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1865

Airship / Wondery

Fiction, Drama, Government, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, History

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

General Ulysses S Grant finds himself caught in the middle of the struggle between Stanton and Johnson.

1865 is an Airship production.

Starring Jeremy Schwartz as Edwin Stanton and James Black as Ulysses S Grant.

Also featuring (in order of appearance):

David Charles

R Bruce Elliot

Chris Salazar

John Tyson

Blake Hackler

J Michael Tatum

David Coffee

Aaron Roberts

Created by Steven Walters and Erik Archilla

Written and directed by Steven Walters

Executive Producer: Lindsay Graham and Steven Walters

Co-executive Producers: Erik Archilla and Robert McCollum

Music by Lindsay Graham.

Audio editing by Mollie Baack.

Sound Design by Derek Behrens and Lindsay Graham.

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0:00.0	You, um, you haven't touched your supper.
0:05.0	I don't normally die, Americans.
0:07.0	You yank's gobbled up your food as if it's the last meal you'd ever eat.
0:11.0	Well, I don't normally die with Brits.
0:13.0	Why's that?
0:14.0	This is Washington City.
0:16.0	There haven't been Brits in these parts since James Monroe ran you off in the war of 1812.
0:22.0	Best war secretary in the history of this country.
0:25.0	Do you include yourself in that accounting?
0:27.0	Oh, no, otherwise he'd be second.
0:30.0	You know every word I've ever written.
0:33.0	Test me.
0:35.0	It was the best of times.
0:37.0	It was the worst of times. Don't insult me, sir.
0:39.0	A joke.
0:41.0	You Americans have no sense of humor.
0:43.0	And you Brits confuse dryness with wit.
0:45.0	Try me an earnest.
0:46.0	All right, Ben.
0:47.0	Same book.
0:48.0	There were a king with a large jaw.
0:52.0	And a queen with a plain face on the throne of England.
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