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GNMP UPDATE- Little Round Top Opening and Permits with NPS Communications Specialist Jason Martz
Addressing Gettysburg - July 10, 2024 13:17 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsGNMP Communications Specialist Jason Martz joins us for the first time to update us on Little Round Top's reopening, mostly, but we dip our toes into the complicated and confusing issue that has recently curbed many people's enjoyment of the Park: PERMITS! We briefly get into the how, why and wh...
Battle of Gettysburg- July 3, 1863- 161st Anniversary Special
Addressing Gettysburg - July 06, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsDon't forget to delight your coffee-loving tastebuds with our first coffee brand "Little Ground Top". Grab a bag next time you're in town at Bantam Roasters (82 Steinwehr Ave) or have some sent to your home or office by ordering at www.addressinggettysburg.com/cafe Also, I almost died maki...
Battle of Gettysburg- July 2, 1863- 161st Anniversary Special
Addressing Gettysburg - July 02, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsStart your day RIGHT with our new coffee brand Little Ground Top by ordering your bags here www.addressinggettysburg.com/cafe Help us hire a staff for these labor-intensive episodes. It'll only take a few thousand of ye! ;-) Become a Patron and learn more about the Civil War with over 300 epis...
Battle of Gettysburg- July 1, 1863- 161st Anniversary
Addressing Gettysburg - July 01, 2024 11:30 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsINTRODUCTING! Our first coffee brand LITTLE GROUND TOP, expertly roasted by our friends at Bantam Roaster. Order your bags at https://www.addressinggettysburg.com/cafe THIS EPISODE was made possible by our generous Patrons. Become one today and get more than you bargain for! www.patreon.com/ad...
Stand To It and Give Them Hell- John Michael Priest
Addressing Gettysburg - June 24, 2024 04:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratings“Stand to It and Give Them Hell” chronicles the Gettysburg fighting from Cemetery Ridge to Little Round Top on July 2, 1863, through the letters, memoirs, diaries, and postwar recollections of the men from both armies who struggled to control that “hallowed ground.” John Michael Priest, dubbe...
The Irish in the Civil War- CWI Summer Conference 2024
Addressing Gettysburg - June 19, 2024 21:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsRyan Keating (California State University—San Bernardino) talks about the Irish in the Civil War
Atrocity in the Civil War- Jaime Martinez, Cecily Zander, Ethan Rafuse, Angela Riotto- Moderated by Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Addressing Gettysburg - June 19, 2024 19:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsA panel from CWI's 2024 Summer Conference about atrocities in the Civil War. What defined an atrocity? What were the different types of atrocity? Historians Jaime Martinez, Cecily Zander, Ethan Rafuse, Angela Riotto and Aaron Sheehan-Dean explore this difficult topic.
Did Civil War Soldiers Hide the Real War?- CWI Summer Conference 2024
Addressing Gettysburg - June 17, 2024 21:56 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsSunday, June 9, 2024, 10:45 am. Frances Clarke (The University of Sydney), Rebecca Jo Plant (University of California, San Diego), Jim Broomall (Shepherd University). Moderator: Brian Luskey (West Virginia University) explore the question "Did Civil War Soldiers Hide the Real War?"
The 1913 Gettysburg Reunion- Thomas Flagel- CWI 2024 Summer Conference
Addressing Gettysburg - June 13, 2024 13:50 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsThomas R. Flagel is associate professor of history at Columbia State Community College in Tennessee. The author of several books, Flagel has also worked with multiple historic preservation groups including the Civil War Trust and the National Park Service. Union and Confederate veterans ...
John Pope and the Massacre of the Sioux- Dr. Cecily Zander- CWI Summer Conference 2024
Addressing Gettysburg - June 12, 2024 23:08 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsCecily N. Zander is a historian of the Civil War era and the American West. At Texas Woman’s University, she offers courses on American history, military history, memory and popular culture. She received her PhD from Penn State in 2021. Her first book, The Army Under Fire: Antimilitarism in th...
