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Gerald Prokopowicz
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Eric Zorn with Gerald Prokopowicz from 9-5-23 on civil war and Union and Confederate beliefs
2023-09-06
02 min
Addressing Gettysburg
Gettysburg CWI 2023 Conference- Reflecting on Lincoln in the 21st Century- Gerry Prokopowicz
Gerry Prokopowicz (Civil War Talk Radio) is not just a podcast pioneer. Gerald J. Prokopowicz specializes in Public History and the Civil War era. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan, and practiced law for several years in Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, and served for nine years as the Lincoln Scholar at the Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he co-wrote the award winning permanent exhibit “Abraham Lincoln and the American Experiment,” and edited the quarterly bulletin Lincoln Lore. As a professor of public histo...
2023-06-23
58 min
American History Archives - History with Mark Bielski
Civil War: The Fall of New Orleans
Continuing his discussion of the fall of New Orleans during the Civil War, Mark discusses the Union bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip by David Dixon Porter’s mortar boats. The rest of the Union fleet under David Farragut is able to steam past the forts. After a duel with the few effective Confederate gunboats in action, they reach New Orleans and demand the city’s surrender on April 26, 1862. A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of New Orleans, 1862 I am excited to announce that my new book, A Mortal Blow to the Confe...
2021-04-21
00 min
American History Archives - History with Mark Bielski
Civil War New Orleans
Mark discusses New Orleans during the Civil War. General Mansfield Lovell assumes military command of New Orleans and begins to shore up the defenses. He affirms that the threat will come upriver from the Gulf of Mexico, despite Richmond’s insistence that he transfer men and boats north. Construction begins on two super CSA gunboats, the Louisiana and Mississippi, said to surpass anything the Union had. A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of New Orleans, 1862 I am excited to announce that my new book, A Mortal Blow to the Confederacy: The Fall of Ne...
2021-04-06
00 min
American History Archives - History with Mark Bielski
Civil War New Orleans: Prelude to Conflict
New Orleans fell to the Union on April 29, 1862. As we approach the anniversary of this historic moment, Mark takes a comparative look at developments leading up to the Civil War and the importance of the city of New Orleans to the Confederacy. Civil War New Orleans: Prelude to Conflict A comparative look at the economic differences between the Confederate states and those of the Union shows a staggering disparity. The Southern states had few advantages, except in certain agricultural areas and any semblance of parity here, arose from the Border States, primarily Kentucky, Maryland and...
2021-03-18
00 min
Tom Kearney
Historian Gerald Prokopowicz
2021-02-16
39 min
Your Favorite Free Audiobook, Without the Pages
Did Lincoln Own Slaves?: And Other Frequently Asked Questions about Abraham Lincoln Audiobook by Gerald J. Prokopowicz
Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 294302 Title: Did Lincoln Own Slaves?: And Other Frequently Asked Questions about Abraham Lincoln Author: Gerald J. Prokopowicz Narrator: Norman Dietz Format: Unabridged Length: 10:39:43 Language: English Release date: 02-05-08 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics Summary: Our most revered president gets a unique and uniquely engaging biography fashioned from the answers to the most frequent-and most unusual and surprising-questions asked about Abraham Lincoln. What kind of law did Lincoln practice? Did he imprison his political enemies? What was it in his youth that put him on...
2008-02-05
10h 39
Discover Free Audiobook in Business, Career Skills
Did Lincoln Own Slaves? by Gerald J. Prokopowicz | Free Audiobook
Listen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Did Lincoln Own Slaves? Author: Gerald J. Prokopowicz Narrator: Norman Dietz Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 01-23-08 Publisher: Tantor Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Political Figures Summary: What kind of law did Lincoln practice? Did he imprison his political enemies? What was it in his youth that put him on the path to greatness? These are some of the hundreds of questions that Gerald J. Prokopowicz was asked most often during the nine years he served as scholar-in-residence at the Lincoln Museum in Fort...
2008-01-23
10h 38