Addressing Gettysburg

October 17's tour is in conjunction with our adopt a position clean up. Meet at the North Carolina monument and follow the path of North Carolina troops as they marched over the smoldering ruins of the Bliss Farm. At the Bliss Farm we will pause to see the ruins and talk about what happened there on July 2 and 3. Then, we'll make our way to one of our adopted positions, that of the 111th NY and hear what they did during the battle of Gettysburg. Then we'll see what the Park Service needs help with and get our hands dirty doing some light yard work. Be sure to stick around for our traditional wet-plate group photo taken at the monument by Dave Wilson from Victorian Photography Studios on Steinwehr Ave. But the day isn't over yet. Take a few hours break and meet up with us at Mason Dixon Distillery for lunch and mingling. (You're responsible for your own food and drink once we get to the distillery.)

In this special edition of Ask A Gettysburg Guide Actor, we put our study of the Battle of Gettysburg on hold to talk to Bo Brinkman, one of the cast of the movie Gettysburg, about the making of the film that brought so many of us Gettysnerds to become students of the battle. This is brought to you without commercial interruption by the good folks over at the American Battlefield Trust. I'm sure you already know what great work they do in saving the sacred ground of our country. Well they also did your buddies at Addressing Gettysburg a great favor by allowing us the use of General Lee's Headquarters on Seminary Ridge. The ABT preserves battlefields and educates the public about America's formative conflicts and why they matter today. You can visit them at battlefields.org for videos, maps and thousands of articles. Besides the Lee's Headquarters site (which they preserved and restored) they have preserved more than 800 additional acres in and around Gettysburg. They are currently trying to preserve land along the Baltimore Pike on Cemetery Hill and at the base of Big Round Top. Find more Information and donate to the cause at www.battlefields.org. And I'd like to personally thank Tim Smith for getting us in touch with Garry Adelman and also Garry Adelman for setting this up with a day's notice. SOMEDAY we will get Garry in the show. He is highly requested by our listeners. If you're a patron of ours, you've heard our guest on the show before alongside Patrick Gorman. You, of course, know him as Major Walter Taylor, who apparently had a love of flapjacks in small mountains, in the movie Gettysburg. But he is also a writer, director and producer known for the 2016 film The Last Man Club, starring the late Morgan Sheppard who you know as General Isaac Trimble,he was in Swing State and produced and directed the upcoming film The Bay House among many others. Welcome, the great Bo Brinkman.

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Here is the first installment of a new feature of Addressing Gettysburg. We get many questions from listeners and social media followers about what the Park Service is doing in relation to this or that. While I'm flattered that people turn to us for such information, we really are no more "in the know" than you are. Ok, maybe a touch more. So, we decided to change that by inviting Chief of Interpretation and Education, Christopher Gwinn, to come on the show once a quarter for recaps of the last quarter and a preview/updates on the quarter to come in relation to the interpretive programs GNMP will offer. We hope you find this informative and that it further inspires you to visit Gettysburg National Military Park.

September 19 at 10am: "Drive them out at daylight" and "It is murder, but it's an order." We'll explore the Union's effort to push the Confederate forces off their foothold on lower Cup's Hill on the morning of July 3, 1863, with particular focus on the fight of Maryland versus Maryland, and the fight for what we now call "Pardee's Field". Follow the steps of Lt. Col Charles Mudge and the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, along with the 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment as the charged across the open ground of Spangler's Meadow on the morning of July 3, 1863 as part of a Union attack before Pickett's Charge. This tour is free to all and is put togethe by LBG Lewis Trott

Rain. Thunder! A gift from a listener and a shocking gift for Eric the Producer, from Matt. That's how this episode starts off before LBG Jim Pangburn takes questions about Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg. Podcast listening is a good way to start your journey into history, but it doesn't replace touring the battlefield yourself, or, better yet, with a Licensed Battlefield Guide. Shoot us an email at [email protected] if you'd like to book one of our guides for a tour. Questions cover: Vincent's Brigade Crawford's 5 acre memorial to his troops Captain Johnston's Reconnaisannce Paddy O'Rorke's Nose The March of Law's Brigade Restoration proposals for Little Round Top Was Little Round Top really that valuable for the Confederates? and more! Questions are submitted by Patrons in the 2nd Lieutenant tier right here.

