Addressing Gettysburg

It's the 158th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, this year, Addressing Gettysburg has added two extra shows to our traditional anniversary shows. June 30, 1863 is an important day for the Gettysburg Campaign. Why? Because it sets the stage for the big battle that gives the Campaign its name, of course! Join LBG Tracy Baer and returning champion cohost, Bob Steenstra, as we discuss June 30, 1863. Please support the show by supporting this episode's sponsor, GettysBike Tours. Call 717-752-7752 to book a tour today and make sure you mention Addressing Gettysburg to get 15% off.

Sheesh! Lots to do with Confederate monuments at Gettysburg lately, huh? David Martin is back to talk about another one of his books. This time it's 1986's "Confederate Monuments at Gettysburg." Some interesting facts about the placements, erections and dedications of some of the monuments in this book. Did you know that the US Government considered how much metal could be salvaged from the artillery and monuments here during WWII? There's a lot to learn from this book. If you enjoyed this Patreon Preview, please consider becoming a Patron so we can keep bringing free content to everyone interested in learning about all sides of Gettysburg's history. Click here!

Strap in for this episode! Tim Smith takes us on a detailed description and explanation of June 26, 1863. one of many eventful days of the Gettysburg Campaign, but a particularly terrifying one for the civilians of a bustling crossroads-town known as Gettysburg. Support the Show by: NEW! Booking a tour with an LBG from the show! Becoming a Patron- click here Grabbing some merch- click here Getting a book- click here (Mother's Day and Father's Day are just around the corner) Donate directly via PayPal Click here Supporting Our Sponsors: Mike Scott Voice GettysBike Tours DOWNLOAD Gettysburg: A Nation Divided for FREE from your app store The Heritage Depot Buy Billy Webster's Music- Billy Webster arranged and performed the rendition of "Garryowen" that you hear at the end of the show.

Scott Hancock is an associate professor of History and Africana Studies at Gettysburg College and has, in recent, years, been outspoken about what he thinks should be done with the Confederate monuments in Gettysburg National Military Park. This is Scott's second time on the show but first time in the studio with us and what a rewarding conversation we had! It just might surprise some of you. If you enjoyed this Patreon Preview, then please help us keep the free content you enjoy on your favorite podcast app going by becoming a patron. Click here!

If you plan to come to the June 19th tour of East Cavalry Field, you must meet at the Gettysburg Tour Center at 778 Baltimore St, Gettysburg, PA by 9am. The Tour Center has been kind enough to provide us with a bus to shuttle us to and from ECF. The reason is simple: there's nowhere to park out there!!! After the tour, we are going to Mason Dixon Distillery for lunch at 1. All are welcome and we hope to see you there too! June 19th's tour is sponsored by Mason Dixon Distillery and the Gettysburg Tour Center

