Addressing Gettysburg

If you found this preview of our latest Patreon episode interesting, please consider becoming a Patron by clicking this link https://www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg and listen to this episode and hundreds of others about Gettysburg and the Civil War in their entirety. We thank you in advance. Liquor was essential to military culture as well as healthcare regimens in both the Union and Confederate armies. But its widespread use and misuse caused severe disruptions as unruly drunken soldiers and officers stumbled down roads and through towns, colliding with civilians. The problems surrounding liquor prompted debates among military officials, soldiers, and civilians as to what constituted acceptable drinking. While Americans never could agree on precisely when it was appropriate to make or drink alcohol, one consensus emerged: the wasteful manufacture and reckless consumption of spirits during a time of civil war was so unpatriotic that it sometimes bordered on disloyalty. Using an array of sources—temperance periodicals, soldiers' accounts, legislative proceedings, and military records—Megan L. Bever explores the relationship between war, the practical realities of drinking alcohol, and temperance sentiment within the United States. Her insightful conclusions promise to shed new light on our understanding of soldiers' and veterans' lives, civil-military relations, and the complicated relationship between drinking, morality, and masculinity. Contact For the Historian and grab your copy of this book. Mention Addressing Gettysburg and receive 20% off.

LBG Jasan Hileman is back with Part 2 of his popular show "Things That Make You Go Hmmm (In the Gettysburg Campaign)

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Dr. Carol Readon was kind enough to sit down with us back in May to do one of our wildly popular "SPOTLIGHT ON:" episodes, only on Patreon. Carol is a font of knowledge and the epitome of a true educator.

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LBG and retired surgeon Rick Shroeder, sits down with us to talk about famous Union officers' wounds. Big ones like Hancock are included, but we also talk about some others that you haven't heard about.Civil War medicine nerds will love this one.

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"Becoming a Patron is next to Godliness", a wise man once said. Go to www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg and join the AG community, support the show, get hundreds of more episodes that dive deeper into the Battle of Gettysburg and the Civil War and much more! "Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg, the authors of more than forty Civil War books, have once again teamed up to present a history of the opening moves of the Gettysburg Campaign in the two-volume study "If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania": The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg. This compelling study is one of the first to integrate the military, media, political, social, economic, and civilian perspectives with rank-and-file accounts from the soldiers of both armies as they inexorably march toward their destiny at Gettysburg. This first installment covers June 3–21, 1863, while the second, spanning June 22–30, completes the march and carries the armies to the eve of the fighting. Gen. Robert E. Lee began moving part of his Army of Northern Virginia from the Old Dominion toward Pennsylvania on June 3, 1863. Lee believed his army needed to win a major victory on Northern soil if the South was to have a chance at winning the war. Transferring the fighting out of war-torn Virginia would allow the state time to heal while he supplied his army from untapped farms and stores in Maryland and the Keystone State. Lee had also convinced Pres. Jefferson Davis that his offensive would interfere with the Union effort to take Vicksburg in Mississippi. The bold movement would trigger extensive cavalry fighting and a major battle at Winchester before culminating in the bloody three-day battle at Gettysburg. As the Virginia army moved north, the Army of the Potomac responded by protecting the vital roads to Washington, D.C., in case Lee turned to threaten the capital. Opposing presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, meanwhile, kept a close watch on the latest and often conflicting military intelligence gathered in the field. Throughout northern Virginia, central Maryland, and south-central Pennsylvania, meanwhile, civilians and soldiers alike struggled with the reality of a mobile campaign and the massive logistical needs of the armies. Thousands left written accounts of the passage of the long martial columns. Mingus and Wittenberg mined hundreds of primary accounts, newspapers, and other sources to produce this powerful and gripping account. As readers will quickly learn, much of it is glossed over in other studies of the campaign, which cannot be fully understood without a firm appreciation of what the armies (and civilians) did on their way to the small crossroads town in Pennsylvania." Don't forget to go to forthehistorian.com and mention Addressing Gettysburg to get a 20% discount when you purchase your volumes of "If We Are Striking..."

"This illuminating book examines how the public funerals of major figures from the Civil War era shaped public memories of the war and allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing American national identities. These funerals featured lengthy processions that sometimes crossed multiple state lines, burial ceremonies open to the public, and other cultural productions of commemoration such as oration and song. As Sarah J. Purcell reveals, Americans' participation in these funeral rites led to contemplation and contestation over the political and social meanings of the war and the roles played by the honored dead. Public mourning for military heroes, reformers, and politicians distilled political and social anxieties as the country coped with the aftermath of mass death and casualties. Purcell shows how large-scale funerals for figures such as Henry Clay and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson set patterns for mourning culture and Civil War commemoration; after 1865, public funerals for figures such as Robert E. Lee, Charles Sumner, Frederick Douglass, and Winnie Davis elaborated on these patterns and fostered public debate about the meanings of the war, Reconstruction, race, and gender."

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"I approached a dense wood on the west side of the road, and on entering it formed my regiment"

As the Third Corps moved out towards the Emmitsburg Road on the afternoon of July 2, 1863, it was just the continuation of falling dominoes that had begun earlier in the day when Union troops discovered Confederates in Pitzer's Woods. Join us as we discuss the events leading up to the more well-known move by the Third Corps.

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Our pal Charlie Fennell joined us to talk about Union Major General Henry W. Slocum. What was his role once the Army of the Potomac was up and on line? Was he "slo-to come" or was he as on time as he could be? These questions and many more are answered by Charlie in this action-packed episode of Addressing Gettysburg.

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In this second installment of our "Religion in the Civil War" series, Rev. Dr. Nancy Joins me to talk about the role of the Army Chaplain in Civil War armies.

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People in 19th Century America were more religious than we are today and their religion guided their behavior. Mostly. Pastor Andy Hart joins Matt to discuss how religion played a part in people's lives and how many of them there were.

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