Jari Villanueva is the director of the Federal City Brass Band/ 26th North Carolina Regimental Band. He was kind enough to send me two of their CDs last year for use in our narrative episodes. We'd been trying to coordinate our schedules for about two months now for this interview and finally made it happen. I thought it would be fun to go through the songs I chose for the narratives and, first, explain my thinking behind the choice from an artistic standpoint and then follow it up with Jari giving a history of the song. Turns out, I unwittingly chose songs that were more appropriate than I was aware of, in some cases. Jari is also "instrumental" in the popular and moving "100 Nights of Taps" here at Gettysburg National Cemetery. Check out Jari's website www.jvmusic.net If you enjoyed this preview and want to hear and learn more, as well as support the show, then you need to become a Patron by clicking here

Matt, Tim and Bob discuss the fateful decision of Major General Francis CHANNING Barlow to move his division to the Knoll that now bears his name. In comparison to other locations like The Peach Orchard or Little Round Top, Barlow's Knoll is one of the lesser-talked-about phases of The Battle of Gettysburg. Podcast listening helps, but visiting places like Barlow's Knoll and hearing or reading the story of it makes it come alive. Be sure to include a trip to Gettysburg in your travel plans. This episode is bright to you without commercial interruption thanks to the generosity of our Patrons. By the way, we reached 100 as of the uploading of this episode. Join our community by clicking here!

We asked our Patrons to send in a recording answering the question "Why Gettysburg?" There was no explanation by what we mean by "why". The exercise is to see how the person interprets the word and to see what they come up with. The answers are interesting for many reasons, but there seems to be a thread of spirituality running through it. People love Gettysburg for more than the Battle of Gettysburg. That might start them off, but, once they visit, something invades their souls. Some call it the "Gettysburg Bug". We call it the "Gettysbug" because we're cheesy like that. We hope you enjoy this one-off episode and that you'll consider becoming a Patron

Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr makes his debut on Addressing Gettysburg to talk about Colonel Roy Stone's Brigade (The "Bogus" Bucktails?) and their fighting on McPherson's Ridge, including the famous "Color Episode" of the 149th Pa, one of the most unique stories of the Battle of Gettysburg. Podcast listening is a great way to start or enhance your studies of this battle. Checking out our Recommended Reading list on our website can help you deepen your knowledge even more. And it helps support the show. Submit your questions for every Ask A Gettysburg Guide by becoming a Patron. Click here!

August 15th's tour begins later in the day. Join us at 5pm for "Wait a little, we are all going on presently". Learn about the charge of Barksdale's Mississippians as they smashed the Peach Orchard salient on the evening of July 2, 1863. We will also follow events of that same evening as Union forces retreated towards the Trostle Farm where a certain General last commanded troops in the field. Along the way you'll see the Sickles wounding marker, a cannonball hole in the Trostle barn, Cora the cannon, a witness tree, plus be among the first to hear from an unpublished letter written by Malbone Watson and find out why Watson's Battery's Monument is not exactly in the right place!

LBG Jessie Wheedleton came to us and said she'd like to do a show about how to prepare for the Licensed Battlefield Guide exam. We thought it was a great idea and booked her. The are many ways to learn about the Battle of Gettysburg. Podcast listening is a fantastic way to do it when you can't be here. So if reading and watching ranger programs online. Of course the best way to learn is to visit and walk the grounds and, when you visit, you MUST, in our opinion, hire a licensed battlefield guide to take you around. Just listen to what it takes to even become licensed. Sounds like it's easier to get into the CIA! To take a tour with any of the guides you hear on Addressing Gettysburg, contact [email protected] and he will put you in touch with your requested guide. If you're considering taking the guide exam, or just curious about what a prospective candidte must go through, click here. LISTENER QUESTIONS PROVIDED BY THE FOLLOWING PATRONS: Serge Paula Matt Jamie Julie To learn more about the battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg itself, the Civil War in General, to submit question for Ask A Gettysurg Guide episodes and more, please become a patron by clicking here

