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Civil War Talk Radio

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Civil War Talk Radio - April 29, 2026 (James A. Goecker: The Third Indiana Cavalry, East Wing)

May 2, 20261h 0m

Civil War Talk Radio - April 22, 2026 (Joseph Michael Boslet: Reassessing Little Round Top)

Apr 25, 202659 min

Civil War Talk Radio - April 15, 2026 (Kenneth Noe: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief)

Apr 18, 202659 min

Civil War Talk Radio - April 8, 2026 (Aaron Sheehan-Dean: Fighting with the Past)

Apr 11, 202659 min

S22 Ep 23Civil War Talk Radio - April 1, 2026 (J. Mark Powell: Witness to War)

J. Mark Powell, Witness to War: The Story of the Civil War Told By Those Who Lived It

Apr 4, 20261h 2m

S22 Ep 22Civil War Talk Radio - March 25, 2026 (Benjamin L. Cwayna: The Invincible Twelfth SC)

Benjamin Cwayna, The Invincible Twelfth: The 12th South Carolina Infantry of the Gregg-McGowan Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia

Mar 28, 20261h 0m

S22 Ep 21Civil War Talk Radio - March 18, 2026 (Lance J. Herdegen: Opening Manassas)

Lance J. Herdegen, co-author (with Bill Backus), Opening Manassas: The Iron Brigade, Stonewall Jackson, and the Battle on Brawner's Farm, August 28, 1862

Mar 21, 202653 min

S22 Ep 20Civil War Talk Radio - March 4, 2026 (Edward J. Hagerty: Soldier of the South Richard Anderson)

Edward J. Hagerty, Soldier of the South: Lieutenant General Richard H. Anderson at War and Peace.

Mar 7, 20261h 1m

S22 Ep 19Civil War Talk Radio - February 25, 2026 (Lindsay Rae Smith Privette: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign)

Lindsay Rae Smith Privette, The Surgeon's Battle: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign and Changed the Civil War.

Feb 28, 20261h 1m

S22 Ep 18Civil War Talk Radio - February 18, 2026 (Joseph Stahl & Matthew Borders: Faces of Union Soldiers)

Joseph Stahl & Matthew Borders, Faces of Union Soldiers at Antietam and Faces of Union Soldiers at Culp's Hill

Feb 21, 202659 min

S22 Ep 17Civil War Talk Radio - February 11, 2026 (John M. Kinder & Jennifer M. Murray: Civil War Memories in a Polarized America)

John M. Kinder & Jennifer M. Murray, eds., They Are Dead and Yet They Live: Civil War Memories in a Polarized America

Feb 14, 202659 min

S22 Ep 16Civil War Talk Radio - February 4, 2026 (Sarah Jones Weicksel: A Nation Unraveled)

Sarah Jones Weicksel, A Nation Unraveled: Clothing, Culture, and Violence in the American Civil War Era

Feb 7, 20261h 1m

S22 Ep 15Civil War Talk Radio - January 28, 2026 (Rob Edwards: Defiant, The Story of Robert Smalls)

Rob Edwards, Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls

Jan 31, 20261h 0m

S22 Ep 14Civil War Talk Radio - January 21, 2026 (Edwin P. Rutan II: Reclaiming the Honor of the High Bounty Men)

Edwin P. Rutan II, High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac: Reclaiming Their Honor

Jan 24, 20261h 0m

S22 Ep 13Civil War Talk Radio - January 14, 2026 (Matthew Pinsker: Boss Lincoln)

Matthew Pinsker, Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln

Jan 17, 20261h 2m

S22 Ep 12Civil War Talk Radio - December 10, 2025 (Jeffrey J. Harding & Jon M. Nese: Gettysburg Campaign Weather)

Jeffrey J. Harding and Jon M. Nese, The Weather Gods Curse the Gettysburg Campaign

Dec 13, 202558 min

S22 Ep 11Civil War Talk Radio - December 3, 2025 (Jonathan S. Jones: Opioid Slavery)

Jonathan S. Jones, Opium Slavery: The Civil War, Veterans, and America's First Opioid Crisis

Dec 6, 202558 min

S22 Ep 10Civil War Talk Radio - November 19, 2025 (Alexandre Caillot: Late to the Fight)

Alexandre Caillot, Late to the Fight: Union Soldier Combat Performance from the Wilderness to the Fall of Petersburg

Nov 22, 20251h 0m

S22 Ep 9Civil War Talk Radio - November 12, 2025 (Robert P. Watson: Rebels at the Gates)

Robert P. Watson, Rebels at the Gates: The Confederacy's Final Gamble and the Battle to Save Washington.

