Breaking Nation: A Civil War Podcast
When the political system of compromise that had served the United States for decades utterly and epically fails to deal with slavery at a national level, the mid-nineteenth century leaders of the nation and states must choose where their loyalties lie.
Will they save their way of life and solve the sins of cruel bondage before the land and its people are torn apart and shredded by violence and prejudice?
When Abraham Lincoln takes the oath of office as the sixteenth President on March 4, 1861, he faces a crisis unlike any other faced by his predecessors.
The country is on the brink of breaking as a nation…
Breaking Nation: A Civil War Podcast will take you on a revelatory and surprising journey through the years of the American Civil War, as if you had no idea how the events surrounding you would play out.
Recent Episodes
Interview with Robert Tracy McKenzie
S1E6 – The Island in the Harbor
S1E5 – Stars and Banners
S1E4 – A Political Free-For-All
S1E3 – American Slavery
S1E2 – The Father of All
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Recent Blog Posts
Jefferson Davis’s October Council: Prelude to the Confederacy’s Strug…
On October 1, 1861, President Jefferson Davis convened a conference on Confederate war strategy with his leading generals—a moment that may not rank with the famous battles of the Civil War, but one that sheds light on how the Confederate high…
Behind the Curtains of Command: Lincoln vs. McClellan
On September 27, 1861, a pivotal moment unfolded in the early days of the Civil War: Major General George B. McClellan engaged in a heated discussion with President Abraham Lincoln over the conduct of military operations. This confrontation was not …
Humility and Hope: How Lincoln Framed a Nation at War
September 26, 1861, holds a unique place in the moral and spiritual landscape of the early Civil War, not because of a battlefield triumph or a strategic maneuver, but as a day formally designated for “humiliation, prayer, and fasting.” …