Civil War Talk Radio

Niels Eichhorn and Duncan A. Campbell, authors of The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism.

Bjorn Skaptason, former Shiloh National Military Park Ranger and bibliopole for the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, joins Gerry to discuss Ambrose Bierce and the Civil War.

Michael Megelsh, author of Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America.

Andrew Sillen, author of Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White

Caroline Davis, co-author of Force of a Cyclone: The Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863.

David A. Powell, author of The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 1: Dalton to Cassville, May 1-19, 1864.

James Hill Welborn III, author of Dueling Cultures, Damnable Legacies: Southern Violence and White Supremacy in the Civil War Era.

Robert Merry, author of Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861

Peter Carmichael Memorial Show, with Aaron Sheehan-Dean and Caroline Janney, co-editors of Janney, Carmichael, Sheehan-Dean, eds., "THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA: Essays Inspired by the Scholarship of Gary W. Gallagher"

Edda L. Fields-Black, author of COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War.

Frank Garmon, author of A Wonderful Career in Crime: Charles Cowlams Masquerades in the Civil War Era and Gilded Age.

Brian Matthew Jordan, co-editor of Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves.

Richard Upsher Smith, Jr., editor of A Quaker Colonel, His Fiancee, and Their Connections: Selected Civil War Correspondence. Gerry's Opening Monologue - "This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio. Tonight we start with two trash bags full of letters. But not just any letters. Not even just Civil War Soldier letters, but much rarer. Letters from both the soldier and the letters the soldier received from his fiancée, as well as from other family members, while Charles B. Lamborn was marching and fighting, his friend since childhood, Emily Taylor was at home learning to adjust to the trials of civilian life in wartime, while nurturing a growing bond with Charles. The letters of Emily and Charles, as well as some of those from their siblings, parents and friends have been assembled and edited by Richard Upsher Smith Jr. as the book, ” A Quaker Colonel, His Fiancée, and Their Connections: Selected Civil War Correspondence.” We'll talk with Doctor Smith about them tonight on Civil War Talk Radio.”

Carolyn Ivanoff, author of We Fought at Gettysburg: Firsthand Accounts by the Survivors of the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Gerry's Opening Monologue - "This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio,...William Warren, the private in the 17th Connecticut, survived the Battle of Gettysburg and the rest of the War and then devoted much of the rest of his life to making sure that the story of his regiment was not forgotten. He compiled notes, photographs, letters from comrades, his own memories into 13 manuscripts volumes. But he never brought himself to complete the task of organizing and editing the material into a published regimental history, like so many other units have. Fortunately, Carolyn Ivanoff has taken up the task and distilled Warren’s research into account that does justice to the story in the 17th Connecticut. It's a book called We Fought at Gettysburg: Firsthand Accounts by the Survivors of the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. We'll talk with her tonight on Civil War Talk Radio.”

Robert K. D. Colby, author of An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South

Kyle Sinisi, author of The Last Hurrah: Sterling Prices Missouri Expedition Of 1864

Shae Smith Cox, author of The Fabric of Civil War Society: Uniforms, Badges, and Flags, 1859-1939. Gerry's Monologue - This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio,...Way back in 2011, I looked forward to reading a newly published bestseller that I thought would make a great topic for this show, it was called “50 Shades of Grey,” but to my intense disappointment it turned out to be an erotic romance that had nothing at all to say about variations and Confederate military uniform manufacturing. Tonight, happily, you finally have the thoughtful study of uniforms and their meaning that I thought we were getting 15 years ago. It's called ”The Fabric of Civil War Society: Uniforms, Badges, and Flags, 1859–1939”. The author is Professor Shae Smith Cox, and she'll talk with us tonight on Civil War Talk Radio.”

Jaime Amanda Martinez, author of Confederate Slave Impressment in the Upper South. Gerry's Monologue - This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio,...Many historians, from David Herbert Donald to Stephanie McCurry, have advanced the idea that the Confederacy's war effort was hampered by ideologies of state’s rights and individualism in contrast to the centralized power of the federal government. Professor Jaime Amanda Martinez says not so fast, the U.S. government never took slaves from their owners during or before the war. But the Confederate government, and states like Virginia and North Carolina, did so on a broad scale. She describes how this worked in her book, ”Confederate Slave Impressment in the Upper South.” We'll ask Professor Martinez about it, tonight on Civil War Talk Radio.

Tom Saielli, Land Stewardship Manager, American Battlefield Trust. Website: https://www.battlefields.org/

Scott A. MacKenzie, author of The Fifth Border State: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Formation of West Virginia, 1829–1872. Gerry's Monologue - This is Gerry Prokopowicz, with Civil War Talk Radio,...Everyone listening to this show knows the basic story of the formation of the State of West Virginia. The hardy anti-slavery Mountaineers who wanted no part of the elite Virginia plantation owners rebellion. So in 1863 they formed their own state, secede from secession. Well, the first sentence of Dr. Scott Mckenzie's new book is Every account of West Virginia's creation is wrong. Presumably that excludes his own account, which is titled the 'The Fifth Border State: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Formation of West Virginia, 1829–1872.' We'll find out where West Virginia really came from when we talked with him tonight on Civil War Talk Radio.