Category: Civil War Talk Radio
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Civil War Talk Radio: September 15, 2006
Air Date: 091506 Subject: Hearing Voices Book: If I Am Found Dead: Michigan Voices from the Civil War Guest: David Lee Poremba Summary: 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. Brett’s Summary: Librarian David Poremba works […]
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Civil War Talk Radio: September 1, 2006
Air Date: 090106 Subject: The Civil War in the Mountain South Book: A Separate Civil War: Communities in Conflict in the Mountain South Guest: Dr. Jonathan Sarris Summary: Dr. Jonathan Sarris discusses mountain communities in the South and their divided loyalties. Brett’s Summary: A tropical storm was moving through North Carolina as the show was […]
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Civil War Talk Radio: August 25, 2006
Air Date: 082506 Subject: Is History Written By the Winners? Book: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory Guest: Dr. David W. Blight Summary: 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. Brett’s Summary: Yale […]
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Civil War Talk Radio: June 23, 2006
Air Date: 062306 Subject: The Intellectual Side of Abraham Lincoln Books: Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President Guest: Allen C. Guelzo Summary: Professor Allen C. Guelzo of Gettysburg College discusses his new book Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President and the intellectual side of Abraham Lincoln. Brett’s Summary: Professor Guelzo and Gerry discussed the intellectual side of Lincoln in […]
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Blogger Kevin Levin to Appear on Civil War Talk Radio
Blogger Kevin Levin over at Civil War Memory is set to appear on Civil War Talk Radio today to talk about his work on the Crater, as well as race and memory during and after the war. Thanks to both Kevin and Andy MacIsaac for pointing this out. For those of you who don’t know, […]
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Civil War Talk Radio: June 2, 2006
Air Date: 060206 Subject: Fergus M. Bordewich: Bound for Canaan on the Underground Railroad Book: Bound For Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America Guest: Fergus M. Bordewich Summary: One of the paths that led to the Civil War was a hidden one: the Underground Railroad. Fergus M. Bordewich, author […]
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Civil War Talk Radio: May 19, 2006
Air Date: 051906 Subject: Brigadier General Harold W. Nelson: 5 X-ray Book: U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg and many more Guest: Brigadier General Harold W. Nelson Summary: Brigadier General Harold W. Nelson (ret), former Chief of Military History for the U.S. Army, has led hundreds of “staff rides” across Civil […]