Addressing Gettysburg

As the nation's future hung in the balance, the Weather Gods delivered a wrath of fury on Union and Confederate forces throughout the Gettysburg Campaign. First, record-breaking heat and humidity wore down the warring armies during ungodly forced marches. Next, relentless storms plagued the soldiers with resultant muddy slogs on nearly impassable roads. As the armies met in mortal combat, soul-crushing heat turned the bucolic fields of Gettysburg into a sanguinary and barren expanse. Finally, torrential rains haunted the Confederate retreat and narrow escape across a swollen Potomac River. Authors Jeffrey J. Harding and Jon M. Nese present firsthand accounts, harrowing narratives and groundbreaking meteorological research that reshapes how we view the Civil War's Gettysburg Campaign.

🔴John Brown's War with Dennis Frye - April 24, 2026 A Primer For Addressing History's Tavern talks S1E2 Addressing History- Tavern Talk John Brown https://youtu.be/f1ncrYkzV58 Harpers Ferry National Historic Park National Park Service (.gov)https://www.nps.govHarpers Ferry National Historical Park (U.S. ... Kennedy Farmhouse https://johnbrown.org HARPERS FERRY UNDER FIRE A Border Town in the American Civil War - Dennis E. Frye Confluence: Harpers Ferry as Destiny - Dennis E. Frye & Catherine Magi Oliver Provisional constitution and ordinances for the people of the United States: The Chatham Constitution HathiTrusthttps://catalog.hathitrust.orgCatalog Record: Provisional constitution and ordinances for... Jeffrey Pasnik AG LOTY 2025

🔴Ask a Gettysburg Guide 127 Witness Trees with Larry Korczyk - May 13, 2026 Witness Tree Tours with LBG Larry Korczyk- to request a tour, send an email to [email protected] Discussion Points: Origin of Witness Trees Aging the trees and types in Gettysburg Larry's Witness Tree interest beginnings Using Witness trees as interpreting tools Gettysburg Witness Trees www.gettysburgwitnesstrees.com A Field Guide to the Witness Trees of Culp's Hill - Peter Lukacs A Field Guide to the Witness Trees of Little Round Top - Peter Lukacs A Field Guide to the Witness Trees of Pickett's Charge - Peter Lukacs Gettysburg Sentinels - Woodcraft items www.gettysburgsentinels.com Gettysburg Cyclorama GettysburgFoundation.orghttps://www.gettysburgfoundation.org- Gettysburg Cyclorama Gettysburg: A Journey in Time - William A. Frassanito Addressing Gettysburg Patreon: Join Today! www.patreon.comAddressing Gettysburg **Show notes painstakingly compiled by Jeffrey Pasnik**

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May 23, 2026 – 10:00 AM Major General Abner Doubleday and the Defense of McPherson's/Seminary Ridges July 1, 1863 Led by LBG Lewis Trott Did Major General Doubleday accomplish all that could have been accomplished on July 1, 1863 or was the desperate struggle a futile attempt at holding ground at the cost of his Corps? Park where legal with all 4 wheels on the pavement. Meet at the Abner Doubleday statue on Reynolds Ave. S See you on the field!

While we are putting the finishing touches on the John Brown Tavern Talk, why not prepare yourself with this supplemental episode that non-Patrons won't see for weeks. Mr. Harpers Ferry himself, Dennis Frye, joins Matt to really get into John Brown's war.

From 2nd Bull Run to Ft. Stedman, the 9th Corps saw a lot of action in the Civil War. Historian Steve Phan joins us to talk about their service.

Steve Phan is Phantastic

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Walk With History's Jenn Bennie stopped in the studio a while back to talk abot one of her favorite figures from the Battle of Gettysburg: Brigadier General (Colonel during the battle) Strong Vincent.

Vincent was born in Waterford, Pennsylvania. He attended Trinity College and Harvard University, graduating in 1859. He practiced law in Erie, Pennsylvania. In 1861 he was commission lieutenant-colonel in the 83rd PA and assumed command of the brigade after its commander resigned following the battle of Chancellorsville.

