Gerry Prokopowicz
Civil War Talk Radio
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
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Latest episode
Oct 3, 2026
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Episodes
Civil War Talk Radio - December 10, 2025 (Jeffrey J. Harding & Jon M. Nese: Gettysburg Campaign Weather) 13.12.2025 58:46
Jeffrey J. Harding and Jon M. Nese, The Weather Gods Curse the Gettysburg Campaign
Civil War Talk Radio - December 3, 2025 (Jonathan S. Jones: Opioid Slavery) 06.12.2025 58:31
Jonathan S. Jones, Opium Slavery: The Civil War, Veterans, and America's First Opioid Crisis
Civil War Talk Radio - November 19, 2025 (Alexandre Caillot: Late to the Fight) 22.11.2025 1:00:27
Alexandre Caillot, Late to the Fight: Union Soldier Combat Performance from the Wilderness to the Fall of Petersburg
Civil War Talk Radio - November 12, 2025 (Robert P. Watson: Rebels at the Gates) 15.11.2025 58:43
Robert P. Watson, Rebels at the Gates: The Confederacy's Final Gamble and the Battle to Save Washington.
Civil War Talk Radio - October 29, 2025 (Damian Shiels: The Green and the Blue) 01.11.2025 58:54
Damian Shiels, Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865
Civil War Talk Radio - October 22, 2025 (Nigel Lambert: The Battle of Hatcher's Run) 25.10.2025 58:47
Nigel Lambert, www. HatchersRunBattle.com .
Civil War Talk Radio - October 8, 2025 (James Marten: Biography of the 6th Wisconsin) 11.10.2025 1:00:53
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 1:00:26
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 1:00:01
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 1:00:26
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 59:30
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 59:29
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 40:06
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 56:10
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 36:57
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 51:23
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 1:01:25
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 1:00:31
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 1:03:26
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 1:02:27
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 1:01:22
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 1:00:49
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 1:03:28
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 1:01:21
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 1:01:43
Michael Vorenberg, Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War
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