LBG Sue Boardman joins us for the first time on Addressing Gettysburg to talk about the Gettysburg Cyclorama, its history and restoration. From the GNMP website: Cycloramas were a very popular form of entertainment in the late 1800's, both in America and Europe. These massive, oil-on-canvas paintings were displayed in special auditoriums and enhanced with landscaped foregrounds sometimes featuring trees, grasses, fences and even life-sized figures. The result was a three-dimensional effect that surrounded viewers who stood on a central platform, literally placing them in the center of the great historic scene. Most cycloramas depicted dramatic events such as great battles, religious epics, or scenes from great works of literature. Hundreds were painted and exhibited in Europe and America during the 1800's, yet most were lost or destroyed as their popularity died out with the introduction of a more entertaining art form, motion pictures. The "Battle of Gettysburg" Cyclorama at Gettysburg National Military Park is one that has survived. This fantastic painting brings the fury of the final Confederate assault on July 3, 1863 to life, providing the viewer with a sense of what occurred at the battle long touted as the turning point of the Civil War. The culmination of the battle was captured on canvas by the French artist Paul Philippoteaux, a professional cyclorama painter and artist. Philippoteaux was not present at Gettysburg, but came to the United States in 1879 when he was hired by a group of entrepreneurs to paint this monumental work for a special display in Chicago. Philippoteaux arrived in Gettysburg in 1882 armed with a sketchbook, pencils, pens, and a simple guide book to help him locate the site of the climactic charge. The artist spent several weeks on the battlefield, observing details of the terrain and making hundreds of sketches. To help him recall the landscape with accuracy, Philippoteaux hired a Gettysburg photographer to produce a series of panoramic photographs for his use. These images are some of the earliest detailed photographs of Cemetery Ridge, the Angle and the "High Water Mark", and the field of Pickett's Charge. Philippoteaux was also lucky enough to interview a number of veterans of the battle, who helped with suggestions on how to depict the chaos of battle. Armed with a vast amount of information and ideas, Philippoteaux returned to his studio where he immediately set about laying out the great work. A team of assistants helped him sketch out every detail including soldiers, trees, crops, fences and stone walls, and then began applying tons of oil paint. The phenomenal work took over a year and one-half to complete. The "Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg" opened to the public in Chicago in 1883, complete with a three-dimensional earthen foreground littered with the relics of battle, stone walls, shattered trees and broken fences. Visitors were awed by the painting's spectacular realism. Veterans of the battle, including General John Gibbon whose troops repulsed Pickett's Division on July 3, wrote of its splendor and realism. Advertising card for the "Battle of Gettysburg" Cyclorama on Tremont Street in Boston. NPS Philippoteaux's "Battle of Gettysburg" received such public acclaim that he was contracted to paint a second version of his monumental work, which opened in Boston in 1884. Once again Philippoteaux's "Battle of Gettysburg" cyclorama received critical acclaim and hundreds of visitors crowded into the specially-built cyclorama building on Tremont Street to view the incredible painting and listen to a lecture on the battle and those personalities involved in this monumental event. The painting was exhibited for nearly twenty years before waning public interest caused the theater to be financially inoperable, and the Gettysburg Cyclorama shut its doors forever. Hearing that the Boston cyclorama was up for sale, a Gettysburg-area entrepreneur purchased the painting and moved it with its props and accoutrements of the foreground, to Gettysburg. The painting arrived in good condition, though several of the panels were ripped and torn and some had rotted around the bottom due to moisture in the soil of the foreground. Repairs were made to the rips by taking portions of the skyline, the upper portion of which was evidently discarded, and stitching them into place where they were painted over by artists as each panel was hung. The cyclorama opened for public exhibition just in time for the 1913 Anniversary celebration of the Battle of Gettysburg, in a specially constructed building on Baltimore Street, and remained there for approximately forty years. Purchased by the National Park Service in the late 1940's, the painting was moved to the newly constructed park visitor center in 1962. The artistic work underwent a massive restoration project that required hours of hand labor to repair water damaged portions of the painting and two large sections faded by years of direct sun

Years ago, Pete Herman decided he wanted to become an LBG here in Gettysburg. So he started a Facebook page called Aspiring Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guides. Soon, other hopefuls as well as already-licensed guides joined the page and anew online community was born. LBG and regular guest on the show Chris Army joins Pete on this episode to talk about the page, becoming a guide and some fun stuff. Enjoy this Patreon Preview Becoming a Patron is the best way to help support Addressing Gettysburg. So far, Patrons have enabled us to put out the amount of shows we do. More Patrons will help up expand to more episodes on the podcast feed and, eventually, will help us afford to produce high quality YouTube videos for you and an audience not-yet-reached. Help us bring history to the masses in a fun, yet educational way and prove, once and for all, that "History is NOT boring!" Join us at Patreon today. Click here!

Join us for out June 19th #GetOutOfTheCar2021 Tour of East Cavalry Field lead by LBG Lewis Trott. Be sure you listen all the way to the end. Try to carpool if you can. Keep your eyes and ears open for further updates as we may charter a bus to get people there.

