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History is, indeed, a story. With his unique voice and engaging delivery, historian and veteran storyteller Fred Kiger will help the compelling stories of the American Civil War come alive in each and every episode. Filled with momentous issues and repercussions that still resonate with us today, this series will feature events and people from that period and will strive to make you feel as if you were there.
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The American Civil War is perhaps the most significant event in American history. Its leaders, politics, battles, campaigns, and innovations have been studied throughout the world and continue to inspire awe in contemporary memory. This podcast will take the Civil War and trace the conflict from its origins to its campaigns and finally its aftermath and memory. Now grab your knapsack and rifle, fall in, and lets get marching!
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About this episode: For millennia humans have reflected on historical events. Quite often, one poses the timeless question: what if - had a life been spared or taken, had a candidate won rather than lost and, as it relates to this episode, what if a battle or war ended differently? So, with a degree of trepidation, we address that last question and…
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Send us a text John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry with (Kevin Pawlak) In this episode of the American Civil War & UK History Podcast, Daz was joined by author and historian Kevin Pawlak to discuss John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. John Brown's raid, which took place from October 16 to 18, 1859, was an effort by the abolitionist John Brown to init…
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Send us a text The Battle of Cedar Creek with (Brendon Stead) In this episode of the American Civil War & UK History Podcast, Daz was joined by Brendon Stead to discuss the Battle of Cedar Creek. Brendon is the person behind the fantastic social media page "The Blue and Gray Historian," which can be found on Facebook, Instagram, and X. The Battle o…
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Send us a text The Saratoga Campaign An Overview. ALL YE THAT PASS BY With (Avellina Balestri) In this episode of the American Civil War & UK History podcast, Daz was joined by author Avellina Balestri to discuss her current historical fiction trilogy, "All Ye That Pass By," which is set during the Saratoga Campaign. The Saratoga campaign took plac…
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About this episode: Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant understood numbers. And, in the spring of 1864, he intended to use the North’s advantage in men and materiel to pressure, stretch and snap the Confederacy at multiple points. And so, he ordered simultaneous campaigns. As Abraham Lincoln put it, “those not skinning can hold a leg.” Three were t…
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Send us a text Medieval England An Overview with (Matt Lewis) In the latest episode of the American Civil War & UK History podcast, Daz was joined by author and historian Matt Lewis to discuss some of the most important events in Medieval England from 1066 to 1487. Matt has authored a book for History Hit UK titled "History Hit's Guide to Medieval …
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Send us a text Body Snatching With (Paul Bavill) On this episode of American Civil War & UK History, Daz is joined by the host of History Rage Podcast, Paul Bavill, to discuss body snatching. The ‘Golden Age’ of bodysnatching was in the late 1820s in the UK. Bodies were stolen to be sold to anatomists and medical students for research and for the p…
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About this episode: Too often, we think only of wild assaults, the terrible collision of armed men, the desperate fighting of soldiers - often, hand to hand - and the killed and wounded but, in the American Civil War, we tend to overlook what happened to another element that comprised battle casualties: Those captured. This is the story about the A…
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Send us a text The Battle & Siege of Mobile Bay with (Kris White) In this episode of American Civil War & UK History Daz, was joined by Deputy Director of Education at the American Battlefield Trust Kris White to discuss the Battle and Siege of Mobile Bay which took place in August 1864. Mobile had been the last important port on the Gulf of Mexico…
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About this episode: As we’ve seen in the one presidential debate this election year, a performance has consequences. Although it was not for the office of chief executive, we turn over time’s shoulder to speak of another storied debate - in 1858 and for the office of U.S. senator. This is the story of a series of face-to-face confrontations that ma…
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Send us a text William Schaw Lindsay With (Bill Lindsay) In this episode of American Civil War & UK History, Daz was joined by author Bill Lindsay to discuss the life of his great-great-grandfather, William Schaw Lindsay. William Schaw Lindsay was a British merchant and shipowner who was a Liberal Member of Parliament and had significant political …
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Understanding the root causes is key to grasping the depth of any conflict; the American Civil War is no exception. In this episode, we will explore some of the major social, economic, and political driving forces that helped generate the early roots of division between North and South and help guide the United States toward civil war. Support the …
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Send us a text Dan Sickles At Gettysburg with (James Hessler) In this episode of "American Civil War & UK History," Daz is joined by author and experienced battlefield guide at Gettysburg National Battlefield, James Hessler, to discuss Dan Sickles and his involvement at the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place on July 2, 1863. Upon the outbreak o…
