Addressing Gettysburg

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the 20th Maine, single-handedly saved Little Round Top from capture by Hood's Confederates. Everybody knows this, for, the movie tells us so. Right? Not right. They were one part of the fight for the rocky hill. Very little is told about Eric the Producer's favorite division in the Army of the Potomac, The Pennsylvania Reserves, and how they saved the other flank on Little Round Top as the fighting on the southern end of the field waned.

Charlie Fennell joins us as we shine the spotlight on Eric who does a great job telling us about the PA Reserves.

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"It is not as hard to get there as it looks . . . The real difficulty is to stay there after you get there . . . " The Confederate assault of July 3, 1863 is one of the most famous charges in all of military history. But it was not the first time Confederates had traversed the same ground. July 2, 1863 also saw a brigade of Rebels march across the same field to try and break the Union line on Cemetery Ridge. Cross the rarely-visited Spangler Farm as we walk the path of Wright's Brigade to see how close they came to their goal.

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75 years after the Battle of Gettysburg, just under 2000 Civil War veterans, who wore both blue and gray, gathered together on Gettysburg's hallowed fields one last time before passing on into history. This was also the year that 450,000 Americans descended on the place to see President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicate the Eternal Peace Light Memorial on the third day of the reunion. As you will hear, it was quite the undertaking to put on and, in typical American fashion, it was not without its controversies, especially over that Rebel Battle Flag, but perhaps not for the reasons you would assume.

Gettysburg National Military Park's Chief of Interpretation and Education Christopher Gwinn joins us to talk about his 2019 Winter Lecture Series lecture entitled "Twilight of the Blue and Gray"

LBG Rob Abbott makes his debut on the show to talk about Confederate Artillery Leadership at Gettysburg. He is also giving a tour on the subject this month on September 26, 2021. Here's the description:

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"Confederate Artillery Leadership at Gettysburg" featuring LBG Rob Abbott

The only Confederate artillery personality most people know is Edward Porter Alexander, " How old are you son?" Confederate artillery seems to be the noisy window dressing for the battle. Who are these men? Exactly what are they doing? Join LBG Rob Abbott as we explore the senior Confederate Artillery leadership, the Army and Corps Chiefs of Artillery, and the battalion commanders. We will also discuss artillery tactics, challenges, and logistics. Finally, we will point out some unique types of cannon and showcase a few individual batteries. Meeting Place: Oak Hill by the Carter's Battalion tablet. Second stop will be by the Virginia State Monument on West Confederate Avenue and the third and final stop will be the "Longstreet" War Department Tower on West Confederate Avenue. The walk will be easy, mostly on fairly-level grass or pavement." You MUST pre-register for this tour. Click here to register!

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Chris Gwinn, Chief of Interpretation at GNMP, is back to tell us what interpretation programs we can expect this Fall and to answer your questions. And YES he does put the question of Little around Too closing to bed (hopefully) for once and for all.

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Originally released on December 11, 2019 on our Patreon feed. Lieutenant General James Longstreet is one of the more controversial figures of the war and, especially, the Battle of Gettysburg. But does the blame for the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg really rest on his shoulders? Author Cory M. Pfarr has had enough of Longstreet getting a bad rap, so he set out to set the record straight in his new book "Longstreet at Gettysburg: A Critical Reassessment". In this episode, Cory and I break down some of the points of contention about General Longstreet so that you can decide for yourself if he is the traitor his former cohorts made him out to be in the postwar years. Cory M. Pfarr works for the Department of Defense and is an American History author whose main interests span America's Revolutionary to Civil War years. He is the author of "John Quincy Adams's Republicanism: 'A Thousand Obstacles Apparently Stand Before Us'" (Massachusetts Historical Society, 2014) and Longstreet at Gettysburg: A Critical Reassessment (McFarland Publishers, 2019). He has also written articles for North & South Magazine and Gettysburg Magazine, and has appeared on the Pennsylvania Cable Network and C-SPAN American History TV. He lives in Pikesville, Maryland with his wife and three kids. We hope you enjoyed this free Patreon episode and decide to join us as a patron. Patrons get these episodes upon release and don't have to wait up to a year. Plus, they get to take part in decisions pertaining to the direction of the show and more! So, come and be a part of the Addressing Gettysburg Community today! Click here

Tracy Baer stops by to talk about a fascinating, yet, rarely discussed aspect of the Gettysburg Campaign: the Army of Northern Virginia's wagon train during the retreat. The common information is that the train stretched 17 miles, but Tracy makes a good case as to why it was most likely much longer.

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Originally released on Jan 26, 2020, this Patreon episode, provided o you free and in its entirety, features Dr Jill Titus, Associate Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. Dr Jill and Matt sat down to talk about the Centennial Celebrations of the Battle of Gettysburg. It's quite an interesting conversation about a very turbulent time in our history and much of what subsequent generations have been taught about the battle, stems from those days.

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While we build up our recording vault, we're releasing some bonus material through the month of August. Here is the audio from a live call-in show we did when we hijacked The History Underground's YouTube Channel. JD from the Underground joined us along with Erik Dorr, owner of the BEST museum in the world, the Gettysburg Museum of History.

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