Synopsis
Each week since October 2004, host Gerald Prokopowicz and a guest discuss the various aspects of Civil War History. Each show consists of an hour long conversation with guests from the very well known historians James McPherson, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Gary Gallagher to mention a few. Gerald also speaks with artists such as Don Troiani, filmmakers Ken Burns, re-enactors Rob Hodge, novelists Jeff Shaara, curators, game designers, childrens authors, collectors, and others. In addition to well known names like the ones mentioned, the show often features authors of first books who are just starting to make their reputations.
Episodes
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Martin Johnson: Writing the Gettysburg Address
05/02/2014 Duration: 56minMartin Johnson, author of Writing the Gettysburg Address.
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Frank Varney: General Grant and the Rewriting of History
29/01/2014 Duration: 55minFrank Varney, author of General Grant and the Rewriting of History: How the Destruction of General William S. Rosecrans Influenced Our Understanding of the Civil War.
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Kristopher White: Chancellorsville's Forgotten Front
15/01/2014 Duration: 54minKristopher White, author of Chancellorsville's Forgotten Front: The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church, May 3, 1863
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James Oakes: Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
11/12/2013 Duration: 55minJames Oakes, author of Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865
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Eric Jacobson: Baptism of Fire: The Battle of Franklin
04/12/2013 Duration: 58minEric Jacobson, author of Baptism of Fire: 44th Missouri, 175th Ohio and 183rd Ohio at the Battle of Franklin
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Charles W. Calhoun: The Gilded Age of Politics
20/11/2013 Duration: 58minCharles W. Calhoun, author of From Bloody Shirt to Full Dinner Pail: The Transformation of Politics and Governance in the Gilded Age and working on a new book about Ulysses S. Grant.
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Tom Vossler: A Field Guide to Gettysburg
13/11/2013 Duration: 58minTom Vossler, co-author of A Field Guide to Gettysburg.
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David S. Cecelski: Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway and the Slaves' Civil War
06/11/2013 Duration: 55minDavid S. Cecelski, author of Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway and the Slaves' Civil War
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Tom Horrocks: Brown University Library Special Collections
30/10/2013 Duration: 57minTom Horrocks, Director of Special Collections at Brown University
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Philip Leigh: Company Aytch, or a Side Show of the Big Show by Sam Watkins
16/10/2013 Duration: 56minPhilip Leigh, Annotator and Editor of Sam Watkins classic memoir Company Aytch, or a Side Show of the Big Show.
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Stephen Ramold: Baring the Iron Hand: Discipline in the Union Army
02/10/2013 Duration: 58minStephen Ramold, author of Baring the Iron Hand: Discipline in the Union Army
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Sarah Risty-Davis: The CSS Neuse
25/09/2013 Duration: 57minSarah Risty-Davis, Site Manager at CSS Neuse, Kinston, NC
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Louis Masur: Lincoln's Hundred Days
18/09/2013 Duration: 55minLouis Masur, author of Lincoln's Hundred Days.
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Rodney Steward: David Schenck and the Contours of Confederate Identity
11/09/2013 Duration: 57minRodney Steward, author of David Schenck and the Contours of Confederate Identity
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Tom Huntington: Searching for George Gordon Meade
04/09/2013 Duration: 50minTom Huntington, author of Searching for George Gordon Meade
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Jake Boritt and Gabor Boritt: "The Gettysburg Story" - "The Gettysburg Gospel"
21/06/2013 Duration: 59minJake Boritt, filmmaker, The Gettysburg Story, w/ appearance by Gabor Boritt, The Gettysburg Gospel
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Megan Kate Nelson: Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War
07/06/2013 Duration: 56minMegan Kate Nelson, author of Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War.
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Jonathan Wells: A House Divided: The Civil War and Nineteenth Century America
31/05/2013 Duration: 01h08sJonathan Wells, author of A House Divided: The Civil War and Nineteenth Century America.
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Bland Simpson: Two Captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt and the Coming of the Civil War
24/05/2013 Duration: 57minBland Simpson, author of Two Captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt and the Coming of the Civil War.
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Chris Mackowski: Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg
17/05/2013 Duration: 58minChris Mackowski, author of Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg