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Season 13 Shows
Click on Episode Title for additional information on episode, links to download or listen to episode and a transcript of Gerry's monologue.
1301 | | The Civil War Trust |
| Garry Adelman | August 31, 2016 |
| Garry Adelman, Director of History and Education at the Civil War Trust |
1302 | | The Slaves Cause: A History of Abolition |
| Manisha Sinha | September 7, 2016 |
| Manisha Sinha, author of "The Slaves Cause: A History of Abolition" |
1303 | | A Long and Bloody Task: The Atlanta Campaign from Dalton through Kennesaw to the Chattahoochee |
| Stephen Davis | September 14, 2016 |
| Stephen Davis, author of "A Long and Bloody Task: The Atlanta Campaign from Dalton through Kennesaw to the Chattahoochee, May 5-July 18, 1864" |
1304 | | The Gentlemen and the Roughs: Violence, Honor, and Manhood in the Union Army |
| Lorien Foote | September 21, 2016 |
| Lorien Foote, author of "The Gentlemen and the Roughs: Violence, Honor, and Manhood in the Union Army" |
1305 | | The American Civil War Museum, Richmond |
| Cathy Wright | September 28, 2016 |
| Cathy Wright, curator at The American Civil War Museum in Richmond, VA |
1306 | | Patrick Henry Jones: Irish American, Civil War General, and Gilded Age Politician |
| Mark Dunkelman | October 5, 2016 |
| Mark Dunkelman, author of "Patrick Henry Jones: Irish American, Civil War General, and Gilded Age Politician" |
1307 | | The Confederate Press in the Crucible of the American Civil War |
| Debra Reddin Van Tuyll | October 12, 2016 |
| Debra Reddin Van Tuyll, author of "The Confederate Press in the Crucible of the American Civil War" |
1308 | | Lincolns Bold Lion: The Life and Times of Brigadier General Martin Davis Hardin |
| James Huffstodt | October 19, 2016 |
| James Huffstodt, author of "Lincolns Bold Lion: The Life and Times of Brigadier General Martin Davis Hardin" |
1309 | | Morgans Great Raid: The Remarkable Expedition from Kentucky to Ohio |
| David Mowery | October 26, 2016 |
| David Mowery, author of "Morgans Great Raid: The Remarkable Expedition from Kentucky to Ohio" |
1310 | | The Long Shadow of the Civil War & "Free State of Jones" |
| Victoria E. Bynum | November 2, 2016 |
| Victoria Bynum, author of "The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies" and the movie "Free State of Jones" |
1311 | | Amiable Scoundrel: Simon Cameron, Lincolns Scandalous Secretary of War |
| Paul Kahan | November 9, 2016 |
| Paul Kahan, author of "Amiable Scoundrel: Simon Cameron, Lincolns Scandalous Secretary of War" |
1312 | | Guarding Greensboro: A Confederate Company in the Making of a Southern Community |
| G. Ward Hubbs | November 16, 2016 |
| G. Ward Hubbs, author of "Guarding Greensboro: A Confederate Company in the Making of a Southern Community" |
1313 | | Courageous Women of the Civil War: Soldiers, Spies, Medics, and More |
| M. R. Cordell | November 30, 2016 |
| M. R. Cordell, author of "Courageous Women of the Civil War: Soldiers, Spies, Medics, and More" |
1314 | | Faces of the Civil War Navies: An Album of Union and Confederate Sailors |
| Ronald S. Coddington | December 7, 2016 |
| Ronald S. Coddington, author of "Faces of the Civil War Navies: An Album of Union and Confederate Sailors" |
1315 | | Tales From the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era |
| Tiya Miles | December 14, 2016 |
| Tiya Miles, author of "Tales From the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era" |
1316 | | The Last Road North: A Guide to the Gettysburg Campaign, 1863 |
| Dan Welch | January 11, 2017 |
| Dan Welch, author of "The Last Road North: A Guide to the Gettysburg Campaign, 1863" (co-authored with Robert Orrison) |
1317 | | Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War |
| Pamela Toler | January 18, 2017 |
| Pamela Toler, author of "Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War" |
1318 | | The Ghosts of Guerrilla Memory: How Civil War Bushwhackers Became Gunslingers in the American West |
| Matt Hulbert | January 25, 2017 |
| Matt Hulbert, author of "The Ghosts of Guerrilla Memory: How Civil War Bushwhackers Became Gunslingers in the American West." |
1319 | | Richmond Must Fall : The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864 |
| Hampton Newsome | February 1, 2017 |
| Hampton Newsome, author of "Richmond Must Fall : The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864" |
