About this episode

The episode discusses the pivotal Siege of Vicksburg during the Civil War and features an interview with Dr. Lindsay Privette.

The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal turning point in the Civil War. Should the Union capture the stronghold, the South's hold on the Mississippi would be broken forever... But what about the lives of those trapped inside the city? And what measures did they resort to to survive the bombardment? Our guest today is Dr. Lindsay Privette, Associate professor of history at Anderson University. She’s the author of The Surgeon’s Battle: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign and Changed the Civil War . Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Produced by Tomos Delargy. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   All music from Epidemic Sounds. American History Hit is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Lindsay Privette

Topics covered

• Civil War
• Vicksburg
• Siege
• History
• Medicine
• Survival

Keywords

• Vicksburg
• Civil War
• Siege
• Dr. Lindsay Privette
• Medicine
• Survival
• History

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anderson University, History Hit, Acast

Books & works: The Surgeon’s Battle: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign and Changed the Civil War

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