Civil War Talk Radio

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CWTR is a weekly, hour long, intenet-based talk radio show hosted by Gerry Prokopowicz of East Carolina University. Each week, Gerry interviews leading historians, authors, enthusiasts, etc. on all things Civil War related.

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Civil War Talk Radio episodes:

04.24.2024
2029-Kyle Sinisi-The Last Hurrah: Sterling Prices Missouri Expedition Of 1864
Kyle Sinisi, author of "The Last Hurrah: Sterling Prices Missouri Expedition Of 1864"
04.17.2024
2028-Shae Smith Cox-The Fabric of Civil War Society: Uniforms, Badges, and Flags, 1859-1939
Shae Smith Cox, author of "The Fabric of Civil War Society: Uniforms, Badges, and Flags, 1859-1939"
04.10.2024
2027-Jaime Amanda Martinez-Confederate Slave Impressment in the Upper South
Jaime Amanda Martinez, author of "Confederate Slave Impressment in the Upper South"
04.03.2024
2026-Tom Saielli-Land Stewardship Manager, American Battlefield Trust
Tom Saielli, Land Stewardship Manager, American Battlefield Trust
03.27.2024
2025-Scott A. MacKenzie-The Fifth Border State: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Formation of West Virginia, 1829-1872
Scott A. MacKenzie, author of "The Fifth Border State: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Formation of West Virginia, 1829-1872"
03.20.2024
2024-John Reeves-Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant
John Reeves, author of "Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant"
03.13.2024
2023-Victor Vignola-Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862
Victor Vignola, author of "Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862"
02.28.2024
2022-Cecily N. Zander-The Army under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era
Dr. Cecily N. Zander, author of "The Army under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era"
02.21.2024
2021-Scott Hippensteel-Sand, Science and the Civil War: Sedimentary Geology and Combat
Scott Hippensteel, author or "Sand, Science and the Civil War: Sedimentary Geology and Combat"
02.14.2024
2020-Harold Holzer-Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration
Harold Holzer, author of "Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration"
02.07.2024
2019-Fergus M. Bordewich-Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction
Fergus M. Bordewich, author of "Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction"
01.31.2024
2018-Jonathan Sarna-When General Grant Expelled the Jews
Jonathan D. Sarna, author of "When General Grant Expelled the Jews (Jewish Encounters Series)"
01.24.2024
2017-Matthew Christopher Hulbert-Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War
Matthew Christopher Hulbert, author of "Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War"
01.17.2024
2016-Andrew Lang-A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism
Andrew Lang, author of "A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism"
01.10.2024
2015-Elizabeth Varon-Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
Elizabeth Varon, author of "Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South"
12.13.2023
2014-Howell Raines-Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta-and Then Got Written Out of History
Howell Raines, author of "Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta-and Then Got Written Out of History"
12.06.2023
2013-John Banks-A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg, and Beyond
John Banks, author of "A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg, and Beyond"
11.29.2023
2012-Kornisorn Wongsrichanalai and David Sibey-Wars Civil and Great: The American Experience in the Civil War and World War I
Kornisorn Wongsrichanalai and David Sibey, editors of "Wars Civil and Great: The American Experience in the Civil War and World War I"
11.15.2023
2011-Andrew Dalton-Beyond the Battle Museum, Gettysburg
Andrew Dalton, executive director at Beyond the Battle Museum in Gettysburg, PA
11.08.2023
2010-Robert Emmett Curran-American Catholics and the Quest for Equality in the Civil War Era
Robert Emmett Curran, author of "American Catholics and the Quest for Equality in the Civil War Era"
11.01.2023
2009-Darin Wipperman-Burnsides Boys: The Unions Ninth Corps and the Civil War in the East
Darin Wipperman, author of "Burnsides Boys: The Unions Ninth Corps and the Civil War in the East"
10.25.2023
2008-Judith Sumner-Plants in the Civil War: A Botanical History
Judith Sumner, author of "Plants in the Civil War: A Botanical History"
10.18.2023
2007-Gene Harmon-Inheriting Heritage, LLC
Gene Harmon, of Inheriting Heritage, LLC. Inheriting Heritage, LLC provides professional interpretive consulting, interpretive training, and heritage interpretation to sites nationwide and is passionate about helping people connect to historical, cultural, and natural resources.
10.04.2023
2006-Paul Hodnefield-Shermans Woodticks: The Adventures, Ordeals and Travels of the Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War
Paul Hodnefield, author of "Shermans Woodticks: The Adventures, Ordeals and Travels of the Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War"
09.27.2023
