A Wilderness fight where a gap in the terrain matters as much as the line.
War Yankee Overland stays tightly focused on Wadsworth's collapsing center on May 5, 1864, with Cutler's and Stone's brigades taking the force of waiting rebel fire. James C.
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It's May 1864, and the Union enters its fourth year of war against the Confederacy succession. Ulysses S. Grant -- Hero of Vicksburg -- has been promoted to General-in-Chief of the Union Army by President Lincoln in a last-ditch effort to win the war. Grant, placing his command in the field with the Army of the Potomac, will now execute his own aggressive strategy against the rebels on all fronts. But first, he must spend the next 47 days fighting across the enemy-held Commonwealth of Virginia. Join amateur historian and US Navy veteran Kyle M. Bondo, as he follows the history of Grant's Overland Campaign from Washington, DC, to Petersburg, Virginia, in War Yankee, an American Civil War hist…
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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
War Yankee - Overland follows Grant's 1864 campaign with a patient eye for terrain, pressure, and command.
War Yankee - Overland is built for listeners who want the Overland Campaign followed at ground level. It begins in May 1864 with Grant, Meade, and the Army of the Potomac moving south from Culpeper toward Petersburg, but the show does not treat the campaign as a blur of famous…
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A planning-first episode built around Murphy's Law, Mine Run, and the logistics of a spring offensive.
April 1864 finds Grant in Culpeper with the Army of the Potomac, and the episode does a good job of keeping attention on the planning Meade and his senior generals are doing before the Overland campaign begins.
Grant's promotion becomes the campaign's political hinge, then the episode turns to the march south.
War Yankee Overland treats Grant's May 1864 promotion as the campaign's political hinge, tying Lincoln's choice to a wartime rank once held by George Washington and to the warning that defeat could leave slavery in place for generations.
Lincoln faces war, elections, and command as one problem in March 1864.
Overland.02: Turning Point opens in March 1864 and keeps Lincoln at the center of a war that still will not settle. Gettysburg is framed as a costly near-victory, with Meade failing to catch Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia before they slip back into Virginia wilderness.
Grant's 1864 promotion anchors a family-shaped Civil War story.
The episode opens in May 1864, with Lincoln promoting Ulysses S. Grant to lieutenant general and framing the move as a wartime gamble with consequences that could reach beyond one campaign.
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Overland.18: Invisibles Against Invisibles
Hidden gemIt is after 1 p.m.
Dec 2, 2025·1h 30m·5 clips - 2
Oncetold.17: Middle of Nowhere
Sep 3, 2025·1h 23m - 3
Overland.16: Tunnel Vision
Aug 12, 2025·1h 22m - 4
Overland.15: Yelling Like So Many Demons
Jul 13, 2023·1h 25m - 5
Overland.14: The Wild, Wicked Roar
Jun 8, 2023·1h 4m - 6
Overland 13: Hat in Hand
May 6, 2023·1h 15m - 7
Overland.12: Running in Circles
Feb 9, 2023·1h 8m - 8
Overland.11: Proper Yankee Welcome
Jan 31, 2023·1h 7m - 9
Intelligence.04: Ring Knockers
Jan 27, 2023·31m - 10
Intelligence.03: Rifleman First
Jan 26, 2023·20m - 11
Intelligence.02: An American Army
Jan 25, 2023·14m - 12
Intelligence.01: Terms of Service
Jan 24, 2023·9m - 13
Overland.10: Bad Intelligence
Jan 22, 2023·1h 11m - 14
Overland.09: Defiant Blue Knot
Jan 19, 2023·1h 9m - 15
Overland.08: We Will Fight Here
Jan 1, 2023·1h 8m - 16
Overland.07: Clouded Yankee Minds
Dec 30, 2022·29m - 17
Overland.06: Sea of Blue
Dec 29, 2022·1h 10m - 18
Overland.05: Plans Within Plans
Hidden gemApril 1864, and Grant has his headquarters in Culpeper while the Army of the Potomac gets ready to move.
Dec 27, 2022·59m·4 clips - 19
Overland.04: View From Cincinnati
Dec 23, 2022·1h 4m - 20
Overland.03: Center of the Storm
It starts in May 1864.
Dec 21, 2022·53m·3 clips - 21
Overland.01: Perspective
May 1864 opens the series.
Dec 20, 2022·27m·1 clip - 22
Overland.02: Turning Point
March 1864 finds Lincoln under heavy pressure.
Dec 20, 2022·44m·3 clips - 23
War Yankee - Overland.00
Dec 1, 2022·2m