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Checkmate, Lincolnites!

2019
1 season
10 episodes
ComedyWar & PoliticsSci-Fi & FantasyTalk

Civil War web series debunking the tenets of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy.

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Andrew Rakich

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A beloved Civil War web series debunking the tenets of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy.

  • Ep 1

    1.Confederate DESTROYS Yankee with FACTS and LOGIC

    23-05-20197m

    Episode 1 of Checkmate, Lincolnites! Debunking the three or four arguments Neo-Confederates always make when they talk about the Civil War.

  • Ep 2

    2.Did Confederate Soldiers FIGHT for SLAVERY?!

    20-09-20199m

    Episode 2 of Checkmate, Lincolnites! Debunking the Lost Cause myth that Johnny Reb, the common Confederate soldier, didn't fight to preserve the institution of slavery.

  • Ep 3

    3.TARRIFS and TAXES: The REAL Cause of the CIVIL WAR?!

    16-01-202011m

    Episode 3 of Checkmate, Lincolnites! Debunking the Lost Cause myth that the American Civil War was fought over taxes and protectionist tariffs. Was the South subjected to dispropor...

  • Ep 4

    4.Was it REALLY the WAR of NORTHERN AGGRESSION?!?!?!

    28-04-202017m

    Episode 4 of Checkmate, Lincolnites! Debunking the Lost Cause myths that Abraham Lincoln was a tyrant, that nobody in the North cared about slavery or abolitionism, and that the wa...

  • Ep 5

    5.Was GENERAL SHERMAN a WAR CRIMINAL?!?!?!?!

    11-08-202033m

    Episode 5 of Checkmate, Lincolnites! Debunking the Lost Cause myths surrounding William Tecumseh Sherman during the American Civil War, including the Atlanta Campaign, the March to...

  • Ep 6

    6.Were There Really BLACK CONFEDERATES???!!!

    24-12-202028m

    Episode 6 of Checkmate, Lincolnites! Debunking the Lost Cause myth that tens of thousands of black men served as soldiers in the Confederate army during the American Civil War.

  • Ep 7

    7.Did the CONFEDERACY Have BETTER GENERALS?!?!?!

    04-07-202150m

    Episode 7 of Checkmate, Lincolnites! Debunking Lost Cause myths – as well as more benign common misconceptions – about the military leadership of the Civil War. Did the South real...

  • Ep 8

    8.Wasn’t it KINDA About STATES’ RIGHTS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

    08-06-202255m

    Episode 8 of Checkmate, Lincolnites! Debunking the Lost Cause myth that the South seceded because of states' rights.

  • Ep 9

    9.Is Civil War History Being REWRITTEN?!?!?!?!?!

    17-11-202237m

    Episode 9 of Checkmate, Lincolnites! Exploring the Lost Cause Myth's origins in the post-war histories of the white South, and tracing the evolution of Civil War memory over the ce...

  • Ep 10

    10.THE CORNERSTONE OF JOHNNY REB

    07-06-202459m

    Episode 10 of Checkmate, Lincolnites! Debunking Lost Cause myths about the secession of the southern states and the infamous Cornerstone Speech. Meanwhile, an unlikely team of hero...

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