Recent Department No. 2 Podcast Episodes

There have been several recent podcast episodes this year, and we want to make sure you are up to date on all of them! As a reminder, you can find these on all platforms, including YouTube. Wherever you listen, we would appreciate it if you “liked” the episodes and subscribe to the pages as it helps others find the podcast. Also…share them to the other Civil War groups you are a member of on Facebook, or with your Civil War studying friends! It’s the easiest way to get word out on The Department No. 2!

Mill Springs

The first of 2025 was a continuation from 2024. Check out part two on the Mill Springs Campaign with NPS Ranger Andrew Miller.

General George D. Wagner

Listen in on this two-parter as we discuss the general most famous for his actions at the Battle of Franklin with Joseph Rocci. Joey is co-host of the Home Brew History Podcast and former employee of the Battle of Franklin Trust.

Fort Donelson, Guerrillas, Morgan, and Books

This episode was a hodgepodge of several topics but good conversation!

Talking with Richard McCormick from My Civil War Obsession

Richard runs the excellent blog mentioned above. Hear about the stories that he likes to uncover and how he does book reviews.

Bull Session!

Our first bull session episode. Whenever we are together in person, this is the sort of thing we love to do.

The 9th Ohio

Andrew Houghtaling lays out the storied history of one of the Union army’s most famous regiments.

Books!

Need to know which books are essential for the Army of the Cumberland section of your library? We’ve got some ideas on where to start.

Battle of Tebbs Bend

Taylor Bishop joins us to discuss the most important thing to happen in July 1863…Morgan’s blunder at Tebbs Bend, Kentucky. We joke.

Historian and Author Stuart Sanders

We talked to Stuart about his several projects and books, and delve into some deeper topics like dualing and steamboats.

Dave Powell

I don’t think I need to explain much here. He’s one of the Western Theater G.O.A.T.s!

Steve Phan and Camp Nelson

NPS Ranger Steve Phan joined us to talk about one of the newer NPS sites and his arch nemesis Stuart.

Attention, BATTALION!

We have SEVERAL more episodes in the pipeline that will be out over the next few weeks. If you appreciate our work, here on the site or the podcast, we would be very grateful for your support. We aren’t doing this to make money. If we were out to do that, this is obviously not the way. However, the costs are ever increasing. WIX has significantly raised their price to host the site and the domain name, and Podcastle requires a more expensive subscription for us to have more GBs for our episodes. If you feel so inclined, please donate through Buy Me a Coffee (Link below). Know that your donations go directly toward the monthly costs, and whatever is left goes to a battlefield preservation or interpretation project. Thank you!

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