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Addressing Gettysburg

Aug 20, 2020

 

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....


Aug 18, 2020

 

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...


Aug 13, 2020

 

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....


Aug 7, 2020

 

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...


Aug 7, 2020

 

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...