Just in time for the anniversary of the beginning of the Gettysburg Campaign, we're re-releasing Narrative Episode 2, this time with all three parts strung together so you don't have to go searching for each part. This episode brings you through the month of June up the the night of June 30. Excerpts from the script: Synopse [BEGIN "BEAR WALTZ"] As 1863 began, the Union Army of the Potomac found itself in a general malaise. Its failed attempt at another push towards Richmond, known as the "Mud March," had served as the nail in the coffin of army commander Ambrose E Burnside. When Joseph Hooker took his place as commander of the Army of the Potomac, the changes he implemented helped boost the morale and confidence of his troops. But Hooker squandered that goodwill by bungling the Chancellorsville Campaign, in the early days of May 1863. While many believed that drunkenness or the artillery round that knocked him out for a short time were the probable causes of such bungling, Hooker himself told Major General Abner Doubleday, while on the road to Gettysburg, "I was not hurt by a shell and I was not drunk. For once I lost confidence in Hooker, and that is all there was to it." After Chancellorsville, while Hooker was looking for ways to redeem himself, Robert E. Lee was setting the wheels in motion for his second invasion of the north. Meanwhile, every day citizens in a bustling country town called Gettysburg, were going about their daily business while reading about the war in any or all of the town's three newspapers. War had not left them untouched, however. They had sent their ablest young men off to fight for the Union cause and constant threats of invasion plagued them since they first sent their local militia, the "Gettysburg Blues", to fight to preserve the Union, in 1861. By the Fourth of July of 1863, this small town of 2400 would be left with the daunting tasking of cleaning up the carnage and healing 10 times their number. By mid-June, two great armies, totaling somewhere around 150,000 men, with tens of thousands of horses and mules, miles of wagons and, in one of those armies, human beings that were owned by other human beings, marched north into Pennsylvania. One army moving cautiously in order to determine its enemy's intentions, while the other army smashd a Union garrison at Winchester and then happily ran roughshod over the lush and untouched farmlands of Pennsylvania while its citizens, like Gettysburg's Sarah Broadhead wondered where their own army even was. On the last day of June, a Tuesday, the lead elements of these two armies would be poised for the commencement of the greatest, bloodiest battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere, but very few, if any, had any notion of that as they closed their eyes to sleep. [BEAR WALTZ END] ........... THE BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION FRANK ROBERTSON: "The only time in my 14 month service with General Stuart that he seemed rattled was when Frank Dean, one of his couriers, dashed up and told him the Yankees were at Brandy Station. This was startling indeed. Frank Robertson, General Stuart's Staff." [FADE IN DIFFERENT NIGHT SUMMER AMBIENCE][FADE IN GENTLE RIVER SOUND] No fires were allowed in the Union cavalry camps on the night of June 8. Troopers ate cold dinners, then slept on the ground with their horses' reins looped around an arm. All was quiet and calm, for, just across the Rappahannock, camped Jeb Stuart's confederates. Pleasonton's combined force of 11,000 cavalry and infantry was poised for a double-envelopment of JEB Stuart and his 9500 cavaliers. Just around 4:30am, John Buford's Union division, led by the brigade of Colonel Benjamin "Grimes" Davis, crossed the Rappahannock River at Beverly Ford [HORSES SPLASHING] in a thick fog and brushed aside confederate pickets from the 6th Virginia Cavalry. [LIGHT MUSKETRY] CONFEDERATE SOLDIER: "At about daylight the Yanks drove in our pickets stationed at Beverly's Ford on the Rappahannock and came near surprising us in bed...they charged up to our camp and killed and wounded several horses before we could get out. Confederate Artilleryman" Behind the picket line were four batteries of Stuart's horse artillery, parked in preparation for the day's march. Further behind them, about two miles from the ford, at St James Church, was the brigade of William "Grumble" Jones. Carbine and pistol shots crackled through the morning air waking Jones. It took only a moment for him to come to his senses and, once aware of what was going on, Jones sent the 6th and 7th Virginia to meet the threat. In their haste to get at these Yankees [CHAOTIC VOICES, TRAMPLING HOOVES, GUNFIRE] some troopers were barely dressed and many rode their horses bareback. Major Cabell E. Flournoy, of the 6th Virginia, was able to rally about 100 men and charged with them into the Federals. But Flournoy was soon forced to withdraw in a hurry as he and his men were badly outnumbered. Lieutenant R. O. Allen's horse was wounded, causing Allen

Author Scott Mingus joins us to talk about the "capture" of York, Pennsylvania, a subject that's still sore among many native Yorkers. In this episode we discuss Gordon's move to York and the burning of the Wrightsville Bridge. As always, there's more to the story than you think you know. Become a Patron and support the show. Click here

Joseph Fuqua is hilarious. If you don't believe me, press play. You know Joey as JEB Stuart in the movies "Gettysburg" and "Gods and Generals." But,, here we get to know him in more humorous ways. Enjoy! Become a patron and help us bring more shows like these and more to the masses! Click here

Licensed Battlefield Guide Jessie Wheedleton is back to talk about the Monumentation Period, when the Veterans and other entities raised monuments to those who fought at Gettysburg. Support the Show by: NEW! Booking a tour with an LBG from the show! Becoming a Patron- click here Grabbing some merch- click here Getting a book- click here! (Mother's Day and Father's Day are just around the corner) Donate directly via PayPal Click here Supporting Our Sponsors: GettysBike Tours Ploughman Cider. Use promo code CIDERPOD for 15% off Mike Scott Voice Gettysburg: A Nation Divided. Use promo code GBURG1863 The Heritage Depot Buy Billy Webster's Music- Billy Webster arranged and performed the rendition of "Garryowen" that you hear at the end of the show.

