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Season 3 Shows
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| 301 | | Is History Written by the Winners? |
| | David W. Blight | August 25, 2006 |
| | Dr. David W. Blight, author of Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory presents the 1913 50-year reunion at Gettysburg in a new light. |
| 302 | | Fire on the Mountain |
| | Jonathan Sarris | September 1, 2006 |
| | Dr. Jonathan Sarris, author of A Separate Civil War: Communities in Conflict in the Mountain South, discusses the war that Georgians fought among themselves. |
| 303 | | Hearing Voices |
| | David Lee Poremba | September 15, 2006 |
| | David Lee Poremba drew on years of experience at the Burton Historical Collection to create If I Am Found Dead: Michigan Voices from the Civil War. |
| 304 | | Heroes and Victims |
| | Phillip Paludan | September 22, 2006 |
| | Dr. Phillip Shaw Paludan, author of 'A People's Contest': The Union and Civil War 1861-1865, discusses his work, covering topics from the Lincoln White House to the Shelton Laurel Massacre. |
| 305 | | Imagination and Preservation |
| | Robert Hicks | September 29, 2006 |
| | Robert Hicks, author of The Widow of the South, talks about the remarkable fate of the Confederates killed at the battle of Franklin |
| 306 | | How to Win Battles and Influence People |
| | Stephen R. Taaffe | October 6, 2006 |
| | Dr. Stephen R. Taaffe, author of Commanding the Army of the Potomac, argues that leadership issues were endemic in that underachieving organization. |
| 307 | | Invisible Casualties |
| | Eric T. Dean, Jr | October 13, 2006 |
| | Dr. Eric T. Dean, esq., author of Shook Over Hell: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War, describes the phenomenon of psychiatric casualties in the Civil War. |
| 308 | | On the Lincoln Trail |
| | James A. Percoco | October 20, 2006 |
| | James Percoco, author of Divided We Stand: Teaching About Conflict in U.S. History, has made a career out of bringing the Civil War and other eras to life for his students. |
| 309 | | John W. DeForest and Ambrose Bierce |
| | Michael W. Schaefer | October 27, 2006 |
| | Dr. Michael W. Schaefer, author of Just What War Is: The Civil War Writings of DeForest and Bierce |
| 310 | | King of Lincoln Researchers |
| | Michael Burlingame | November 3, 2006 |
| | Dr. Michael Burlingame has made a reputation as an indefatigable researcher of previously unmined collections related to Abraham Lincoln. He has edited numerous reprints of 19th century Lincoln sources, written the controversial The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln, and is at work on a monumental four-volume Lincoln biography. |
| 311 | | Letters from a Sky Pilot |
| | Steve Courtney | November 10, 2006 |
| | Steve Courtney, with his co-editor Peter Messent, have produced a fine volume of previously unpublished letters from a Civil War chaplain, The Civil War Letters of Joseph Hopkins |
| 312 | | More than Old Baldy |
| | John C. Rumm | November 17, 2006 |
| | Dr. John C. Rumm is the Executive Director of the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia, the oldest Civil War museum in the country, and one with a very promising future. |
| 313 | | For Want of a Nail |
| | J. David Petruzzi | December 1, 2006 |
| | J. David Petruzzi, co-author of Plenty of Blame to Go Around: J.E.B. Stuart's Controversial Ride to Gettysburg, discusses the real reasons why Stuart acted as he did in June 1863. |
| 314 | | Lincoln's Pen |
| | Douglas L. Wilson | December 8, 2006 |
| | In Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words, Dr. Douglas Wilson argues that for Abraham Lincoln, the pen really was mightier than the sword. |
| 315 | | Wrestling with the Devil |
| | Brian S. Wills | December 15, 2006 |
| | Cavalry genius? War criminal? Both? The war produced no character more controversial than the man Grant called 'that devil, Forrest.' Dr. Brian Steel Wills, author of The Confederacy's Greatest Cavalryman: Nathan Bedford Forrest offers his views. |
| 316 | | Strangers in a Strange Land |
| | Joseph R. Reinhar | January 12, 2007 |
| | Joseph R. Reinhart, editor/translator of August Willich's Gallant Dutchmen, describes the career of the 32nd Indiana infantry regiment. |
| 317 | | OCOKA at Averasboro |
