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 - May 28, 2010 (Charles Knight: The Battle of New Market) 28.05.2010

Charles Knight, Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market and the Opening of the Shenandoah Campaign, May 1864 .

Civil War Talk Radio - May 21, 2010 (Craig L. Symonds: Lincoln and His Admirals) 21.05.2010

Craig L. Symonds, Chief Historian of the USS Monitor Center, Professor Emeritus at the US Naval Academy and author of  Lincoln and His Admirals .

Civil War Talk Radio - April 30, 2010 (Lorraine McConaghy: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West) 30.04.2010

Lorraine McConaghy, Warship under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West .

Civil War Talk Radio - April 16, 2010 (Christopher J. Einolf: Virginian George Thomas) 16.04.2010

Christopher J. Einolf, George Thomas: Virginian for the Union.

Civil War Talk Radio - April 9, 2010 (Donna D. McCreary: The First "First Lady") 09.04.2010

Donna D. McCreary, Fashionable First Lady: The Victorian Wardrobe of Mary Lincoln .

Civil War Talk Radio - March 26, 2010 (Howard Jones: Blue and Gray Diplomacy) 26.03.2010

Howard Jones, Blue and Gray Diplomacy: A History of Union and Confederate Foreign Relations .

Cival War Talk Radio - March 19, 2010 (Kraig McNutt: The Bloodiest Five Hours of the War) 19.03.2010

Kraig McNutt, creator of https://battleoffranklin.wordpress.com/ , a blog/website dedicated to the Battle of Franklin.

Civil War Talk Radio - March 5, 2010 (Carol Berkin: Some Civil War Wives) 05.03.2010

Carol Berkin, Civil War Wives: The Lives and Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis, and Julia Dent Grant .

Civil War Talk Radio - February 26, 2010 (Gary Yee: Civil War Sharpshooters) 26.02.2010

Gary Yee, Sharpshooters (1750-1900): The Men, Their Guns, Their Story .

Civil War Talk Radio - February 19, 2010 (Christian G. Samito: Becoming American Under Fire) 19.02.2010

Christian G. Samito, Becoming American Under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship During the Civil War Era .

Civil War Talk Radio - February 12, 2010 (Orville Vernon Burton: The Essential Lincoln) 12.02.2010

Orville Vernon Burton, editor,  The Essential Lincoln: Speeches and Correspondence.

Civil War Talk Radio - February 5, 2010 (Guy R. Hasegawa: Modern Perspectives on Civil War Medicine) 05.02.2010

Guy R. Hasegawa, co-editor (with James M. Schmidt), Years of Change and Suffering: Modern Perspectives on Civil War Medicine .

Civil War Talk Radio - January 29, 2010 (Daniel E. Sutherland: The Decisive Role of Guerrilla Warfare) 29.01.2010

Daniel E. Sutherland, A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War .

Civil War Talk Radio - December 11, 2009 (Joan Waugh: U. S. Grant as Hero and Myth) 11.12.2009

Joan Waugh, U. S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth.

Civil War Talk Radio - November 20, 2009 (Christian Keller: Chancellorsville and the Germans) 20.11.2009

Christian Keller, US Army Command and Staff College, author of Chancellorsville and the Germans: Nativism, Ethnicity, and Civil War Memory .

Civil War Talk Radio - October 30, 2009 (Caroline E. Janney: The First Lost Causers) 30.10.2009

Caroline E. Janney, Burying the Dead but Not the Past: Ladies' Memorial Associations and the Lost Cause .  

Civil War Talk Radio - October 23, 2009 (Daniel W. Stowell: The Papers of Abraham Lincoln Project) 23.10.2009

Daniel W. Stowell, Director and Editor of the "Papers of Abraham Lincoln Project.)

Civil War Talk Radio - October 16, 2009 (Ted Alexander: Antietam National Battlefield) 16.10.2009

Ted Alexander is the Chief Historian at Antietam National Battlefield. He is the author, editor and contributor to seven books about Antietam and other aspects of the Civil War. He has also written more than 200 articles and book reviews for publications such as  Civil War Times Illustrated , Blue and Gray Magazine , Maryland Historical Magazine and The Washington Times . He lectures frequently fo...

Civil War Talk Radio - October 9, 2009 (George S. Burkhardt: No Gentlemen's War) 09.10.2009

George S. Burkhardt, Confederate Rage, Yankee Wrath: No Quarter in the Civil War .

Civil War Talk Radio - October 2, 2009 (Elizabeth R. Varon: The Word that Caused the War) 02.10.2009

Elizabeth R. Varon, Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859.

Civil War Talk Radio - September 25, 2009 (Ronald D. Smith: Thomas Ewing, Jr., Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General) 25.09.2009

Ronald D. Smith, Thomas Ewing Jr.: Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General .

Civil War Talk Radio - September 18, 2009 (Judith Giesberg: The Army Back Home) 18.09.2009

Judith Giesberg, Army at Home: Women and the Civil War on the Northern Home Front .

Civil War Talk Radio - September 11, 2009 (Steven Stanley: Gettysburg Maps) 11.09.2009

Steven Stanley, cartographer for The Complete Gettysburg Guide: Walking and Driving Tours of the Battlefield, Town, Cemeteries, Field Hospital Sites, and other Topics of Historical Interest.

Civil War Talk Radio - September 4, 2009 (James Hessler: Sickles at Gettysburg) 04.09.2009

James Hessler, Sickles at Gettysburg: The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg .

Civil War Talk Radio - August 28, 2009 (Rod Andrew Jr.: Finding the Real Wade Hampton) 28.08.2009

Rod Andrew Jr., Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior to Southern Redeemer .

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