The Extra History Suggestion Survey is OPEN until 10/12 (Patreon)

Hello, You Amazing Patreon Members!

Our next theme is The American Civil War!

In four years of conflict and partisan division, the US Civil War killed 600,000 American soldiers, 130,000 civilians (including the enslaved) and changed the country at every level. The United States that emerged from the conflict in 1865 was culturally, legislatively, and politically different than the one that entered it, changes that would be largely permanent. These changes were individual as well as collective, with participants experiencing spiritual awakenings, political epiphanies, and often literal changes to their bodies due to horrifying new weapons. A topic might follow one particular general or politician—Lincoln or Grant—or dissect a single battle or campaign such as Gettysburg. Another option would be to follow the United States Colored Troops in their battles both for respect and against the enemy, or a specific turning point or theater such as the US Navy's operations or the Confederate attempt to capture California. Related topics such as the Lincoln Assassination or John Brown's seizure of Harper's Ferry would also fall under this banner.

You can enter YOUR suggestions for the topic HERE in this form.

Some notes about suggestions:

• If a suggestion we encounter only has enough research material/production scope for a one-off episode instead of a full series, we file it in a separate list to reference later when we are planning to schedule a one-off episode between series (this is true for every survey we do).
• Only one suggestion per person, please! Multiple suggestions from the same person during any given survey period will be manually removed. Extra History Suggestion Survey is OPEN until 10/12.

We can't wait to read all your suggested topics!