2005-Minoa Uffelman-The Civil War Letters of Sarah Kennedy: Life under Occupation in the Upper South
Minoa Uffelman, author of "The Civil War Letters of Sarah Kennedy: Life under Occupation in the Upper South"
09.20.2023
2004-D. Scott Hartwig-I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign
D. Scott Hartwig, author of "I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign"
09.13.2023
2003-Jonathan W. White-Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade
Jonathan W. White, author of "Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade"
09.06.2023
2002-Patrick and Dylan Brennan-Gettysburg in Color: Volume 1 Brandy Station to the Peach Orchard and Volume 2: The Wheatfield to Falling Waters
Patrick Brennan and Dylan Brennan, authors of "Gettysburg in Color: Volume 1 Brandy Station to the Peach Orchard and Volume 2: The Wheatfield to Falling Waters"
08.30.2023
2001-Angela Esco Elder-Love and Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss
Angela Esco Elder, author of "Love and Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss"
06.21.2023
1934-Ty Seidule-Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerners Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
Ty Seidule, author of "Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerners Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause"
06.14.2023
1933-Gerry Prokopowicz-Almost Live Show from Civil War Institute, Gettysburg, PA
Almost Live Show from Civil War Institute, Gettysburg, PA. Gerry interviews several people while attending the yearly conference.
06.07.2023
1932-Allison M. Johnson-The Left-Armed Corps: Writings by Amputee Civil War Veterans
Allison M. Johnson, author of "The Left-Armed Corps: Writings by Amputee Civil War Veterans"
05.31.2023
1931-Peter McCord-The Union Blockade in the American Civil War: A Reassessment
Peter McCord, author of "The Union Blockade in the American Civil War: A Reassessment"
05.24.2023
1930-Julie L. Holcomb-Exploring the American Civil War through 50 Historic Treasures
Julie L. Holcomb, author of "Exploring the American Civil War through 50 Historic Treasures"
05.03.2023
1929-John Avlon-Lincoln and the Fight for Peace
John Avlon, author of "Lincoln and the Fight for Peace"
04.26.2023
1928-Jessica Ziparo-This Grand Experiment: When Women Entered the Federal Workforce in Civil War-Era Washington, D.C.
Jessica Ziparo, author of "This Grand Experiment: When Women Entered the Federal Workforce in Civil War-Era Washington, D.C."
04.19.2023
1927-Harold Holzer-Harold Holzer: Author and Editor of over Fifty Books on Lincoln and the Civil War
Harold Holzer, author and editor of over Fifty Books on Lincoln and the Civil War
04.12.2023
1926-Fay Yarbrough-Choctaw Confederates: The American Civil War in Indian Country
Fay Yarbrough, author of "Choctaw Confederates: The American Civil War in Indian Country"
04.05.2023
1925-Bruce Chadwick-The Cannons Roar: Fort Sumter and the Start of the Civil War, An Oral History
Bruce Chadwick, author of "The Cannons Roar: Fort Sumter and the Start of the Civil War, An Oral History"
03.29.2023
1924-John M. Sacher-Confederate Conscription and the Struggle for Southern Soldiers
John M. Sacher, author of "Confederate Conscription and the Struggle for Southern Soldiers"
03.22.2023
1923-Dillon Carroll-Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers
Dillon Carroll, author of "Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers"
03.15.2023
1922-Chris Bagley-The Horse at Gettysburg: Prepared for the Day of Battle
Chris Bagley, author of "The Horse at Gettysburg: Prepared for the Day of Battle"
02.22.2023
1921-Rebecca Plant and Frances Clarke-Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era
Rebecca Plant and Frances Clarke, authors of "Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era"
02.15.2023
1920-Gary Gallagher-Bruce Cattons “Army of the Potomac” trilogy
Gary Gallagher, editor of Bruce Cattons “Army of the Potomac” trilogy
02.08.2023
1919-Ed Achorn-The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History
Ed Achorn, author of "The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History"
02.01.2023
1918-Eric Michael Burke-Soldiers from Experience: The Forging of Shermans Fifteenth Army Corps, 1862-1863
Eric Michael Burke, author of "Soldiers from Experience: The Forging of Shermans Fifteenth Army Corps, 1862-1863"
01.25.2023
1917-Hampton Newsome-Gettysburgs Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond
Hampton Newsome, author of "Gettysburgs Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond"
01.18.2023
1916-Steven Cowie-When Hell Came to Sharpsburg: The Battle of Antietam and its Impact on the Civilians Who Called it Home
Steven Cowie, author of "When Hell Came to Sharpsburg: The Battle of Antietam and its Impact on the Civilians Who Called it Home"
01.11.2023
1915-James Scythes-Letters to Lizzie: The Story of Sixteen Men in the Civil War and the One Woman Who Connected Them All
James Scythes, author of "Letters to Lizzie: The Story of Sixteen Men in the Civil War and the One Woman Who Connected Them All"
12.14.2022
1914-Gerry Prokopowicz - Bad Civil War History Books
Gerry Prokopowicz talks about bad Civil War history books.

