TWIM Season 4 Featured Works
Season 4, Episode 1: Searching For Stone's with Dan Masters
Ohioan Dan Masters opens season 4 of The Mess, talking about his long-awaiting narrative account of The Battle of Stone's River, "Hell By The Acre:.
672 Pages, 42 images, 17 maps
Season 4 Episode 2: "The Constitution As It Is, The Union As It Was" with Phil Spaugy
Phil Spaugy joins us in episode two to discuss The Iron Brigade, particularly the 19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
We feature three books on this subject that are recommended by Phil.
First Up: "Four Years With The Iron Brigade: The Civil War Journal of William Ray, Company F, 7th Wisconsin Volunteers" Edited by Lance Herdegen and Sherry Murphy
336 Pages
Season 4, Episode 2 (Cont.)
"A Full Blown Yankee of The Iron Brigade: Service With The Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers" By Rufus R. Dawes
342 Pages
Season 4, Episode 2 (Cont.)
"The Iron Brigade: A Military History" By Alan Nolan
432 Pages
Season 4 Episode 3: Such Splendid Ground with Bradley M. Gottfried
"The Godfather of Map Studies" Brad Gottfried sits down with the men of The Mess on episode three to discuss his work on creating volumes of "narrative maps" that are invaluable to any Civil War research. The pictured volume is Brad's Gettysburg map study and the link is to his feature page on the Savas Beatie website.
The Maps Of Gettysburg
(Pictured) 384 pages
Season 4, Episode 4: Making Early Late with Marc Leepson
The 1864 Battle of Monocacy and Marc Leepson's book "Desperate Engagement" are featured in episode four.
(Link is to author's Barnes & Noble page to view all 11 of his works)
"Desperate Engagement" (Pictured) 320 pages
Season 4, Episode 5 The Seige of Blakely, 160 Years On With Brian Desroachers
Visit the Fort Blakely State Park Website at:
Listen to S4 E5 at:
https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/rQYtfcVzF4b