Top 7 Civil War Podcasts

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History Rage is the weekly podcast where professional historians come armed with evidence, fury, and a burning desire to set the record straight. Hosted by Paul Bavill, each episode invites a leading historian to reveal the one historical myth, misconception, or lazy narrative they wish we’d all stop believing — and why it matters.

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April 15, 1865. President Lincoln is dead and the country in turmoil.

Secretary of War Edwin Stanton takes control, determined to bring the assassin to justice—but the hunt for John Wilkes Booth isn’t all that grips Stanton.

Lincoln’s successor, Vice President Andrew Johnson, is likely to bend to southern interests and undo the very progress for which Lincoln died. Edwin Stanton must employ every bit of political wile he can muster to secure the future of the freed slaves, and the nation.

Consumed by his conviction, Stanton will betray his friends, his honor, and the very constitution he is sworn to protect, all to steer the country towards justice.

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It's May 1864, and the Union enters its fourth year of war against the Confederacy succession. Ulysses S. Grant -- Hero of Vicksburg -- has been promoted to General-in-Chief of the Union Army by President Lincoln in a last-ditch effort to win the war. Grant, placing his command in the field with the Army of the Potomac, will now execute his own aggressive strategy against the rebels on all fronts. But first, he must spend the next 47 days fighting across the enemy-held Commonwealth of Virginia.

Join amateur historian and US Navy veteran Kyle M. Bondo, as he follows the history of Grant's Overland Campaign from Washington, DC, to Petersburg, Virginia, in War Yankee, an American Civil War history podcast presented by Oncetold.

A conversational approach to interpreting history. Hosts Patrick and Parker aim to connect you to some of your favorite stories from the past as well as ones you might not have ever heard before! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, & YouTube at @TheHistoryThingsPodcast

Emmy-winning actor and Broadway legend André de Shields narrates Making..., an original podcast from The HISTORY® Channel. Each season takes listeners inside the lives of history’s greatest figures and examines the events that forged these legends.

Making Teddy takes you inside the life of a man who went from the big city to life on the frontier, from leading a cavalry unit in the Spanish-American War to leading the entire country from the White House. Each episode will bring together leading historians, authors and journalists to paint in vivid detail the forces that shaped Theodore Roosevelt into the pioneer he would become.

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When America faced its ultimate crisis, the second civil war, a leader emerged that unified the fractured country. However, in order to reunite all the warring states, he had to restructure the government and restore order. In doing so, the country changed from a democracy to a monarchy. Reluctantly, General Asilas Roman became America's first king. This is the story of King Asilas, an American patriot who became the center of the country's most definitive time in history and the people he trusted during his reign as America's first absolute ruler.

Are you ready for a First Person account of a Civil War battle? Union and Confederate Soldiers and Officers wrote in journals and published books during and after the war. Join Bill Coghlan every week as he retells what these men saw and did on the battlefield.

Gil Abrams is a religious man, and not getting any younger. But after watching his wife die, and lines in his face getting deeper, he decides that maybe heaven can wait. Especially when he finds out about the new de-aging treatment on the market. The only problem is the cost. Being a retired janitor, his life savings don't quite cover the million yuan. The only option is to become a coyote, smuggling American immigrants by sea into Newfoundland from the civil war that rages below the border. It takes a lot of guts, determination, planning, and a risk-taking nature, none of which Gil has. In this dark satire podcast of the near future that the New York Times called absolutely nothing because they never heard of it, and wouldn’t care if they did, one man will decide if living far into the future is worth possibly giving up the present.

The "Rally on the Colors" Podcast is the Official Podcast of the Gettysburg Guard, a non profit Honor Guard, with a specific focus on honoring and remembering the sacrifice of all of those who have fought and died for this great Nation, with a specific focus on the American Civil War. The ROTC Podcast provides a platform for the Gettysburg Guard to make its generational commitment to remembering, honoring, preserving and educating. The ROTC Podcast will build a foundational educational background to better provide listeners with an intimate understanding of the individual stories of the soldiers as they are told through the subsequent episodes.

A Marine Corps infantry veteran reading regimental histories written by the soldiers who fought in the American Civil War. Relive the tales they weave on their marches across Antietam, Gettysburg and more! The Podcast covers these Histories and author interviews, soldier poetry and more related content on the War Of The Rebellion YouTube channel.