Best George Hartwig Podcasts (2026)

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Armies of Antietam: Inside the regiments and leaders of America’s bloodiest day 51:54

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In Episode 53, Jim Smith and Robert Gottschalk join co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan to discuss their new book, Armies of Antietam, a comprehensive look at the organization of both armies during the Maryland Campaign of September 1862. Their work focuses on each regiment of the Union and Confederate armies as well as biographical information on…

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From Antietam to Ireland: Thomas Meagher, the Irish Brigade and an American Civil War journey 56:13

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In Episode 52, Irishman and historian Cóilín Ó Coigligh of County Cavan gives co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks the lowdown on Irish soldiers who fought at Antietam, including the famous Irish Brigade commander Thomas Meagher. Plus, John and Coilin dish on their American Civil War-focused trip in August on the Emerald Isle. (Pssst: They stayed a…

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Essential Antietam books: From Stephen Sears to William Frassanito 50:40

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In Episode 51, with the holiday season looming, co-hosts Tom McMillan and John Banks discuss a range of Antietam books — from Landscape Turned Red by Stephen Sears to Antietam: The Photographic Legacy of America's Bloodiest Day by William Frassanito and more. This podcast is sponsored by Civil War Trails, which since 1994 has connected visitors wit…

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Historian George Rable explores Lincoln vs. McClellan and the high-stakes election of 1864 59:07

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In Episode 50, historian George Rable — author of Conflict of Command: George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of War — takes a deep dive with co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan into the contentious relationship between the president and general. Also, Rable takes us inside the McClellan-Lincoln presidential election of 1864, perhaps …

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The untold story of Antietam’s Dunker Church: From battlefield icon to rubble and revival 56:26

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In Episode 49, former Antietam National Park Service ranger Alann Schmidt joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a freewheeling discussion about the iconic Dunker Church on the battlefield. Schmidt, co-author of September Mourn | The Dunker Church of Antietam Battlefield, also dishes on the church's lesser-known post-war history (pile of ru…

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Antietam guide Gary Rohrer on the 1962 centennial, battlefield bridges and South Mountain history 54:06

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In Episode 48, Antietam guide and lifelong western Marylander Gary Rohrer joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a freewheeling discussion about the battlefield and his attendance at the centennial in 1962. Plus, he dishes on battlefield bridges, his family's connection to the South Mountain House (D.H. Hill HQ during battle) and gets tease…

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Gettysburg guide Jim Hessler talks about George Armstrong Custer, Antietam Lincoln photo and Libbie Custer 58:36

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In Episode 47, licensed Gettysburg battlefield guide Jim Hessler, an expert on George Armstrong Custer, joins co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a freewheeling discussion about "The Boy General" and the Maryland Campaign. He also weighs in on that famous post-Antietam photograph of President Lincoln and George McClellan that purportedly inclu…

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Civil War Breakfast Club co-hosts talk Antietam stories, generals and 'hidden' history 55:33

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In Episode 46, Darin Weeks and Mare Fincher, co-hosts of the excellent "Civil War Breakfast Club" podcast, join co-hosts John Banks (fresh from a trip to Ireland) and Tom McMillan for a freewheeling discussion of generals (O.O. Howard!) as well as lesser-known soldiers from the Battle of Antietam. Plus, they dish on their long-running podcast, favo…

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Best of The Antietam And Beyond Podcast: Scott Hartwig, Tom Clemens, Dennis Frye, Troy Cool, Dana Shoaf, Jennifer Murray 1:07:34

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In Episode 45, join co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan for a "Best Of" podcast featuring these previous guests: Historian Scott Hartwig on researching for his epic I Dread The Thought Of The Place, a nearly 1,000-page book on the Battle of Antietam. Dr. Tom Clemens on the Save Historic Antietam Foundation. Historian Dennis Frye and Troy Cool on t…

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Antietam unearthed: Justin Martin on 'A Fierce Glory' 56:37

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In Episode 44, Justin Martin — author of A Fierce Glory about the Battle of Antietam and four other books — talks with co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan about the major personalities he weaved into his terrific book (Lincoln! Letterman! Gardner!). Plus, he dishes on the great lull in the fighting on Sept. 17, 1862 (and other surprises), Quentin …

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Mapping Antietam: Aaron Holley's GPS meets historic cartography 51:02

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On Episode 43, Aaron Holley — an Antietam Institute board member and West Virginia University graduate — talks with co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan about fields of fire, lost roads, hidden fence lines and other information derived from his fascinating battlefield mapmaking. Holley took the late 19th-century Ezra Carman-Emmor Cope Antietam maps…

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Preservation debate: Should all battlefields be saved? 48:43

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In Episode 42, co-hosts John Banks and Tom McMillan discuss battlefield preservation at Antietam, Gettysburg and elsewhere. Should all hallowed ground be saved? The podcast is sponsored by Civil War Trails, which since 1994 has connected visitors with small towns and big stories across a network that now spans six states. Join McMillan and Banks fo…

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Confederate gunner John Pelham: Valor on the Antietam battlefield 58:21

