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.

Michael Megelsh, author of Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America.

Andrew Sillen, author of Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White

Caroline Davis, co-author of Force of a Cyclone: The Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863.

David A. Powell, author of The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 1: Dalton to Cassville, May 1-19, 1864.

James Hill Welborn III, author of Dueling Cultures, Damnable Legacies: Southern Violence and White Supremacy in the Civil War Era.

Robert Merry, author of Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861

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"

Edda L. Fields-Black, author of COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War.

Frank Garmon, author of A Wonderful Career in Crime: Charles Cowlams Masquerades in the Civil War Era and Gilded Age.

Brian Matthew Jordan, co-editor of Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves.

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...

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...

Robert K. D. Colby, author of An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South

Kyle Sinisi, author of The Last Hurrah: Sterling Prices Missouri Expedition Of 1864

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,...

Jaime Amanda Martinez, author of "Confederate Slave Impressment in the Upper South." Gerry's Monologue - "This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio,...

Tom Saielli, Land Stewardship Manager, American Battlefield Trust. Website: https://www.battlefields.org/

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,...

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.

Victor Vignola, author of "Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862"

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,...

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,...