Whether you recognize it from your pre-movie-era childhood visits to Gettysburg National Military Park or from the unforgettable scenes in Ron Maxwell's Gettysburg featuring the great Sam Elliott, the Cupola of the Litheran Theological Seminary is an iconic structure to those who study The Battle of Gettysburg. Podcast guest, historian Codie Eash, returns for the first Ask a Gettysburg Guide of Season 2. This was an extremely fun episode to record because we were able to do it from The Cupola, itself, after hours with Cody. We can't stress this enough: if you have been to Gettysburg a million times or are planning to visit some day, and a few hours at the Seminary Ridge Museum, including the Cupola Tour, is not on your itinerary, you've done yourself a disservice. Codie answers, in fine detail, questions about the use of the Old Dorm building as a hospital during and after The Battle of Gettysburg, the Seminary as a station on the Underground Railroad, who actually used the Cupola to observe the enemy during the Batle of Gettysburg, battle damage to the building, the conditions wounded soldiers had to endure while waiting for care while the battle still raged and much more. Codie is Operations Manager at the Seminary Ridge Museum. LINKS Keep up with Codie's work at www.codieeashwrites.com For more information about the Seminary Ridge Museum or to book your tour click here or call 717-339.1300 Cover photo courtesy of Rob Williams

Nancie Gudmestad is the owner of The Shriver House Museum. Her book, "The Shrivers' Story: Eyewitnesses to the Battle of Gettysburg tells the story of the Shriver house and family as well as other civilians. Nancie sat down with mein the front parlor of the house to discuss the chapter in her book about the aftermath of battle. The Shriver House is a MUST SEE on your next trip to Gettysburg. Just listen to the episode to find out why. Expand your knowledge of the WHOLE Gettysburg story. Get "The Shrivers' Story..." here Stop by next time you're in town: 309 Baltimore St, Gettysburg, PA Give them a call for more information: (717) 337-2800 As always it is our Patrons that keep us going. The more we have, the more we can accomplish. Please consider becoming one today. Click here!

Augmented Reality is the wave of the future. QuantumERA's Gettysburg: A Nation Divided is a new AR360 app for your Android or iPhone and is an exciting educational tool for students of the battle, young and old, green or veteran. Michael McGar is the creator of the app and President of QuantumERA. Michael was kind enough to give me some of his time to answer my questions about the app. We cover a range of topics such as the accuracy of the map and how they got it, just how immersive the app is and how they got actor Scott Eastwood to do the narration. FULL DISCLOSURE: Gettysburg: A Nation Divided is an advertiser on the show. So, support Addressing Gettysburg, QuantumERA and your own family's study of the Battle of Gettysburg by downloading the app from the App Store or Google Play Store and be sure to enter GBURG1863 in the referral code box when installing. We hope you enjoy the app. Let us know what you think of it!

FROM QUANTUMERA: We know, keeping kids engaged at home can have its challenges. We're here to help students of all ages get excited and immersed in Civil War history in a fascinating new way! Simply download the new AR360 app, Gettysburg: A Nation Divided, and bring the history of Gettysburg to life right there in your home! This app revolutionizes the way you and your family can learn about the Battle of Gettysburg. Podcast listening is a great way to fill in the details, but this app will bring the story to life and reach your children in the way that they're conditioned to learn. Support your family's learning and Addressing Gettysburg by entering referral code GBURG1863 when you download the app. Get it now at the Google Play Store or Apple's App Store

Beat the July heat and follow the colors of the 2nd Wisconsin and 149th Pennsylvania as we explore McPherson's Woods and farm on July 18 for our tour entitled "Good morning Archer! How are you? I am glad to see you!". We will discuss the action of the various regiments who fought on both sides in this area, and show you hidden gems like soldier graffiti on the McPherson Barn as well as the barn's use as a field hospital, the quarry, Reynold's death location, learn about the 151st Pa and more. This tour also begins at ten.

We offered a platform to Historian and Writer Codie Eash here on our feed to present lectures or, frankly, anything he wants because we love listening to him. This one is about the Blue-Gray Reunion of 1869. Enjoy. Codie Eash currently serves as Operations Manager at Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center. He is a 2014 graduate of Shippensburg University, where he earned a bachelor degree in communication/journalism and a minor in history. Codie contributes to the blog "Pennsylvania in the Civil War"; serves as a co-host on Battles and Banter Podcast, a military history podcast; and maintains the Facebook page "Codie Eash - Writer and Historian," which primarily focuses on the Civil War era. As always, this free material was made possible by the generous and fun group of Patrons over at our Patreon Page.