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About this episode: Washington City was buzzing with anxiety. It was the middle of May 1864 and no news had arrived from Virginia for days. Then, finally, in flurries, it came - word from the front and it was most welcome. Grant was posed to strike a mortal blow. Readers clutched papers that, in bold print, screamed “Extra.” Unable to concentrate, …
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Send us a text Prelude to the Battle of Waterloo (Mark Wheatcroft) In this episode of American Civil War & UK history, Daz is joined by historian Mark Wheatcroft from Mark's English History Channel to discuss the Prelude to the Battle of Waterloo. The Battle of Waterloo took place on June 18, 1815. However, there is more to the story than just the …
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Send us a text The Battle of Waterloo with (Mark Wheatcroft) In this episode of American Civil War & UK, Daz was joined by historian Mark Wheatcroft of Mark's English History Channel to discuss the Battle of Waterloo. The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now…
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Send us a text Ulysses S. Grant: Episode 2 - The Western Theater Part 1. In this episode of The Figures of the American Civil War Podcast, Daz was joined again by historians Dr. Nathan Provost and Tim Willging to discuss Ulysses S. Grant from the beginning of the American Civil War, his reenlistment in the army, and all the important battles in the…
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About this episode: With gray cape lined with red satin and ostrich plume in hat, he was the beau ideal of the cavalier South. He rode and campaigned with Sam Sweeney on banjo and Mulatto Bob on the bones. At times, one wondered was it war or just a lark. Despite all the showy display, he was Robert E. Lee’s “eyes and ears” and his reconnaissance s…
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Send us a text The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House with (Chris Mackowski) In this episode of American Civil War & UK History podcast, Daz was joined by author, historian, & Co-Founder of Emerging Civil War, Chris Mackowski, to discuss The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. This battle took place in May 1864 and was the second battle in a series…
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Send us a text For The Passion of History Podcast Saint.Olga of Kyiv & The Rus with (Abigail Williams) In this episode of For The Passion of History Podcast, Daz was joined by historian and author Abigail Williams to discuss St. Olga of Kyiv & the Rus. Olga was a regent of Kievan Rus' from 945 and ruled for around eleven years. In the podcast, Daz …
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About this episode: She was witty, intelligent and a great conversationalist: everything that raised the eyebrows of proper Southern women in the mid-19th century. And then, she married the man who became the first and only President of the Confederacy. Wedded to her fate with him and a doomed nation, her life was filled with trying times. She was,…
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Send us a text Jefferson Davis In this episode of The Figures of the American Civil War Podcast, Daz is joined by Bertram Hayes Davis to discuss his great-great-grandfather, who was the president of the Confederate States of America. When it comes to figures of the American Civil War, they don't come much bigger than Jefferson Davis. In the podcast…
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Send us a text The Southern Skirmish Association With (Robert Dickson) In this episode of American Civil War & UK History Podcast Daz, Was joined by the chairman of The The Southern Skirmish Association (Soskan for short) Robert Dickson to discuss one of the oldest Re-enactment societies in the UK which was formed in 1968 and has been reacting the …
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Send us a text Garry Adelman's Favourite Civil War Photos On this episode of American Civil War & UK History, Daz was joined by American Battlefields Trust's Chief Historian Garry Adelman. In the podcast, Daz and Garry discuss Garry's favourite Civil War photographs. Civil War photography is how Garry first became interested in history as a young b…
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About this episode: For those aboard the fifty-gun USS Congress, it had been a quiet morning. Its crew, as usual, prepared the twenty-year-old vessel for inspection which would be held the next day. Meanwhile, the ship’s quartermaster gazed out over Hampton Roads which glistened under a late winter sun. All seemed normal. And then, at 12:45 p.m., a…
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Send us a text For The Passion of History Podcast History with Jackson With (Jackson Van Uden) In this episode of For The Passion of History Podcast Daz is Joined by historian and founder of (History with Jackson) Jackson Van Uden to discuss his love for history as well as the creation of (History with Jackson) which consists of a podcast website a…
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About this episode: When exercising power, the 16th President’s stocky and sphinxlike Secretary of War could demonstrate a Jekyll and Hyde personality. Personally honest, he could be unforgiving and given to histrionics when he thought them necessary. And again, when required, warm hearted, selfless and patriotic. In charge of the Union’s land-base…
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Send us a text Ulysses S. Grant: Episode 1 - Early Life and Everything In Between. In this episode of The Figures of the American Civil War Podcast, we will delve into Ulysses S. Grant's early life, from his birth in Point Pleasant, Ohio, and everything in between, leading up to the start of the American Civil War. Stay tuned for more episodes focu…
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About this episode: For most of us, our mental snapshot of 19th-century battlefield medicine is captured when Union Major General Carl Schurz recorded a ghastly scene at Gettysburg: “There stood the surgeons, their sleeves rolled up to their elbows … [One] surgeon snatched his knife from between his teeth …, wiped it rapidly once or twice across hi…
