Podcasts

Published: 12/19/24

Episode 5: Meade, Grant, and the Army of the Potomac

By: The Civil War Monitor

Category: The 1864 Project

Historian Jennifer M. Murray talks about how the relationship between Union generals George Meade and Ulysses S. Grant operated during the Army of the Potomac's pivotal 1864 campaigns against Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia.

Published: 12/5/24

Episode 4: The Women’s War

By: The Civil War Monitor

Category: The 1864 Project

Historian Stephanie M. McCurry discusses the great diversity in women’s experiences—northern and southern, white and black—during the conflict.

Published: 11/21/24

Episode 3: The Western War

By: The Civil War Monitor

Category: The 1864 Project

Historian Steven E. Woodworth talks about the war’s oft-overlooked western theater in 1864, with a focus on how the decisions made by Union and Confederate leadership affected outcomes on the battlefield.

Published: 11/7/24

Episode 2: Grant vs. Lee

By: The Civil War Monitor

Category: The 1864 Project

Historian Cecily Zander discusses the challenges Robert E. Lee and his vaunted Army of Northern Virginia encountered when facing a new opponent in Ulysses S. Grant during the summer of 1864.

Published: 10/22/24

Episode 1: The 1864 Presidential Election

By: The Civil War Monitor

Category: The 1864 Project

Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer talks about the 1864 presidential election, which pitted incumbent Abraham Lincoln against his Democratic challenger, George B. McClellan.

Published: 10/16/24

The 1864 Project Trailer

By: The Civil War Monitor

Category: Featured

We’re excited to announce that the Monitor’s first-ever podcast series is launching later this month. The 1864 Project is a 7-part series that focuses on a vitally important year during the Civil War—1864. Listen to the trailer for more.