CWI Summer Conference '24 - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain - Ronald C White
Addressing Gettysburg - June 08, 2024 17:12 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsIt's CWI Summer Conference time again and we will release random talks from the weekend as we are able. Here is one done by Ronald C White on Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, in support of his new book "On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain." This talk was giv...
A Beginner's Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg
Addressing Gettysburg - June 05, 2024 04:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsIf you're visiting Gettysburg soon, you might want to listen to this episode (and all our others) before taking any tour. History podcasts, like this one, like to get deep into the weeds. While that might be good for the lifelong Gettysnerd™, most visitors to Gettysburg have never even seen th...
The Licensed Battlefield Guide Exam Process with Ranger Angie Atkinson
Addressing Gettysburg - June 04, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsRanger Angie Atkinson joins me to clear up some of the misunderstandings about the licensed battlefield guide exam being given this December. In this episode we explore the process of being evaluated for a license to give tours in Gettysburg National Military Park. What can you expect for the wr...
Ask A Gettysburg Guide #90 | Hall's Brigade | with Wayne Motts and Zachery Fry
Addressing Gettysburg - June 03, 2024 04:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsLBG Wayne Motts and historian Zackery Fry join me for an Ask A Guide about Hall's Brigade during the battle of Gettysburg. From the Monument: July 2. Took position on the line at the left of Second Brigade and of the copse of trees. The 19th Mass. and 42d New York were late in the day advanced t...
Frederick Douglass Comes to Gettysburg 1869 with LBG Kevin Bryant
Addressing Gettysburg - May 20, 2024 04:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsIn January of 1869, Frederick Douglass came to Gettysburg. He faced death threats, but he delivered his own "Gettysburg Address" nonetheless. We don't know exactly what he said, but historians are able to glean what he most likely said based on speeches he gave elsewhere during his speaking tour...
Ask A Gettysburg Guide #89- Confederate Officers' Wounds with LBG Rick Schroeder
Addressing Gettysburg - May 13, 2024 04:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsLBG Rick Schroeder is back with the companion episode to our "Famous Union Officers' Wounds" episode . In this one we talk about those famous Confederate wounds. For those of you interested in Civil War medicine, these episodes are MUST-LISTEN episodes. Support the Show by: Becoming a P...
SPOTLIGHT ON: Michael "Six Questions" Lentz
Addressing Gettysburg - May 06, 2024 04:41 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsEverybody knows Michael "Six Questions" Lentz. But do we REALLY know him? Well, by the end of this episode, you will. Mike sat down with me in 2023 to do a SPOTLIGHT ON while we were still in the shed studio with no electricity. Ah the good old days! Anyway, we discussed myriad topics from his b...
Get Out of the Car 2024- Abner Doubleday On July 1, 1863- May 25th
Addressing Gettysburg - May 01, 2024 05:01 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsABNER DOUBLEDAY ON JULY 1, 1863 (MAY 25 – 10:00 A.M.) “General Reynolds was killed early this morning. In my opinion, there seems to be no directing person”. When Brigadier General John Buford sent this message to Major General Alfred Pleasonton on the afternoon of July 1, 1863, did...
SPOTLIGHT ON: Darin and Mare From The Civil War Breakfast Club
Addressing Gettysburg - April 29, 2024 04:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsYou know them. You love them. They're Darin and Mare, or "Dare", the Civil War podcasting power couple. They were in town many months ago and sat down for a SPOTLIGHT ON. Enjoy! For this full episode and hundreds more like it and to support the show, join our Officers' Club at www.patreon....
Ask A Gettysburg Guide #88- Robinson's Division with LBG Tim Pierce
Addressing Gettysburg - April 29, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsReport of Brig. Gen. John C. Robinson, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac. "Hdqrs. Second Division, First Army Corps, July 18, 1863. Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this division in the engagements of the 1st, 2d, and 3d instant: On th...
