BackStory

6/1/2011 - Join the Discussion | (10 Comments)

As America launches a multi-year commemoration of the Civil War, it’s easy to overlook the fact that back in the spring of 1861, disunion was anything but inevitable.

4/26/2011 - Join the Discussion | (1 Comments)

This is the transcript of “Civil War 150th: Questions Remain,” broadcast in April of 2011. You can listen to the entire show here.   Tape: From VFH Radio in Charlottesville, Virginia, this is “BackStory.” Peter Onuf: From weapons of mass destruction to the U.S.S. Maine, each of America’s wars has been accompanied by its own [...]

4/14/2011 - Join the Discussion | (4 Comments)

This is the transcript of “Civil War 150th: Why They Fought,” broadcast in April of 2011. You can listen to the entire show here.   Tape: From VFH Radio in Charlottesville, Virginia, this is “BackStory.”  [music] Peter Onuf: Liberty and union.  Liberty and union.  That was the refrain across the American North as Civil War [...]

4/6/2011 - Join the Discussion | (2 Comments)

The following are extended versions of interviews included in the BackStory episode “Civil War 150th: The Road to Civil War,” produced in March of 2011. You can listen to the entire episode here. Reporter Thomas Pierce recounts the story of Abraham Lincoln’s long train journey to the White House from his home in Springfield, IL. [...]

3/31/2011 - Join the Discussion | (12 Comments)

Join the History Guys as they explore the forces and motivations behind Americans’ willingness to take up arms against one another.

3/29/2011 - Join the Discussion | (2 Comments)

This is the transcript of “The Road to Civil War,” broadcast in March of 2011.