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Professor William Davis talked about his book, An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government. Professor Davis said the leaders of the Confederacy knew that defeat was i…

Mr. Shaara talked about his book, Rise to Rebellion, published by Ballantine Books, a historical novel of the American Revolution. Characters in the book include John and Abigail Adams, Ben …

Professor Weigley talked about his book, A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865, published by Indiana University Press. The author evaluated the roles of Generals Lee…

Mr. Karnow talked about his book, Vietnam: A History, published by Penguin USA. The author was in Vietnam as a correspondent for TIME magazine when the first two American military advisers w…

Ms. Small talked about her book The Jennie Wade Story, published by Thomas Publications. The book is a biography of Jennie Wade, the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg. After…

Mr. Winschel talked about his book, Triumph & Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign, published by Savas Publishing. The book orients the reader to the geographic region of Vicksburg, Mississippi, a…

Professor Fussell talked about his book, The Great War and Modern Memory, published by Oxford University Press. He described this history of World War I and his experience writing it. He als…

Mr. Fast talked about his book, Bunker Hill: The Prequel to The Crossing, published by ibooks. The book is an historical novel about the Revolutionary War and the Battle of Bunk Hill, which…

Contributor and editor Boritt talked about the collection of essays, The Lincoln Enigma: The Changing Faces of an American Icon, published by Oxford University Press. The book addresses some…

Professor Grimsley discussed his book, The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy Toward Southern Civilians, 1861-1865, published by Cambridge University Press. The author said that the pol…

Jeffry Wert talked about his book Gettysburg: Day Three, highlighting the the decisive day of the most decisive battle of the Civil War. Mr. Wert spoke about the massive Confederate assault…

William Frassanito talked about his photography books of the Civil War, and photography during the war. He explained that many Civil War photographs have been captioned with false informatio…

Jean Fritz talked about the effect George Washington had on the Declaration of Independence, the Battle of Gettysburg, and American history. Fritz wrote two children’s books about George Was…

Author and Historian Jeffry Wert discussed his book General James Longstreet: The Confederacy’s Most Controversial Soldier, published by Simon and Schuster. He reviewed the life and military…

Eric Campbell talked about his book, A Grand Terrible Dramma: From Gettysburg to Petersburg: The Civil War Letters of Charles Wellington Reed, published by Fordham University Press. Mr. Camp…

In this short clip of a speech excerpt, John Phillips speaks about President George Washington’s childhood and early education. The entire speech aired on President’s Weekend.

Doctor Lowry, a retired physician and historian, talked about his book, The Story the Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell: Sex in the Civil War, published by Stackpole Books. The book examines the sexual…

Professor Robertson talked about his book, Soldiers Blue and Gray, which is about the life of the average soldier during the Civil War. The book provides statistics of the average height, we…

Author David Jordan talked about his biography, Happiness Is Not My Companion: The Life of General G.K. Warren, published by Indiana University Press. The book spans the life of Civil War Ge…

Mr. Phillips talked about his book, George Washington’s Rules of Civility, published by Goose Creek Productions. He suggested the 110 “Rules of Civility” were 200-300 years old when Washingt…