From: C-SPAN on Mon, Feb 07 2011 9:54 AM

Mr. Styple discussed his book, The Little Bugler: The True Story of a Twelve-Year-Old Boy in the Civil War, published by Belle Grove. The book describes the life of Gustav Shurmann who served as drummer, bugler and general’s orderly in the Union Army during the Civil War. During the...

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Feb 07 2011 6:50 AM

Ms. Clayton talked about and read excerpts from her book Strange But True Civil War Stories, published by Lowell House. The children’s book contains over two dozen little-known incidents of the Civil War, as well as a glossary, maps, and other tools for young readers. After her remarks...

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Feb 07 2011 3:46 AM

Telephone lines were opened for viewers' comments regarding Civil War books.

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Feb 07 2011 3:43 AM

Telephone lines were opened for viewers' comments regarding Civil War books.

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 11:25 PM

At a press conference to announce its publication, Mr. Zeller talked about his book The Civil War in Depth, Volume II, published by Chronicle Books with stereo viewer. His books present Civil War stereophotographs in the original 3-D. He talked about many of the photographs, showing bl...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 10:07 PM

Two authors presented their new findings on the Shenandoah Valley and sex in the Civil War. Mr. Mahon addressed the view that the Shenandoah Valley was the major granary for the Confederate army. Mr. Mahon asserts that the main reason the army of Virginia existed on a minimum of suppl...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 10:05 PM

Mr. Bryan and Mr. Lankford talked about the book they co-edited, Robert Knox Sneden’s Eye of the Storm: A Civil War Odyssey, published by Free Press. Union private and mapmaker Sneden left a five-thousand page diary and nearly 1000 watercolor illustrations of his eyewitness accounts of ...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 8:52 PM

Mr. Markle talked about his book, Spies and Spymasters in the Civil War, published by Hippocrene Books. He talked about the use of aerial photography, the telegraph, wire-tapping, and code breaking, some of which were used for the first time for the purpose of spying during the U.S. Civ...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 8:06 PM

Mr. Phillips discussed his book The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, and the Triumph of Anglo-America, published by Basic Books. The book examines the rise of Anglo-American political culture by examining the political, economic, and religious interests that affected the English ...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 6:53 PM

Professor McPherson talked about his life and his writings. He has taught history at Princeton since 1962, and his specialty is the American Civil War and Reconstruction. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including the best-selling book Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War E...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 4:43 PM

Mr. Schultheis recounts his experiences as a journalist during the Afghan civil war in his book Night Letters: Inside Wartime Afghanistan, published by The Lyons Press. He described the country as virtually unchanged for the past five hundred years. The country became enmeshed in a civi...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 3:47 PM

Dr. Ochs discussed his book A Black Patriot and a White Priest: Andre Cailloux and Claude Paschal Maistre in Civil War New Orleans, published by Louisiana State University Press. Dr. Ochs examines the intersection between the lives of the first black Civil War hero and a white Catholic...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 2:57 PM

A C-SPAN school bus crew toured an exhibit of Civil War battle flags at the Old State House Museum.

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 12:28 PM

Mr. Winik talked about his book April 1865: The Month That Saved America, published by HarperCollins. Mr. Winik offers a new perspective on the occurrences that led to the end of the Civil War. Mr. Winik asserts that it was not inevitable that the Civil War ended as it did but chronicl...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 11:54 AM

Mr. McElfresh talked about his book, Maps and Mapmakers of the Civil War, which examines the art of mapmaking in the 19th Century and relates their importance to the generals who fought the war. After his remarks he answered questions from the audience.

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 5:27 AM

Dr. Blight talked about his book Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, published by Harvard University Press. In his lecture, Mr. Blight explored the relationship between history and memory, and discusses the importance in establishing the difference between the two. The ...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 5:25 AM

Coinciding with the re-release of his documentary, Mr. Burns discussed the lessons learned from the Civil War. He spoke briefly about the brutality of war, and emphasized his hope that the rebroadcast of his documentary will remind the American people of the severity of an attack on Iraq. He als...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 5:03 AM

Justice Kennedy introduced Professor Neely, who examined whether the Civil War shaped the judges or the judges shaped the war. He focused on a controversy between the federal government and Pennsylvania over detaining deserters without writs of habeus corpus. This controversy came to a...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 4:48 AM

In an interview aired prior to the lecture, Mr. Silverman described the six-part lecture series concerning the impact of the U.S. Civil War on the Constitution and on the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun introduced the lecturers. Professor Belz reviewed the first forum on the pre-C...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 4:14 AM

The speakers talked about President Lincoln and the Civil War, focusing on efforts to negotiate peace during the Civil War. Mr. McPherson was the keynote speaker. Following prepared remarks, he responded to questions from the audience.