EP 28: The American Civil War Abroad

History Spelunkers

Welcome back one and all to another episode of History Spelunkers. Today our journey into the niche and obscure will take us back to the American Civil War. Mostly when one thinks of this conflict they imagine fighting in the fields of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, or Shiloh. But have you ever thought about the gray and blue duking it out off the shores of Northern France? Learn about that battle and more in today's episode!

Shownotes:

• Photo Engraving of the Sinking of the CSS Alabama by Harper's Weekly Magazine. In the public domain accessed via Wikimedia Commons
• The song clips are from the 1961 recording of Tennessee Ernie Ford performing "Union Dixie"
• https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/the-american-civil-war--1861-1865/the-battle-of-cherbourg.html
• https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/kearsarge-and-alabama
• http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/Article/h-973
• https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1932/june/it-happened-bahia
• https://www.britannica.com/event/Saint-Albans-Raid
• https://vermonthistory.org/st-albans-raid
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/brazil-confederate-flag-civil-war-americana-santa-barbara/2020/07/11/1e8a7c84-bec4-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds