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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The Best of Civil War Talk
29/06/2007 Duration: 57minWe're featuring one of Gerry's favorite shows while he's away. Tune in and enjoy. Gerry will return LIVE September 7th.
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![Michael P. Gray: Looking Over the Walls]()
Michael P. Gray: Looking Over the Walls
20/04/2007 Duration: 57minDr. 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.
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![Michael W. Kauffman: The Ides of April]()
Michael W. Kauffman: The Ides of April
13/04/2007 Duration: 57minMichael W. Kauffman, author of American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies, clears up myths and misconceptions surrounding the assassination.
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Albert A. Nofi: Civil War Notebook
06/04/2007 Duration: 57minDr. Albert A. Nofi, author of The Civil War Notebook and editor of Knapsack for North & South magazine, shares a wide range of fascinating facts.
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William W. Freehling: Better the Second Time
30/03/2007 Duration: 55minBroadcast Description Unavailable
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![Gary D. Joiner: Shiloh From the Archives]()
Gary D. Joiner: Shiloh From the Archives
23/03/2007 Duration: 58minO. 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.
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Alan Archambault: The New Jack Coggins
09/03/2007 Duration: 56minAlan Archambault, artist and Curator, Fort Lewis Military Museum, inspires a new generation of Civil War students.
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Ethan Rafuse: Was McClellan Right?
02/03/2007 Duration: 56minDr. Ethan Rafuse, author of McClellan's War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union, re-evaluates the Young Napoleon.
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Theodore Savas: So You Want to be an Author?
23/02/2007 Duration: 55minTheodore Savas, of Savas Beatie LLC, talks about the business of publishing of books on the Civil War and other historical subjects.
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Thomas P. Nanzig: Riding with Stuart
16/02/2007 Duration: 58minThomas 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.
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Chandra M. Manning: Why We Fight
09/02/2007 Duration: 54minDr. Chandra Manning, author of the forthcoming What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery and the Civil War talks about the motivations of the blue and gray.
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