Gerry Prokopowicz

Civil War Talk Radio

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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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Gerry Prokopowicz

Episodes

Civil War Talk Radio - September 9, 2015 (Jonathan W. White: The Soldiers' Vote) 09.09.2015 57:52

Jonathan W. White, Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln .

Civil War Talk Radio - September 2, 2015 (Kent Masterson Brown: Retreat from Gettysburg) 02.09.2015 57:26

Kent Masterson Brown, Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign . Mr. Brown is also the principal of the Witnessing History LLC film production company.

Civil War Talk Radio - June 17, 2015 (Michael Schein: The Lincoln Assassin Who Got Away) 17.06.2015 58:34

Michael Schein, John Surratt: The Lincoln Assassin Who Got Away .

Civil War Talk Radio - June 10, 2015 (Richard Sommers: Richmond Redeemed) 10.06.2015 58:48

Richard Sommers, Richmond Redeemed: The Siege at Petersburg, The Battles of Chaffin's Bluff and Poplar Spring Church, September 29 - October 2, 1864 .

Civil War Talk Radio - June 3, 2015 (Phillip Greenwalt: Calamity in Carolina) 03.06.2015 58:56

Phillip Greenwalt, co-author of Calamity in Carolina: The Battles of Averasboro and Bentonville, March 1865

Civil War Talk Radio - May 20, 2015 (John Hennessy: National Park Service Battlefields) 20.05.2015 57:51

John Hennessy, Chief Historian and Chief of Interpretation at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Parks and author of books on both battles at Bull Run/Manassas.

Civil War Talk Radio - May 13, 2015 (Brian Jordan: Their Unending Civil War) 13.05.2015 58:19

Brian Jordan, Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War .

Civil War Talk Radio - May 6, 2015 (Tom Parson: Work for Giants) 06.05.2015 57:32

Tom Parson, Work for Giants: The Campaign and Battle of Tupelo Harrisburg, Mississippi, June to July 1864.

Civil War Talk Radio - April 29, 2015 (Matt Hulbert: Unfolding the Black Flag) 29.04.2015 57:16

Matt Hulbert, The Civil War Guerrilla: Unfolding the Black Flag in History Memory, and Myth .

Civil War Talk Radio - April 22, 2015 (Adam Dean: An Agrarian Republic) 22.04.2015 56:18

Adam Dean, An Agrarian Republic: Farming, Antislavery Politics, and Nature Parks in the Civil War Era .

Civil War Talk Radio - April 15, 2015 (John J. Fox III: Stuart's Finest Hour) 15.04.2015 57:26

John J. Fox III, Stuart's Finest Hour: The Ride Around McClellan, June 1862 .

Civil War Talk Radio - April 8, 2015 (Justin S. Solonick: Engineering Victory) 08.04.2015 52:35

Justin S. Solonick: Engineering Victory: The Union Siege of Vicksburg

Civil War Talk Radio - April 1, 2015 (Julianne and David Mehegan: Late War Memoir) 01.04.2015 57:22

Julianne and David Mehegan, editors of Record of a Soldier in the Late War: The Confederate Memoir of John Wesley Bone.

Civil War Talk Radio - March 25, 2015 (Patrick A. Lewis: For Slavery AND Union) 25.03.2015 57:47

Patrick A. Lewis, For Slavery and Union: Benjamin Buckner and Kentucky Loyalties in the Civil War

Civil War Talk Radio - March 18, 2015 (Thomas J. Brown: Civil War Canon) 18.03.2015 58:43

Thomas J. Brown, Civil War Canon: Sites of Confederate Memory in South Carolina .

Civil War Talk Radio - March 4, 2015 (David A. Powell: Chickamauga Campaign, Book One) 04.03.2015 58:03

David A. Powell, The Chickamauga Campaign - A Mad Irregular Battle: From the Crossing of Tennessee River Through the Second Day, August 22 - September 19, 1863

Civil War Talk Radio - February 25, 2015 (Aaron Astor: Rebels on the Border) 25.02.2015 59:19

Aaron Astor, Rebels on the Border: Civil War, Emancipation, and the Reconstruction of Kentucky and Missouri.

Civil War Talk Radio - February 11, 2015 (David S. Reynolds: Lincoln's Selected Writings) 11.02.2015 57:35

David S. Reynolds, editor of Lincoln's Selected Writings.

Civil War Talk Radio - February 4, 2015 (Anna and Julia Hider: Badass Civil War Beards) 04.02.2015 56:49

Anna Hider and Julia Hider, Badass Civil War Beards .

Civil War Talk Radio - January 28, 2015 (Evan Jones: Gateway to the Confederacy) 28.01.2015 57:58

Evan Jones, co-editor of Gateway to the Confederacy: New Perspectives on the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns, 1862-1863.

Civil War Talk Radio - January 21, 2015 (Mark Christ: Civil War Arkansas) 21.01.2015 58:08

Mark Christ, Civil War Arkansas 1863: The Battle for a State.

Civil War Talk Radio - January 14, 2015 (Larry Babits: Battlefield Archaeologist) 14.01.2015 57:21

Larry Babits, co-editor of From These Honored Dead: Historical Archaeology of the American Civil War.

Civil War Talk Radio - December 10, 2014 (Stephen Cushman: Five Northern Writers) 10.12.2014 58:00

Stephen Cushman, Belligerent Muse: Five Northern Writers and How They Shaped Our Understanding of the Civil War (Lincoln, Whitman, Sherman, Bierce, Chamberlain).

Civil War Talk Radio - December 3, 2014 (Nicole Etcheson: A Generation at War) 03.12.2014 57:51

Nicole Etcheson, A Generation at War: the Civil War era in a Northern Community.

Civil War Talk Radio - November 19, 2014 (Lesley J. Gordon: A Broken Regiment) 19.11.2014 58:36

Lesley J. Gordon, A Broken Regiment : The 16th Connecticut's Civil War .