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Season 21 Shows
Click on Episode Title for additional information on episode, links to download or listen to episode and a transcript of Gerry's monologue.
2101 | | COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War |
| Edda L. Fields-Black | August 28, 2024 |
| Edda L. Fields-Black, author of "COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War." |
2102 | | Peter Carmichael Memorial |
| Aaron Sheehan-Dean and Caroline Janney | September 4, 2024 |
| Peter Carmichael Memorial, with Aaron Sheehan-Dean and Caroline Janney, co-editors of Janney, Carmichael, Sheehan-Dean, eds., "THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA: Essays Inspired by the Scholarship of Gary W. Gallagher" |
2103 | | Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861 |
| Robert Merry | September 11, 2024 |
| Robert Merry, author of "Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861" |
2104 | | Dueling Cultures, Damnable Legacies: Southern Violence and White Supremacy in the Civil War Era |
| James Hill Welborn | September 18, 2024 |
| James Hill Welborn III, author of "Dueling Cultures, Damnable Legacies: Southern Violence and White Supremacy in the Civil War Era." |
2105 | | The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 1: Dalton to Cassville, May 1-19, 1864 |
| David A. Powell | September 25, 2024 |
| David A. Powell, author of "The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 1: Dalton to Cassville, May 1-19, 1864" |
2106 | | Force of a Cyclone: The Battle of Stones River |
| Caroline Davis | October 2, 2024 |
| Caroline Davis, co-author of "Force of a Cyclone: The Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863" |
2107 | | Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White |
| Andrew Sillen | October 16, 2024 |
| Andrew Sillen, author of "Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White" |
2108 | | Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America |
| Michael Megelsh | October 23, 2024 |
| Michael Megelsh, author of "Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America" |
2109 | | Ambrose Bierce and the Civil War |
| Bjorn Skaptason | October 30, 2024 |
| Bjorn Skaptason, former Shiloh National Military Park Ranger and bibliopole for the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, joins Gerry to discuss Ambrose Bierce and the Civil War. |
2110 | | The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism |
| Niels Eichhorn and Duncan A. Campbell | November 13, 2024 |
| Niels Eichhorn and Duncan A. Campbell, authors of "The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism" |
2111 | | Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents |
| Nigel Hamilton | November 20, 2024 |
| Nigel Hamilton, author of "Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents" |
2112 | | Generals in Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War |
| William B. Styple | December 4, 2024 |
| William B. Styple, author of "Generals in Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War" |
2113 | | THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA: Essays Inspired by the Scholarship of Gary W. Gallagher |
| Aaron Sheehan-Dean and Caroline Janney | December 11, 2024 |
| Aaron Sheehan-Dean and Caroline Janney, co-editors of Janney, Carmichael, Sheehan-Dean, eds., "THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA: Essays Inspired by the Scholarship of Gary W. Gallagher" |
2114 | | Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation |
| Bennett Parten | January 15, 2025 |
| Bennett Parten, author of "Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation" |
2115 | | A Man on Fire: The Worlds of Thomas Wentworth Higginson |
| Douglas Egerton | January 22, 2025 |
| Douglas Egerton, author of "A Man on Fire: The Worlds of Thomas Wentworth Higginson" |
2116 | | Wounded For Life: Seven Union Veterans of the Civil War |
| Robert D. Hicks | January 29, 2025 |
| Robert D. Hicks, author of "Wounded For Life: Seven Union Veterans of the Civil War" |
2117 | | Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment |
| Allen Guelzo | February 5, 2025 |
| Allen Guelzo, author of "Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment" |
2118 | | Righteous Strife: How Warring Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Union |
| Richard Carwardine | February 12, 2025 |
| Richard Carwardine, author of "Righteous Strife: How Warring Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Union" |
2119 | | African American Intelligence Contributions during the American Civil War |
| David Welker | February 19, 2025 |
| David Welker, author of "African American Intelligence Contributions during the American Civil War." An article appearing in the International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence.
Link to Download PDF of Article from David Welker's website. |
2120 | | Playing at War: Identity and Memory in Civil War Video Games |
| Patrick Lewis | February 26, 2025 |
| Patrick Lewis, co-editor of "Playing at War: Identity and Memory in Civil War Video Games" |
2121 | | Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site |
| Derrick S. Brown | March 5, 2025 |
| Derrick S. Brown, operations manager at Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site |
2122 | | War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War |
| Yael Sternhell | March 19, 2025 |
| Yael Sternhell, author of "War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War" |
2123 | | The Abolitionist Civil War: Immediatists and the Struggle to Transform the Union |
| Frank J. Cirillo | March 26, 2025 |
| Frank J. Cirillo, author of "The Abolitionist Civil War: Immediatists and the Struggle to Transform the Union" |