American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

Not sure if any of you gentlemen are a fan of OTR as I am (old time radio, The Shadow, The Lone Ranger, Fibber McGee and Molly, ect) but these are some episodes of OTR from the 1940's and 50's that have a subject matter involving the Civil War. I'll list the episodes and then the link to the page they are on. These are all free of charge to listen to and if they are not, let me know and I'll point you to a free site they should be on.
You Are There - The Bombardment of Fort Sumter 5/22/49
You Are There - The Battle Of First Bull Run 10/3/48
American Portraits - There Stands Jackson 7/3/51
You Are There - Monitor vs The Merimac 4/4/48
NBC University Theater - The Red Badge of Courage 5/8/49
Escape - Occurance At Owl Creek Bridge 12/10/47
You Are The - Battle Of Gettysburg 2/22/48
You Are There - Appomattox 11/7/48
Crime Classics - The Lincoln Assassination 12/9/53
The Lone Ranger - Conference With General Lee 2/9/53

This is a link to a page these episodes are in along with a brief description of the episode.
https://www.otrcat.com/civil-war-in-old-time-radio

This is a link to Radio Echos.com, a free site to download or listen to these episodes. Just use the search feature and type in the episodes name.
http://radioechoes.com/

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Colonel Jason "Skeedaddle" Campbell
The Mahoning 4th Brigade
3rd Division
2nd Corp
AoT
"Let's fill up our canteens, boys. Some of us will be in hell before nightfall and we'll need the water"

I said it once and I will say it again... we are wayyyy too alike for our own good. I do love OTR but I prefer the comedies of Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis, Burns and Allen, and the always great Jack Benny. Throw in a little mystery from the Shadow or Suspense and you have yourself some entertainment!

I do actually listen to music but how often can you hear the Best of the Eagles, Journey, or Fleetwood Mac before you need to change it up some? I miss the days of good music.

Somewhere in the Club a Taylor Swift fan is outraged with me

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Gen. Blake Strickler
Confederate General-in-Chief
El Presidente 2010 - 2012

Comedy for me is The Great Gildersleeve, Our Miss Brooks (because Eve Arden was a comedy genius) and My Favorite Husband ( the radio preview of I Love Lucy). The Shadow, Tales Of The Texas Rangers, Suspense, and The Whistler are also a few personal favorites. Jack Benny of course is a "must" but I like to include some Fred Allen in there too.

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Colonel Jason "Skeedaddle" Campbell
The Mahoning 4th Brigade
3rd Division
2nd Corp
AoT
"Let's fill up our canteens, boys. Some of us will be in hell before nightfall and we'll need the water"

I thought I was old cause I listened to Paul Harvey at work. Reckon I aint the oldest man in the room now.

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LtC Thomas "Tex" McSwain
Kansas Raiders

You think of it as "old". I think of it as..."refined" and "distinguished" .

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Colonel Jason "Skeedaddle" Campbell
The Mahoning 4th Brigade
3rd Division
2nd Corp
AoT
"Let's fill up our canteens, boys. Some of us will be in hell before nightfall and we'll need the water"

Many thanks for this information, Jason! I fondly recall the YOU ARE THERE episodes that I watched as a kid. They were mostly broadcast on Sunday afternoons. I look forward to seeing and hearing them again!

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General Jos. C. Meyer, ACWGC
Union Army Chief of Staff
Commander, Army of the Shenandoah
Commander, Army of the Tennessee
(2011-2014 UA CoA/GinC)

My pleasure, sir. I'm glad this was good for some nostalgia. The "You Are There" broadcasts are pretty awesome in my opinion.

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Colonel Jason "Skeedaddle" Campbell
The Mahoning 4th Brigade
3rd Division
2nd Corp
AoT
"Let's fill up our canteens, boys. Some of us will be in hell before nightfall and we'll need the water"

Tex you are still a junior officer so for all intents and purposes you are young - early twenties, so enjoy your youth and tell your best girl she now has a much younger man.

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General Cam McOmish

Brigade Commander
Alabama State Volunteers
Cleburne's Division
Hardee's Corps
(1/1/1)
Army of Tennessee
Confederate States of America