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Season 18 Shows
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| 1801 | | The Generals Civil War: What Their Memoirs Can Teach Us Today |
| | Stephen Cushman | August 25, 2021 |
| | Stephen Cushman, author of "The Generals Civil War: What Their Memoirs Can Teach Us Today" |
| 1802 | | William Barksdale, CSA: A Biography of the United States Congressman and Confederate Brigadier General |
| | John Douglas Ashton | September 1, 2021 |
| | John Douglas Ashton, author of "William Barksdale, CSA: A Biography of the United States Congressman and Confederate Brigadier General" |
| 1803 | | A Fire in the Wilderness: The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee |
| | John Reeves | September 8, 2021 |
| | John Reeves, author of "A Fire in the Wilderness: The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee" |
| 1804 | | The Cornfield: Antietams Bloody Turning Point |
| | David A. Welker | September 15, 2021 |
| | David A. Welker, author of "The Cornfield: Antietams Bloody Turning Point" |
| 1805 | | Campaign for the Confederate Coast: Blockading, Blockade Running and Related Endeavors During the American Civil War |
| | Gil Hahn | September 22, 2021 |
| | Gil Hahn, author of "Campaign for the Confederate Coast: Blockading, Blockade Running and Related Endeavors During the American Civil War" |
| 1806 | | The Long Civil War: New Explorations of Americas Enduring Conflict |
| | John David Smith | September 29, 2021 |
| | John David Smith, co-editor of "The Long Civil War: New Explorations of Americas Enduring Conflict" |
| 1807 | | Apostle of the Lost Cause: J. William Jones, Baptists, and the Development of Confederate Memory |
| | Christopher C. Moore | October 6, 2021 |
| | Christopher C. Moore, author of "Apostle of the Lost Cause: J. William Jones, Baptists, and the Development of Confederate Memory" |
| 1808 | | Lincoln in Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President |
| | Ronald C. White | October 20, 2021 |
| | Ronald C. White, author of "Lincoln in Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President" |
| 1809 | | Cincinnati in the Civil War: The Unions Queen City |
| | David Mowery | October 27, 2021 |
| | David Mowery, author of "Cincinnati in the Civil War: The Unions Queen City" |
| 1810 | | Galvanized: The Odyssey of a Reluctant Carolina Confederate |
| | Michael K. Brantley | November 3, 2021 |
| | Michael K. Brantley, author of "Galvanized: The Odyssey of a Reluctant Carolina Confederate" |
| 1811 | | The Most Hated Man in Kentucky: The Lost Cause and the Legacy of Union General Stephen Burbridge |
| | Brad Asher | November 10, 2021 |
| | Brad Asher, author of "The Most Hated Man in Kentucky: The Lost Cause and the Legacy of Union General Stephen Burbridge" |
| 1812 | | From Arlington to Appomattox: Robert E. Lees Civil War, Day by Day, 1861-1865 |
| | Charles R. Knight | November 17, 2021 |
| | Charles R. Knight, author of "From Arlington to Appomattox: Robert E. Lees Civil War, Day by Day, 1861-1865" |
| 1813 | | Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lees Army after Appomattox |
| | Caroline E. Janney | December 1, 2021 |
| | Caroline E. Janney, author of "Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lees Army after Appomattox" |
| 1814 | | The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship |
| | Deborah Willis | December 8, 2021 |
| | Deborah Willis, author of "The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship" |
| 1815 | | The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock |
| | Francis Augustin O'Reilly | January 12, 2022 |
| | Francis Augustin O'Reilly, author of "The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock" |
| 1816 | | A Lively Little Battle: New Perspectives on the Battle of Fort Butler, Donaldsonville, Louisiana |
| | Chuck Veit | January 19, 2022 |
| | Chuck Veit, author of "A Lively Little Battle: New Perspectives on the Battle of Fort Butler, Donaldsonville, Louisiana, 28 July 1863" |
| 1817 | | A Scottish Blockade Runner in the American Civil War: Joannes Wyllie of the Steamer Ad-Vance |
| | John F. Messner | January 26, 2022 |
| | John F. Messner, author of "A Scottish Blockade Runner in the American Civil War: Joannes Wyllie of the Steamer Ad-Vance" |