On this special episode, recorded at the Copse of Trees, Licensed Battlefield Guides, Tim Smith, Jim Hessler and Jessie Wheedleton join Matt and Bob to talk about July 3, 1863 and the days following the battle. Click here for more information on Pickett's Charge; Here for Longstreet at Gettysburg; and HERE for Culp's Hill Become a Patron here. Cover photo by Paul Philippoteaux

In this episode, Licensed Battlefield Guides Tim Smith, Jim Pangburn and Charlie Fennell join Matt and Bob on Little Round Top at the 155th PA Moumument for a discussion on July 2, 1863. Learn more about the important actions on Day 2 of the battle with these books on: Devils Den The Peach Orchard Day 2 Become a Patron here. Cover photo by Mort Kuntsler

In this episode commemorating the 157th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Licensed Battlefield Guides Jim Pangburn and Charlie Fennell join Matt and Bob atop Oak Hill in our secret hiding place behind the Peace Light to break down July 1, 1863. Want to learn more about the First Day? Click here and here Become a Patron here Cover photo by Dale Gallon

#GetOutOfTheCar- JUNE 20- Their music was deadly while they struggled to hold on in the Valley of Death. Join us as we share the story of the "Mozart Regiment", the 40th NY Volunteer Infantry Regiment as they tried to stem the Confederate onslaught on the afternoon of July 2, 1863. you'll also see features, some hidden in plain sight and some a bit more hidden like Horse-Trough Rock, Elephant Rock, Acheson Rock and the 93rd Pa Monument. This tour is on June 20 at 10am.

I feel like a broken record, but what a great time I had inertviewing Jim Broomall about his book "Private Confederacies". We met near the monument of the 111th Pa on Culp's Hill, in the shade, with a nice, gentle Pennsylvania breeze which seems to be a rarity for these in-the-field recordings in 2020. Anyway... How did the Civil War, emancipation, and Reconstruction shape the masculinity of white Confederate veterans? As James J. Broomall shows, the crisis of the war forced a reconfiguration of the emotional worlds of the men who took up arms for the South. Raised in an antebellum culture that demanded restraint and shaped white men to embrace self-reliant masculinity, Confederate soldiers lived and fought within military units where they experienced the traumatic strain of combat and its privations together--all the while being separated from suffering families. Military service provoked changes that escalated with the end of slavery and the Confederacy's military defeat. Returning to civilian life, Southern veterans questioned themselves as never before, sometimes suffering from terrible self-doubt. Drawing on personal letters and diaries, Broomall argues that the crisis of defeat ultimately necessitated new forms of expression between veterans and among men and women. On the one hand, war led men to express levels of emotionality and vulnerability previously assumed the domain of women. On the other hand, these men also embraced a virulent, martial masculinity that they wielded during Reconstruction and beyond to suppress freed peoples and restore white rule through paramilitary organizations and the Ku Klux Klan. James J. Broomall is assistant professor of history at Shepherd University and director of the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War. Get Private Confederacies from UNC Press here

LBG and Author Jim Hessler joins us from the Peach Orchard to answer your questions. Jim is not only an award-winning author and Licensed Battlefield Guide, but he is also co-host of the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. Be sure to get your hands on a copy of all of Jim's books Gettysburg's Peach Orchard Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg Sickles At Gettysburg

Keith Harris is a historian, an educator, an author, a runner, a social media aficionado, and an animal rights advocate. He received his BA at the University of California at Los Angeles (summa cum laude) and his Ph.D. in United States history at the University of Virginia. He has taught courses in United States history at the University of Virginia and the University of California at Riverside, and currently teaches at a private high school in Los Angeles. His work focuses on nineteenth and twentieth-century American history with a special emphasis on the Civil War, Reconstruction, historical memory, the Progressive Era, and national Reconciliation. His first book, Across the Bloody Chasm: the Culture of Commemoration Among Civil War Veterans, is available from the Louisiana State University Press. He is currently researching for a project on the making of the controversial silent film, The Birth of a Nation. He lives and works in Hollywood, California. Matt was a guest on Keith's show in 2019 and Keith reads for Professor Michael Jacobs in Addressing Gettysburg's INVASION! June, 1863, Part 2. Check out his website. Follow him on social media and subscribe to his podcast

Rob Gibson is a wet plate photographer known for once having had a studio here in Gettysburg, taking wet plates on dozens of historical films and riding around town on an old Harley Davidson with a darkroom for a sidecar. We sat down with Rob at Dave Wilson's Victorian Photography Studio to discuss Rob's career and the science behind photography. Oh, and pizza! Be sure to schedule a shoot with Rob or Dave next time you're in Gettysburg. Rob Gibson:[email protected] Dave Wilson: www.victorianphotostudio.com

JUNE 20- "Their music was deadly" while they struggled to hold on in the Valley of Death. Join us as we share the story of the "Mozart Regiment", the 40th NY Volunteer Infantry Regiment as they tried to stem the Confederate onslaught on the afternoon of July 2, 1863. you'll also see features, some hidden in plain sight and some a bit more hidden like Horse-Trough Rock, Elephant Rock, Acheson Rock and the 93rd Pa Monument. This tour is on June 20 at 10am. Park in Devil's Den lot and meet at Devil's Den sign.

