Gerry Prokopowicz

Civil War Talk Radio

History EN ↓ 705 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...

Author

Gerry Prokopowicz

Category

History

Podcast website

www.impedimentsofwar.org

Latest episode

Jun 27, 2026

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Episodes

Civil War Talk Radio - October 8, 2025 (James Marten: Biography of the 6th Wisconsin) 11.10.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - October 1, 2025 (Scott Ellsworth: Midnight on the Potomac) 04.10.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - September 17, 2025 (Jerilyn James Lee: Stories of the USCT) 20.09.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - September 10, 2025 (Jonathan White & Lucas Morel: F. Douglass on A. Lincoln) 13.09.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - September 3, 2025 (Ryan Quint: Battle of Dranesville) 06.09.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - August 27, 2025 (A. Wilson Greene: Petersburg Trilogy, vol. 2) 30.08.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - November 18, 2005 (Live from Gettysburg, with David Long) 27.06.2025

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 .

Civil War Talk Radio - September 23, 2005 (Thomas Desjardin: One, Two, Many Gettysburgs) 27.06.2025

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. 

Civil War Talk Radio - September 9, 2005 (Chris Fonvielle, Jr.: The Last Port) 27.06.2025

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.

Civil War Talk Radio - March 4, 2005 (Catherine Clinton: Civil War the Next Generation) 25.06.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - June 11, 2025 (Michael Hardy: Feeding Lee's Army) 13.06.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - June 4, 2025 (KT Shively and Peter C. Luebke: The Second Manassas Campaign) 06.06.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - May 28, 2025 (Matthew Locke: Charleston's Castle Pinckney) 31.05.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - May 21, 2025 (James Robbins Jewell and Eugene S. Van Sickle: Memoir from the 54th) 24.05.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - April 30, 2025 (Michael deGruccio: George Cole's Strange and Tragic Wounds) 03.05.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - April 23, 2025 (Carol E. Harrison and Thomas J. Brown: Zouave Theaters) 01.05.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - April 16, 2025 (Lesley Gordon: Cowardice and Combat in the Civil War) 19.04.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - April 9, 2025 (Stuart W. Sanders: Anatomy of a Duel) 12.04.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - April 2, 2025 (Michael Vorenberg: Lincoln's Peace) 04.04.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - March 26, 2025 (Frank J. Cirillo: The Abolitionist Civil War) 29.03.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - March 19, 2025 (Yael Sternhell: War on the Official Record) 21.03.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - March 5, 2025 (Derrick S. Brown: Bentonville Battlefield) 07.03.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - February 26, 2025 (Patrick Lewis: Civil War Video Games ) 28.02.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - February 19, 2025 (David A. Welker: African American Intel in the Civil War) 21.02.2025

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

Civil War Talk Radio - February 12, 2025 (Richard Carwardine: Righteous Strife, Religious Nationalism, and Lincoln's Union) 14.02.2025

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

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