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Season 16 Shows
Click on Episode Title for additional information on episode, links to download or listen to episode and a transcript of Gerry's monologue.
1601 | | Sharpshooters Made a Grand Record This Day, Combat on the Skirmish Line at Gettysburg on July 3 |
| Timothy Orr | August 28, 2019 |
| Timothy Orr, author of "Sharpshooters Made a Grand Record This Day: Combat on the Skirmish Line at Gettysburg on July 3." |
1602 | | Fighting Means Killing: Civil War Soldiers and the Nature of Combat |
| Jonathan M. Steplyk | September 4, 2019 |
| Jonathan M. Steplyk, author of "Fighting Means Killing: Civil War Soldiers and the Nature of Combat" |
1603 | | A South Carolina Upcountry Saga: The Civil War Letters of Barham Bobo Foster and His Family, 1860-1863 |
| A. Gibert Kennedy | September 11, 2019 |
| A. Gibert Kennedy, aurthor of "A South Carolina Upcountry Saga: The Civil War Letters of Barham Bobo Foster and His Family, 1860-1863" |
1604 | | Michigans Civil War Citizen-General: Alpheus S. Williams |
| Jack Dempsey | September 18, 2019 |
| Jack Dempsey, author of "Michigans Civil War Citizen-General: Alpheus S. Williams" |
1605 | | Exposing Slavery: Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America |
| Matthew Fox-Amato | September 25, 2019 |
| Matthew Fox-Amato, author of "Exposing Slavery: Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America" |
1606 | | Private Confederacies: The Emotional Worlds of Southern Men as Citizens and Soldiers |
| James J. Broomall | October 2, 2019 |
| James J. Broomall, author of "Private Confederacies: The Emotional Worlds of Southern Men as Citizens and Soldiers" |
1607 | | Kentucky Barracuda: Parker H. French |
| Joe Goodbody | October 9, 2019 |
| Joe Goodbody, author of "Kentucky Barracuda: Parker H. French" |
1608 | | The Fight for the Old North State: The Civil War in North Carolina, January-May 1864 |
| Hampton Newsome | October 16, 2019 |
| Hampton Newsome, author of "The Fight for the Old North State: The Civil War in North Carolina, January-May 1864" |
1609 | | Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War |
| S.C. Gwynne | October 23, 2019 |
| S.C. Gwynne, author of "Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War" |
1610 | | Civil War Pittsburgh |
| Rich Condon | October 30, 2019 |
| Rich Condon, creator of "Civil War Pittsburgh" Facebook Page |
1611 | | Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography: A Biography, 1806-1873 |
| John Grady | November 6, 2019 |
| John Grady, author of "Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography: A Biography, 1806-1873" |
1612 | | The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina |
| Philip Gerard | November 13, 2019 |
| Philip Gerard, author of "The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina" |
1613 | | Vicksburg: Grants Campaign That Broke the Confederacy |
| Donald L. Miller | November 20, 2019 |
| Donald L. Miller, author of "Vicksburg: Grants Campaign That Broke the Confederacy" |
1614 | | On Duty in the Pacific Northwest during the Civil War: Correspondence and Reminiscences of the First Oregon Cavalry Regiment |
| James Robbins Jewell | December 4, 2019 |
| James Robbins Jewell, editor of "On Duty in the Pacific Northwest during the Civil War: Correspondence and Reminiscences of the First Oregon Cavalry Regiment" |
1615 | | Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil Wars Most Persistent Myth |
| Kevin M. Levin | December 11, 2019 |
| Kevin M. Levin, author of "Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil Wars Most Persistent Myth" |
1616 | | Crisis: When Political Parties Lose the Consent to Rule |
| Cedric de Leon | January 8, 2020 |
| Cedric de Leon, author of "Crisis: When Political Parties Lose the Consent to Rule" |
1617 | | This Will Make a Man of Me: The Life and Letters of a Teenage Officer in the Civil War |
| James M. Scythes | January 15, 2020 |
| James M. Scythes, author of "This Will Make a Man of Me: The Life and Letters of a Teenage Officer in the Civil War." The story of Second Lieutenant Thomas James Howell. |
1618 | | Lincolns Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation |
| Douglas Waller | January 22, 2020 |
| Douglas Waller, author of "Lincolns Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation" |