| | Mark A. Smith | January 19, 2007 |
| | Mark A. Smith and Wade Sokolosky: OCOKA at Averasboro; Mark A. Smith, author of "No Such Army Since The Days Of Julius Caesar: Sherman's Carolinas Campaign From Fayetteville To Averasboro." |
| 318 | | Explaining Confederate Emancipation |
| | Bruce Levine | January 26, 2007 |
| | Dr. Bruce Levine, author of Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves during the Civil War, challenges neo-Confederate mythology. |
| 319 | | The Young Virginians |
| | Peter S. Carmichael | February 2, 2007 |
| | Peter S. Carmichael, author of 'The Last Generation: Young Virginians in Peace, War, and Reunion' |
| 320 | | Why We Fight |
| | Chandra M. Manning | February 9, 2007 |
| | Dr. Chandra Manning, author of the forthcoming What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery and the Civil War talks about the motivations of the blue and gray. |
| 321 | | Riding with Stuart |
| | Thomas P. Nanzig | February 16, 2007 |
| | Thomas P. Nanzig, editor of The Civil War Memoirs of a Virginia Cavalryman: Lt. Robert T. Hubard, Jr., reveals what life was really like among Lee's cavaliers. |
| 322 | | So You Want to be an Author? |
| | Theodore Savas | February 23, 2007 |
| | Theodore Savas, of Savas Beatie LLC, talks about the business of publishing of books on the Civil War and other historical subjects. |
| 323 | | Was McClellan Right? |
| | Ethan Rafuse | March 2, 2007 |
| | Dr. Ethan Rafuse, author of McClellan's War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union, re-evaluates the Young Napoleon. |
| 324 | | The New Jack Coggins |
| | Alan Archambault | March 9, 2007 |
| | Alan Archambault, artist and Curator, Fort Lewis Military Museum, inspires a new generation of Civil War students. |
| 325 | | Shiloh From the Archives |
| | Gary D. Joiner | March 23, 2007 |
| | O. Edward Cunningham wrote a dissertation on Shiloh more than forty years ago; Dr. Gary D. Joiner, co-editor of Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862 has brought it to the light of day. |
| 326 | | Better the Second Time |
| | William W. Freehling | March 30, 2007 |
| | William W. Freehling, author of 'THE ROAD TO DISUNION Volume Two. Secessionists Triumphant: 1854-1861' |
| 327 | | Civil War Notebook |
| | Albert A. Nofi | April 6, 2007 |
| | Dr. Albert A. Nofi, author of The Civil War Notebook and editor of 'Knapsack' for North & South magazine, shares a wide range of fascinating facts. |
| 328 | | The Ides of April |
| | Michael W. Kauffman | April 13, 2007 |
| | Michael W. Kauffman, author of American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies, clears up myths and misconceptions surrounding the assassination. |
| 329 | | Looking Over the Walls |
| | Michael P. Gray | April 20, 2007 |
| | Dr. Michael P. Gray, author of The Business of Captivity: Elmira and its Civil War Prison, looks at activities in and outside the walls of the North's deadliest prison camp. |
| 330 | | Lincoln And The Sioux Uprising Of 1862 |
| | Hank H. Cox | May 11, 2007 |
| | Hank H. Cox, author of 'Lincoln And The Sioux Uprising Of 1862' |
| 331 | | The Sacking of Athens, Alabama in 1862 |
| | George C. Bradley | May 18, 2007 |
| | George C. Bradley, author of 'From Conciliation to Conquest: The Sack of Athens and the Court-Martial of Colonel John B. Turchin' |
| 332 | | The NPS Battlefield Interpretations |
| | John Hennessy | May 25, 2007 |
| | John Hennessy, of the National Park Service, talks to Gerry about the Park Service's Re-Interpretations of Civil War battlefields. |
| 333 | | Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War |
| | Aaron Sheehan-Dean | June 1, 2007 |
| | Aaron Sheehan-Dean, editor of 'Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War.' |
| 334 | | The Civil War in Popular Culture |
| | Jim Cullen | June 15, 2007 |
| | Jim Cullen, author of 'The Civil War in Popular Culture (A Reusable Past).' |
| 335 | | Sherman's Forgotten General: Henry W. Slocum |
| | Brian C. Melton | June 22, 2007 |
| | Brian C. Melton, author of 'Sherman's Forgotten General: Henry W. Slocum.' |
| 336 | | The Devil's Topographer: Ambrose Bierce |
| | David M. Owens | June 29, 2007 |
| | David M. Owens, author of 'The Devil's Topographer: Ambrose Bierce and the American War Story.' |
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