How the Civil War Started: Lincoln, Early Battles, and America’s Deadliest Turning Point | The American Story | Ep 16

Podcast: The Glenn Beck Podcast · Glenn Beck

Opublikowano: 2026-08-01

Before Abraham Lincoln could take office, conspirators were already plotting to kill him. From a covert escape through Baltimore to the first cannon blast at Fort Sumter, this episode plunges into the tense, violent opening of the Civil War. Follow Lincoln’s election, the collapse of the Union, the chaos of Bull Run, Grant’s brutal victory at Shiloh, Lee’s invasion of Maryland, and the bloodshed at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. Along the way, Lincoln confronts failed generals, staggering casualties, and the defining decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, transforming the war from a fight to save the Union...