The Unsung Podcast
Jason McGinty
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S1E12 American Guerrillas Live Q&A
This is a recording of a Substack Live session from January 24, 2026 at 7:30pm central time, which was a live audience Q&A for the American Guerrillas series. Wolliver was gracious enough to come…
S1E11 American Guerrillas pt 11: Wages of War
Men raised in the fires of the guerrilla war try to make their way in its chaotic aftermath. New heroes of the Missouri secessionists arise out of Reconstruction politics. Legends born out of the war…
S1E10 American Guerrillas pt 10: Hell Followed with Him
Bloody Bill Anderson & Co. carve a path of destruction across central Missouri. General Sterling Price rejoins the story and makes one last desperate bid to bring his home state to the…
S1E9 American Guerrillas pt 9: Ashes for Ashes
Quantrill’s raid shocks the entire nation as the seeds planted by the Emigrant Aid Society all the way back in 1854 bear their fruit. Ewing enacts brutal measures against the bushwhackers’ civilian…
S1E8 American Guerrillas pt 8: The Black Flag
Regular Confederate generals make plays to win back control of Missouri, while Quantrill’s guerrillas wage a more personal and private war of their own. Atrocities mount on both sides as Missouri…
S1E7 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 Indian tribes.Skip to 11:10 to skip the long…
S1E6 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 Jayhawkers. John C. Frémont scrambles to recover…
S1E5 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 secessionists in Missouri scramble for dominance.…
S1E4 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 the summer of 1856. Two mystic figures from…
S1E3 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. While caught in the middle, settlers with…
S1E2 American Guerrillas pt 2: Prophet of Destruction
During the standoff on the Wakarusa, a man of destiny shows up in Lawrence. Kansans and Missourians alike learn just how ugly guerrilla war can get. It’s just a small taste of things to come.Tragic…
S1E1 American Guerrillas pt 1: Gather at the River
Guerrilla warfare is ugly. It’s uglier when it’s between fellow countrymen. In this prologue of sorts, reckless pride and unintended consequences throw a nation into an unrecoverable tailspin.Map…
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