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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.' |