About this episode

Brad Gottfried discusses his book on the Antietam and Gettysburg campaigns with hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan.

In Episode 56, prolific author/historian Brad Gottfried joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a discussion about his latest book, Lee Invades The North: A Comparison of the Antietam and Gettysburg Campaigns . In a freewheeling podcast, we hit all the big names — Lee, Lincoln, Meade, Burnside and McClellan. Plus, Gottfried dishes on guide exams and April's Antietam Institute conference. This podcast is sponsored by the Michigan Civil War Association and Civil War Trails , which since 1994 has connected visitors with small towns and big stories across a network that now spans six states. Join McMillan and Banks for regular podcasts about Antietam, the Maryland Campaign and the Civil War — the most compelling period in American history. McMillan is author of the recently released The Year That Made America: From Rebellion to Independence and four other books . Banks is author of A Civil War Road Trip Of A Lifetime and numerous magazine articles about the Civil War . Find them on Facebook at Author Tom McMillan and John Banks' Civil War Blog . Banks' popular Civil War blog is here .

People in this episode

Hosts: John Banks, Tom McMillan

Guest: Brad Gottfried

Topics covered

• Antietam
• Gettysburg
• Civil War
• historical analysis
• military leaders
• book discussion

Keywords

• Antietam
• Gettysburg
• Civil War
• Brad Gottfried
• Lincoln
• Lee
• military history
• historical podcast

Sponsors

Michigan Civil War Association, Civil War Trails

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Lee Invades The North: A Comparison of the Antietam and Gettysburg Campaigns, The Year That Made America: From Rebellion to Independence, A Civil War Road Trip Of A Lifetime

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