Patron "Balthazar" took us up on the offer to take your requests for topics or guests. His is the first one that was easily fulfilled. So Bob, Tim Smith, Eric the producer, patron Veronica and a cast of bikers and reenactors met at the beer garden of The Farnsworth House to talk about what the civilians experienced with the units that came through or occupied the town from June 26, 1863, on. Become a Patron today by clicking here Matthew Callery, Bob Steenstra, Timothy H. Smith. Copyright 2020. All rights reserved

LANGUAGE WARNING Robert Lee Hodge is a name known to many in the Civil War and reenacting communities. For those of you who don't know him by name, you probably know some of his work. Either way, after listening to this interview, you won't forget him. He's a fascinating fella and I thoroughly enjoyed my phone call with him.

Hey everyone. Here's a quick update for you. Adams county is going I to the yellow phase. So what does that mean? It means that GettysBike Tours will open on Thursday, May 28, with certain restrictions. So make sure you check www.Gettysbike.com or call them at 717.752.7752. Mason Dixon Distillery is still shipping their wonderful liquor to Pennsylvania residents only, but now they're offering curbside pick up for anyone in the area. Just go to www.masondixondistillery.com and click curbside. As for Addressing Gettysburg, we should be able to produce more content as life slowly returns. More importantly, our #getoutofthecar2020 tours, lead by LBG Lewis Trott are back on. For a full calendar of events go to www.addressinggettysburg.com/tours. You can also book a Licensed Battlefield Guide by dropping me a line at [email protected]. So come and see us! We've missed you. And don't forget to listen to Addressing Gettysburg on your way here to enhance your battlefield experience. #adamstogether #adamscountystrong

LBG Roy Frampton joins Matt, Bob and Tim from near the Howard Statue on East Cemetery Hill. While this Ask A Gettysburg Guide is about the National Cemetery, we didn't think four people on lawn chairs talking into microphones would look appropriate in the cemetery itself. So, we went across the street. In this episode, we cover topics such as: -USCT graves -the cemetery during the battle and the monuments within it -A confederate mass grave in the Annex? -Revelry in the town the night before the Dedication -Confederate soldiers buried among the Union dead -boxes containing the personal effects taken from the "Unknown" soldiers -The Bivouac of the Dead matching up with the melody of Gilligan's Island -methods used to identify the dead -families recovering their buried soldiers and which unit has the most soldiers buried in its section. As always, this is brought to you by the awesome support of our Patrons. Become one today by clicking here. Don't forget to support our sponsors who are still doing modified-business during the lockdown. www.gettysbike.com www.victorianphotostudio.com www.masondixondistillery.com Copyright 2020. All rights reserved

Matt, Bob and Tim Smith hunkered down around the 99th Pa monument on, yet another, cold, grey, windy day that felt more like Novmeber than late-April to answer your questions pertaining to The Devil's Den. As always, this free content is brought to you by the generous support of our Patrons. Become one today by clicking here.