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Civil War Talk Radio episodes:

2029-Kyle Sinisi-The Last Hurrah: Sterling Prices Missouri Expedition Of 1864

2028-Shae Smith Cox-The Fabric of Civil War Society: Uniforms, Badges, and Flags, 1859-1939

2027-Jaime Amanda Martinez-Confederate Slave Impressment in the Upper South

2026-Tom Saielli-Land Stewardship Manager, American Battlefield Trust

2025-Scott A. MacKenzie-The Fifth Border State: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Formation of West Virginia, 1829-1872

2024-John Reeves-Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant

2023-Victor Vignola-Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862

2022-Cecily N. Zander-The Army under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era

2021-Scott Hippensteel-Sand, Science and the Civil War: Sedimentary Geology and Combat

2020-Harold Holzer-Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration

2019-Fergus M. Bordewich-Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction

2018-Jonathan Sarna-When General Grant Expelled the Jews

2017-Matthew Christopher Hulbert-Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War

2016-Andrew Lang-A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism

2015-Elizabeth Varon-Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

2014-Howell Raines-Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta-and Then Got Written Out of History

2013-John Banks-A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg, and Beyond

2012-Kornisorn Wongsrichanalai and David Sibey-Wars Civil and Great: The American Experience in the Civil War and World War I

2011-Andrew Dalton-Beyond the Battle Museum, Gettysburg

2010-Robert Emmett Curran-American Catholics and the Quest for Equality in the Civil War Era

2009-Darin Wipperman-Burnsides Boys: The Unions Ninth Corps and the Civil War in the East

2008-Judith Sumner-Plants in the Civil War: A Botanical History

2007-Gene Harmon-Inheriting Heritage, LLC

2006-Paul Hodnefield-Shermans Woodticks: The Adventures, Ordeals and Travels of the Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War

2005-Minoa Uffelman-The Civil War Letters of Sarah Kennedy: Life under Occupation in the Upper South

2004-D. Scott Hartwig-I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign

2003-Jonathan W. White-Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade

2002-Patrick and Dylan Brennan-Gettysburg in Color: Volume 1 Brandy Station to the Peach Orchard and Volume 2: The Wheatfield to Falling Waters

2001-Angela Esco Elder-Love and Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss

1934-Ty Seidule-Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerners Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause

1933-Gerry Prokopowicz-Almost Live Show from Civil War Institute, Gettysburg, PA

1932-Allison M. Johnson-The Left-Armed Corps: Writings by Amputee Civil War Veterans

1931-Peter McCord-The Union Blockade in the American Civil War: A Reassessment

1930-Julie L. Holcomb-Exploring the American Civil War through 50 Historic Treasures

1929-John Avlon-Lincoln and the Fight for Peace

1928-Jessica Ziparo-This Grand Experiment: When Women Entered the Federal Workforce in Civil War-Era Washington, D.C.

1927-Harold Holzer-Harold Holzer: Author and Editor of over Fifty Books on Lincoln and the Civil War

1926-Fay Yarbrough-Choctaw Confederates: The American Civil War in Indian Country

1925-Bruce Chadwick-The Cannons Roar: Fort Sumter and the Start of the Civil War, An Oral History

1924-John M. Sacher-Confederate Conscription and the Struggle for Southern Soldiers

1923-Dillon Carroll-Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers

1922-Chris Bagley-The Horse at Gettysburg: Prepared for the Day of Battle

1921-Rebecca Plant and Frances Clarke-Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era

1920-Gary Gallagher-Bruce Cattons “Army of the Potomac” trilogy

1919-Ed Achorn-The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History

1918-Eric Michael Burke-Soldiers from Experience: The Forging of Shermans Fifteenth Army Corps, 1862-1863

1917-Hampton Newsome-Gettysburgs Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond

1916-Steven Cowie-When Hell Came to Sharpsburg: The Battle of Antietam and its Impact on the Civilians Who Called it Home

1915-James Scythes-Letters to Lizzie: The Story of Sixteen Men in the Civil War and the One Woman Who Connected Them All

1914-Gerry Prokopowicz - Bad Civil War History Books