Scott Hancock, currently associate professor of History and Africana Studies at Gettysburg College, came to Gettysburg College in 2001. His scholarly interests focus on the African American experience from the mid-seventeenth century to just before the Civil War. His work considers African Americans' engagement with the law, and incorporates other disciplinary perspectives such as law & society and geography. He is particularly interested in how black interaction with the law in a variety of ways, from small disputes in lower courts to escaping via the underground railroad, shaped constitutional law, legal ideologies, black identity and U.S. society. Some of his work has appeared in the anthologies Paths to Freedom, We Shall Independent Be, and Slavery, Resistance, Freedom, and more recently in the journal Civil War History. Scott joined us on this, his first of hopefully more, appearance on the show. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed talking to Scott. Become a Patron today and help keep the show going. Click here

Welcome to LBG Stu Dempsey on his first appearance on Addressing Gettysburg. In this episode, we talk about Oliver O Howard's XI Corps (that's 11th Corps for those of you who don't speak Roman). Over the year's the prejudices of the the XI Corps' contemporaries have remained with them as subsequent generations studied the battle. But were they true or were they unfair? Well, Stu helps us learn about the XI Corps and what they did both at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg so that you can decide if they were "Those Damned Dutch" or just unfairly remembered. Perhaps both? Click play and decide for yourself! Support the Show by: NEW! Booking a tour with an LBG from the show! Becoming a Patron- click here Grabbing some merch- click here Getting a book- click here! (Mother's Day and Father's Day are just around the corner) Donate directly via PayPal- Click here Supporting Our Sponsors: For The Historian- mention Addressing Gettysburg during check out and receive free shipping, or visit the store and get 20% off retail! Mike Scott Voice GettysBike Tours- 15% off TOUR if you mention Addressing Gettysburg! Gettysburg: A Nation Divided. Use promo code GBURG1863 The Heritage Depot Buy Billy Webster's Music- Billy Webster arranged and performed the rendition of "Garryowen" that you hear at the end of the show.

"…I lost all my officers killed and wounded and most of my men" July 1, 1863 brought the war to Gettysburg in a way only rumor had previously threatened. As the battle raged northwest and north of town, it was soon apparent to those living within town that it would shortly surge past their doorsteps. Come with us as we explore the stand of the 11th Corps on July 1, 1863 and examine some of the reasons for their subsequent forced retreat. Join us on May 15! Tour STARTS At 10am MEET AT BARLOW'S KNOLL. PARK WHERE LEGAL! :-)

Perhaps it's safe to say that most modern Americans might have heard of Thad prior to the movie "Lincoln" and, since that movie's release, many more know of him from Tommy Lee Jones' colorful performance of the man. Well, Mr. Jones was not exaggerating the character of Thaddeus Stevens. What an interesting and colorful man he truly was! And, we would argue, the father of modern American society. This is a MUST LISTEN! Our guest, Ross Hetrick, is head of the Thaddeus Steven Society From their website: "The Thaddeus Stevens Society is a non-profit group started in 1999 to promote the memory of Thaddeus Stevens, the most powerful congressman during and after the Civil War and a champion of freedom and equality. We hold seminars, have trips to historic places associated with Stevens and support efforts to restore sites related to Stevens." Be sure to check them out and lend your support if you can. Become a Patron and help us bring more shows like these to you! Click here

Lewis Trott joins us for our first #Getoutofthecar2021 Ask A Gettysburg Guide. Now you don't have to come to our tours without any prior knowledge of the area and troops we will get to know. April 17th's tour: "My God, young man…if you go out there with your regiment they will swallow you!" As the Confederates under Lt. General Richard Ewell swept westward on the late afternoon of July 2, 1863, their task was a literal uphill battle as they climbed the northern slopes of Culp's Hill. The men of the Union 12th Corps had spent all day preparing their welcome until they were ordered away, leaving only George Sears Greene's 1400-man brigade behind. Join us as we explore the defenses of the northern part of Culp's Hill and explain just how arduous a task the Confederates actually had. This show and tour is brought to you by our friends at Mason Dixon Distillery. Mention Addressing Gettysburg during your visit this year and get one free dessert PER ENTREE!

Every now and then, as you know, we clean out our cache of "homeless questions." These are questions about something other than the subject we're soliciting questions for. Because our first priority is helping you learn about the Battle of Gettysburg, we don't let those questions go to waste! Jim Pangburn joins us this time to answer these homeless, but good, questions. Enjoy and learn! Support the Show by: NEW! Booking a tour with an LBG from the show! Becoming a Patron- click here Grabbing some merch- click here Getting a book- click here! (Mother's Day and Father's Day are just around the corner) Donate directly via PayPal Click here Supporting Our Sponsors: Ploughman Cider. Use promo code CIDERPOD for 15% off Mike Scott Voice GettysBike Tours Gettysburg: A Nation Divided. Use promo code GBURG1863 The Heritage Depot Buy Billy Webster's Music- Billy Webster arranged and performed the rendition of "Garryowen" that you hear at the end of the show.

