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Key Battles of the Civil War

Episode 19: African Americans in Uniform

Key Battles of the Civil War

Key Battles of the Civil War

Society & Culture

4.7696 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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As the Civil War came to an end, a big question remained for the North and eventually the reunited United States. What would become of its African-American residents? Would they be given full legal rights or only partial? This question was largely...

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The Civil War was the most important event in American history.

0:59.7

That's because it decided what kind of nation America would be

1:02.9

and whether or not the promise of universal liberty would really be fulfilled.

1:07.2

And what decided the outcome of the Civil War was its battles.

1:13.6

Welcome to the key battles in the Civil War podcast. We're going to the most important battles in the Civil War.

1:29.5

We began with the Overland campaign in the last episode.

1:33.0

Grant thought that the Army of the Potomac would be able to take on the Army of Northern Virginia

1:38.6

and defeat Lee in due course, maybe after a few weeks.

1:42.4

Grant's credit, he kept pressing and pressing, where most other generals would have

1:47.1

stopped and retreated after a battle.

1:49.9

Grant keeps going.

1:51.4

But the death toll continues to mount.

1:53.5

Grant is losing an average of 2,000 soldiers a day, 60,000 soldiers total in the first leg

2:00.4

of the Overland campaign, compared to Lee's 30,000.

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