Nov 15, 202558 min

S22 Ep 8Civil War Talk Radio - October 29, 2025 (Damian Shiels: The Green and the Blue)

Damian Shiels, Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865

Nov 1, 202558 min

S22 Ep 7Civil War Talk Radio - October 22, 2025 (Nigel Lambert: The Battle of Hatcher's Run)

Nigel Lambert, www.HatchersRunBattle.com.

Oct 25, 202558 min

S22 Ep 6Civil War Talk Radio - October 8, 2025 (James Marten: Biography of the 6th Wisconsin)

James Marten, The Sixth Wisconsin and the Long Civil War: The Biography of a Regiment

Oct 11, 20251h 0m

S22 Ep 5Civil War Talk Radio - October 1, 2025 (Scott Ellsworth: Midnight on the Potomac)

Scott Ellsworth, Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America

Oct 4, 20251h 0m

S22 Ep 4Civil War Talk Radio - September 17, 2025 (Jerilyn James Lee: Stories of the USCT)

Jerilyn James Lee, The Kinship of War: Stories of the United States Colored Troops. Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/182460225500764

Sep 20, 20251h 0m

S22 Ep 3Civil War Talk Radio - September 10, 2025 (Jonathan White & Lucas Morel: F. Douglass on A. Lincoln)

Jonathan White and Lucas Morel, Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln

Sep 13, 20251h 0m

S22 Ep 2Civil War Talk Radio - September 3, 2025 (Ryan Quint: Battle of Dranesville)

Ryan Quint, Dranesville: A Northern Virginia Town in the Crossfire of a Forgotten Battle, December 20, 1861

Sep 6, 202559 min

S22 Ep 1Civil War Talk Radio - August 27, 2025 (A. Wilson Greene: Petersburg Trilogy, vol. 2)

A. Wilson Greene, A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg, Vol. 2: From the Crater's Aftermath to the Battle of Burgess Mill

Aug 30, 202559 min

S2 Ep 11Civil War Talk Radio - November 18, 2005 (Live from Gettysburg, with David Long)

Listen to an audio snapshot of Gettysburg as the town prepares to commemorate the anniversary of Lincoln's Address, with host Gerry Prokopowicz and guest David Long, author of The Jewel of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln's Re-election and the End of Slavery.

Jun 27, 202540 min

S2 Ep 4Civil War Talk Radio - September 23, 2005 (Thomas Desjardin: One, Two, Many Gettysburgs)

In These Honored Dead: How the Story of Gettysburg Shaped American Memory, historian Thomaas Desjardin describes how the postwar efforts of John Bachelder, Dan Sickles, and others helped to create the modern view of what happened at the battle.

Jun 27, 202556 min

S2 Ep 3Civil War Talk Radio - September 9, 2005 (Chris Fonvielle, Jr.: The Last Port)

Professor Christopher Fonvielle of UNC- Wilmington, author of The Wilmington Campaign: Last Rays of Departing Hope, analyzes the important and fascinating events that marked the war in North Carolina in 1864-65.

Jun 27, 202536 min

S1 Ep 16Civil War Talk Radio - March 4, 2005 (Catherine Clinton: Civil War the Next Generation)

Prof. Catherine Clinton, biographer of Mary Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, and others, discusses her work.

Jun 25, 202551 min

S21 Ep 32Civil War Talk Radio - June 11, 2025 (Michael Hardy: Feeding Lee's Army)

Michael C. Hardy, Feeding Lee's Army of Northern Virginia

Jun 13, 20251h 1m

S21 Ep 31Civil War Talk Radio - June 4, 2025 (KT Shively and Peter C. Luebke: The Second Manassas Campaign)

Editor KT Shively and essay contributor Peter C. Luebke discuss The Second Manassas Campaign, edited by Kathryn J. Shively and Caroline E. Janney.

