Category: Civil War Talk Radio

  • Civil War Talk Radio: April 28, 2006

    Air Date: 042806 Subject: Patrick Brennan: The Battle of Secessionville Book:Secessionville: Assault on Charleston Guest: Patrick Brennan Summary: If Isaac Stevens hadn’t been killed at Chantilly, he might have commanded the Army of the Potomac at Antietam. Find out more about Stevens and the other remarkable characters behind the Port Royal expedition of 1862 with […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: April 14, 2006

    Air Date: 041406 Subject: Joshua Wolf Shenk: What Everybody Knows Book: Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness Guest: Joshua Wolf Shenk Summary: Everybody knows that Lincoln suffered from depression, right? Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness, takes closer look at […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: April 7, 2006

    Air Date: 040706 Subject: Robert Lee Hodge: Far From Farb Web Site: http://www.wideawakefilms.com Guest: Robert Lee Hodge Summary: You’ve seen him in movies, TV, and on the cover of Confederates in the Attic. Now he researches and produces his own Civil War films. Spend a fascinating hour with Robert Lee Hodge. Brett’s Summary: Gerry discusses […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: March 24, 2006

    Air Date: 032406 Subject: James P. Delgado: The Civil War Underwater Guest: James P. Delgado Summary: Beyond the CSS Hunley, the Civil War saw the invention of other submersible warships, and Dr. James P. Delgado has found one of them intact. Civil War Talk Radio airs most Fridays at 12 PM Pacific on World Talk […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: March 3, 2006

    Air Date: 030306 Subject: James A. Morgan III: What Really Happened at Ball’s Bluff? Book: A Little Short of Boats: The Fights at Ball’s Bluff and Edwards Ferry Guest: James A. Morgan III . Summary: James A. Morgan III, author of A Little Short of Boats: The Fights at Ball’s Bluff and Edwards Ferry . […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: February 24, 2006

    Air Date: 022406 Subject: Edwin C. Bearss: Chief of the Battlefield Book: Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War Guests: Edwin C. Bearss Summary: The legendary Ed Bearss, Chief Historian Emeritus of the National Park Service. Brett’s Summary: This was a fascinating interview.  Gerry talks to Ed Bearss, probably the most famous “name” […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: February 17, 2006

    Air Date: 021706 Subject: Fritz Klein IS Abraham Lincoln Guests: Abraham Lincoln (Fritz Klein) Summary: Out of the more than one hundred people who make all or part of their living portraying Abraham Lincoln, none does it better than Richard “Fritz” Klein. Brett’s Summary: Check out Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online for the […]