Regular contributor, author and former chief of interpretation here at Gettysburg National Military Park, Scott Hartwig, is back to, hopefully, put an end to the "shoe myth" for once and for all. At least in the minds of our audience. Here's the blogpost that inspired this episode Part 1 Part 2 Support the show by becoming a Patron and join of a force that is now over 160 strong! Click here!

Matt and Eric wish to extend an enthusiastic rendition of "Happy Birthday" in honor of our pal and regular contributor to the show, LBG Jessie Wheedleton. We hope you enjoy your day, Jessie, and thank you for your help with the show!

John Burns, that cantankerous old curmudgeon, captures the imagination and tickles the funny bone of many a student of the Battle of Gettysburg. But what is myth and what is legend? Tim Smith, LBG and author of John Burns "Hero of Gettysburg" joins us for this Ask a Gettysburg Guide to set the record straight, aided by the questions of our marvelous Patrons. Support the Show by: NEW! Booking a tour with an LBG from the show! Sending us something off our Wishlist Becoming a Patron- click here Grabbing some merch- click here Getting a book click here! (Mother's Day and Father's Day are just around the corner) Donate directly via PayPal Click here Supporting Our Sponsors: Ploughman Cider. Use promo code CIDERPOD for 15% off Mike Scott Voice GettysBike Tours Gettysburg: A Nation Divided. Use promo code GBURG1863 The Heritage Depot Buy Billy Webster's Music- Billy Webster arranged and performed the rendition of "Garryowen" that you hear at the end of the show.

Kendra is back for her second installment of House Histories over on Patreon. In this one, she goes over some of the more common characteristics of farmhouses that would have been standing in 1863 so that you might have an easier time determining if a house in question had a chance of being here during the battle. Enjoy! Get shows like this AND support the show by becoming a Patron. CLICK HERE!

Jim Hessler and I love the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Sometimes, we need a palate-cleanser from all this Gettysburg-stuff and, so, I invited Jim on to talk about Gettysburg connections to the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Several officers who served with the 7th Cavalry were veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg, most famously, of course, was General Custer, but another name that many know is that of Myles Keogh, who served on Buford's staff here at Gettysburg. There are others too. You'll just have to watch. Become a Patron by clicking here!

David Martin, author of the fantastic Gettysburg, July 1 joined us on the phone for his first of many-to-come interviews about one of his books. Since Matt is working on the July 1 narrative, he selfishly decided to have him on to talk about the writing of this book and the day itself. This book also appears on the reading list for aspiring licensed battlefield guides. Grab yourself a copy today by clicking here. You won't be disappointed. Become a supporter at Patreon by clicking here

Every house has history. Yet there's something just a tad more interesting about house histories in and around Gettysburg, even if they're not battle-era. Kendra Debany has a Facebook page and business called Gettysburg House Histories and she relentlessly hunts down as much information as she can find about your historic home because she loves doing it. She's like a house detective. Kendra sat down with us to have a fun discussion about all that goes into her work. I think you'll like this one. Enjoy! Find her on Facebook

LBG Deb Novotny joins us for the first time to talk about Evergreen Cemetery, the private cemetery adjacent to Gettysburg National Cemetery. "Cemetery Hill" gets its name from Evergreen. It's home to many famous names from the Battle of Gettysburg, the civilian population during the battle and even a Pittsburgh Steeler and movie actor. If you ever get the chance when you visit Gettysburg, you must make time to stroll through Evergreen Cemetery. You won't be disappointed. Support The Show By: NEW! Booking a tour with an LBG from the show! Sending us something off our Wishlist Getting a book! (the holidays are coming, you know) Becoming a Patron Donate directly via PayPal Supporting Our Sponsors: Ploughman Cider. Use promo code CIDERPOD for 15% off Mike Scott Voice GettysBike Tours Gettysburg: A Nation Divided. Use promo code GBURG1863 The Heritage Depot Buy Billy Webster's Music- Billy Webster arranged and performed the rendition of "Garryowen" that you hear at the end of the show.

Matt Borders joins us, once again, to talk about St Patrick's Day during the Civil War. He's joined by his co-host from the History Things Podcast, Pat McGuire, who is Irish. This is a fun episode with some information you may not have heard before or even thought of and some laughs. We hope that's ok. Support The Show By: NEW! Book a tour with an LBG from the show! Sending us something off our Wishlist Getting a book! Becoming a Patron Donating directly via PayPal Supporting Our Sponsors: Ploughman Cider. Use promo code CIDERPOD for 15% off Mike Scott "The Voice of History" GettysBike Tours Gettysburg: A Nation Divided. Use promo code GBURG1863 The Heritage Depot Buy Billy Webster's Music- Billy Webster arranged and performed the rendition of "Garryowen" that you hear at the end of the show.

