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History Tavern Podcast
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The History Tavern produces informative and entertaining podcasts with leading scholars and historians on all kinds of history subjects.
Episodes
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Richard F. Hamm - Confronting Racism: Arthur Garfield Hays and the Fight for Equality, 1925-1954
Arthur Garfield Hays was one of the twentieth century’s most influential attorneys. A champion of free speech and civil liberties, he fought prohibition, housing discrimination, and censorship, while taking part in some of the era’s most significant civil rights cases. He was also an early…
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This Old Historian - Killed By A Train: Examining the Brutal Death of a Civil War Veteran
Follow the paper trail of a Civil War veteran's brutal death in 1901, near the Soldiers' Home in Bath, NY.
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Jeffrey Boutwell - Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy
George Boutwell was a state legislator, the youngest Governor of Massachusetts, the first commissioner of the internal revenue, congressman, treasury secretary, and US senator. He was also a staunch antislavery advocate, close ally of Abraham Lincoln, and champion of black civil rights.…
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Allen Packwood - Churchill's D-Day
Churchill Archives Centre Director Allen Packwood talks about his new book Churchill's D-Day: The British Bulldog's Fateful Hours During the Normandy Invasion. Countless historians and commentators have criticized Churchill arguing the British Prime Minister delayed and obstructed the plans for…
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Matthew Christopher Hulbert
Matthew Christopher Hulbert dropped by the History Tavern to talk about his book Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War. John Newman Edwards was a popular newspaperman and a historian who grew up devouring heroic tales of knights and soldiers. He was also a...
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Kylie A. Hulbert - The Untold War at Sea: America's Revolutionary Privateers
Kylie Hulbert dropped by the History Tavern to talk about her book The Untold War at Sea: America's Revolutionary Privateers. Lacking a functioning Navy, the Continental Congress turned to privateers to wage war against the British on the high seas. In covering their story, Hulbert highlights the...
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David N. Gellman - Liberty's Chain
David Gellman talked about his book Liberty’s Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York.
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William Blair - The Record of Murders and Outrages
William Blair talked about his new book The Record of Murders and Outrages: Racial Violence and the Fight Over Truth at the Dawn of Reconstruction where he examines the role the Freedmen's Bureau played investigating widespread racial violence across the South during Reconstruction.
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Kent Masterson Brown - Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command
Kent Masterson Brown talks about Meade's actions during the Gettysburg campaign and his abilities as an operational commander.
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Amy Murrell Taylor: Embattled Freedom
Emancipation was an uncertain process and one that enslaved people had to pursue throughout the Civil War. Or as Embattled Freedom author Murrell Taylor writes, "Freedom had to searched for and found." In this special re-released episode, listen to my discussion with Amy Murrell Taylor at the…
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Jeanne Abrams - A View from Abroad: The Story of John and Abigail Adams in Europe
Dr. Jeanne Abrams talked about her book A View From Abroad: The Story of John and Abigail Adams in Europe. John and Abigail's time in Europe helped define what it meant for them to be American. They detested the excesses of European aristocracy and the rule of a hereditary monarch. Instead, the...
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Chris DeRose - The Fighting Bunch
In 1946, World War II vets took a stand against the corrupt political machine that ran their small Tennessee town for over a decade. In order to restore democracy, the vets had to take up arms against the government and ultimately won the first armed rebellion since the Revolution.
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David J. Silverman - This Land is Their Land
Dr. David J. Silverman talked about his book This Land is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Trouble History of Thanksgiving.
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Paul Finkelman - Slavery and the Founders
Dr. Paul Finkelman discussed the debates over slavery at the Constitutional Convention, Thomas Jefferson’s legacy as a slaveowner and perpetuator of slavery, and the roles John Marshall, Joseph Story, and Roger Taney played in protecting slavery as justices on the United States Supreme Court.
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Gary Gallagher - The Enduring Civil War
Dr. Gary Gallagher talked about his new book The Enduring Civil War, the way Civil War history is covered, monuments, his favorite Civil War movies, and much more.
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David T. Dixon - Radical Warrior: August Willich
Historian David T. Dixon talked about the life of August Willich, a Prussian nobleman turned communist revolutionary who became an unlikely American Civil War Hero.
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Albany Fire of 1848
City of Albany historian Anthony Opalka talked about the Albany fire of 1848. The fire destroyed nearly 600 buildings and killed several people.