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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 book is Glorious Courage: John Pelham In The Civil War, published in May 2025 by Savas Beatie. You may not know much about "The Gallant" Pelham, but you…

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Michigan's role at Antietam: Generals Williams, Richardson legacies 54:18

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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 stories about U.S. Army generals Alpheus S. Williams and Israel B. Richardson, who suffered a mortal wound in the attack on Bloody Lane on Sept. 17, 1…

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Albion Brooks: A teen soldier's Civil War story at Antietam 51:14

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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. Zimmerman devoted 30 years of research and traveled thousands of miles to learn about Brooks, who survived the bloodbath at Antietam as a teen but died…

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Listener spotlight: A Civil War-mad Canadian 15:52

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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 with the American Civil War. Without prompting, he mentions John's favorite spot on the Antietam battlefield and educates us about an unheralded Canadian…

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Dr. Jennifer Murray on George Meade at Antietam, 'Old Baldy' 48:21

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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 Banks talks about her new role as well as the role of General George Gordon Meade at Antietam. Plus, they have a lively discussion about Meade's old warho…

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Gettysburg College's Ashley Whitehead Luskey on Civil War education 9:18

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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 was among the speakers at the Maryland Campaign Symposium at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie, Pa. It also included historians S…

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Maryland Campaign Symposium: Behind the scenes with Jon-Erik Gilot 13:24

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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 Maryland Campaign Symposium he organized. It featured historians Scott Harwig ("I Dread The Thought Of The Place"), Dennis Frye, Harry Smeltzer, John Hop…

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Symposium special: Historians discuss Maryland Campaign 1:00:06

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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 Thought Of The Place), Kevin Pawlak and Harry Smeltzer, as well as Dana Shoaf and Melissa Hacker Winn of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Fre…

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The Artvark Podcast meets Julian Hönig 35:56

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The Portuguese Capital exudes an everlasting magnetism. So I am once again in Lisbon to meet up with friend and cousin Julian Hönig. He is a prolific designer whose credentials include Apple Computers, Audi and many others. On his terrace overlooking The Old Man's River, the Tejo, we riff off on a plethora of topics and questions, from addictive al…

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The Artvark Podcast meets Sarah Sternat 43:47

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On a wonderful early autumn day we meet with Vienna based artist Sarah Sternat. She is a multidisciplinary artist, whose work revolves around painting, dance, theatre and sculpture. Her approach, more often than not, is based on collaborative forms of creation and concepts. She is also part of the art collective Club Fortuna. https://www.clubfortun…

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The Artvark Podcast meets Constantin Luser 35:33

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Today we meet visual artist Constantin Luser in his studio in Vienna. This space is teeming with pedigree as it once belonged to famed sculptor Alfred Hrdlicka’s workplace. So we both were rather inspired to chat about art, life, his creative process and everything in between. NOTE: This episode is in GERMAN. So all those esteemed listeners who are…

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The Artvark Podcast meets Rebekka Hirschberg 45:20

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欢迎来到我的播客 - The Artvark meets Rebekka Hirschberg on a rather nice late August day in Vienna. At the center of her work is an engagement with the city and urban development from social, participatory, economic, and ecological perspectives. A particular focus is on communal and nonprofit housing forms and the structural conditions under which they eme…

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The Artvark Podcast meets Tina Dico and Helgi Jonsson 1:11:41

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On a rather windy and rainy day we snuggle up in Tina Dico’s and Helgi Jonsson’s fantastic summer house nestling high above the shores of Iceland’s biggest lake Thingvallavatn. We talk about their backgrounds, their music and their common and individual trials, tribulations, successes and learning curves as musicians and parents. https://tinadico.c…

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The Artvark Podcast meets Margo Gabriel 38:23

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Once again in Lisbon, I had the great pleasure to meet up with Margo Gabriel. Hailing from Miami via Boston, MA she is a freelance food writer who centers her work on art, food, music and travel. She is, amongst a plethora of other creative outputs, hosting Haitian Pop-Up Dinners in Lisbon. We riff off on her background and ancestry, her move from …

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The Artvark Podcast meets Brian Ambulo 50:40

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This week’s podcast finds us in not-so-sunny Lisbon, where we meet up with Brian Ambulo, a ‘Non-Curator’ in his own words to talk about the concept of place-making or indeed place-proofing, as he puts it, and the many forms creative processes can be a part of or even the base for it. Born and raised in greater Manila area in the Philippines he is n…

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The Artvark Podcast meets Masimba Hwati 49:13

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This time we meet up with Zimbabwe-born interdisciplinary artist Masimba Hwati. He is currently enrolled as a PhD Candidate at Akademie Der Bildenden Künste Wien. His work touches on a wide variety of issues and hence our conversation was inspiring and insightful for me. We talk about his background as well as current hot-topics like “Cultural Appr…

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The Artvark Trailer 1:42

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Welcome to the ARTVARK podcast. We rattle brains and concepts. We riff about art, life, sociopolitical issues, trials, tribulations and everything in between. Our first talk finds us in Vienna, where I meet with artist Masimba Hwati hailing from Zimbabwe. It will be published on 27.10.2023. My warmest regards, Georg Hartwig .…