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Civil War Talk Radio

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 links to all previous episodes can be found at www.impedimentsofwar.org, along with titles of upcoming episodes.

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  1. 704

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

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

  2. 703

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

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

  3. 702

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

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

  4. 701

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

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

  5. 700

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

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

  6. 699

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

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

  7. 698

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

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

  8. 697

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

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

  9. 696

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

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

  10. 695

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

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

  11. 694

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

    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

  12. 693

    Civil War Talk Radio - March 4, 2026 (Edward J. Hagerty: Soldier of the South Richard Anderson)

    Edward J. Hagerty, Soldier of the South: Lieutenant General Richard H. Anderson at War and Peace.

  13. 692

    Civil War Talk Radio - February 25, 2026 (Lindsay Rae Smith Privette: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign)

    Lindsay Rae Smith Privette, The Surgeon's Battle: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign and Changed the Civil War.

  14. 691

    Civil War Talk Radio - February 18, 2026 (Joseph Stahl & Matthew Borders: Faces of Union Soldiers)

    Joseph Stahl & Matthew Borders, Faces of Union Soldiers at Antietam and Faces of Union Soldiers at Culp's Hill

  15. 690

    Civil War Talk Radio - February 11, 2026 (John M. Kinder & Jennifer M. Murray: Civil War Memories in a Polarized America)

    John M. Kinder & Jennifer M. Murray, eds., They Are Dead and Yet They Live: Civil War Memories in a Polarized America

  16. 689

    Civil War Talk Radio - February 4, 2026 (Sarah Jones Weicksel: A Nation Unraveled)

    Sarah Jones Weicksel, A Nation Unraveled: Clothing, Culture, and Violence in the American Civil War Era

  17. 688
  18. 687

    Civil War Talk Radio - January 21, 2026 (Edwin P. Rutan II: Reclaiming the Honor of the High Bounty Men)

    Edwin P. Rutan II, High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac: Reclaiming Their Honor

  19. 686

    Civil War Talk Radio - January 14, 2026 (Matthew Pinsker: Boss Lincoln)

    Matthew Pinsker, Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln

  20. 685

    Civil War Talk Radio - December 10, 2025 (Jeffrey J. Harding & Jon M. Nese: Gettysburg Campaign Weather)

    Jeffrey J. Harding and Jon M. Nese, The Weather Gods Curse the Gettysburg Campaign

  21. 684

    Civil War Talk Radio - December 3, 2025 (Jonathan S. Jones: Opioid Slavery)

    Jonathan S. Jones, Opium Slavery: The Civil War, Veterans, and America's First Opioid Crisis

  22. 683

    Civil War Talk Radio - November 19, 2025 (Alexandre Caillot: Late to the Fight)

    Alexandre Caillot, Late to the Fight: Union Soldier Combat Performance from the Wilderness to the Fall of Petersburg

  23. 682

    Civil War Talk Radio - November 12, 2025 (Robert P. Watson: Rebels at the Gates)

    Robert P. Watson, Rebels at the Gates: The Confederacy's Final Gamble and the Battle to Save Washington.

  24. 681

    Civil War Talk Radio - October 29, 2025 (Damian Shiels: The Green and the Blue)

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

  25. 680
  26. 679

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

    James Marten, The Sixth Wisconsin and the Long Civil War: The Biography of a Regiment   

  27. 678

    Civil War Talk Radio - October 1, 2025 (Scott Ellsworth: Midnight on the Potomac)

    Scott Ellsworth, Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America

  28. 677

    Civil War Talk Radio - September 17, 2025 (Jerilyn James Lee: Stories of the USCT)

    Jerilyn James Lee, The Kinship of War: Stories of the United States Colored Troops. Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/182460225500764  

  29. 676

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

    Jonathan White and Lucas Morel, Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln

  30. 675

    Civil War Talk Radio - September 3, 2025 (Ryan Quint: Battle of Dranesville)

    Ryan Quint, Dranesville: A Northern Virginia Town in the Crossfire of a Forgotten Battle, December 20, 1861

  31. 674

    Civil War Talk Radio - August 27, 2025 (A. Wilson Greene: Petersburg Trilogy, vol. 2)

    A. Wilson Greene, A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg, Vol. 2: From the Crater's Aftermath to the Battle of Burgess Mill

  32. 673

    Civil War Talk Radio - November 18, 2005 (Live from Gettysburg, with David Long)

    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.

  33. 672

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

    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. 

  34. 671

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

    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.

  35. 670

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

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

  36. 669

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

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

  37. 668

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

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

  38. 667

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

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

  39. 666

    Civil War Talk Radio - May 21, 2025 (James Robbins Jewell and Eugene S. Van Sickle: Memoir from the 54th)

    James Robbins Jewell and Eugene S. Van Sickle, eds., Waging War for Freedom with the 54th Massachusetts: The Civil War Memoir of John W. M. Appleton

  40. 665

    Civil War Talk Radio - April 30, 2025 (Michael deGruccio: George Cole's Strange and Tragic Wounds)

    Michael deGruccio, The Strange and Tragic Wounds of George Cole's America: A Tale of Manhood, Sex, and Ambition in the Civil War Era

  41. 664

    Civil War Talk Radio - April 23, 2025 (Carol E. Harrison and Thomas J. Brown: Zouave Theaters)

    Carol E. Harrison and Thomas J. Brown, Zouave Theaters: Transnational Military Fashion and Performance

  42. 663

    Civil War Talk Radio - April 16, 2025 (Lesley Gordon: Cowardice and Combat in the Civil War)

    Lesley Gordon, Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the American Civil War

  43. 662

    Civil War Talk Radio - April 9, 2025 (Stuart W. Sanders: Anatomy of a Duel)

    Stuart W. Sanders, Anatomy of a Duel: Secession, Civil War, and the Evolution of Kentucky Violence   

  44. 661

    Civil War Talk Radio - April 2, 2025 (Michael Vorenberg: Lincoln's Peace)

    Michael Vorenberg, Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War

  45. 660

    Civil War Talk Radio - March 26, 2025 (Frank J. Cirillo: The Abolitionist Civil War)

    Frank J. Cirillo, The Abolitionist Civil War: Immediatists and the Struggle to Transform the Union

  46. 659

    Civil War Talk Radio - March 19, 2025 (Yael Sternhell: War on the Official Record)

    Yael Sternhell, War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War

  47. 658

    Civil War Talk Radio - March 5, 2025 (Derrick S. Brown: Bentonville Battlefield)

    Derrick S. Brown, Operations Manager, Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site

  48. 657

    Civil War Talk Radio - February 26, 2025 (Patrick Lewis: Civil War Video Games )

    Patrick Lewis, co-editor with James Hill Wellborn III, Playing at War: Identity and Memory in Civil War Video Games

  49. 656

    Civil War Talk Radio - February 19, 2025 (David A. Welker: African American Intel in the Civil War)

    David A. Welker, "African American Intelligence Contributions During the American Civil War," in the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence.

  50. 655

    Civil War Talk Radio - February 12, 2025 (Richard Carwardine: Righteous Strife, Religious Nationalism, and Lincoln's Union)

    Richard Carwardine, Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

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 links to all previous episodes can be found at www.impedimentsofwar.org, along with titles of upcoming episodes.

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Civil War Talk Radio is created and hosted by Gerry Prokopowicz.
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