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Shelley Dziedzic - Lizzie Borden
On August 4th, 1892, Abby and Andrew Borden were brutally murdered in their Fall River home. The crime was shocking and grisly. Lizzie Borden was acquitted of having committed the murders despite an abundance of evidence. Former Borden Bed and Breakfast tour guide and creator of the website…
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Richard Schaus - Lee is Trapped and Must be Taken
The defeat at Gettysburg left Lee's army hobbled and in desperate need of returning to to friendlier territory south of the Potomac River. Heavy rain, however, flooded the Potomac, delaying Lee's retreat. Historian Richard Schaus talks about this understudied aspect of the Gettysburg campaign and...
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Cory Pfarr - Longstreet at Gettysburg
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Mark Dunkelman - Gettysburg's Unknown Soldier
Artist and author Mark Dunkelman dropped by the History Tavern Podcast to discuss his book Gettysburg's Unknown Solider: The Life, Death, and Celebrity of Amos Humiston.
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Theresa Kaminski - Dr. Mary Walker's Civil War
Dr. Theresa Kaminski dropped by the History Tavern Podcast to talk about her new book Dr. Mary Walker's Civil War: One Woman's Journey to the Medal of Honor and the Fight for Women's Rights.
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Joseph Balkoski - Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944
D-Day historian and author of Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944 Joseph Balkoski talked about the years of preparation for the invasion of Europe and the fighting that took place on Omaha Beach.
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Christopher Leahy - President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler
Author Christopher Leahy talked about his new book President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler. Though Tyler is often remembered for his unremarkable presidency, he had long career in politics which included stints as a Virginia legislator, U.S. Congressman, Governor of Virginia, and U.S....
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Ulysses S. Grant: In Life and Death - Part II
Historians Joan Waugh, Paul Kahan, Chris Mackowski, and Gary Gallagher discuss the history and memory of Reconstruction, Grant's presidency, and Grant's memoirs.
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Ulysses S. Grant: In Life and Death - Part I
Historians Joan Waugh, Daniel T. Davis, Gary Gallagher, and Chris Mackowski discuss the history and memory of Ulysses S. Grant's military leadership and drinking.
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The Wounding and Death of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain - 50 Years Later - Dr. Matt Farina
While leading his men in a charge against a heavily fortified Confederate position, Chamberlain was struck in the right hip. The bullet splintered the hip bone, cutting into his bladder and urethra before it lodged just behind the left hip joint. Chamberlain endured many painful surgeries and...
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Chris DeRose: Star Spangled Scandal
New York Times best-selling author Chris DeRose talked about the shooting of Phillip Barton Key and the subsequent murder trial of Dan Sickles. His latest book Star Spangled Scandal: Sex, Murder, and the Trial that Changed America covers those events in a flowing narrative that reads as much like…
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Peter Carmichael: The War for the Common Soldier
Civil War Institute Director Peter Carmichael talked about his book "The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought, and Survived in Civil War Armies." Carmichael discussed his unique approach in analyzing soldier letters, desertion, pragmatism, and the annual Civil War Institute Summer...
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Joseph D. Collea, Jr.: New York and the Lincoln Specials
Author Joseph Collea talked about his book New York and the Lincoln Specials. In the winter of 1861, President-elect Lincoln traveled across New York State on his way to Washington, D.C., as the secession crisis unfolded. In 1865, Lincoln's body retraced that route before burial in Springfield....
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Ronald Kirkwood: The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg
Ronald Kirkwood talked about the central role the Spangler Farm played in the Battle of Gettysburg, Civil War amputations, and the environmental toll the battle took on the Spangler property.
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Mark Will-Weber: Muskets & Applejack and The Complete History of Presidential Drinking
Mark Will-Weber talked about the influence the use of alcohol had on the Civil War and the history of presidential drinking. Was secession fueled by alcohol, did Lincoln drink, did Grant drink too much, was FDR really a beer drinker? Weber talks about this and much more in this podcast recorded…
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Battle of Gettysburg: Tom Huntington, Eric Wittenberg, James Hessler, and Garry Adelman
A special audio documentary podcast about the Battle of Gettysburg featuring authors Tom Huntington, Eric Wittenberg, James Hessler, and Garry Adelman. From the ghosts of Chancellorsville, to Buford's actions on July 1st, to Sickles decision to advance his line on July 2nd, to Pickett's Charge…
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Rachel Shelden and Amy Murrell Taylor: Washington Brotherhood and Embattled Freedom
Recorded at the 2019 Civil War Institute Summer Conference on the campus of Gettysburg college, this episode features Dr. Rachel Shelden and Dr. Amy Murrell Taylor. Rachel Sheldon talked about her book Washington Brotherhood: Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War. Shelden's book...