1619 | | The Great Partnership: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and the Fate of the Confederacy |
| Christian Keller | January 29, 2020 |
| Christian Keller, author of "The Great Partnership: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and the Fate of the Confederacy" |
1620 | | The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West |
| Megan Kate Nelson | February 5, 2020 |
| Megan Kate Nelson, author of "The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West" |
1621 | | Lincoln Takes Command: The Campaign to Seize Norfolk and the Destruction of the CSS Virginia |
| Steve Norder | February 12, 2020 |
| Steve Norder, author of "Lincoln Takes Command: The Campaign to Seize Norfolk and the Destruction of the CSS Virginia" |
1622 | | Spared & Shared: Griffs Civil War Letters |
| William Griffing | February 19, 2020 |
| William Griffing, website "Spared & Shared: Griffs Civil War Letters" |
1623 | | Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America |
| Thomas J. Brown | February 26, 2020 |
| Thomas Brown, author of "Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America" |
1624 | | Andersonville Raiders: Yankee versus Yankee in the Civil Wars Most Notorious Prison Camp |
| Gary Morgan | March 4, 2020 |
| Gary Morgan, author of "Andersonville Raiders: Yankee versus Yankee in the Civil Wars Most Notorious Prison Camp" |
1625 | | Confederate Political Economy: Creating and Managing a Southern Corporatist Nation |
| Michael Bonner | March 18, 2020 |
| Michael Bonner, author of "Confederate Political Economy: Creating and Managing a Southern Corporatist Nation" |
1626 | | The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory |
| Adam Domby | March 25, 2020 |
| Adam Domby, author of "The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory" |
1627 | | Custers Gray Rival: The Life of Confederate Major General Thomas Lafayette Rosser |
| Sheridan Barringer | April 1, 2020 |
| Sheridan "Butch" Barringer, author of "Custers Gray Rival: The Life of Confederate Major General Thomas Lafayette Rosser" |
1628 | | An Environmental History of the Civil War |
| Timothy Silver | April 8, 2020 |
| Timothy Silver, co-author of "An Environmental History of the Civil War" (co-author with Judkin Browning) |
1629 | | How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America |
| Heather Cox Richardson | April 15, 2020 |
| Heather Cox Richardson, author of "How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America" |
1630 | | Living By Inches: The Smells, Sounds, Tastes, and Feeling of Captivity in Civil War Prisons |
| Evan Kutzler | April 22, 2020 |
| Evan Kutzler, author of "Living By Inches: The Smells, Sounds, Tastes, and Feeling of Captivity in Civil War Prisons" |
1631 | | To the Bitter End: Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders of the Confederacy |
| Robert M. (Bert) Dunkerly | April 29, 2020 |
| Robert M. (Bert) Dunkerly, author of "To the Bitter End: Appomattox, Bennett Place, and the Surrenders of the Confederacy" Program Note: This is our 500th Episode!! |
1632 | | Men is Cheap: Exposing the Frauds of Free Labor in Civil War America |
| Brian P. Luskey | May 13, 2020 |
| Brian P. Luskey, author of "Men is Cheap: Exposing the Frauds of Free Labor in Civil War America" |
1633 | | Republic in the Ranks: Loyalty and Dissent in the Army of the Potomac |
| Zachery Fry | May 27, 2020 |
| Zachery Fry, author of "Republic in the Ranks: Loyalty and Dissent in the Army of the Potomac" |
1634 | | When the Irish Invaded Canada: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans who for Irelands Freedom |
| Christopher Klein | June 3, 2020 |
| Christopher Klein, author of "When the Irish Invaded Canada: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans who for Irelands Freedom" |
1635 | | Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War |
| J. Matthew Gallman | June 10, 2020 |
| J. Matthew Gallman, co-editor of "Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War" |
1636 | | In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine |
| Rachel Lance | June 17, 2020 |
| Rachel Lance, author of "In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine" |
1637 | | Americas Buried History: Land Mines in the Civil War |
| Kenneth R. Rutherford | June 24, 2020 |
| Kenneth R. Rutherford, author of "Americas Buried History: Land Mines in the Civil War" |