15 episodes
Historical Hugh Hugh Henry
-
- History
This is a podcast about military history, starting with the American Civil War and including book and movie reviews. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-henry/support
-
New Mexico Campaign and the Siege of Island Number 10
A Confederate invasion of New Mexico managed to reach Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Union General John Pope laid siege to Island Number 10 in attempt to capture the first Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River.
---
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-henry/support -
Pea Ridge Part 2 and Battle of Hampton Roads
The first half of this episode narrates the second stage of the Battle of Pea Ridge, in which General Earl Van Dorn's Confederates attacked General Samuel Curtis' Union troops. The second half of the episode treats the listener to a description of the Battle of Hampton Roads between the CSS Virginia and the USS Monitor, the first clash of Ironclad warships.
---
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-henry/support -
Battle of Pea Ridge Part 1
The Union Army of the Southwest under General Samuel Curtis launched a campaign to eliminate the threat to Missouri of Confederate General Sterling Price. As the Union forces pursued Price across the southern border into Arkansas, Price linked up with Ben McCulloch's Army and their joined forces met Curtis' Army near Leetown, Arkansas.
---
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-henry/support -
Clash in Kentucky
The Battles of Mill Springs, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson opened the door to Nashville's fall early in February 1862. Ulysses S. Grant began to gain prominence for the first time as the Confederate Army of Central Kentucky fled south into Mississippi.
---
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-henry/support -
The Anaconda Spreads a Coil
This episodes traces the Union Navy's efforts to secure the blockade around the Confederate States, conquering Confederate outposts and setting up fueling and refitting stations to sustain the ships that would patrol the waters outside the 10 major port cities of the Confederacy.
---
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-henry/support -
Duel Along the Ohio
The later summer and fall of 1861 after the Battles of First Manassas and Wilson's Creek were not particularly active, but both armies probed one another and some very important generals made their debuts in the field.
---
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hugh-henry/support
Top Podcasts In History