Tim Smith is back to bust just some of the myths surrounding the Battle of Gettysburg. This is a fun episode (gasp! "Fun", you say?) in which Tim clears up some of our Patrons' confusion about myths, legends and outright fabrications. Plus he offers advice on how to research these questions and answer them for yourself. Support The Show By: NEW! Book a tour with an LBG from the show! Sending us something off our Wishlist Getting a book! (the holidays are coming, you know) Becoming a Patron Donate directly via PayPal Support Our Sponsors: Ploughman Cider. Use promo code CIDERPOD for 15% off Mike Scott Voice GettysBike Tours Gettysburg: A Nation Divided. Use promo code GBURG1863 The Heritage Depot Buy Billy Webster's Music- Billy Webster arranged and performed the rendition of "Garryowen" that you hear at the end of the show.

On your trip to Gettysburg this year, make sure you spend some time at the new museum/education center known as The Lomas Center. Curator/director Matthew Hewson joins us to talk about what the center has to offer and what their plans for the future are.

Now, hiring one of the Licensed Battlefield Guides that you hear on the show are more accessible through Addressing Gettysburg's new booking service. Just go to www.addressinggettysburg.com/lbg , find the date you plan to be in town and book! If you have a large group or want to request a specific guide, just call 717-693-0182. This upload is the audio from a live video demonstration done on Facebook on March 8, 2021. Help the show. Hire a guide. Meet fellow listeners and LEARN!

This is a freebie for you all. It's the first of what we hope will be many monthly installments of Kendra Debany's Gettysburg House Histories over on Patreon. Kendra was a guest several Patreon episodes ago and we received a lot of great feedback from listeners who not only enjoyed listening to Kendra's sparkling personality, but also the information she shared about old houses. Who doesn't love old houses? Right? We hope you enjoy this freebie and we hope that you'll consider becoming a member on Patreon. This not only helps support the show and enable us to do more for you, but it is also a great way to really nerd-out on microhistories, personality interviews and more. Become a Patron by clicking here!

Our friend, Donny Copper ("Cooper" according to NBC; we now call him "Coop") was on a local radio station in Butler County about being on the TODAY Show. He talked up Addressing Gettysburg quite a bit (unbeknownst to us) and we thought we'd share it with you, in case you find it interesting.

GNMP's Chris Gwinn is back for his quarterly visit to update us on what interpretive programs are going on through the Winter of 2021 and what we can expect during the Spring and Summer, later this year. Chris answers some of the most common questions we receive from our listeners and social media followers, but we didn't have the answers to. All confusion about what will happen to Little Round Top should be cleared up by this episode. We also cover the new wayside markers, the Warfield House restoration, the Winter Lecture Series during COVID, Culp's Hill and more. Thanks again to Chris for coming on.

In case you don't follow us on YouTube or Facebook and you want to donate to the victims of the Baltimore Street fire on March 1, 2021, this is the audio from that video with information on how to donate.

Licensed Battlefield Guide, Phil Cole, makes his debut on Addressing Gettysburg to talk about Civil War Artillery. Jessie Wheedleton sits-in as cohost as well. Civil War artillery may look rudimentary to the casual observer, but operating it is anything but. Listen to hear just how much science went into firing Civil War artillery. Grab your own copy of Phil's Book "Civil War Artillery at Gettysburg" here. Support The Show By: Advertising on the show: [email protected] Getting a book! (the holidays are coming, you know) Becoming a Patron Help complete the studio so we can do live videos on YouTube and Facebook by sending us something off of our wishlist Donate directly via PayPal Support Our Sponsors: Ploughman Cider. Use promo code CIDERPOD for 15% off Mike Scott Voice GettysBike Tours Gettysburg: A Nation Divided (Google Play). Use promo code GBURG1863 Gettysburg: A Nation Divided (Apple). Use promo code GBURG1863 Buy Billy Webster's Music- Billy Webster arranged and performed the rendition of "Garryowen" that you hear at the end of the show.

Folks, click this link forthwith and do yourself a favor by getting a copy of this book. It covers the practical and the grotesque. How were the armies fed? How did the war affect the farms in Virginia? How did armies marching affect the land, homes, farms, livestock, crops, etc., in the areas they moved through? And... well, shit. So much shit. Time to put our grown-up caps on and deal with some of the grim realities of war. It ain't a Ron Maxwell film. I hope you enjoy this interview with authors Judkin Browning and Timothy Silver as much as I did and I really encourage you to get their book. My only complaint is that it's too short! This interview is now available over at Patreon. Please considering supporting the show by becoming a Patron. Click here!

