The Real History of the Civil War

The Matt Walsh Show

News Commentary, News

4.7 • 28K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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The American Civil War fundamentally transformed our nation. 600,000 American dead. Battle scars that still divide us today. But how much of what you’ve been taught is a lie? In this explosive documentary, Matt Walsh shatters the biggest and most enduring myths about the Civil War. What were they really fighting about? Why weren’t Confederate leaders put on trial? Why did Robert E. Lee become a heroic, unifying figure for decades after the war? And why are so many blue haired freaks tearing down his statues today? Through extensive research, and relying on primary source documents, Walsh confronts the cartoon version of history head on. Prepare to re-evaluate everything you thought you knew about America's defining war. Real History Ep. 3 - - - Today's Sponsor: Mount Titano Media - Go to https://mounttitanomedia.com to get your copy of "Finding Our Words: Words That Made America" - a collection of the greatest speeches in American history. You can read it or listen to the new audible edition. - - - DailyWire+: Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://dailywire.com/subscribe Becoming a Daily Wire member allows you to see all of our content ad-free. 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. - - - The Real History of Slavery is available on youtube here: https://youtu.be/UivhqdhcHNI The Real History of the American Indians is available on youtube here: https://youtu.be/mxapaXrHr1Y The Real History of Civil Rights Part 1 is available, exclusively on DailyWire+ here: https://dwplus.watch/RealHistoryCivilRightsPt1 The Real History of Civil Rights Part 2 is available, exclusively on DailyWire+ here: https://dwplus.watch/RealHistoryCivilRightsPt2 - - - 📜 Real History with Matt Walsh is available ad-free, exclusively on DailyWire+ https://dwplus.watch/RealHistory 👕 Get your Matt Walsh flannel here: https://dwplus.shop/MattWalshMerch - - - Socials: Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/mattwalshblog Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/mattwalshblog TikTok — https://www.tiktok.com/@mattwalsh_ X — https://twitter.com/mattwalshblog - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.2	speeches in American history featuring the voices and words that built this country.
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0:52.9	On the night of January 2nd, 1864, Confederate General Patrick Claiborne was worried.
0:58.7	He warned his fellow Southerners that surrendered to the North, quote, means that the history
1:02.7	of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy, that our youth will be trained by
1:07.0	northern school teachers, will learn from northern school books, their version of the war.
1:12.6	We'll be impressed by all the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors, our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision.
1:21.6	Claiborne was only partly right. For most of the following century, non-southerners were pretty fair about the war
1:28.3	and openly respected the South's leaders, including Lee.
1:31.3	Four top Americans in the past. They are Franklin, Washington, Lincoln, and Lee.
1:38.3	The South erected statues and monuments to its heroes. Several were erected inside the United States Capitol.
1:45.0	Even abroad, people respected the dignity, bravery, and brilliance of Robert E. Lee.
1:51.0	Winston Churchill described Lee as one of the noblest Americans who ever lived
1:55.0	and one of the greatest captains known to the annals of war.
1:59.0	It was almost exactly one century after the war in the 1960s when things took a turn.
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