1320 | | Damn Yankees!: Demonization and Defiance in the Confederate South |
| George Rable | February 8, 2017 |
| George Rable, author of "Damn Yankees!: Demonization and Defiance in the Confederate South" |
1321 | | Imperfect Union: A Father's Search for His Son in the Aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg |
| Chuck Raasch | February 15, 2017 |
| Chuck Raasch, author of "Imperfect Union: A Father's Search for His Son in the Aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg" |
1322 | | The Rivers Ran Backward: The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border |
| Christopher Phillips | February 22, 2017 |
| Christopher Phillips, author of "The Rivers Ran Backward: The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border" |
1323 | | With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other: The Problem of Military Thought in the Civil War North |
| Carol Reardon | March 1, 2017 |
| Carol Reardon, author of "With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other: The Problem of Military Thought in the Civil War North" |
1324 | | Citizen-officers: The Union and Confederate Volunteer Junior Officer Corps in the American Civil War |
| Andrew S. Bledsoe | March 15, 2017 |
| Andrew S. Bledsoe, author of "Citizen-officers: The Union and Confederate Volunteer Junior Officer Corps in the American Civil War" |
1325 | | Lincolns White House: The Peoples House in Wartime |
| James B. Conroy | March 29, 2017 |
| James Conroy, author of "Lincolns White House: The Peoples House in Wartime" |
1326 | | Civil War Tokens |
| Scott Hopkins | April 5, 2017 |
| Scott M. Hopkins joins Gerry to discuss Civil War Tokens.
Scott is an award winning author and expert numismatist. Scott has over 15 years experience in the hobby as well as the business side of investing in rare coins. His research has been published dozens of times in numismatic magazines and journals in both Canada and The United States. In addition, he has contributed to a number of books such as U.S. Civil War Token Store Cards 3rd Edition, Civil War Sutler Tokens & Scrip 2nd Edition, and most recently Q. David Bowers' Lost and Found: Coin Hoards and Treasures. |
1327 | | Chief Historian at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park & September Suspense: Lincoln's Union in Peril |
| Dennis Frye | April 12, 2017 |
| Dennis Frye, of the National Park Service and author of "September Suspense: Lincoln's Union in Peril" |
1328 | | Sex and the Civil War: Soldiers, Pornography, and the Making of American Morality |
| Judith Giesberg | April 19, 2017 |
| Judy Giesberg, author of "Sex and the Civil War: Soldiers, Pornography, and the Making of American Morality" |
1329 | | Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep and Dreams During the Civil War |
| Jonathan W. White | April 26, 2017 |
| Jonathan W. White, author of "Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep and Dreams During the Civil War" |
1330 | | This Hallowed Ground Tours |
| Gerry Prokopowicz | May 3, 2017 |
| Gerry Prokopowicz takes us on a virtual tour of This Hallowed Ground Tours |
1331 | | Civil War Trails, Inc. |
| Drew Gruber | May 10, 2017 |
| Drew Gruber, Executive Director of Civil War Trails, Inc. |
1332 | | Confederate Waterloo: The Battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865 and the Controversy that Brought Down a General |
| Michael McCarthy | May 17, 2017 |
| Michael McCarthy, author of "Confederate Waterloo: The Battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865 and the Controversy that Brought Down a General" |
1333 | | Barren Victory: The Retreat in Chattanooga, the Confederate Pursuit, and the Aftermath of the Battle, September 21 to October 20, 1863 |
| David Powell | May 31, 2017 |
| David Powell, discussing his 3rd book in his series on the Battle of Chickamauga, "Barren Victory: The Retreat in Chattanooga, the Confederate Pursuit, and the Aftermath of the Battle, September 21 to October 20, 1863" |
1334 | | The Better Angels of Our Nature |
| Brian McCarthy | June 7, 2017 |
| Brian McCarthy, jazz composer, to discuss his "The Better Angels of Our Nature" jazz project |
1335 | | Grant Invades Tennessee: The 1862 Battles for Forts Henry and Donelson |
| Timothy B. Smith | June 21, 2017 |
| Timothy B. Smith, author of "Grant Invades Tennessee: The 1862 Battles for Forts Henry and Donelson" |