Deep Dive: Lincoln’s 1863 Momentum, Thomas Wolfe’s Reach, and the Donkey’s View - October 3, 2025

In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss Lincoln’s influential 1863 leadership and the Union campaigns that shifted the Civil War’s course, literary and musical birthdays, and an intriguing animal fact.

 • 📜 Lincoln’s steady executive role in 1863 and the Union campaigns reshaping the conflict’s course — how presidential leadership and battlefield momentum interacted to change strategy, supply lines, morale, and national memory.
 • 🎂 Birthday highlights: Thomas Wolfe (1900) — his expansive, confessional novels that transformed American narrative scale; plus mentions of Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954) and Gwen Stefani (1969).
 • 💡 Fact of the day: a donkey’s eye placement lets it see all four of its feet at once — a small anatomical marvel that shapes how we imagine their movement and everyday steadiness.

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