He was mortally wounded during the fight for Little Round Top on July 2, 1863 and died on July 7, 1863 at the age of 26.

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🔴Ask a Gettysburg Guide 126 Lockwood's Brigade with Stuart Dempsey - April 22, 2026 Brigades of Gettysburg: The Union and Confederate - Bradley M. Gottfried The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies HathiTrusthttps://babel.hathitrust.orgCollections: The War of the Rebellion From the Cannon's Mouth: The Civil War Letters of General Alpheus S. Williams - Alpheus S. Williams The Dutchess County Regiment (150th Regiment of New York State Volunteer Infantry) in the Civil War - Stephen Guernsey Cook General Henry Lockwood of Delaware: Shipmate of Melville, Co-builder of the Naval Academy, Civil War Commander - Lloyd J. Matthews In the Shadow of the Round Tops: Longstreet's Countermarch, Johnston's Reconnaissance, and the Enduring Battles for the Memory of July 2, 1863 - Allen R. Thompson As Seen From the Ranks - Charles E. Benton Battleground History Tours Battleground Tourshttps://www.battlegroundhistorytours.comBattleground Tours Patreon: https://www.patreon.comAddressing Gettysburg Addressing Gettysburg: Little Ground Top Coffee https://www.addressinggettysburg.com/cafe/

We'd like to invite you to subscribe (for free) to our YouTube Channel. In 2026, its name will change from Addressing Gettysburg to Addressing History so as to enable us to produce new content that explores a wider breadth of American history. Our first attempt at that was produced last year and we just released the first episode of this new series. It's called "Tavern Talks" and our goal is to give we, the People, equal footing with our historian guests in a way no one else cares to try. Our first episode is about Valley Forge and features Kenneth Gavin. There are some visuals that you will not be able to see because this is the audio-only version, obviously. That's why we encourage you to bite the bullet and finally get over to YouTube and subscribe to our channel. See you there!

🔴Addressing History Tavern Talks: Valley Forge with Ken Gavin Brought to you by The Digital History Pioneers Foundation www.dhpioneers.com

Recommended Reading Material from Ken Gavin:

-The Valley Forge Winter: Civilians and Soldiers in War - Wayne Bodle

-To Starve the Army at Pleasure: Continental Army Administration and American Political Culture, 1775-1783 - E. Wayne Carp

-Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778 - Ricardo A. Herrera

-Valley Forge: Pinnacle of Courage - John W. Jackson

-With the British Army in Philadelphia, 1777-1778 - John W. Jackson

-Following the Drum: Women at the Valley Forge Encampment - Nancy K. Loane

-A Revolutionary People At War: The Continental Army and American Character, 1775-1783 - Charles Royster

-Valley Forge: Making and Remaking a National Symbol - Lorett Treese

-Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment - Sheilah D. Vance

-The Valley Forge Historical Research Report - Wayne Bodle and Jacqueline Thibault https://www.nps.gov/vafo/learn/historyculture/upload/Vol-2.pdf

-Oration at Valley Forge, June 19,1878: The One Hundredth Anniversary of the departure of the army of the Revolution from winter quarters at that place

- Henry Armitt Brownhttps://digital.libraries.psu.edu/digital/collection/digitalbks2/id/17920/ Valley Forge National Historical Park National Park Service (.gov)https://www.nps.gov

-Valley Forge National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) Valley Forge Muster Role - https://valleyforgemusterroll.org/search-the-muster-roll/

Washington: A Life - Ron Chernow

-Jockey Hollow - Morristown National Historic Park https://www.nps.gov/morr/learn/historyculture/jockey-hollow.htm

-John Adams - 2008 Miniseries

-Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States - Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

-Mansion House 1757 https://www.mansionhouse1757.com

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Did you know that more soldiers surrendered than died at the Battle of Gettysburg? Neither did I. That is until I did this interview with David Silkenat about his book, Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the Civil War.

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