Civil War Episodes
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
Aug. 23, 2026
5 UNSUNG HEROES OF THE CIVIL WAR
🎙 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Episode: FIVE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE CIVIL WAR Episode Summary The Civil War is filled with towering names — Grant, Lee, Sherman, Jackson — but history is also shaped by quieter figures whose courage rarely makes the textbooks. In this episode, we bring you five remarkable individuals whose bravery, ingenuity, and sacrifice helped shape the war in ways few people know. These are the hidden operatives, the forgotten soldiers, the unlikely warriors — ...
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March 13, 2025
WAS MY BROTHER IN THE BATTLE? WHAT THE CIVIL WAR MEANT TO MY FAMILY
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
March 31, 2024
THE SULTANA TRAGEDY THE WORST MARITIME DISASTER IN U.S. HISTORY
On April 27th, 1865, the steamboat Sultana, carrying over 2000 passengers, including over 1900 recently released Union soldiers, many of them weak and haggard from imprisonment at Andersonville and other camps, blew three boilers and caught fire,...
Feb. 22, 2024
#6 BEST OF 457 AT 1001 HEROES: THE LEGEND OF THE DENT'S RUN GOLD
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
Oct. 8, 2023
TEN LITTLE KNOWN STORIES FROM THE CIVIL WAR
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
July 13, 2022
CIVIL WAR STORIES: A DISCUSSION WITH NOTED CIVIL WAR AUTHOR/HISTORIAN SAM MITCHAM
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
April 5, 2021
THE LIFE (AND AFTERLIFE) OF OUTLAW JESSE JAMES
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
Nov. 19, 2020
CIVIL WAR COMMANDO THE DARING RAID TO SINK THE CSS ALBEMARLE
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
Dec. 31, 2018
THE LEGEND OF THE LOST CONFEDERATE GOLD (REVISED & ABRIDGED SINGLE EPISODE)
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries
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Nov. 6, 2015
THE SILENT WITNESS AT APPOMATTOX
"The Silent Witness at Appomattox"- This episode tells the little known story of the McLean family's unwilling participation at both ends of the Civil War, beginning with their Northern Virginia farmhouse being bombarded at the Battle of Bull Run in 1861, prompting them to move. They choose to move to safer climes 120 miles south in the quiet village of Appomattox Courthouse, where one of the last battles of the Civil War takes place, and where their house, by pure coincidence, is used as the si...
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Oct. 9, 2015
QUANTRILL'S RAIDERS AND BLOODY KANSAS: THE UNCIVIL WAR
"Quantrill's Raiders and Bloody Kansas"- In August of 1863, an armed force of 400 men descended upon the anti-slavery town of Lawrence, Kansas and proceeded to systematically destroy it. Seven years before, Lawrence Kansas was sacked and burned mainly due to its being known as an anti-slavery town. Then, the war in Kansas, an anti-slavery state, and Missouri, a pro-slavery state, had already started, and was to continue at a level of butchery that exceeded anything seen during the Civil War. Sou...