Civil War Talk Radio

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By: Gerry Prokopowicz

Since October 2004, host Gerry Prokopowicz (East Carolina University history professor) has held weekly in-depth conversations about Civil War history with various historians, authors, curators, artists and other people whose work is of interest to students of the Civil War era. Guests have included James McPherson, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Gary Gallagher, Caroline Janney, Peter Carmichael, Carol Reardon, and many others. Although the show is named "talk radio," it has little in common with traditional talk radio, in that the guests do most of the talking, on subjects of their choosing. There's no ranting by the host, and no callers. Lists and...

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Civil War Talk Radio - September 2, 2026 (Anne Sarah Rubin: Sherman's March and America)
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Anne Sarah Rubin, Through the Heart of Dixie:  Sherman's March and America


Civil War Talk Radio - August 26, 2026 (Paul Quigley: The Man Behind the Cane)
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08/29/2026

Paul Quigley, The Man Behind the Cane: Preston Brooks, Political Violence, and the Road to the Civil War  


Civil War Talk Radio - June 24, 2026 (M. Chris Bryan and Theodore Savas: The Chancellorsville Papers)
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06/27/2026

M. Chris Bryan, compiler, and Theodore Savas, publisher, discuss the first two volumes of The Chancellorsville Campaign Papers and other collections of primary sources.


Civil War Talk Radio - June 3, 2026 (Steve Gowler: The Burning Thoughts of William Goodell)
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06/06/2026

Steve Gowler, Thoughts That Burned: William Goodell, Human Rights, and the Abolition of American Slavery


Civil War Talk Radio - May 27, 2026 (Jared Peatman: To Gettysburg and Beyond with the Twentieth Maine )
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05/30/2026

Jared Peatman, A Hell of a Regiment: To Gettysburg and Beyond with the Twentieth Maine


Civil War Talk Radio - May 20, 2026 (W. Fitzhugh Brundage: A Fate Worse Than Hell)
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05/23/2026

W. Fitzhugh Brundage, A Fate Worse than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War


Civil War Talk Radio - April 29, 2026 (James A. Goecker: The Third Indiana Cavalry, East Wing)
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05/02/2026

James A. Goecker, Hoosier Spies and Horse Marines: A History of the Third Indiana Cavalry, East Wing


Civil War Talk Radio - April 22, 2026 (Joseph Michael Boslet: Reassessing Little Round Top)
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04/25/2026

Joseph Michael Boslet, Little Round Top at Gettysburg: A Reassessment of July 2, 1863


Civil War Talk Radio - April 15, 2026 (Kenneth Noe: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief)
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04/18/2026

Kenneth Noe, Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend: Reconsidering Lincoln as Commander in Chief


Civil War Talk Radio - April 8, 2026 (Aaron Sheehan-Dean: Fighting with the Past)
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04/11/2026

Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Fighting with the Past: How Seventeenth-Century History Shaped the American Civil War


Civil War Talk Radio - April 1, 2026 (J. Mark Powell: Witness to War)
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04/04/2026

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

 


Civil War Talk Radio - March 25, 2026 (Benjamin L. Cwayna: The Invincible Twelfth SC)
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03/28/2026

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


Civil War Talk Radio - March 18, 2026 (Lance J. Herdegen: Opening Manassas)
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03/21/2026

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)
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03/07/2026

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)
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02/28/2026

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)
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02/21/2026

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)
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02/14/2026

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)
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02/07/2026

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)
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01/31/2026

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)
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01/24/2026

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)
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01/17/2026

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)
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12/13/2025

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)
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12/06/2025

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)
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11/22/2025

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)
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11/15/2025

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)
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11/01/2025

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


Civil War Talk Radio - October 22, 2025 (Nigel Lambert: The Battle of Hatcher's Run)
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10/25/2025

Nigel Lambert, www.HatchersRunBattle.com.


Civil War Talk Radio - October 8, 2025 (James Marten: Biography of the 6th Wisconsin)
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10/11/2025

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)
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10/04/2025

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)
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09/20/2025

Jerilyn James Lee, The Kinship of War: Stories of the United States Colored Troops.

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Civil War Talk Radio - September 10, 2025 (Jonathan White & Lucas Morel: F. Douglass on A. Lincoln)
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09/13/2025

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)
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09/06/2025

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)
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08/30/2025

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)
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06/27/2025

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.


Civil War Talk Radio - September 23, 2005 (Thomas Desjardin: One, Two, Many Gettysburgs)
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06/27/2025

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. 


Civil War Talk Radio - September 9, 2005 (Chris Fonvielle, Jr.: The Last Port)
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06/27/2025

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.


Civil War Talk Radio - March 4, 2005 (Catherine Clinton: Civil War the Next Generation)
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06/25/2025

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


Civil War Talk Radio - June 11, 2025 (Michael Hardy: Feeding Lee's Army)
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06/13/2025

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


Civil War Talk Radio - June 4, 2025 (KT Shively and Peter C. Luebke: The Second Manassas Campaign)
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06/06/2025

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


Civil War Talk Radio - May 28, 2025 (Matthew Locke: Charleston's Castle Pinckney)
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05/31/2025

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