Archive - The Unsung Substack

American Guerrillas pt 8: The Black Flag

Listen now | Regular Confederate generals make plays to win back control of Missouri, while Quantrill’s guerrillas wage a more personal and private war…

Jul 3 •

4:23:34

June 2025

Into the Nihilistic Hellhole

A review of Into the Woods

Jun 16 •

May 2025

American Guerrillas pt 7: Blood on Ice

In an extended tangent, we trace the history of a little-known part of the Transmississippi war from its roots in the deep history of the southeastern…

May 17 •

3:27:39

April 2025

Portents and the Ancients

How Moderns are Ackshually the Stupid Ones

Apr 7 •

March 2025

The Return (2024): An Angry Review

I don’t usually write movie reviews, but I am a longtime fan of Homer’s Odyssey and this movie made me mad enough to write one.The Unsung Substack is a…

Mar 21 •

American Guerrillas pt 6: The Lane Brigade

After his victory at Wilson’s Creek, Sterling Price campaigns to win Missouri for the Confederacy. Jim Lane returns to Kansas and raises a brigade of…

Mar 1 •

3:19:41

February 2025

American Guerrillas pt 5: The Bull Run of the West

John Brown’s trial and execution, and the election of Abraham Lincoln as president, solidify the sectional split and spark civil war. Unionists and…

Feb 5 •

3:36:54

January 2025

American Guerrillas pt 4.5: What's in a Name?

A bonus episode for the paid subscribers. Some thoughts on the names we’ve used for our Civil War.

Jan 18 •

31:02

American Guerrillas pt 4: Portents of War

The free state party, led by Jim Lane and the Danites, goes over to the offensive and exacts retribution against the proslavery side for the violence in…

Jan 13 •

8:10:41

December 2024

The Civil War as a Theological Crisis

Dec 11, 2024 •

October 2024

Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War

Oct 31, 2024 •

American Guerrillas pt 3: To Govern the Devil in Hell

The backlash from the Pottawatomie Massacre hits Kansas Territory. Jim Lane returns to liberate the territory from the iron fist of the Missourians…

Oct 30, 2024 •

3:28:42

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