HOW THE 101ST AIBORNE "SCREAMING EAGLES" CAME TO BE ( + 9 OTHER CIVIL WAR STORIES)
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
Jon Hagadorn
4.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Ten Little Known Stories From The Civil War includes: 1)How the 101 st Airborne 'Screamin' Eagles' came to be; 2), Mosby's Treasure from the raid on the Fairfax Courthouse; 3), Wounds that glowed in the Dark; 4), Seven US Presidents that served in the Civil War; 5), General Butler's Chamber Pots- How General Butler failed to charm the women of New Orleans; 6), The story of the first medal of honor; 7,) How the Civil War stared in Wilmer McClean's kitchen in Manassas and ended in his parlor in Appomattox; 8), America's first female detectives save Lincoln's life; 9), The ghosts of Antietam; 10), The story of Taps.
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| 0:00.0 | . |
| 0:31.0 | Hi everyone and welcome back to 1,001 Heroes Legends, |
| 0:35.0 | Histories, and Mysteries Podcast. |
| 0:37.0 | This is your host, John Haggadorn, and it's great to be with you today. |
| 0:41.0 | We have ten little known stories from the Civil War, |
| 0:45.0 | all of them interesting nuggets, and one which is worthy of a dramatized series. |
| 0:49.0 | All for you today, and if you're curious, you'll find those stories outlined in the show notes. |
| 0:54.0 | It's a beautiful fall day here in Southeast Virginia, |
| 0:58.0 | and I've been rewatching the 2001 American War drama, Band of Brothers, |
| 1:03.0 | this time on Netflix, and finding it to be, as I did the first time, |
| 1:07.0 | mostly historically true, well worth watching, |
| 1:11.0 | and produced in a way that accurately shows the sacrifice of our country servicemen |
| 1:15.0 | in the European theater and later the Pacific theater of World War II in the early to mid-1940s. |
| 1:23.0 | I had no idea until I found this story that the nickname |
| 1:27.0 | and scream and eagle shoulder patch for the 101st had ties to the Civil War, |
| 1:32.0 | and here's the story. |
| 1:34.0 | The Band of Brothers series dramatizes the history of Easy Company, |
| 1:38.0 | 2nd Battalion, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. |
| 1:44.0 | That being known by the nickname, the Scream and Eagles. |
| 1:48.0 | In the United States, through its participation in major actions in Europe, |
| 1:53.0 | up until Japan's capitulation at the end of World War II. |
| 1:57.0 | The patch is still in use today, and the 101st is still called upon |
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