Civil War Talk Radio

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era , makes his second appearance on Civil War Talk Radio.

Kirk C. Jenkins, The Battle Rages Higher: The Union's Fifteenth Kentucky Infantry

Stewart Bennett, co-editor (with Barbara Tillery) of The Struggle for the Life of the Republic: A Civil War Narrative by Brevet Major Charles Dana Miller, 76th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Legal historian Paul Finkelman, author of  Terrible Swift Sword: The Legacy of John Brown.

Sam Houston State University professor Susannah Ural Bruce, author of The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865.

Author and President of the College of Southern Maryland, Bradley M. Gottfried discusses his current book, The Maps of Gettysburg: The Gettysburg Campaign, June 3 - July 13, 1863 and his other works.

Civil War historian Gordon Rhea is the author of five major volumes on the Overland Campaign.

Thomas R. Flagel, author of History Buff's Guide To The Civil War , Thomas R. Flagel joins Jerry this week for a discussion of many "Top Ten" categories of the Civil War.

Dr. Laurence Schiller, of Northwestern University, discusses cavalry in the Civil War. Dr. Schiller is author of numerous articles on Cavalry. He is also the Fencing coach for Northwestern University and discusses common aspects between fencing and use of the cavalry saber.

Scott C. Patchan, author of Shenandoah Summer: The 1864 Valley Campaign , gives an in-depth narrative of events in the Shenandoah Valley during the summer of 1864. Robert E, Lee directed Jubal Early to distract Union forces in the Valley to keep pressure off Lee's defending forces in Richmond and Petersburg.

David M. Owens, author of The Devil's Topographer: Ambrose Bierce and the American War Story

Brian C. Melton, author of Sherman's Forgotten General: Henry W. Slocum .

Jim Cullen, author of The Civil War in Popular Culture (A Reusable Past) .

Aaron Sheehan-Dean, editor of Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War .

John Hennessy, Chief Historian of the National Park Service, talks about the Park Service's Re-Interpretations of Civil War battlefields.

George C. Bradley, author of From Conciliation to Conquest: The Sack of Athens and the Court-Martial of Colonel John B. Turchin

Hank H. Cox, author of Lincoln And The Sioux Uprising Of 1862

Dr. Michael P. Gray, author of The Business of Captivity: Elmira and its Civil War Prison , looks at activities in and outside the walls of the North's deadliest prison camp.

Michael W. Kauffman, author of American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies , clears up myths and misconceptions surrounding the assassination.

Dr. Albert A. Nofi, author of The Civil War Notebook and editor of Knapsack for North & South magazine, shares a wide range of fascinating facts.

William W. Freehling, author of The Road to Disunion, vol. 2: Secessionists Triumphant: 1854-1861

O. Edward Cunningham wrote a dissertation on Shiloh more than forty years ago; Dr. Gary D. Joiner, co-editor of Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862 has brought it to the light of day.

Alan Archambault, artist and Curator, Fort Lewis Military Museum, inspires a new generation of Civil War students.

Ethan Rafuse, author of  McClellan's War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union , re-evaluates the Young Napoleon.

Theodore Savas, of Savas Beatie LLC, talks about the business of publishing of books on the Civil War and other historical subjects.