Overland.01: Perspective

08/09/20 • 26 min

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War Yankee - Overland Overland.01: Perspective

Kyle Bondo introduces War Yankee and how having a personal and family background in military history developed his Unionist perspective.

Overview

Greetings! I am Kyle M. Bondo and this War Yankee - Overland, my American Civil War history podcast that follows General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac on its 47-day, 113-mile military campaign south from Culpeper to Petersburg, Virginia. As the first episode in this War Yankee series, I want to begin with setting some expectations. You may be asking yourself:

Who is the War Yankee?
Why the Overland Campaign?
Why are you starting in the middle of the Civil War?

Those are great questions! Let me begin with some background about myself that will fill you in on what War Yankee is all about.

Quotes

"That Grant, he was the only War Yankee Lincoln had that was worth anything." -- Grandpa

"The world will little note nor long remember what we say here but it can never forget what they did here." -- President Abraham Lincoln, From the Gettysburg Address

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War Yankee is a Gagglepod Production. Learn more at gagglepod.com.

War Yankee - Overland Overland.01: Perspective

Kyle Bondo introduces War Yankee and how having a personal and family background in military history developed his Unionist perspective.

Overview

Who is the War Yankee?
Why the Overland Campaign?
Why are you starting in the middle of the Civil War?

Those are great questions! Let me begin with some background about myself that will fill you in on what War Yankee is all about.

Quotes

"That Grant, he was the only War Yankee Lincoln had that was worth anything." -- Grandpa

"The world will little note nor long remember what we say here but it can never forget what they did here." -- President Abraham Lincoln, From the Gettysburg Address

War Yankee Supports American Battlefield Trust

War Yankee Telegraph Department

War Yankee is a Gagglepod Production. Learn more at gagglepod.com.

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Overland.00 Trailer

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War Yankee - Overland.00: Trailer It's May 1864 and the Union has entered its fourth year of war against the Confederacy. President Abraham Lincoln has fired yet another general and is looking for an officer who will take the fight to the rebels. Enter Major General Ulysses S. Grant, the Hero of Vicksburg, and the type of general Lincoln knows will change the direction of the war in favor of the Union. Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General -- a rank only held in wartime by George Washington -- Lincoln tasks Grant the job of leading all Union troops against the Confederate Army. Grant wastes no time in forming a new aggressive strategy that will attack the Confederacy from five different directions and take him, the new commander of the Army of the Potomac, into the field to face General Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. Howdy, I am Kyle Bondo, US Navy veteran, resident of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and amateur civil war history buff, inviting you to join me for my new podcast - War Yankee. Follow me as I explore the history of the American Civil War beginning with Grant's Overland Campaign of May/June 1864. Why am I starting in the middle of the war? Because I live in Fredericksburg, Virginia, were the 40+ days of fighting started only a few miles away from my house at the Battle of the Wilderness, and then tore through my backyard into Spotsylvania Courthouse before concluding 80-miles to the south at Petersburg, Virginia. To make this podcast, I actually walked the path of destruction from Culpeper to Petersburg, Virginia, and stood where General Grant and the brave soldiers of the Army of the Potomac stood, 156 years ago. I now truly understand what it took the Union Army, in both courage and sacrifice, to end slavery once and for all, and ultimately reunite the United States of America. War Yankee - Overland is my American Civil War history podcast created by me, Kyle Bondo, and produced by Gagglepod. I hope you can join me as I follow the history hiding in my own backyard. Find out more at waryankee.com.

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Overland.02: Turning Point

War Yankee - Overland Overland.02: Turning Point

Kyle Bondo sets the stage for the Overland Campaign by exploring President Abraham Lincoln's stakes going into 1864.

Overview

It is March 1864, and President Lincoln is concerned. The first real victory in the East -- The Battle of Gettysburg -- is short-lived when General George Meade, Commander of the Army of the Potomac, fails to capture General Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia before they slip back into the Virginia wilderness. Now political pressure is mounting on Lincoln with Northern Democrats and Copperheads pushing him to make peace with the Confederacy. Combined with the growing number of Union causalities, New York Draft Riots, and a mix of results in the West, Lincoln is faced with the possibility of a divided nation and the continuation of slavery in North America for generations to come. The wartime stakes could never be higher!

Quotes

"That Grant, he was the only War Yankee Lincoln had that was worth anything." -- Grandpa

"The world will little note nor long remember what we say here but it can never forget what they did here." -- President Abraham Lincoln, From the Gettysburg Address

War Yankee Supports American Battlefield Trust

War Yankee Telegraph Department

War Yankee is a Gagglepod Production. Learn more at gagglepod.com.