In this episode, Abraham Lincoln stargazes, recites Shakespeare to Edwin Stanton and befriends the soldiers who guard him before he & his family must evacuate their hideaway in the face of an advancing rebel army. Finally, an anonymous assassin takes aim at the President during a moonlit horseback ride.
In today's expert interview episode, we first go in-depth with special guest Erin Carlson Mast (the former President & CEO of President Lincoln’s Cottage) for an engrossing discussion about the tragic death of Willie Lincoln. Then we welcome aboard Bo Hammond (from the Bromances of History Podcast) for a fun & fascinating look at the pivotal relationship between Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.
In this episode, Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd struggle with the loss of their son and seek solace in a suspicious seance. Afterwards, the nation's 16th president will commute into the city (alongside the God of War) and grapple with the the thorny issue of Emancipation.
In this episode, Mathew Brady & Alexander Gardner meet with the Union army's new commander, Gardner ventures to the Antietam battlefield (twice) to capture the war's most searing imagery, and Mathew Brady unveils a disturbing new exhibition at his 'palace of light'.