It's time, once again, for a State of the Show Show. This is the audio from our first Facebook Live video done on February 17, 2021. In it, we discuss: - Being on the Today Show - The Tom Berenger Interview - Addressing Gettysburg's LBG Reservation Service - 2021's Get Out of the Car Tours - Billy Webster's Civil War Rock Album AND MORE!

Captain Samuel Johnston was Robert E. Lee's topographical engineer. On the morning of July 2, 1863, General sent Captain Johnston and a few other men on a reconnaissance of the Union left, where Lee intended to attack. A few hours later, the information brought back to Lee would set the wheels in motion for one of the bloodiest days in American history and decades of controversy and confusion for students of the Battle of Gettysburg. LBG Chris Army joins us as we try to clear up some of the confusion and see if we can't answer the question: did Johnston get "there"? Support The Show By: Getting a book! (the holidays are coming, you know) Becoming a Patron Help complete the studio so we can do live videos on YouTube and Facebook by sending us something off of our wishlist Donate directly via PayPal Support Our Sponsors: Ploughman Cider. Use promo code CIDERPOD for 15% off Mike Scott Voice GettysBike Tours Gettysburg: A Nation Divided. Use promo code GBURG1863 Buy Billy Webster's Music- Billy Webster arranged and performed the rendition of "Garryowen" that you hear at the end of the show.

Martin Husk spent an hour and a half discussing his book "The 111th New York Volunteer Infantry" with us. While the 111th may not be a fabled regiment like the 20th Maine or 6th Wisconsin, it's service during the war and at Gettysburg was no less full of adventure and Hell. Part of Willard's "Harpers Ferry Cowards", the 111th NY helped stop Barksdale's Charge, endured the bombardment before Pickett's Charge and helped repel what was left of the Pettigrew-Trimble part of the assault. Martin did a great job researching the men and events of the 111th NY. The detail in this book is perfect for the student of the Civil War who wants to get a feel for what a soldier's experience was during the war. Get your copy here

LISTENER WARNING: In frank discussion of real life offends you, perhaps you'll want to skip this one, even though we "bleep". Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovers out there! Love is as old as the day is long. It's a many-splendored thing. But was is just as real and complicated and splendored in 19th-Century Victorian America as it is today? You bet it was! They just cloaked it better because they actually learned to write with a command of the English language and understood innuendo. The History Things Podcast's Matt Borders joins us for another holiday special to talk about how soldiers dealt with love and war. This episode is brought to you without commercial interruption by GettysBike Tours. Book a tours for any time during the 2021 season by April 20 and receive 15% off just by mentioning that you heard about GettysBike on Addressing Gettysburg. You just have to call 717-752-7752

Thanks to our pal, Bo Brinkman, Tom Berenger accepted our invitation to come on Addressing Gettysburg to talk about his successful career in television, film and theater, with special attention paid to his role in and his experience shooting the Ron Maxwell film, Gettysburg. This episode comes in at almost three hours and is brought to you without commercial interruption by our generous patrons over at Patreon. We hope you enjoy this free release of one of our Patreon episodes in honor of the 30th Anniversary of the release of the movie "Gettysburg". If you appreciate the hard work we put in to bring the history of and culture around the Battle of Gettysburg to you, please consider becoming a patron. There you'll find what hundreds of people have already discovered: that there's more to the Gettysburg story than you know! Go to www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg "Garryowen" arranged and performed by Billy Webster Clips used under Fair Use.

Charlie Fennell is back to take your questions about a Maine regiment that fought at Gettysburg that popular history seems to have forgotten, but they make Chamberlain's fight on Little Round Top look like a slap fighting match, with all due respect to the 20th of Maine. We're talking about the 16th Maine Regiment who, after their action on the First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg, had 38 men and 4 officers report for duty on Cemetery Hill. Support The Show By: Getting a book! (the holidays are coming, you know) Becoming a Patron Help complete the studio so we can do live videos on YouTube and Facebook by sending us something off of our wishlist Donate directly via PayPal Support Our Sponsors: Ploughman Cider. Use promo code CIDERPOD for 15% off Mike Scott Voice GettysBike Tours Gettysburg: A Nation Divided. Use promo code GBURG1863 Buy Billy Webster's Music- Billy Webster arranged and performed the rendition of "Garryowen" that you hear at the end of the show.

