Videos

Kevin Waite talked about his book, “West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire.” This virtual program was hosted by the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia.

Kelly Hancock talked about Washington, D.C. socialite and Confederate spy Rose O’Neal Greenhow. According to the author, before the Battle of Manassas, Ms. Greenhow used her connections to g…

Charles Knight discussed his book, From Arlington to Appomattox: Robert E. Lee’s Civil War, Day by Day, 1861-1865. This virtual program was hosted by the American Civil War Museum.

Kelly Hancock of the American Civil War Museum talked about the 1863 Richmond bread riots. She described the inflation and scarcity of goods that led hundreds of poor and working-class women…

Rhodes College Professor Timothy Huebner described how Abraham Lincoln changed the Supreme Court during his presidency. He also analyzed the question of whether Lincoln “packed the court.” A…

Corey Recko talked about his book A Spy for the Union: The Life and Execution of Timothy Webster. Timothy Webster was a policeman and then a Pinkerton detective before becoming a spy for the…

Kelly Hancock talked about a thwarted Union raid on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia in late February and early March of 1864. Among several goals of the operation was the rescu…