Podcast Episodes

Preservation debate: Should all battlefields be saved?

Episode 42

In Episode 42, co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan discuss battlefield preservation at Antietam, Gettysburg and elsewhere. Should all hallowed ground be saved?

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Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Confederate gunner John Pelham: Valor on the Antietam battlefield

Episode 41

In Episode 41, author/historian/speaker Sarah Kay Bierle chats with co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan about Confederate artillerist John Pelham, who played a pivotal role at Antietam. Her latest b…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Michigan's role at Antietam: Generals Williams, Richardson legacies

Episode 40

In Episode 40, Brian James Egen of The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn and author/historian Jack Dempsey join co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan to talk all things Michigan at Antietam. That includes…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Albion Brooks: A teen soldier's Civil War story at Antietam

Episode 39

In Episiode 39, author Linda Zimmerman talks with John Banks (co-host Tom McMillan will be back soon) about her book, A Civil War Soldier and Me, the story of 8th Connecticut Sergeant Albion Brooks. …

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Listener spotlight: A Civil War-mad Canadian

Episode 38

In Episode 38, Canadian and long-suffering Toronto Maple Leafs fan Devan Sommerville, a fan of our podcast, joins co-host John Banks (Tom McMillan was off) for a 15-minute chat about his obsession wi…

Published on 7 months ago

Dr. Jennifer Murray on George Meade at Antietam, 'Old Baldy'

Episode 37

In a freewheeling Episode 37, Dr. Jennifer Murray — incoming director of the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War at Shepherd University — joins co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Ban…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Gettysburg College's Ashley Whitehead Luskey on Civil War education

Episode 36

In a mini-podcast, historian Ashley Whitehead Luskey — assistant director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College — chats with co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks. On April 12, 2025, she wa…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Maryland Campaign Symposium: Behind the scenes with Jon-Erik Gilot

Episode 35

In a mini-podcast, Jon Erik-Gilot — curator at the Thomas Espy Post at the Andrew Carnegie (Pa.) Free Library And Music Hall — dishes with co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks on the recently held Ma…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Symposium special: Historians discuss Maryland Campaign

Episode 34

In a freewheeling Episode 34 — taped before an audience at the Maryland Campaign Symposium at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pa. — historians Scott Hartwig (I Dread The Th…

Published on 8 months ago

Antietam hero Rufus Dawes of the Iron Brigade

Episode 33

In a freewheeling Episode 33, podcast hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks discuss Iron Brigade officer Rufus Dawes, who endured despite losing his best friend at Antietam. Plus, Tom dishes on his upcom…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago