Radio War Nerd Episode #352 — The US Civil War, Part 12: Gen. John Pope & Second Battle of Manassas

On Mark’s side note on patti smith trying to ruin Blondie’s careers - that probably post dates when Patti answered an ad for a place in Blondie - Debbie Harry relates somewhere that she turned up and proceeded to discourse critical on how various arrangements of blondie songs would be better if that went like such and such - Debbie was like, ‘who f is this entitled bitch’ and she didn’t get a call back …

The self importance of the southern-friendly generals and the frank disgust/ disdain for anyone other than their social class feels like a characteristic of current liberal class as well

McClellan was a bitch

Brad Dourif was incredible in the video game Myst III: Exile despite some fairly outlandish material.

Wise Blood is the perfect Halloween movie.

Great episode! Why does it seem fitting for Halloween? Ball's Bluff is maybe not a prominent enough event for an episode, but as a local in the area its a cherished story of McClellan being an evil coward. Also the battle saw the only sitting U.S. Senator to die in combat.

Any Popeheads here?

Consistently great content. Thanks again.

Southwest* of DC

Ok guys let's do wrestling with shadows for out poll.

Amazing episode! I was just thinking yesterday when the next civil war related episode was going to drop and BAM here we are. RWN is magic sometimes. Off Topic: Anyone interested in buying a copy of Pleasant Hell?

not directly related to this episode, but listening to it i started wondering -- is the civil war series going to include anything on reconstruction? a subject maybe bigger than the war itself & not the main focus of the podcast, but i really hope there's at least an episode or two on it

I wanted to share a random Civil War related thing I heard about last week. My friend is a tattooist, and some (white) guy came up to him who had a huge Abraham Lincoln tattoo on his chest that he wanted covered up. Apparently he’d discovered that Lincoln wasn’t a perfect person. My friend offered to put clown makeup on Lincoln instead but the guy was like “No! I want him completely gone!” so my friend turned his chest into a huge black silhouette of nobody in particular. I definitely have thoughts on the impulsivity and lack of historical awareness of this dude on multiple occasions

There Will Be Blood was filmed out in oil & gas country in eastern New Mexico (aka Little Texas). It's a shithole.

Wonderful episode! Wonder if there’s a chance of an espionage focused civil war episode. The discussion of treason among the generals is fascinating— I would be curious to gain context about counterintelligence practices, level of bureaucratic organization, etc

AT LAST!