Episodes
May 11, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - May 11, 2007 (Hank H. Cox: The Dakota War)
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April 20, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - April 20, 2007 (Michael P. Gray: Looking Over the Walls)
Dr. Michael P. Gray, author of The Business of Captivity: Elmira and its Civil War Prison , looks at activities in and outside the walls of the North's deadliest prison camp.
April 13, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - April 13, 2007 (Michael W. Kauffman: The Ides of April)
Michael W. Kauffman, author of American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies , clears up myths and misconceptions surrounding the assassination.
April 6, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - April 6, 2007 (Albert A. Nofi: Civil War Notebook)
Dr. Albert A. Nofi, author of The Civil War Notebook and editor of Knapsack for North & South magazine, shares a wide range of fascinating facts.
March 30, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - March 30, 2007 (William W. Freehling: Better the Second Time)
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March 23, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - March 23, 2007 (Gary D. Joiner: Shiloh From the Archives)
O. Edward Cunningham wrote a dissertation on Shiloh more than forty years ago; Dr. Gary D. Joiner, co-editor of Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862 has brought it to the light of day.
March 9, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - March 9, 2007 (Alan Archambault: The New Jack Coggins)
Alan Archambault, artist and Curator, Fort Lewis Military Museum, inspires a new generation of Civil War students.
March 2, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - March 2, 2007 (Ethan Rafuse: Was McClellan Right?)
Ethan Rafuse, author of McClellan's War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union , re-evaluates the Young Napoleon.
Feb. 23, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - February 23, 2007 (Theodore Savas: So You Want to be an Author?)
Theodore Savas, of Savas Beatie LLC, talks about the business of publishing of books on the Civil War and other historical subjects.
Feb. 16, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - February 16, 2007 (Thomas P. Nanzig: Riding with Stuart)
Thomas P. Nanzig, editor of The Civil War Memoirs of a Virginia Cavalryman: Lt. Robert T. Hubard, Jr. , reveals what life was really like among Lee's cavaliers.
Feb. 9, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - February 9, 2007 (Chandra M. Manning: Why We Fight)
Dr. Chandra Manning, author of What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery and the Civil War talks about the motivations of the blue and gray.
Feb. 2, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - February 2, 2007 (Peter S. Carmichael: The Young Virginians)
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Jan. 26, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - January 26, 2007 (Bruce Levine: Explaining Confederate Emancipation)
Dr. Bruce Levine, author of Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves during the Civil War , challenges neo-Confederate mythology.
Jan. 19, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - January 19, 2007 (Mark A. Smith and Wade Sokolosky: OCOKA at Averasboro)
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Jan. 12, 2007
Civil War Talk Radio - January 12, 2007 (Joseph R. Reinhart: Strangers in a Strange Land)
Joseph R. Reinhart, editor/translator of August Willich's Gallant Dutchmen , describes the career of the 32nd Indiana infantry regiment.
Dec. 15, 2006
Civil War Talk Radio - December 15, 2006 (Brian S. Wills: Wrestling with the Devil)
Cavalry genius? War criminal? Both? The war produced no character more controversial than the man Grant called that devil, Forrest. Dr. Brian Steel Wills, author of The Confederacy's Greatest Cavalryman: Nathan Bedford Forres...
Dec. 8, 2006
Civil War Talk Radio - December 8, 2006 (Douglas L. Wilson: Lincoln's Pen)
In Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words , Dr. Douglas Wilson argues that for Abraham Lincoln, the pen really was mightier than the sword.
Dec. 1, 2006
Civil War Talk Radio - December 1, 2006 (J. David Petruzzi: For Want of a Nail)
J. David Petruzzi, co-author of Plenty of Blame to Go Around: J.E.B. Stuart's Controversial Ride to Gettysburg , discusses the real reasons why Stuart acted as he did in June 1863.
Nov. 17, 2006
Civil War Talk Radio - November 17, 2006 (John C. Rumm: More than Old Baldy)
Dr. John C. Rumm is the Executive Director of the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia, the oldest Civil War museum in the country, and one with a very promising future.
Nov. 10, 2006
Civil War Talk Radio - November 11, 2006 (Steve Courtney: Letters from a Sky Pilot)
Steve Courtney, with his co-editor Peter Messent, have produced a fine volume of previously unpublished letters from a Civil War chaplain, The Civil War Letters of Joseph Hopkins Twichell .
Nov. 3, 2006
Civil War Talk Radio - November 3, 2006 (Michael Burlingame: King of Lincoln Researchers)
Dr. Michael Burlingame has made a reputation as an indefatigable researcher of previously unmined collections related to Abraham Lincoln. He has edited numerous reprints of 19th century Lincoln sources, written the controvers...
Oct. 27, 2006
Civil War Talk Radio - October 27, 2006 (Michael W. Schaefer: John W. DeForest and Ambrose Bierce)
Dr. Michael W. Schaefer, author of Just What War Is: The Civil War Writings of DeForest and Bierce
Oct. 20, 2006
Civil War Talk Radio - October 20, 2006 (James A. Percoco: On the Lincoln Trail)
James Percoco, author of Divided We Stand: Teaching About Conflict in U.S. History , has made a career out of bringing the Civil War and other eras to life for his students.
Oct. 13, 2006
Civil War Talk Radio - October 13, 2006 (Eric T. Dean, Jr: Invisible Casualties)
Dr. Eric T. Dean, esq., author of Shook Over Hell: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War , describes the phenomenon of psychiatric casualties in the Civil War.