Episodes
Nigel Hamilton, author of Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents
Published 11/22/24
Niels Eichhorn and Duncan A. Campbell, authors of The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism.
Published 11/17/24
Bjorn Skaptason, former Shiloh National Military Park Ranger and bibliopole for the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, joins Gerry to discuss Ambrose Bierce and the Civil War.
Published 11/01/24
Michael Megelsh, author of Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America.
Published 10/24/24
Andrew Sillen, author of Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White
Published 10/17/24
Caroline Davis, co-author of Force of a Cyclone: The Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863.
Published 10/03/24
David A. Powell, author of The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 1: Dalton to Cassville, May 1-19, 1864.
Published 09/27/24
James Hill Welborn III, author of Dueling Cultures, Damnable Legacies: Southern Violence and White Supremacy in the Civil War Era.
Published 09/20/24
Robert Merry, author of Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861
Published 09/12/24
Peter Carmichael Memorial Show, with Aaron Sheehan-Dean and Caroline Janney, co-editors of Janney, Carmichael, Sheehan-Dean, eds., "THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA: Essays Inspired by the Scholarship of Gary W. Gallagher"
Published 09/05/24
Edda L. Fields-Black, author of COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War.
Published 08/29/24
Frank Garmon, author of A Wonderful Career in Crime: Charles Cowlams Masquerades in the Civil War Era and Gilded Age.
Published 06/13/24
Brian Matthew Jordan, co-editor of Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves.
Published 06/10/24
Richard Upsher Smith, Jr., editor of A Quaker Colonel, His Fiancee, and Their Connections: Selected Civil War Correspondence.
Gerry's Opening Monologue -
"This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio. Tonight we start with two trash bags full of letters. But not just any letters. Not even just Civil War Soldier letters, but much rarer. Letters from both the soldier and the letters the soldier received from his fiancée, as well as from other family members, while Charles B. Lamborn...
Published 06/10/24
Carolyn Ivanoff, author of We Fought at Gettysburg: Firsthand Accounts by the Survivors of the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Gerry's Opening Monologue - This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio,...William Warren, the private in the 17th Connecticut, survived the Battle of Gettysburg and the rest of the War and then devoted much of the rest of his life to making sure that the story of his regiment was not forgotten. He compiled notes, photographs, letters from comrades, his...
Published 05/08/24
Robert K. D. Colby, author of An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South
Published 05/01/24
Kyle Sinisi, author of The Last Hurrah: Sterling Prices Missouri Expedition Of 1864
Published 04/24/24
Shae Smith Cox, author of "The Fabric of Civil War Society: Uniforms, Badges, and Flags, 1859-1939."
Gerry's Monologue -
"This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio,...
Published 04/17/24
Jaime Amanda Martinez, author of "Confederate Slave Impressment in the Upper South."
Gerry's Monologue -
"This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio,...
Published 04/10/24
Tom Saielli, Land Stewardship Manager, American Battlefield Trust. Website: https://www.battlefields.org/
Published 04/03/24
Scott A. MacKenzie, author of "The Fifth Border State: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Formation of West Virginia, 1829–1872."
Gerry's Monologue -
"This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio,...
Published 03/27/24
John Reeves, author of "Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant".
Gerry's Monologue - "This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio,...The U.S. Grant Renaissance continues.
Published 03/20/24
Victor Vignola, author of "Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862"
Published 03/13/24
Dr. Cecily N. Zander, author of "The Army under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era"
"This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio,...
Published 02/28/24