Colorizing Old Photographs with Dr. James Beeghley
Addressing Gettysburg - April 22, 2024 04:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsDr. James Beeghley is back. This time he's joining us to talk about the popular trend of colorizing old photographs. Have you ever wondered how that's done? Though AI apps can kinda do a good job at it, a true digital artist will spend hundreds of hours researching and colorizing an old photogra...
"Bull Runnings" to Gettysburg- with Harry Smeltzer
Addressing Gettysburg - April 15, 2024 04:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsHarry Smeltzer, of "Bull Runnings" fame, sat down with me back in August to talk about veterans of Bull Run who paid the ultimate price here on the fields of Gettysburg. Check out his blog post about being on the show by clicking here https://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2023/08/15/my-last-for-n...
Ask A Gettysburg Guide #87- TOP 10 Cannon in GNMP- with LBG Ralph Seigel
Addressing Gettysburg - April 15, 2024 04:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsRalph Seigel is back to share another top ten list from the book TOP 10 At Gettysburg. This time, we're talking about the top ten most interesting cannon worth finding within Gettysburg National Military Park. Support the Show by: Becoming a Patron- https://www.patreon.com/addressingget...
"General Garnett" | Actor Andrew Prine | with Heather Lowe FULL INTERVIEW
Addressing Gettysburg - April 10, 2024 02:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsTHIS EPISODE IS NOT A PATREON PREVIEW. IT IS A FULL INTERVIEW The late Andrew Prine's wife, actress/producer/director Heather Lowe, was kind enough to sit down with me for an open interview about her late husband, who played "General Garnett" in the movie "Gettysburg." Andrew had a long and re...
Delving Into the Lost Cause with Pastor Andy Hart
Addressing Gettysburg - April 08, 2024 04:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsPastor Andy Hart is back. This time, he and I are exploring the Lost Cause. This isn't some definitive work on the matter. It's the first of many conversations I intend to have with historians about it. This discussion is more of an exploration of it as we begin to unpack the mess created over a...
Longstreet and the Battle of Liberty Place
Addressing Gettysburg - April 01, 2024 05:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsLiberty where? Liberty Place. Not familiar with a Civil War battle by that name? Well, join the club. I wasn't either until LBG Kevin Bryant suggest a show about this battle which took place during reconstruction and involved Longstreet leading Louisiana troops and police on behalf of the United...
Get Out of the Car 2024- The Vermont Brigade On Cemetery Ridge- April 20
Addressing Gettysburg - April 01, 2024 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsTHE VERMONT BRIGADE ON CEMETERY RIDGE (APRIL 20 – 10:00 A.M.) “As soon as the change of the point of attack became evident, I ordered a flank attack upon the enemy’s column….. I saw another rebel column charging immediately upon our left….Colonel Veazey, of the Sixteenth, was at once orde...
Ask A Gettysburg Guide #86- Brigadier General John Gibbon with LBG Chris Army
Addressing Gettysburg - April 01, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsLBG Chris Army is back to talk about Brigadier General John Gibbon of the II Corps, Army of the Potomac. From Gettysburg Daily: "John Gibbon was born in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the fourth of ten children born to Dr. John Heysham Gibbon and Catharine Lardner Gib...
Imboden's Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign- with Steve French
Addressing Gettysburg - March 25, 2024 04:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsYou've heard of Imboden's Brigade. But what do you know about it and its role in the Gettysburg Campaign. Steve French fills us in. Steve is a former middle school history teacher and graduate of Shepherd College. His works include Imboden's Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign; Rebel Chronicles...
Ask A Gettysburg Guide #85- The 20th Connecticut- with LBG Jim Connery and Carolyn Ivanoff
Addressing Gettysburg - March 18, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 260 ratingsCarolyn Ivanoff joins new-to-the-show LBG Jim Connery to talk about the 20th Connecticut. From the regiment's monument: "The Brig. formed on this line on the morning of July 2nd. At eve it moved to the support left of army. Returning, it found the position and woods on rear occupied by Johns...
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