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Season 16 Shows

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1601
Sharpshooters Made a Grand Record This Day, Combat on the Skirmish Line at Gettysburg on July 3

Timothy Orr August 28, 2019

Timothy Orr, author of "Sharpshooters Made a Grand Record This Day: Combat on the Skirmish Line at Gettysburg on July 3."


1602
Fighting Means Killing: Civil War Soldiers and the Nature of Combat

Jonathan M. Steplyk September 4, 2019

Jonathan M. Steplyk, author of "Fighting Means Killing: Civil War Soldiers and the Nature of Combat"


1603
A South Carolina Upcountry Saga: The Civil War Letters of Barham Bobo Foster and His Family, 1860-1863

A. Gibert Kennedy September 11, 2019

A. Gibert Kennedy, aurthor of "A South Carolina Upcountry Saga: The Civil War Letters of Barham Bobo Foster and His Family, 1860-1863"


1604
Michigans Civil War Citizen-General: Alpheus S. Williams

Jack Dempsey September 18, 2019

Jack Dempsey, author of "Michigans Civil War Citizen-General: Alpheus S. Williams"


1605
Exposing Slavery: Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America

Matthew Fox-Amato September 25, 2019

Matthew Fox-Amato, author of "Exposing Slavery: Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America"


1606
Private Confederacies: The Emotional Worlds of Southern Men as Citizens and Soldiers

James J. Broomall October 2, 2019

James J. Broomall, author of "Private Confederacies: The Emotional Worlds of Southern Men as Citizens and Soldiers"


1607
Kentucky Barracuda: Parker H. French

Joe Goodbody October 9, 2019

Joe Goodbody, author of "Kentucky Barracuda: Parker H. French"


1608
The Fight for the Old North State: The Civil War in North Carolina, January-May 1864

Hampton Newsome October 16, 2019

Hampton Newsome, author of "The Fight for the Old North State: The Civil War in North Carolina, January-May 1864"


1609
Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War

S.C. Gwynne October 23, 2019

S.C. Gwynne, author of "Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War"


1610
Civil War Pittsburgh

Rich Condon October 30, 2019

Rich Condon, creator of "Civil War Pittsburgh" Facebook Page


1611
Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography: A Biography, 1806-1873

John Grady November 6, 2019

John Grady, author of "Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography: A Biography, 1806-1873"


1612
The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina

Philip Gerard November 13, 2019

Philip Gerard, author of "The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina"


1613
Vicksburg: Grants Campaign That Broke the Confederacy

Donald L. Miller November 20, 2019

Donald L. Miller, author of "Vicksburg: Grants Campaign That Broke the Confederacy"


1614
On Duty in the Pacific Northwest during the Civil War: Correspondence and Reminiscences of the First Oregon Cavalry Regiment

James Robbins Jewell December 4, 2019

James Robbins Jewell, editor of "On Duty in the Pacific Northwest during the Civil War: Correspondence and Reminiscences of the First Oregon Cavalry Regiment"


1615
Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil Wars Most Persistent Myth

Kevin M. Levin December 11, 2019

Kevin M. Levin, author of "Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil Wars Most Persistent Myth"


1616
Crisis: When Political Parties Lose the Consent to Rule

Cedric de Leon January 8, 2020

Cedric de Leon, author of "Crisis: When Political Parties Lose the Consent to Rule"


1617
This Will Make a Man of Me: The Life and Letters of a Teenage Officer in the Civil War

James M. Scythes January 15, 2020

James M. Scythes, author of "This Will Make a Man of Me: The Life and Letters of a Teenage Officer in the Civil War." The story of Second Lieutenant Thomas James Howell.


1618
Lincolns Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation

Douglas Waller January 22, 2020

Douglas Waller, author of "Lincolns Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation"


1619
The Great Partnership: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and the Fate of the Confederacy

Christian Keller January 29, 2020

Christian Keller, author of "The Great Partnership: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and the Fate of the Confederacy"


1620
The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West

Megan Kate Nelson February 5, 2020

Megan Kate Nelson, author of "The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West"


1621
Lincoln Takes Command: The Campaign to Seize Norfolk and the Destruction of the CSS Virginia

Steve Norder February 12, 2020

Steve Norder, author of "Lincoln Takes Command: The Campaign to Seize Norfolk and the Destruction of the CSS Virginia"


1622
Spared & Shared: Griffs Civil War Letters

William Griffing February 19, 2020

William Griffing, website "Spared & Shared: Griffs Civil War Letters"


1623
Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America

Thomas J. Brown February 26, 2020

Thomas Brown, author of "Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America"


1624
Andersonville Raiders: Yankee versus Yankee in the Civil Wars Most Notorious Prison Camp

Gary Morgan March 4, 2020

Gary Morgan, author of "Andersonville Raiders: Yankee versus Yankee in the Civil Wars Most Notorious Prison Camp"


1625
Confederate Political Economy: Creating and Managing a Southern Corporatist Nation

Michael Bonner March 18, 2020

Michael Bonner, author of "Confederate Political Economy: Creating and Managing a Southern Corporatist Nation"


1626
The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory

Adam Domby March 25, 2020

Adam Domby, author of "The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory"


1627
Custers Gray Rival: The Life of Confederate Major General Thomas Lafayette Rosser

Sheridan Barringer April 1, 2020

Sheridan "Butch" Barringer, author of "Custers Gray Rival: The Life of Confederate Major General Thomas Lafayette Rosser"


1628
An Environmental History of the Civil War

Timothy Silver April 8, 2020

Timothy Silver, co-author of "An Environmental History of the Civil War" (co-author with Judkin Browning)


1629
How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America

Heather Cox Richardson April 15, 2020

Heather Cox Richardson, author of "How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America"


1630
Living By Inches: The Smells, Sounds, Tastes, and Feeling of Captivity in Civil War Prisons

Evan Kutzler April 22, 2020

Evan Kutzler, author of "Living By Inches: The Smells, Sounds, Tastes, and Feeling of Captivity in Civil War Prisons"


1631
To the Bitter End: Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders of the Confederacy

Robert M. (Bert) Dunkerly April 29, 2020

Robert M. (Bert) Dunkerly, author of "To the Bitter End: Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders of the Confederacy"
Program Note: This is our 500th Episode!!


1632
Men is Cheap: Exposing the Frauds of Free Labor in Civil War America

Brian P. Luskey May 13, 2020

Brian P. Luskey, author of "Men is Cheap: Exposing the Frauds of Free Labor in Civil War America"


1633
Republic in the Ranks: Loyalty and Dissent in the Army of the Potomac

Zachery Fry May 27, 2020

Zachery Fry, author of "Republic in the Ranks: Loyalty and Dissent in the Army of the Potomac"


1634
When the Irish Invaded Canada: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans who for Irelands Freedom

Christopher Klein June 3, 2020

Christopher Klein, author of "When the Irish Invaded Canada: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans who for Irelands Freedom"


1635
Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War

J. Matthew Gallman June 10, 2020

J. Matthew Gallman, co-editor of "Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War"


1636
In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine

Rachel Lance June 17, 2020

Rachel Lance, author of "In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine"


1637
Americas Buried History: Land Mines in the Civil War

Kenneth R. Rutherford June 24, 2020

Kenneth R. Rutherford, author of "Americas Buried History: Land Mines in the Civil War"


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