Ep. 11: John Matteson on the Civil War's Cultural Impact School of War

John Matteson, Distinguished Professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, joins the show to discuss how the Civil War—and in particular the fall of 1862—left its mark on the nation's culture and on some of its most famous citizens.

Times

01:25 - Introduction

03:28 - Fall of 1862

09:19 - Matteson's selection of Americans included in A Worse Place Than Hell


12:17 - Oliver Wendell Holmes and the 20th Massachusetts

16:13 - John Pelham

18:23 - Holmes, Pelham, and the battle of Antietam

23:56 - Holmes, Pelham, and the battle of Fredericksburg

27:23 - Valor and luck in battle

30:22 - The 20th Massachusetts in the battle of Fredericksburg

36:38 - Walt Whitman

40:17 - Oliver Wendell Holmes


Recorded December 7, 2021