Quick and Dirty History

Feb 19 2025 86 ep. 4 mins 230
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Quick and Dirty History is the show about American history, on the go! Have a few minutes to spare? Take the opportunity to learn about your American heritage...it will be quick, and oh so dirty.

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Sic Semper Tyrannis 86

Feb 19 2025 7 mins  
Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show? President Abraham Lincoln sat down to enjoy a play at Ford’s Theatre, but the night took a deadly turn. Enter John Wilkes Booth: actor, Confederate sympathizer, and America’s most infamous assassin. In this episode of Quick and Dirty History, we break down the shocking events of Lincoln’s assassination, Booth’s escape, the consp

Kill Shot 85

Feb 13 2025 6 mins  
The final days of the Civil War...from Lincoln’s hard-fought reelection in 1864 to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment and the surrender at Appomattox... sealing the fate of the Confederacy.

Total War 84

Jan 08 2025 4 mins  
The American Civil War rages on, but Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant intend to end it...at any cost. "War is cruelty…there is no use in trying to reform it...the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over" - William Tecumseh Sherman

Gettysburg 83

Dec 20 2024 6 mins  
When the armies meet at Gettysburg during the American Civil War...it's carnage, and Abraham Lincoln has a few words to say about it too.

Thanksgiving 82

Nov 28 2024 5 mins  
Who decided a bird gets presidential pass? Is it justice, or just plain fowl play? This turkey has better legal representation than you do! This is what Thanksgiving during the Civil War sounds like.

Emancipation Proclamation 81

Nov 19 2024 5 mins  
The Emancipation Proclamation, it's the first big step toward ending slavery, but it was also a crucial move to keep Europe out of the American Civil War. Freeing slaves would shift the focus of the conflict and set the stage for a larger showdown.

Antietam 80

Nov 14 2024 5 mins  
During the Civil War, more than 22,000 soldiers fell in the fields of Maryland in the single bloodiest day in American History. It's the Battle of Antietam.

Bull Run Part Two 79

Apr 03 2024 4 mins  
The Second Battle of Bull Run kicks off with a demoted Union general, and a chance for the North to redeem themselves...spoiler alert, they don't.

Confiscation Act Part Two 78

Mar 27 2024 4 mins  
The Confiscation Act gets bigger and badder...and George McClellan is still....mehhh.

Seven Days Battles 77

Mar 20 2024 4 mins  
Robert E. Lee has a breakfast of champions...Hard Tack...and then comes out swinging in the Seven Days Battles of the Civil War.