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🗓️ 30 June 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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The Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War remains the bloodiest day in American history. That day, and the future of the United States, could have turned out very differently, if not for a single note and three cigars.
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0:19.7 | for tuning into wartime stories. I'll be back next week with |
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0:39.0 | time. It's a series about pivotal events throughout history that are not just fascinating. |
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1:03.2 | true story behind the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American history. But what most people |
1:09.0 | don't know is how differently that day and the future |
1:13.0 | of the United States might have turned out, if not for one lost note and three cigars found behind |
1:21.5 | enemy lines. I just know you're going to love this story, and when you're done listening, |
1:26.0 | be sure to follow a twist |
1:27.6 | of history wherever you get your podcasts new episodes drop every week and i'll see you right back here |
1:34.6 | next week for a brand new episode of wartime stories if you grew up in the united states you most likely learned about the massive military battles |
1:47.5 | and large-scale political fights that shaped the course of the American Civil War. |
1:52.9 | Major moments in the history of the country carried out by names like Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grand |
1:58.6 | to Abraham Lincoln. |
2:00.7 | The Civil War fought between the North and South from April of 1861 to April of 1865, |
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