Jun 6, 20251h 0m

S21 Ep 30Civil War Talk Radio - May 28, 2025 (Matthew Locke: Charleston's Castle Pinckney)

Matthew Locke (co-author with Cliff Roberts), Holding Charleston by the Bridle: Castle Pinckney and the Civil War

May 31, 20251h 3m

S21 Ep 29Civil War Talk Radio - May 21, 2025 (James Robbins Jewell and Eugene S. Van Sickle: Memoir from the 54th)

James Robbins Jewell and Eugene S. Van Sickle, eds., Waging War for Freedom with the 54th Massachusetts: The Civil War Memoir of John W. M. Appleton

May 24, 20251h 2m

S21 Ep 28Civil War Talk Radio - April 30, 2025 (Michael deGruccio: George Cole's Strange and Tragic Wounds)

Michael deGruccio, The Strange and Tragic Wounds of George Cole's America: A Tale of Manhood, Sex, and Ambition in the Civil War Era

May 3, 20251h 1m

S21 Ep 27Civil War Talk Radio - April 23, 2025 (Carol E. Harrison and Thomas J. Brown: Zouave Theaters)

Carol E. Harrison and Thomas J. Brown, Zouave Theaters: Transnational Military Fashion and Performance

May 1, 20251h 0m

S21 Ep 26Civil War Talk Radio - April 16, 2025 (Lesley Gordon: Cowardice and Combat in the Civil War)

Lesley Gordon, Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the American Civil War

Apr 19, 20251h 3m

S21 Ep 25Civil War Talk Radio - April 9, 2025 (Stuart W. Sanders: Anatomy of a Duel)

Stuart W. Sanders, Anatomy of a Duel: Secession, Civil War, and the Evolution of Kentucky Violence

Apr 12, 20251h 1m

S21 Ep 24Civil War Talk Radio - April 2, 2025 (Michael Vorenberg: Lincoln's Peace)

Michael Vorenberg, Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War

Apr 4, 20251h 1m

S21 Ep 23Civil War Talk Radio - March 26, 2025 (Frank J. Cirillo: The Abolitionist Civil War)

Frank J. Cirillo, The Abolitionist Civil War: Immediatists and the Struggle to Transform the Union

Mar 29, 20251h 1m

S21 Ep 22Civil War Talk Radio - March 19, 2025 (Yael Sternhell: War on the Official Record)

Yael Sternhell, War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War

Mar 21, 20251h 3m

S21 Ep 21Civil War Talk Radio - March 5, 2025 (Derrick S. Brown: Bentonville Battlefield)

Derrick S. Brown, Operations Manager, Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site

Mar 7, 20251h 1m

S21 Ep 20Civil War Talk Radio - February 26, 2025 (Patrick Lewis: Civil War Video Games )

Patrick Lewis, co-editor with James Hill Wellborn III, Playing at War: Identity and Memory in Civil War Video Games

Feb 28, 20251h 4m

S21 Ep 19Civil War Talk Radio - February 19, 2025 (David A. Welker: African American Intel in the Civil War)

David A. Welker, "African American Intelligence Contributions During the American Civil War," in the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence.

Feb 21, 20251h 2m

S21 Ep 18Civil War Talk Radio - February 12, 2025 (Richard Carwardine: Righteous Strife, Religious Nationalism, and Lincoln's Union)

Richard Carwardine, Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union

Feb 14, 20251h 7m

S21 Ep 17Civil War Talk Radio - February 5, 2025 (Allen C. Guelzo: Lincoln's Ancient Faith)

Allen C. Guelzo, author of Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment

Feb 7, 20251h 3m

S21 Ep 16Civil War Talk Radio - January 29, 2025 (Dr. Robert D. Hicks: Wounded for Life)

Dr. Robert D. Hicks, Wounded for Life: Seven Union Veterans of the Civil War

Feb 3, 20251h 1m

S21 Ep 15Civil War Talk Radio - January 22, 2025 (Douglas Egerton: The Worlds of Thomas Wentworth Higginson)

Douglas Egerton, A Man on Fire: The Worlds of Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Jan 31, 202555 min

S21 Ep 2114Civil War Talk Radio - January 15, 2025 (Bennett Parten: America's Largest Emancipation))

Bennett Parten, author of Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation

Jan 15, 202556 min