The John Batchelor Show

Saturday 21 March 2015

Air Date: 
March 21, 2015

Photo, left: Sheridan's Ride, chromolithograph by Thure de Thulstrup.   According to some records concerning Sidnayah, daughter of Chief Quately of the Klickitats: “Sheridan lived with a mistress during part of his tour of duty, an Indian woman named Sidnayoh (called Frances by her white friends), daughter of the chief of the Klickitat Tribe.” Today, a century and half later, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde (at the north end of the original coastal reservation) also list one of their tribal members, the beautiful Harriet Lindsay, a Rogue River Indian of Chief George’s band, as Sheridan’s recognized common-law wife during the years 1856-1861, thereby granting Sheridan a kind of tribal membership in absentia.
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
 
Hour One
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 1, Block A: A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War , by Amanda Foreman (1 of 4)
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 1, Block B: A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War , by Amanda Foreman (2 of 4)
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 1, Block C: A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War , by Amanda Foreman (3 of 4)
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 1, Block D: A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War , by Amanda Foreman (4 of 4)
Hour Two
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 2, Block A: Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell  (1 of 8)
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 2, Block B: Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell  (2 of 8)
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 2, Block C: Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell  (3 of 8)
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 2, Block D: Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell  (4 of 8)
Hour Three
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 3, Block A: Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell  (5 of 8)
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 3, Block B: Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell  (6 of 8)
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 3, Block C: Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell  (7 of 8)
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 3, Block D: Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Robert L. O'Connell  (8 of 8)
Hour Four
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 4, Block A: Terrible Swift Sword: The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan, by Joseph Wheelan (1 of 4)
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 4, Block B: Terrible Swift Sword: The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan, by Joseph Wheelan (2 of 4)
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 4, Block C: Terrible Swift Sword: The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan, by Joseph Wheelan (3 of 4)
Saturday 21 March 2015/ Hour 4, Block D: Terrible Swift Sword: The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan, by Joseph Wheelan (4 of 4)