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Season 7 Shows
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| 701 | | Race and Radicalism in the Union Army |
| | Mark A. Lause | September 3, 2010 |
| | Mark A. Lause, author of 'Race and Radicalism in the Union Army' joins Gerry for the Season 7 Premiere. Among the topics discussed are American Indians fighting for the Union. |
| 702 | | Undaunted Heart - a True Love Story During the Civil War |
| | Suzy Barile | September 10, 2010 |
| | Suzy Barile, author or 'Undaunted Heart
The True Story of a Southern Belle & a Yankee General.' From the publisher of the book, 'In Undaunted Heart: The True Story of a Southern Belle & a Yankee General, author Suzy Barile, a great-great-granddaughter of Ella Swain and Smith Atkins, tells their story, separating facts from the elaborate embellishments the famous courtship and marriage have taken on over the generations. Interwoven throughout Undaunted Heart are excerpts from Ella's never-before-published letters to her parents that reveal a loving marriage that transcended differences and scandal. ' |
| 703 | | War No More: Realism in Civil War Literature |
| | Cynthia Wachtell | September 17, 2010 |
| | Cynthia Wachtell, author of 'War No More: The Antiwar Impulse in American Literature, 1861-1914.' |
| 704 | | The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The 'Great Truth' about the 'Lost Cause' |
| | James W. Loewen | October 1, 2010 |
| | James W. Loewen, author of 'The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The 'Great Truth' about the 'Lost Cause'' |
| 705 | | Reluctant Rebels |
| | Kenneth Noe | October 8, 2010 |
| | Dr. Kenneth W. Noe, author of 'Reluctant Rebels: The Confederates Who Joined the Army after 1861' |
| 706 | | Chickamauga National Park |
| | James Ogden | October 22, 2010 |
| | James Ogden, chief historian at Chickamauga National Park, joins Gerry today. |
| 707 | | John Bell Hood and the Fight for Civil War Memory |
| | Brian Craig Miller | October 29, 2010 |
| | Brian Craig Miller, author of 'John Bell Hood and the Fight for Civil War Memory.' |
| 708 | | The Radical and the Republican |
| | James Oakes | November 5, 2010 |
| | James Oakes, author of 'The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics.' |
| 709 | | A Portrait of Robert E. Lee |
| | Elizabeth Brown Prior | December 3, 2010 |
| | Elizabeth Brown Prior, author of "Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters." |
| 710 | | Clash of Extremes: The Economic Origins of the Civil War |
| | Marc Egnal | January 7, 2011 |
| | Marc Egnal, author of "Clash of Extremes: The Economic Origins of the Civil War." Visit the Author's Website for additional information. |
| 711 | | The Civil War Institute |
| | Peter S. Carmichael | January 14, 2011 |
| | Peter Carmichael is the Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. Amongst other topics, Gerry and Peter discuss the role of the Institute in High School and Undergraduate education. |
| 712 | | Abraham Lincoln Museum at Lincoln Memorial University. |
| | Thomas Mackie | January 28, 2011 |
| | Thomas Mackie, Director of the Abraham Lincoln Museum at Lincoln Memorial University. |
| 713 | | U.S. Grant Papers |
| | John Marszalek | February 4, 2011 |
| | John Marszalek, Director of U.S. Grant Papers, biographer of Sherman & Halleck joins Gerry to update us on the status of the Grant Papers and other projects. |
| 714 | | The Abraham Lincoln Book Shop |
| | Daniel Weinberg | February 11, 2011 |
| | Dan Weinberg, Proprietor of The Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago, IL. |
| 715 | | Piracy and Desertion |
| | Mark A. Weitz | February 18, 2011 |
| | Mark A. Weitz, author of "More Damning than Slaughter: Desertion in the Confederate Army" and "The Confederacy On Trial: The Piracy And Sequestration Cases Of 1861," joins Gerry for CWTR's 200th show. |
| 716 | | Lincoln and Citizens' Rights in Civil War Missouri |
| | Dennis Boman | February 25, 2011 |
| | Dennis Boman, author of "Lincoln and Citizens' Rights in Civil War Missouri: Balancing Freedom and Security." |
| 717 | | Financial Fraud and Guerrilla Violence in Missouri's Civil War |
| | Mark Geiger | March 4, 2011 |
| | Mark Geiger, author of "Financial Fraud and Guerrilla Violence in Missouri's Civil War, 1861-1865." |
| 718 | | Flames Beyond Gettysburg |
| | Scott Mingus | March 18, 2011 |
| | Scott Mingus, author of "Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Confederate Expedition to the Susquehanna River, June 1863." |
| 719 | | Patriotic Envelopes of the Civil War |
| | Steven R. Boyd | March 25, 2011 |
| | Steven R. Boyd, author of, "Patriotic Envelopes of the Civil War: The Iconography of Union and Confederate Covers." |
| 720 | | The Reconstruction of Mark Twain |
| | Joe B. Fulton | April 1, 2011 |
| | Joe B. Fulton, author of, "The Reconstruction of Mark Twain: How a Confederate Bushwhacker Became the Lincoln of Our Literature." |
| 721 | | Shifting Loyalties: The Union Occupation of Eastern North Carolina |
| | Judkin Browning | April 8, 2011 |
| | Judkin Browning, author of, "Shifting Loyalties: The Union Occupation of Eastern North Carolina." |
| 722 | | The NY Times Civil War Sesquicentennial Blog |
| | Jamie Malanowski | April 15, 2011 |
| | Jamie Malanowski, of the NY Times "Opinionator," a CW sesquicentennial blog. |
| 723 | | Copperheads: The Rise and Fall of Lincoln's Opponents in the North |
| | Jennifer Weber | April 29, 2011 |
| | Jennifer Weber, author of "Copperheads: The Rise and Fall of Lincoln's Opponents in the North." |
| 724 | | Counting the Civil War Dead |
| | Josh Howard | May 13, 2011 |
| | Josh Howard, Research Historian for the Office of Archives and History, part of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, talks with Gery to discuss his current project of counting the dead of North Carolinian's who fought in the Civil War. The research will be used to provide statistics for an upcoming "North Carolina Civil War Atlas." |
| 725 | | The Diary of a Public Man |
| | Daniel W. Crofts | May 20, 2011 |
| | Daniel W. Crofts, author of "A Secession Crisis Enigma: William Henry Hurlbert and 'The Diary of a Public Man'" (for a consolidated 5 part original article from The North American Review in 1879 - The Diary of a Public Man) |
| 726 | | Custer Victorious |
| | Gregory Urwin | June 3, 2011 |
| | Gregory Urwin, who raised a company of volunteers to portray Union soldiers for the movie "Glory" and author of "Custer Victorious" on George Custer's Civil War career. |
| 727 | | The Good Men Who Won the War: Army of the Cumberland Veterans and Emancipation Memory |
| | Robert Hunt | June 10, 2011 |
| | Robert Hunt, author of "The Good Men Who Won the War: Army of the Cumberland Veterans and Emancipation Memory." |
| 728 | | The Lives of Union and Confederate Veterans |
| | James Marten | June 17, 2011 |
| | James Marten, author of "Sing Not War: The Lives of Union and Confederate Veterans in Gilded Age America." |
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