BONUS EPISODE: The Battle of Fort Fisher
Added 2024-12-11 09:27:46 +0000 UTCJoe and the Zoo Crew talk about the bomb ships, infighting, and accidental drunken explosions that led to the fall of the Confederacy's last major smuggling point.
Sources:
Rod Gradd. Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher
Stephen Wise. Lifeline of the Confederacy: Blockade Running During the Civil War
Pedro Garcia. Fort Fisher: Last Bastion of the Confederacy. Civil War Quarterly.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/fort-fisher
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/fall-fort-fisher
Comments
I know I’m a bit late to the discussion here, but I thought it important to share this rare historical recording of General-in-Chief Winfield Scott explaining the Union’s military strategy towards wartime Confederate smugglers: https://youtu.be/X53ZSxkQ3Ho
Elsie Hupp
2025-03-06 22:23:29 +0000 UTCThis story was just a delightful amount of stupidity.
Tom
2024-12-19 04:52:18 +0000 UTChell with Himmler, give do a live cooking show
Tyrone Slothrust
2024-12-16 14:11:04 +0000 UTCMight be of interest to you, during my History undergraduate we read the book “Wilmington’s Lie” which gives a pretty in-depth look at the white supremacist coup. Probably one of my favorite secondary sources I’ve read and it’s more contemporary history.
Grant
2024-12-14 15:47:02 +0000 UTCMy sleep deprived brain read that as torta agehao and.... 🥵 That said, that sandwich sounds amazing.
Page Chase
2024-12-14 12:46:34 +0000 UTCToo dark 😬 It’s wild, I grew up and went to school in the south (ok maybe not that wild…) and I went through college and never heard of 1898. Now I live by the 1898 memorial here in Wilmington and yikes… More people need to be aware of it. Looking forward to yall tackling the subject! For anyone that comes through the city, there’s a fantastic tour that operates out of the memorial park that is incredibly well done.
Chelsea Key
2024-12-13 23:55:19 +0000 UTCAfter the Willie D it seems like anything involving the name Porter and ships is gonna go badly.
Rosemary S Callahan Gray
2024-12-13 21:15:53 +0000 UTCYou need to cover the battle of Franklin, 5 confederate generals yeeted because 1 confederate general who had no use of one of his arms and leg told them to march at the union over 2 miles away with no cover infront of them. The union army also just silently walks past the confederate lines at Springhill the day before the battle. Just memes all around!
Pedey
2024-12-13 20:55:45 +0000 UTCYeah, I was thinking ‘Joe tries to cook a retreat from Moscow meal’
Michael Davies
2024-12-13 00:51:44 +0000 UTCBolillos con frijoles are a thing that exists.
Mel S
2024-12-11 23:23:51 +0000 UTC"Ireland: if Armenia had an ocean." That's poetry
Chris Lombardi
2024-12-11 21:54:00 +0000 UTCWhen you mentioned the racist Irish Americans saying that the Irish were slaves to made me spit out my drink laughing 🤣🤣 I’m fifth generation Irish American and I’ve heard my mom make the comment about how Irish people were slaves in an argument about slavery in America. Cringe shit 🤣🤣
Glorytothedead
2024-12-11 21:53:16 +0000 UTCI will!!! Was also thinking Vietnamese
Chris Lombardi
2024-12-11 21:52:34 +0000 UTCGood things are cooking in the transcultural swamp that is Houston. Vietnamese and Cajun fusion made by Hispanic line cooks.
Hunter Krenek
2024-12-11 18:22:55 +0000 UTCThe Texas tramp stamp would be great for assplay, because everything is bigger in Texas
Noblesse Oblahaj
2024-12-11 15:02:09 +0000 UTCFunny, I actually have a tattoo of poppies because opiates and opiods killed a ton of my buddies in the 2010s. Stupid time, lucky to be alive.
Alive Or Trees
2024-12-11 14:33:29 +0000 UTCThe torta ahogada is an excellent example of a culinary thing that happened because French cooks were trying to make baguettes with local ingredients creating a crusty bread that you throw some roast pork on and dunk the whole thing in hot sauce
Mae Berens
2024-12-11 14:04:58 +0000 UTCAs the second bombardment rages over Fort Fisher, imagine you hear on a loud speaker. Bombs over Baghdad by OutKast pierces the Confederate ears from the Union ship’s JBL loud speakers as shells tear through the slave owning traitors, dashing them to pieces. Truly a symphony of epic proportions.
William Shackelford
2024-12-11 13:17:28 +0000 UTCFort Fisher was, and maybe still is, a staple of North Carolina middle school history classes.
Matt
2024-12-11 13:16:11 +0000 UTCThey did a food review episode awhile ago. But it would be nice to have a cooking with Joe and Tom And friends.
William Shackelford
2024-12-11 13:12:40 +0000 UTCImportant to note through ALL of this - Fort Fisher is comprised of sand and earth berms throughout which are well known for being *highly* susceptible to explosion damage...
Bryan Clausing
2024-12-11 12:55:12 +0000 UTCWoo slavers getting owned
kliachichka
2024-12-11 12:19:07 +0000 UTCFrog leg tacos
zach marks
2024-12-11 11:34:58 +0000 UTCFrench mexican cuisine exists. Look up Lyonnais Tacos
Adam Barker-wyatt
2024-12-11 11:01:16 +0000 UTCWhat are the chances of an LLBD cooking show?
Michael Davies
2024-12-11 09:58:26 +0000 UTC