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Christopher Klein: When the Irish Invaded Canada
Author Christopher Klein talked about his book When the Irish Invaded Canada: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans Who Fought for Ireland's Freedom. "Just over a year after Robert E. Lee relinquished his sword, a band of Union and Confederate veterans dusted off their guns. But…
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Enrico Dal Lago: Civil War and Agrarian Unrest: The Confederate South and Southern Italy
National University of Ireland Galway Professor Enrico Dal Lago talked about his book "Civil War and Agrarian Unrest: The Confederate South and Southern Italy." Dal Lago places the American Civil War in the global context by comparing and connecting it to the Great Brigandage in Southern Italy in...
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Chuck Veit: Natural Genius: Brutus de Villeroi and the U. S. Navy's First Submarine
Naval historian Chuck Veit talked about his book Natural Genius: Brutus de Villeroi and the U. S. Navy's First Submarine. Veit discussed the history of submarines and the remarkable life of French inventor Brutus de Villeroi, the man responsible for building the U. S. Navy's first submarine in 1861.
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Tim Wiles: Nineteenth-Century Baseball
Tim Wiles, the former director of research at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and current director of the Guilderland Public Library, talked about his time in Cooperstown, the Doubleday Myth, Troy native Johnny Evers, the story behind 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game,' the services offered…
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David Hochfelder: The Telegraph: 1832-1920
University at Albany Professor David Hochfelder talked about his book The Telegraph in America: 1832-1920. The telegraph was a "revolutionary technology" that had "far-reaching effects on American life." Hochfelder discussed Samuel Morse, the use of the telegraph in the Civil War, the rise of...
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Patrick Schroeder: Surrender at Appomattox
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park historian Patrick Schroeder talked about Zouave units in the Civil War, the Appomattox campaign, and Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House.
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Harold Holzer: Daniel Chester French
Harold Holzer talked about his new book Monument Man: The Life & Art of Daniel Chester French. French was "one of America's most prolific sculptors of public monuments," creating The Minute Man in Concord, Harvard University's John Harvard, and most famously, the statue of Abraham Lincoln for the...
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Gene Barr: A Civil War Captain and His Lady
Author Gene Barr talked about his book "A Civil War Captain and His Lady: Love, Courtship, and Combat from Fort Donelson through the Vicksburg Campaign." Union soldier Josiah Moore met Jennie Lindsay just before he left for war in 1861. Through the course of the war, they exchanged 75 letters…
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Norman K. Dann: Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith biographer Norman K. Dann discussed his book Practical Dreamer: Gerrit Smith and the Crusade for Social Reform. Recorded from inside Gerrit Smith's Land Office, the topics include Smith's activism, philanthropy, his involvement in politics, and his relationship with John Brown.
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Robert C. Conner: Gordon Granger and Ulysses Grant
Author and Grant Cottage tour guide Robert Conner discussed his books General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" and The Last Circle of Ulysses Grant. Recorded from Grant Cottage Civil War Weekend, the podcast covers Granger's life, his difficult…
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Paul Perreault: Elmer Ellsworth
Town of Malta historian Paul Perreault discussed the life and death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth. Ellsworth was born in Malta, New York, and later became close with the Lincoln family. He gained fame touring the country with the Chicago Zouaves and when the Civil War broke out, he raised a regiment...
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Judith Giesberg and Susannah Ural: Civil War Pornography and Hood's Texas Brigade
At the Civil War Institute Summer Conference at Gettysburg College, Round Table Podcast host Nick Thony interviewed Judith Giesberg and Susannah Ural. Dr. Judith Giesberg discussed her book Sex and the Civil War: Soldiers, Pornography, and the Making of American Morality. Dr. Susannah Ural talked...
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Mike McCarthy: Gouverneur Warren
Mike McCarthy discussed his book Confederate Waterloo: The Battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865, and the Controversy that Brought Down a General. Five Forks was one of the last battles of the Civil War, but Union General Gouverneur K. Warren’s battle to regain his reputation after being relieved…
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Chris Mackowski: Battle of Spotsylvannia Court House
Author and historian Chris Mackowski discusses the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, the contentious relationship between Grant, Meade, and Sheridan, and Emerging Civil War.
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Matt George: 134th New York and the history of the Capital District Civil War Round
Long time Capital District Civil War Round Table member and living historian Matt George discussed the 134th New York, the history of the Round Table, and his tenure as a baseball coach in the Capital Region.
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