Civil War Talk Radio

Terry Johnston, creator/editor of the magazine The Civil War Monitor.

Michael B. Ballard, author of Grant at Vicksburg: The General and the Siege

Earl Mulderink III, author of New Bedford's Civil War.

Rhonda Kohl, author of The Prairie Boys Go To War: The Fifth Illinois Cavalry, 1861-1865

Brian Jordan, author of Unholy Sabbath: The Battle of South Mountain in History and Memory.

Ernest Dollar, Director, City of Raleigh Museum, on The End of the War in Central North Carolina.

Doug Batson, a General D.H. Hill Presenter, pays Gerry a visit. Gerry's Introduction: ...our subject today is Conferedate General Daniel Harvey Hill. Related by marriage to Stonewall Jackson. D. H. Hill led troops in action from Big Bethal, Virginia, in June 1861 to Benntonville, North Carolina, in March of 1865. From Seven Pines to South Mountain, Antietam to Gettysburg to Chickamauga. He served on both fronts throughout the war. We will have two guests on our show for this topic today, Doug Batson, an expert in the history of D. H. Hill, will be with us. But before that, we will hear from D.H. Hill, himself. Join us for a time travel trip, today on Civil War Talk Radio.

Tony Horowitz, author of Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War. Gerry's Introduction - This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio, John Brown was the sacrificial lamb. The man who freely gave his life in accordance with God's will, to free us all from the bondage of sin. John Brown was the long bearded religious fanatic who commanded a suicide attack on a building that symbolized the power of the United States; killed 19 of his followers and touched off a long and costly war. Who was John Brown? The 19th century version of Jesus Christ? Or Osama bin Laden? The debate goes on marching today. We will have the author of Confederates in the Attic, Tony Horowitz, who gives his take in Midnight Risings: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War, with us today on Civil War Talk Radio.

Barbara Gannon, author of The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic.

Brian Dirck, author of Abraham Lincoln and White America. Episode 915 (Season 9 Show 15) Show#252 Gerry's Introduction - This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio,it's February 2013, and we're approaching the 204th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. With well over 16,000 books already written about our 16th President, what new left to say? Surprisingly, a lot. Lincoln had more impact on race relations than perhaps any othTer individual in American history. This week we'll talk with Professor Brian Dirck about one of Lincoln's qualities that is so significant, relevant and obvious, that it is astonishing that no one has addressed in detail before. Professor Dirk is the author of Abraham Lincoln and White America and he joins us today on Civil War Talk Radio.

Anthony Gaughan, author of The Last Battle of the Civil War, United States Versus Lee, 1861-1883 CWTR Episode 914 (Season 9, Show 14) Show#251 Gerry's Introduction: “…today our topic is the Last Battle. That, of course, means Bentonville, North Carolina 1865? No. It means Appomattox in Virginia in April 1865? No, not that either. How about CSS Shenandoah in the wastes of the North Pacific, fighting Union ships months after the shooting stopped on land? No, it’s not that either. It’s the battle on the United States vs. Lee and the battleground is the United States Supreme Court. Our guest, Anthony J. Gaughan is the author of “The Last Battle of the Civil War, United States Versus Lee, 1861-1883 and we will find out about this fascinating legal encounter today, on Civil War Talk Radio.”

Michael Weeks, author of The Complete Civil War Road Trip Guide: 10 Weekend Tours and More than 400 Sites, from Antietam to Zagonyi's Charge CWTR Episode #913 (Season 9, Show 13) Show#250 Gerry's Introduction: ...’no book can take the place of being there, of seeing the landscape, walking the fields and communing with the ghost of the people who made this war a defining moment in America’s history.’ That is a line from the introduction of a book that you need to take with you when you go on one of these trips to where the war happened. The book is “The Complete Civil War Road Trip Guide” it’s one of several valuable and interesting road trip guides written by today’s guest Michael Weeks. Join us for our conversation on the road, with Michael Weeks, today on Civil War Talk Radio.”

John Jakes, author of the North and South Trilogy. CWTR Episode #912 (Season 9, Show 12) Show#249

Ellen Gruber Garvey, author of Writing with Scissors: American Scrapbooks from the Civil War to the Harlem Renaissance. CWTR Episode #911 (Season 9, Show 11) Show#248

Bobby Horton, multi-instrumentalist and composer of Civil War era music. CWTR Episode #910 (Season 9, Show 10) Show#247

Gail Stephens, author of Shadow of Shiloh: Major General Lew Wallace in the Civil War. CWTR Episode #909 (Season 9, Show 9) Show#246

Brian S. Wills, author of George Henry Thomas: As True As Steel. CWTR Episode 908 (Season 9, Show 8) Show#245

Douglas Egerton, author of Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that Brought on the Civil War. CWTR Episode 907 (Season 9, Show 7) Show#244

David Silkenat, authot of Moments of Despair: Suicide, Divorce, & Debt in Civil War Era North Carolina. CWTR Episode 906 (Season 9, Show 6) Show#243