Rapscallions!

"surprised and excited"

A grab bag of Confederate plots: Fake peace conferences! Robbing banks! Burning down cities! Kidnapping the vice president!

Categories: History, Series 14

Tags: Abraham Lincoln Canada Captain Robert Cobb Kennedy Colonel Robert Martin Confederate States of America crime criminal law international law Jacob Thompson James P. Holcombe Lieutenant John Headley Montreal, QC New York State New York, NY Niagara Falls, ON Ontario Phineas Taylor Barnum Presented by #13 Quebec United States Vermont WIlliam Cornell "Colorado" Jewett

Published: October 7, 2024

Rapscallions!

"Resist at Your Peril!"

The only thing standing between John Yates Beall and Johnson's Island was the USS Michigan... that and a terrible con man and the cowardice of his own men.

Categories: History, Series 14

Tags: American Civil War Amherstburg ON Bennet H. Young Buffalo, NY Canada Clement Claiborne Clay Clement Laird Vallandigham Colonel Robert Martin Confederate Navy Confederate States of America Detroit, MI Jacob Thompson James P. Holcombe Lieutenant John Headley Maryland Michigan Ohio Presented by #13 United States Navy USS Michigan

Published: September 23, 2024

Rapscallions!

"Patience is Sour"

Thomas Henry Hines had a cunning plan to free Confederate prisoners-of-war and establish a "Northwest Confederacy." Too bad it was doomed to fail.

Categories: History, Series 14

Tags: American Civil War Bennet H. Young Canada Captain Robert Cobb Kennedy Chicago, IL Clement Claiborne Clay Clement Laird Vallandigham Colonel Robert Martin Confederate States of America Florida General John Hunt Morgan Illinois Indiana Jacob Thompson James P. Holcombe Kentucky New York, NY Ohio Presented by #13 Toronto, ON United States of America Windsor, ON

Published: September 9, 2024

Crepuscule in Blood and Guts

the most curious incident in the life of James McNeill Whistler

This one has it all: sibling rivalry, country club politics, adultery, duels, the Civil War, Spanish colonial policy, and three giant piles of bird poop.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Daring & Epic Journeys, Series 13

Tags: American Civil War art art history Confederate Navy Confederate States of America Liverpool, England London, England racism Spain United Kingdom United States Navy United States of America

Published: February 20, 2023

The Sea King

the last Confederate ship

In 1864 the Confederacy sent a privateer to destroy the whaling industry. It succeeded beyond their wildest dreams... but not until after the war was over.

Categories: Daring & Epic Journeys, History, Series 11

Tags: American Civil War Australia Confederate Navy Confederate States of America England international law Liverpool, England Melbourne Pohnpei Presented by #13 Sultanate of Zanzibar United Kingdom United States of America VIC whaling

Published: September 5, 2022