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Our website is dedicated to Civil War Talk Radio (CWTR). CWTR is a weekly, hour long, intenet-based talk radio show hosted by Gerry Prokopowicz of East Carolina University. Each week, Gerry interviews leading historians, authors, enthusiasts, etc. on all things Civil War related. There are currently 630 Hours of interviews available for your listening pleasure. Use this site to view show information, download the MP3 files, listen to the MP3 files and get additional information on guests.

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Season 20 - Latest shows listed below.

Click on the Episode Title for additional information on episode, links to download or listen to episode and a transcript of Gerry's monologue.

2023
Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862

Victor Vignola March 13, 2024

Victor Vignola, author of "Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862"


2022
The Army under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era

Cecily N. Zander February 28, 2024

Dr. Cecily N. Zander, author of "The Army under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era"


2021
Sand, Science and the Civil War: Sedimentary Geology and Combat

Scott  Hippensteel February 21, 2024

Scott Hippensteel, author or "Sand, Science and the Civil War: Sedimentary Geology and Combat"


2020
Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration

Harold  Holzer February 14, 2024

Harold Holzer, author of "Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration"


2019
Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction

Fergus M. Bordewich February 7, 2024

Fergus M. Bordewich, author of "Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction"


2018
When General Grant Expelled the Jews

Jonathan Sarna January 31, 2024

Jonathan D. Sarna, author of "When General Grant Expelled the Jews (Jewish Encounters Series)"


2017
Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War

Matthew Christopher Hulbert January 24, 2024

Matthew Christopher Hulbert, author of "Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War"


2016
A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism

Andrew Lang January 17, 2024

Andrew Lang, author of "A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism"


2015
Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South

Elizabeth Varon January 10, 2024

Elizabeth Varon, author of "Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South"


2014
Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta–and Then Got Written Out of History

Howell Raines December 13, 2023

Howell Raines, author of "Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta–and Then Got Written Out of History"


2013
A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg, and Beyond

John Banks December 6, 2023

John Banks, author of "A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg, and Beyond"


2012
Wars Civil and Great: The American Experience in the Civil War and World War I

Kornisorn Wongsrichanalai and David Sibey November 29, 2023

Kornisorn Wongsrichanalai and David Sibey, editors of "Wars Civil and Great: The American Experience in the Civil War and World War I"


2011
Beyond the Battle Museum, Gettysburg

Andrew Dalton November 15, 2023

Andrew Dalton, executive director at Beyond the Battle Museum in Gettysburg, PA

Website: Beyond the Battle Museum, Gettysburg


2010
American Catholics and the Quest for Equality in the Civil War Era

Robert Emmett Curran November 8, 2023

Robert Emmett Curran, author of "American Catholics and the Quest for Equality in the Civil War Era"


2009
Burnsides Boys: The Unions Ninth Corps and the Civil War in the East

Darin Wipperman November 1, 2023

Darin Wipperman, author of "Burnsides Boys: The Unions Ninth Corps and the Civil War in the East"


2008
Plants in the Civil War: A Botanical History

Judith Sumner October 25, 2023

Judith Sumner, author of "Plants in the Civil War: A Botanical History"


2007
Inheriting Heritage, LLC

Gene Harmon October 18, 2023

Gene Harmon, of Inheriting Heritage, LLC. "Inheriting Heritage, LLC provides professional interpretive consulting, interpretive training, and heritage interpretation to sites nationwide and is passionate about helping people connect to historical, cultural, and natural resources."

Website: Inheriting Heritage, LLC


2006
Shermans Woodticks: The Adventures, Ordeals and Travels of the Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War

Paul Hodnefield October 4, 2023

Paul Hodnefield, author of "Shermans Woodticks: The Adventures, Ordeals and Travels of the Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War"


2005
The Civil War Letters of Sarah Kennedy: Life under Occupation in the Upper South

Minoa Uffelman September 27, 2023

Minoa Uffelman, co-editor of "The Civil War Letters of Sarah Kennedy: Life under Occupation in the Upper South"


2004
I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign

D. Scott Hartwig September 20, 2023

D. Scott Hartwig, author of "I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign"


2003
Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade

Jonathan W. White September 13, 2023

Jonathan W. White, author of "Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade"


2002
Gettysburg in Color: Volume 1 Brandy Station to the Peach Orchard & Volume 2: The Wheatfield to Falling Waters

Patrick and Dylan Brennan September 6, 2023

Patrick Brennan and Dylan Brennan, authors of "Gettysburg in Color: Volume 1 Brandy Station to the Peach Orchard & Volume 2: The Wheatfield to Falling Waters"


2001
Love and Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss

Angela Esco Elder August 30, 2023

Angela Esco Elder, author of "Love and Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss"


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News from CWTR World HQ:

Mar 6, 2024
Scheduled guest:
No Live Show, SPRING BREAK!!

Mar 13, 2024
Scheduled guest:
Victor Vignola, Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862

Mar 20, 2024
Scheduled guest:
John Reeves, Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant

Mar 27, 2024
Scheduled guest:
Scott A. MacKenzie, The Fifth Border State: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Formation of West Virginia, 1829–1872

Apr 3, 2024
Scheduled guest:
Tom Saielli, Land Stewardship Manager, American Battlefield Trust

Apr 10, 2024
Scheduled guest:
Jaime Amanda Martinez, Confederate Slave Impressment in the Upper South

Apr 17, 2024
Scheduled guest:
Shae Smith Cox, The Fabric of Civil War Society: Uniforms, Badges, and Flags, 1859–1939

Apr 24, 2024
Scheduled guest:
Kyle Sinisi, The Last Hurrah: Sterling Price's Missouri Expedition Of 1864

May 1, 2024
Scheduled guest:
Robert K. D. Colby, An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South

May 8, 2024
Scheduled guest:
Carolyn Ivanoff, We Fought at Gettysburg: Firsthand Accounts by the Survivors of the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry

May 15, 2024
Scheduled guest:
No live show—“This Hallowed Ground” tour

May 22, 2024
Scheduled guest:
Richard Upsher Smith, Jr., editor, A Quaker Colonel, His Fiancée, and Their Connections: Selected Civil War Correspondence

May 29, 2024
Scheduled guest:
Brian Matthew Jordan, co-editor, Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves

Jun 5, 2024
Scheduled guest:
No live show — Normandy tour

Jun 12, 2024
Scheduled guest:
To Be Announced