| 1818 | | Society for Women and the Civil War - and - They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War |
| | DeAnne Blanton | February 2, 2022 |
| | DeAnne Blanton, founder, Society for Women and the Civil War and co-author of "They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War" |
| 1819 | | A House Built By Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House |
| | Jonathan W. White | February 9, 2022 |
| | Jonathan White, author of "A House Built By Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House" and "To Address You as My Friend: African Americans Letters to Abraham Lincoln" |
| 1820 | | First Fallen: The Life of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, the Norths First Civil War Hero |
| | Meg Groeling | February 16, 2022 |
| | Meg Groeling, author of "First Fallen: The Life of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, the Norths First Civil War Hero" |
| 1821 | | The National Archives |
| | Jacqueline Budell | February 23, 2022 |
| | Jacqueline Budell, Archives Specialist at the National Archives |
| 1822 | | Rites of Retaliation: Civilization, Soldiers, and Campaigns in the American Civil War |
| | Lorien Foote | March 2, 2022 |
| | Lorien Foote, author of "Rites of Retaliation: Civilization, Soldiers, and Campaigns in the American Civil War" |
| 1823 | | Suffering in the Army of Tennessee: A Social History of the Confederate Army of the Heartland from the Battles for Atlanta to the Retreat from Nashville |
| | Christopher Thrasher | March 16, 2022 |
| | Christopher Thrasher, author of "Suffering in the Army of Tennessee: A Social History of the Confederate Army of the Heartland from the Battles for Atlanta to the Retreat from Nashville" |
| 1824 | | Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War |
| | Roger Lowenstein | March 23, 2022 |
| | Roger Lowenstein, author of "Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War" |
| 1825 | | Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine |
| | Jim Downs | March 30, 2022 |
| | Jim Downs, author of "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine" |
| 1826 | | The Carnage was Fearful: The Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862 |
| | Michael E. Block | April 6, 2022 |
| | Michael E. Block, author of "The Carnage was Fearful: The Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862" |
| 1827 | | Hearts Torn Asunder: Trauma in the Civil Wars Final Campaign in North Carolina |
| | Ernest Dollar | April 13, 2022 |
| | Earnest Dollar, author of "Hearts Torn Asunder: Trauma in the Civil Wars Final Campaign in North Carolina" |
| 1828 | | Destruction of the Steamboat Sultana: The Worst Maritime Disaster in American History |
| | Gene Eric Salecker | April 20, 2022 |
| | Gene Eric Salecker, author of "Destruction of the Steamboat Sultana: The Worst Maritime Disaster in American History" |
| 1829 | | Battle of New Market Heights Memorial and Education Association |
| | Tim Talbott | April 27, 2022 |
| | Tim Talbott, on the Battle of New Market Heights Memorial and Education Association |
| 1830 | | Voices of the Army of the Potomac |
| | Vincent L. Burns | May 4, 2022 |
| | Vincent L. Burns, author of "Voices of the Army of the Potomac" |
| 1831 | | Bull Run to Boer War: How the American Civil War Changed the British Army |
| | Michael Somerville | May 25, 2022 |
| | Michael Somerville, author of "Bull Run to Boer War: How the American Civil War Changed the British Army" |
| 1832 | | Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life |
| | Elizabeth D. Leonard | June 1, 2022 |
| | Elizabeth D. Leonard, author of "Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life" |
| 1833 | | Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era |
| | Sarah J. Purcell | June 8, 2022 |
| | Sarah J. Purcell, author of "Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era" |
| 1834 | | Almost Live, from the 2022 Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College |
| | Gerry Prokopowicz | June 15, 2022 |
| | Gerry Prokopowicz, our host....Almost Live, from the 2022 Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College |
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