The Railsplitter: The Abraham Lincoln Podcast

#42 Dr. Kevin L. Burke brings his talk about a band of would-be body snatchers and their plot to steal Lincoln's body in... Read more

We talk about Lincoln's depression and how it shaped who he was as an individual and as a leader.  We also talk about th... Read more

It's a Trivia showdown!  We welcome Lee DiGeorge from the Something, Something Birds podcast and AJ Mass from Beat My Gu... Read more

In this final installment of the first Railsplitter Book Club, we chat for about 20 minutes about the last two chapters ... Read more

We're back with the Chattanooga campaign and in this episode we discuss the military situation plus the first battle tha... Read more

In this week's episode, we discuss chapters 5, 6 & 7 of Ronald C. White's book, "Lincoln's Greatest Speech." Also, N... Read more

Hear the fascinating story of the Lincoln Funeral Train through our chat with Shannon Brown, Director of Education and P... Read more

This week we talk about our favorite Abraham Lincoln artifacts and what they've meant to us.  We also appease Ncik's des... Read more

This week we talk about Lincoln's best friend, Joshua Speed.  We have listener supplied content from Railsplitter Andrea... Read more

This week we begin our discussion of the Vicksburg Campaign. We talk about the importance of this fortified city as well... Read more

We're back!  This week we chat about which Civil War battlefields we've visited, how we like to visit them, and interest... Read more

Learn about the Forgotten General!  We talk Meade, Gettysburg, and the war in general this week.

This is the first installment of the second running of The Railsplitter Book Club in which be chat about the first four ... Read more

In this episode, we discuss two other important women in the life of Abraham Lincoln: Anne Rutledge and Mary Owens. 

In this episode, we discuss the final two battles that would see the Union secure Chattanooga - Missionary Ridge and Rin... Read more

In our second episode about photography we are joined by former White House photographer, Pete Souza, as he chats with u... Read more

We take you through some Lincoln and non-Lincoln sites in Springfield, provide some restaurant recs, and avoid mentionin... Read more

We talk about Abraham Lincoln's role in establishing Thanksgiving as a national holiday.  We start with some banter abou... Read more

We chat this week about Abraham Lincoln and The Press focusing on his early role as an editorialist through his relation... Read more

We're holding you without a trial! We chat about one of the most controversial topics in Lincolnland, his suspension of ... Read more