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Send us a text The Zulu Wars. The Battles of Isandlwana & Rorke's Drift with (Mark Wheatcroft) In this podcast Daz was joined by historian Mark Wheatcroft of Mark's English History Channel to discuss The Zulu Wars. The Battles of Isandlwana & Rorke's Drift. Support the show link. (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Acwandukhistory) ACW & UK History's Web…
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Send us a text #TheMonumentalProject Review of 2023 Podcast In this podcast Daz was Joined by fellow Co-Founder of Monuments of UK Veterans of the American Civil War association Gina Denham to take a look back at our achievements in 2023. Monuments For UK Veterans of the American Civil War Association just giving page. https://www.justgiving.com/cr…
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Send us a text The Life of John A. Logan With (Dave Danielson) In this episode of American Civil War & UK History Podcast Daz was joined by author and producer of Life in Pictures Dave Danielson to discuss John A. Logan also known as Black Jack Logan had a very successful Civil War career in the Western Theatre in the army of the Tennessee finishin…
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About this episode: Back in December of 2018, we told the story of an engagement that took place along the banks of the Rappahannock and detailed events that took place afterwards. Now, five years later, we return to that story but with greater detail, and the addition of first person accounts. Once again, we would like to take you back to November…
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Send us a text For The Passion of History Podcast. More Than Just The American Civil War & UK History In the first ever episode of For The passion of History Podcast Daz was Joined by friends and fellow history buffs Dr Nathan Provost and Tim Willging to discuss other periods of history other than The American Civil War & UK History. Support the sh…
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About this episode: By 1864, a desperate Confederacy realized it must resort to desperate measures. Measures not only confined to land battles and trying to break the Union blockade, but the procuring and use of commerce raiders which would scour the oceans to wreak havoc on the North’s vast merchant marine. Anything to create economic hardship. An…
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Send us a text The Forgotten Fall & The Mine Run Campaign with (Chris Mackowski) In this podcast Daz was joined by Author historian & Co- Founder of Emerging Civil War Chris Mackowski to discuss The Forgotten fall & Mine Run Campaign. Support the show link. (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Acwandukhistory) ACW & UK History's Website. https://darrensci…
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In this episode, we discuss the aftermath of Belmont and the first big battle of his career, Fort Henry. Before this, we cover Grant's relationship with his wife Julia as well as Henry Halleck. And we discuss a topic that plagued his time in the deep South, the illicit cotton trade and corruption in the war dept.…
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Send us a text Liverpool and The American Civil War With (John Maxwell) In this podcast Daz was joined by author John Maxwell to discuss Liverpool and its involvement in the American Civil War. John's Book Water Street. https://amzn.eu/d/hvVAclB Support the show link. (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Acwandukhistory) ACW & UK History's Pages. https://…
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About this episode: The Native Americans referred to Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley as “Daughter of the Stars.” Yet, both the Federal Union and the Confederacy knew it to be the “Breadbasket of Virginia” - and that made it a theater for military operations. Both sides very aware of “Stonewall” Jackson’s assessment in 1862, “If the Valley is lost, the…
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In this episode, we begin our exploration into U. S. Grant's life starting when he assumed command of the 21st Illinois Regiment in June 1861. We will cover his early camp life experiences, his command at Cairo IL, and the capture of Paducah KY. We end with his first battle in Belmont, MO against Leonidas Polk and Gideon Pillow.…
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Send us a text Interview with Gettysburg Star Brian Mallon (General Hancock) In this podcast Daz was joined by actor Brian Mallon who played General Hancock to discuss his time on set in 1993 movie Gettysburg which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Support the show link. (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Acwandukhistory) ACW & UK History's Pag…
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Send us a text The Battles of New Market Heights & Fort Harrison with (Nathan Provost & Tim Willging) In this podcast, Daz was joined by historians Nathan Provost & Tim Willging to discuss The Battles of New Market Heights & Fort Harrison which took place in late September 1864. Support the show link. (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Acwandukhistory) …
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About this episode: This time around, a different delivery, a different approach. Rather than anecdotes and stories from a biography, battle or campaign, this time a series of facts, figures, theories and themes that set the stage for waging civil war. This session: Strategy, Tactics, Arms and Technology - a basis for understanding why our civil co…
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Send us a text John Davis & The London Branch of U.S Civil War Veterans With (Gina Denham) In this podcast Daz was Join by Fellow Co-founder of Monuments For UK Veterans of the American Civil War Association Gina Denham to discuss John Davis and The London branch of US Civil War Veterans. Monuments For UK Veterans of the American Civil War Associat…
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