Shows by Season - Impediments of War

The Civil War Talk Radio Companion


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Season 6 Shows

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601
Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior to Southern Redeemer

Rod Andrew Jr. August 28, 2009

Rod Andrew Jr., biographer of Wade Hampton and author of 'Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior to Southern Redeemer.'


602
Dan Sickles at Gettysburg

James Hessler September 4, 2009

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


603
The Complete Gettysburg Guide

Steven Stanley September 11, 2009

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


604
Army at Home: Northern Women during the Civil War

Judith Giesberg September 18, 2009

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


605
Thomas Ewing Jr.: Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General

Ronald D. Smith September 25, 2009

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


606
Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War

Elizabeth R. Varon October 2, 2009

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


607
Confederate Rage, Yankee Wrath: No Quarter in the Civil War

George S. Burkhardt October 9, 2009

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


608
Antietam National Battlefield

Ted Alexander October 16, 2009

From NPS website: 'Ted Alexander is the 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 for organizations such The Civil War Preservation Trust, Johns Hopkins University's Odyssey Program and The Smithsonian Associates.'


609
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln Project

Daniel W. Stowell October 23, 2009

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


610
Burying the Dead but Not the Past

Caroline E. Janney October 30, 2009

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


611
Chancellorsville and the Germans

Christian Keller November 20, 2009

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


612
U. S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth

Joan Waugh December 11, 2009

Joan Waugh, author of 'U. S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth.'


613
A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War

Daniel E. Sutherland January 29, 2010

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


614
Years of Change and Suffering: Modern Perspectives on Civil War Medicine

Guy R. Hasegawa February 5, 2010

Guy R. Hasegawa, author of 'Years of Change and Suffering: Modern Perspectives on Civil War Medicine.'


615
The Age of Lincoln

Orville Vernon Burton February 12, 2010

Orville Vernon Burton, author of 'The Age of Lincoln,' joins Gerry on Lincoln's Birthday.


616
Becoming American Under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship During the Civil War Era

Christian G. Samito February 19, 2010

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


617
Sharpshooters (1750-1900): The Men, Their Guns, Their Story

Gary Yee February 26, 2010

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


618
Civil War Wives

Carol Berkin March 5, 2010

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


619
Battle of Franklin: The Bloodiest 5 hours of the Civil War

Kraig McNutt March 19, 2010

Kraig McNutt, author of a blog/website dedicated to the Battle of Franklin.


620
Blue and Gray Diplomacy: A History of Union and Confederate Foreign Relations

Howard Jones March 26, 2010

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


621
Mary Lincoln, the 1st First Lady

Donna D. McCreary April 9, 2010

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


622
George Thomas, the 3rd 'Greatest' Union General?

Christopher J. Einolf April 16, 2010

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


623
Warship under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West

Lorraine McConaghy April 30, 2010

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


624
Lincoln and His Admirals

Craig Symonds May 21, 2010

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


625
Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market and the Opening of the Shenandoah Campaign, May 1864

Charles R. Knight May 28, 2010

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


626
The Maps of Chickamauga

David Powell June 4, 2010

David Powell, author of 'The Maps of Chickamauga: An Atlas of the Chickamauga Campaign, Including the Tullahoma Operations, June 22 - September 23, 1863.'


627
The Maryland Campaign of September 1862

Thomas Clemens June 11, 2010

Thomas Clemens, editor of Ezra Carman's manuscript 'The Maryland Campaign of September 1862: Volume 1, South Mountain.'


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