SARAH BROADHEAD: "To-day we heard that the Rebels were crossing the river in heavy force, and advancing on to this State." In the 1730s and 40s, Scots-Irish and German settlers began laying roots in what was then known as the Marsh Creek settlement. Eventually, Samuel Gettys opened a tavern on the Marsh Creek Road, the major east-west road in the area. In 1761, he was fined for running a tavern without a license. In 1769, the Baltimore-Shippensburg road was laid out and an intersection was created at the tavern. Twenty five years later, in 1786, his son James would lay out 210 lots, including a town square, referred to as "The Diamond", around the tavern. This new town would be known as Gettysburg. In 1800, Gettysburg became the county seat of the newly formed Adams county, named for then-president John Adams. The 1860 census shows that Gettysburg's population numbered around 2400 and was primarily made up of German, Scots-Irish and free blacks. Prior to the war, the people of Gettysburg engaged in a diverse economy, the primary industry in town being carriage making which attracted related tradesmen such as wheelwrights, trim and canvas shops and silversmiths. Many of Gettysburg's carriages were purchased by people south of the Mason-Dixon line, some ten miles south of Gettysburg. As the war loomed, the industry in Gettysburg began to tighten. But by 1863, the war had all but eliminated the carriage industry,. Gettysburg's port for goods and services was Baltimore, which was a city of divided loyalties and political unrest These two factors disrupted the town's economy. The overwhelmingly Christian population of the town worshipped in eight congregations and seven churches. As the center of Adams County's legal business, Gettysburg was home to several lawyers. Education was well covered in Gettysburg. A number of primary and secondary schools, private schools including Carrie Sheads's on the Chambersburg Pike and Rebecca Eyster's on the corner of High Street and Washington, Pennsylvania College, established in 1832, and the Lutheran Theological Seminary educated the youth from near and far. To support the large amount of farms in the surrounding townships, various merchants kept shop there. Some people, such as Mary McAllister, made money by reselling cured meats she had obtained from the farmers of the area to her fellow Gettysburgians. Others owned butcher shops, like James Pierce who lived on the southwest corner of Baltimore and Breckinridge Streets; a candy store, like Philip "Petey" Winter's on the first block of Chambersburg Street; a photography studio like Charles and Isaac Tyson had on York Street. Dry goods, general merchandise and grocers also made Gettysburg hum with activity. James Fahenstock and two of his brothers owned the largest General store in town on the corner of Baltimore Street and Middle Street. In 1860, the census listed dozens of people whose occupation was "shoemaker" or cobbler. Yet, contrary to legend, there was no shoe factory or warehouse full of shoes in Gettysburg in 1863. Tanneries, ironworks, brickyards, blacksmiths, hotels, inns and taverns rounded out the more common businesses found in town. Local curmudgeon and former town constable, John Burns, had a few odd jobs. One of those jobs was as a cobbler at the boot and shoe shop of town council president David Kendlehart. Burns, a veteran of the War of 1812, was not known to be a friendly neighbor with a kind word to offer. Among his other jobs, John Burns pumped water for the Gettysburg waterworks. Gettysburg had the latest technological advances in communications, media, gas lighting and transportation. In 1858, the railroad had come to town and, by 1863, Joseph Broadhead was an Express Messenger, on the Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad. This railroad made the economy of Gettysburg boom when it was built and, in 1863, the line was in the process of being continued westward out of town. By July 1, the progress made on this extension would be forever immortalized as "The Railroad Cut." There were two telegraph offices in town: one at the railroad station and the other in the back of the home of John Scott on Chambersburg Street. Gettysburg had three newspapers. The Star and Banner, edited by John T. McIlhenney [mac uhl henny] and the Adams Sentinel edited by David Buehler, both had a Republican bias. The Compiler, had a Democrat bias and was edited by Henry J Stahle [staylee]. Republicans were very pro-Union while the Democrats took a softer stance on the idea of Southern secession. Neither side was keen about the idea of equality for blacks, ironically evidenced by the fact that when, years prior to the war, free blacks attempted to join the local white anti-slavery societies and were denied entry. And, so, those who were anti-slavery and black formed the Slave's Refuge Society. SLAVE'S REFUGE SOCIETY: "we feel it our indispensable duty to assist such of our brethren as shall come among us for the purp

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Licensed Battlefield Guide Tim Smith joins Matt and Licensed Battlefield Guide Bob Steenstra at Reynolds Woods in GNMP to answer your questions about the First Day's fighting in that area. Here are just SOME of the topics covered: -the 147th NY -Buford's Cavalry - Where was Henry Burgwyn wounded - Where exactly is "McPherson's Rdge"? - the 151st Pa -"The Color Episode" of the 149th Pa AND MORE! We had a lot of fun recording this one. The questions were particularly great! Thanks for submitting them. As always if you have any questions you want added to the pool or want to book a tour with any of the guides you hear on the show, please contact [email protected] and he will add your question to the pool or get you in touch with the guide. Our free episodes are made possible by our generous patrons (become one today for MORE GETTYSBURG), shopping through the Amazon Banner at the top of our homepage and getting yourself some merch at our store

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"Trapped in the Cut" wayside marker is located at the northeast corner of the bridge spanning the Railroad Cut. All free episodes are made possible by our Patrons , shopping through our Amazon banner at the top of our home page every time you shop Amazon and purchasing Addressing Gettysburg merchandise at our store.

