker.
0:31.9	After a fierce day of battle, you're walking through Hooker's headquarters in Chancellor
0:35.7	House, a mansion at a remote crossroads known as Chancellor'sville.
0:40.3	Earlier today, you were sure your forces had the upper hand.
0:43.8	But then, inexplicably, Hooker ordered all your troops to retreat back into a defensive
0:48.5	position around Chancellor'sville, in an area locals call the wilderness.
0:52.7	It's a dense, overgrown forest, almost impossible to defend.
0:57.0	You know it's not your place to question a superior officer, but you feel Hooker's strategy
1:01.4	is jeopardizing the whole campaign.
1:03.8	You must speak out.
1:06.5	You find the general seated at the table in the parlor, pouring over-mount.
1:11.1	General Hooker, sir, can you please help me understand why you called off the attack?
1:15.7	We lost the advantage of an open field.
1:18.9	Hooker briefly glances at you before looking back down at his papers.
1:22.7	Not since we haven't lost any advantage.
1:24.7	Our army is twice the size of leaves.
1:26.5	I'm confident those rebels will retreat rather than faces.
1:29.5	And even if they risk an assault, they're going to have a hard time coordinating maneuvers
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