Episodes

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

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio- March 4, 2026 (Edward J. Hagerty: Soldier of the South Richard Anderson)
March 7, 2026

Civil 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.
Civil War Talk Radio - February 25, 2026 (Lindsay Rae Smith Privette: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign)
Feb. 28, 2026

Civil 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.
Civil War Talk Radio- February 18, 2026 (Joseph Stahl & Matthew Borders: Faces of Union Soldiers)
Feb. 21, 2026

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio - February 11, 2026 (John M. Kinder & Jennifer M. Murray: Civil War Memories in a Polarized America)
Feb. 14, 2026

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio - February 4, 2026 (Sarah Jones Weicksel: A Nation Unraveled)
Feb. 7, 2026

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio - January 28, 2026 (Rob Edwards: Defiant, The Story of Robert Smalls)
Jan. 31, 2026

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

Rob Edwards, Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls
Civil War Talk Radio - January 21, 2026 (Edwin P. Rutan II: Reclaiming the Honor of the High Bounty Men)
Jan. 24, 2026

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio - January 14, 2026 (Matthew Pinsker: Boss Lincoln)
Jan. 17, 2026

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

Matthew Pinsker, Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln
Civil War Talk Radio - December 10, 2025 (Jeffrey J. Harding & Jon M. Nese: Gettysburg Campaign Weather)
Dec. 13, 2025

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio - December 3, 2025 (Jonathan S. Jones: Opioid Slavery)
Dec. 6, 2025

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio - November 19, 2025 (Alexandre Caillot: Late to the Fight)
Nov. 22, 2025

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio - November 12, 2025  (Robert P. Watson: Rebels at the Gates)
Nov. 15, 2025

Civil 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.
Civil War Talk Radio - October 29, 2025 (Damian Shiels: The Green and the Blue)
Nov. 1, 2025

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio - October 8, 2025 (James Marten: Biography of the 6th Wisconsin)
Oct. 11, 2025

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio - October 1, 2025 (Scott Ellsworth: Midnight on the Potomac)
Oct. 4, 2025

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio - September 17, 2025 (Jerilyn James Lee: Stories of the USCT)
Sept. 20, 2025

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio - September 10, 2025 (Jonathan White & Lucas Morel: F. Douglass on A. Lincoln
Sept. 13, 2025

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio - September 3, 2025 (Ryan Quint: Battle of Dranesville)
Sept. 6, 2025

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio - August 27, 2025 (A. Wilson Greene: Petersburg Trilogy, vol. 2)
Aug. 30, 2025

Civil 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
Civil War Talk Radio - November 18, 2005 (Live from Gettysburg, with David Long)
June 26, 2025

Civil 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-electi...
Civil War Talk Radio - September 23, 2005 (Thomas Desjardin - One, Two, Many Gettysburgs)
June 26, 2025

Civil 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 hap...
Civil War Talk Radio - September 9, 2005 (Chris Fonvielle, Jr. - The Last Port)
June 26, 2025

Civil 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.