Gerry Prokopowicz

Civil War Talk Radio

History EN ↓ 711 episodes

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 n...

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Author

Gerry Prokopowicz

Category

History

Podcast website

www.impedimentsofwar.org

Latest episode

Oct 3, 2026

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Episodes

Civil War Talk Radio - September 30, 2026 (Angela M. Zombek: Penitentiaries, Punishment, and Military Prisons) 03.10.2026

Angela M. Zombek, Penitentiaries, Punishment, and Military Prisons: Familiar Responses to an Extraordinary Crisis during the American Civil War

Civil War Talk Radio - September 23, 2026 (David S. Reynolds: Jamestown, Plymouth, and the Struggle for America's Soul) 26.09.2026

David S. Reynolds, Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America

Civil War Talk Radio - September 16, 2026 (David A. Welker: The Invalid Corps) 19.09.2026

David A. Welker, "Now I'm With the Invalids": The Veteran Reserve Corps in America's Civil War

Civil War Talk Radio - September 9, 2026 (Robert Gudmestad: The United States Mississippi River Squadron 12.09.2026

Robert Gudmestad, The Devil's Own Purgatory: The United States Mississippi River Squadron in the Civil War

Civil War Talk Radio - September 2, 2026 (Anne Sarah Rubin: Sherman's March and America) 05.09.2026

Anne Sarah Rubin, Through the Heart of Dixie:   Sherman's March and America

Civil War Talk Radio - August 26, 2026 (Paul Quigley: The Man Behind the Cane) 29.08.2026

Paul Quigley, The Man Behind the Cane: Preston Brooks, Political Violence, and the Road to the Civil War  

Civil War Talk Radio - June 24, 2026 (M. Chris Bryan and Theodore Savas: The Chancellorsville Papers) 27.06.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - June 3, 2026 (Steve Gowler: The Burning Thoughts of William Goodell) 06.06.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - May 27, 2026 (Jared Peatman: To Gettysburg and Beyond with the Twentieth Maine ) 30.05.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - May 20, 2026 (W. Fitzhugh Brundage: A Fate Worse Than Hell) 23.05.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - April 29, 2026 (James A. Goecker: The Third Indiana Cavalry, East Wing) 02.05.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - April 22, 2026 (Joseph Michael Boslet: Reassessing Little Round Top) 25.04.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - April 15, 2026 (Kenneth Noe: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief) 18.04.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - April 8, 2026 (Aaron Sheehan-Dean: Fighting with the Past) 11.04.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - April 1, 2026 (J. Mark Powell: Witness to War) 04.04.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - March 25, 2026 (Benjamin L. Cwayna: The Invincible Twelfth SC) 28.03.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - March 18, 2026 (Lance J. Herdegen: Opening Manassas) 21.03.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - March 4, 2026 (Edward J. Hagerty: Soldier of the South Richard Anderson) 07.03.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - February 25, 2026 (Lindsay Rae Smith Privette: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign) 28.02.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - February 18, 2026 (Joseph Stahl & Matthew Borders: Faces of Union Soldiers) 21.02.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - February 11, 2026 (John M. Kinder & Jennifer M. Murray: Civil War Memories in a Polarized America) 14.02.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - February 4, 2026 (Sarah Jones Weicksel: A Nation Unraveled) 07.02.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - January 28, 2026 (Rob Edwards: Defiant, The Story of Robert Smalls) 31.01.2026

Rob Edwards, Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls

Civil War Talk Radio - January 21, 2026 (Edwin P. Rutan II: Reclaiming the Honor of the High Bounty Men) 24.01.2026

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

Civil War Talk Radio - January 14, 2026 (Matthew Pinsker: Boss Lincoln) 17.01.2026

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

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