RELEASED EARLY TO BENEFIT THOSE SUFFERING FROM THE WINTER STORM DUE BETWEEN 1/31/21 AND 2/2/21. I hope this helps you get through the shoveling Codie Eash joins us once more to discuss Major General John Buford's death, funeral and how he is remembered in this Patreon episode. Keep up with Codie here Become a Patron today. Click here

We hope you enjoy this free episode as our holiday gift to you for listening to Addressing Gettysburg. This episode and many more like it are available on our Patreon feed. Patreon is one of the ways to support the show that enables us to produce more material for you. In appreciation of the support our patrons give us, we produce exclusive content for them. Please consider becoming a Patron during 2021 and expand your Gettysburg education. Originally released December, 19, 2019 on Patreon. It's the holiday season and, whatever holiday you celebrate, may it be a happy one for you and yours. As an extra "thank you" for your patronage, I slapped together this little tour through the music of Addressing Gettysburg. While I get the music from various sources, I'm focusing on the music that I actually produce with musicians I know or have musicians I know produce it for me from wherever they are. This isn't all of it, though. It's mostly songs that have been used in Antietam to Chancellorsville, INVASION! June, 1863 or will be used in future episodes. I pepper in some commentary on why it's used, or how it was recorded or why I use various versions of the same tune. It's probably just boring rambling to you, but I've always loved watching or listening to "making of" vignettes, so, I figure, that someone else out there must like that stuff too...otherwise they wouldn't still make them! Happy holidays!

Codie Eash is back again to tickle your ears and broaden your mind with this interesting lecture about that time when the great Frederick Douglass came and spoke at Gettysburg. So, sit back, grab your favorite beverage, get out your notebook and learn from Codie. From Codie: "Written in Ink and Marked with Blood: Frederick Douglass's Gettysburg Address On January 25, 1869, the formerly enslaved and self-emancipated activist, author, and lecturer Frederick Douglass visited Gettysburg. There, at the site of the Civil War's costliest engagement, Douglass delivered a speech in which he reflected upon the words spoken and deeds done on battlefields across the country during the "Abolition War" (as Douglass called it) from 1861-1865, and throughout the Reconstruction that followed. Through written word and commanding oratory, he brought meaning to the bloodletting of fallen Union soldiers and the martyred Abraham Lincoln, and placed the racial and political results of the war—constructive as well as destructive—within the context of world history. Join Codie Eash for this discussion of the motivations for Douglass's address, how it was received by those who heard it, and what it means in our collective memory today." Keep up with Codie here This episode is brought to you without commercial interruption by Ploughman Cider. Get Ploughman's delicious cider delivered right to your door (some restrictions apply, must be 21) and help keep a Gettysburg business bridge the gap until Spring. Use promo code CIDERPOD for 15% off your order.

Every house has history. Yet there's something just a tad more interesting about house histories in and around Gettysburg, even if they're not battle-era. Kendra Debany has a Facebook page and business called Gettysburg House Histories and she relentlessly hunts down as much information as she can find about your historic home because she loves doing it. She's like a house detective. Kendra sat down with us to have a fun discussion about all that goes into her work. I think you'll like this one. Enjoy! Find her on Facebook

Author RIck Schaus stopped by the studio to talk about his book, co-written with Thomas J. Ryan, "Lee is Trapped and Must Be Taken" about the retrest from Gettysburg and George Meade's pursuit of Lee. LBG Lewis Trott sits in as cohost. Grab your copy of Thomas and Richard's book and decide for yourself if Meade could have destroyed Lee or not. Also available on Audible.

Jim Hessler's done many a thing: he's authored many books; he hosts the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast; he's a Licensed Battlefield Guide and, most importantly, he's a Custer enthusiast. And, so, we invited him on to talk about a rarely visited part of Gettysburg National Military Park-- East Cavalry Field-- and, more specifically, the newly-minted Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer. Jim provides us with a background of the man and the battle that put him on the map in the national consciousness and then takes questions from our Patreon patrons. Support The Show By: Getting a book! (the holidays are coming, you know) Becoming a Patron Help complete the studio so we can do live videos on YouTube and Facebook by sending us something off of our wishlist Donate directly via PayPal

While with the Park Service, Scott Hartwig wrote an essay entitled "High Water Mark Heroes, Myth and Memory." It covers the piece of ground that includes landmarks such as "The Angle" and "The Copse of Trees" and answers some questions about just where Pickett's and Pettigrew's divisions were heading on July 3, 1863. Was their objective the Copse of Trees or Zeigler's Grove? What about Cemetery Hill? Scott joins us to dispell the myths that have popped up over the years since the battle of Gettysburg. There's a lot more detail in the article and we recommend you read it before you listen. http://npshistory.com/series/symposia/gettysburg_seminars/12/essay2.pdf

Over on our Patreon feed, Matt sat down with Noah Andre Trudeau for an interview about his career writing history books like "Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage." Become a Patron today to help support the show, deepen your knowledge of Gettysburg and the Civil War and be entertained!