“Fire Eaters” of the Confederacy: The Foot Soldiers of the South Who Made Secession Possible

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History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The story of the American Civil War is typically told with particular interest in the national players behind the war: Davis, Lincoln, Lee, Grant, and their peers. However, the truth is that countless Americans on both sides of the war worked in their...

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0:10.0	We dive into, discover more about the people events and backgrounds that define
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0:37.0	Our past is a collection of stories that bring us to where we are and shape our perspectives.
0:41.6	Hi, I'm Josh Cohen, host of the Eyewitness History Podcast.
0:45.3	On my show, I interviewed guests who watched the events that shaped our world.
0:49.2	From heartbreaking war stories to hilarious memories from the SNL writers room,
0:53.3	no recollection is off limits.
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1:16.1	History is in just a bunch of names and dates and facts.
1:19.3	It's the collection of all the stories throughout human history that explain
1:22.6	how and why we got here.
1:24.9	Welcome to the History on Plug Podcast, where we look at the forgotten, neglected, strange,
1:30.0	and even counterfactual stories that made our world what it is.
1:33.9	I'm your host, Scott Rank.
1:44.8	There were countless fervorant supporters of the Confederacy in the South before, during,
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