CJ has recently started making his highly acclaimed series on the US Civil War available as collected volumes of approximately 4-5 hours apiece, with all the ads & announcements/housekeeping stuff from the original episodes cut out.

These can be purchased a la carte from CJ’s Patreon Shop, or you can get access to them at no extra charge if you sign up to support CJ via Patreon for $25/month or more.

For your listening pleasure, here’s the very first episode of that series, first published 8 years ago, in Dec. 2016.

Join CJ as he discusses:

• The secession of the seven states of the Deep South following the election of Abraham Lincoln


• The formation of the Confederate States of America, including its constitution


• The accession to office of the Lincoln Administration


• The firing on Fort Sumter


• Sumter’s impact on the North and the South, including the secession of the Upper South


• Lincoln’s actions to try to keep the Border States in the Union, by any means necessary


• Preparations for war & early skirmishes


• The Battle of Manassas (or First Bull Run) and its impact


• Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (written in Nov. 1861) as portent of the total war-crusade to come

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