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This is a special Winter Lecture Series upload because it wasn't recorded at the visitor center with an audience. It will probably be the last Winter Lecture on this feed until this Coronavirus experience is over with and things get back to normal. We offered a platform to Historian and Writer Codie Eash here on our feed to present the lecture he would have presented had the lectures not been canceled. This offer stands for all of the remaining lecturers. We interviewed Codie at the Virginia Memorial about this lecture for our Patreon content and our Patrons are really giving us good feedback about it. They're excited to hear the whole thing. Well, here it is. Enjoy. You can hear Codie on Avery Lentz's Battles and Banter Podcast. As always, this free material was made possible by the generous and fun group of Patrons over at our Patreon Page.

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Anyone who knows anything knows that, when it comes to Culp's Hill, there's one man all of Gettysburg turns to: The Great Charlie Fennell. Charlie join Matt, Bob, Tim Smith, Jessie Wheedleton and Jessie's pup, Ginnie Wheed at the 137th NY Monument on Culp's Hill for this, the second installment, of our special coronavirus shutdown episodes recorded on the battlefield. Don't worry. We kept our distance thanks to our 10-foot mic cables. Asking questions in this episode are: The Great Tronetti @Dathetzkorn Matt McClanahan Bill Wolfe @demosslouis @kvondettum Robert Childress As always, free episodes are made possible by our generous patrons (become one today for MORE GETTYSBURG), shopping through the Amazon Banner at the top of our homepage and getting yourself some merch at our store

Codie Eash was supposed to deliver a lecture on January 18 as part of the 2020 Winter Lecture Series that the Park Service puts on. But it was snowed out. So they changed it to March 28...and it was Wuhaned out. We reached out to Codie and offered him a platform to talk about his lecture. Keep an eye on our free feed because Codie is going to record the lecture in full for us. I LOVED doing this interview. We recorded at the Point of Woods out in front of the Virginia Memorial. It was a gorgeous day. Then, as soon as we sat down to record, the clouds rolled in and it got cold. Gotta love March. Anyway, that didn't take away from how interesting the topic is and what a great presenter Codie is. I'm sure you're going to enjoy this. I hope you're all well as can be and no one close to you has been adversely affected by the virus. Become a Patron to hear the full interview and help us keep doing what we're doing for you. Go to www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg and choose from one of two tiers.

Go to the Virginia Memorial, park, and head towards the paved path that skirts the treeline. Right there at the entrance of the path, is the Wayside Marker for Pickett's Charge. As always, free episodes are made possible by our generous patrons (become one today for MORE GETTYSBURG), shopping through the Amazon Banner at the top of our homepage and getting yourself some merch at our store

Go to the Virginia Memorial, get out of your car and walk out into the field on the paved path that skirts the treeline and you will come to the marker for the Point of Woods. It is said that Robert E Lee stood in this area when he famously said "It is all my fault."

Ok you've made it to the third and final installment of "The Making of Addressing Gettysburg". We thank you for putting up with us talking about ourselves. But, hey, if we don't, who will? I mean, in a nice way :-) As always, free episodes are made possible by our generous patrons (become one today for MORE GETTYSBURG), shopping through the Amazon Banner at the top of our homepage and getting yourself some merch at our store

Recorded at Winslow's Battery, smack-dab in the middle of the Bloody Wheatfield, Matt, Bob, Guest Guide Jessie Wheedleton and "Mahoney the Producer" braved the cold and the Coronavirus to bring this episode to you. Don't worry. Our mics had 10 foot cables on them and we kept our distance [cough] excuse me. Questions on this episode cover: -where exactly the Wheatfield lies -a general overview of what happened there -The US Regulars -The PA Reserves -The Corn Exchange Regiment AND MORE! As always, free episodes are made possible by our generous patrons (become one today for MORE GETTYSBURG), shopping through the Amazon Banner at the top of our homepage and getting yourself some merch at our store

The 1st Minnesota was the only Minnesota regiment here at Gettysburg. Its strength varies between 260 and 280 men. They took aroun 80% casualties after facing four times their number. But those casualties and the action taken which sustained them, stopped the advance of Wilcox's Confederate Brigade. All free episodes are made possible by our Patrons , shopping through our Amazon banner at the top of our home page every time you shop Amazon and purchasing Addressing Gettysburg merchandise at our store.