BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-ninth)
In which the fighting for Culp’s Hill is renewed on the morning of July 3, and Robert E Lee is forced to go with Plan B for Longstreet’s part of the day’s Confederate attacks.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Gettysburg Rebels: Five Native Sons Who Came Home to Fight as Confederate Soldiers” by Tom McMillan.
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-eighth)
In which we look at the care of the wounded after the fighting on July 2, and also see what a few of the civilians caught up in the battle were thinking about their predicament.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Gettysburg: Day Three” by Jeffry D Wert.
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-seventh)
In which we review the second day’s fighting, look at Lee’s decision to continue attack the Federals the next day, and talk about Meade’s council of war on the evening of July 2.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command” by Kent Masterson Brown.
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-sixth)
In which the Confederates attack the keystone of the Federal defensive line and there’s a fierce, confused fight for Cemetery Hill in the darkness on the evening of July 2.
Our book recommendation(s) for this episode are “Culp’s Hill at Gettysburg: The Mountain Trembled” and “East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg: The Hour Was One of Horror” by James M Archer.
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-fifth)
In which the Confederate soldiers of Allegheny Johnson’s division attack Culp’s Hill on July 2.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Gettysburg: Culp’s Hill and Cemetery Hill” by Harry W. Pfanz.
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-fourth)
In which Ewell starts his “demonstration” on the afternoon of July 2nd not with an infantry attack, but with an artillery barrage.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Gettysburg Day Two: A Study in Maps” by John D. Imhof.
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-third)
In which we wonder if it really was “the best three hours’ fighting ever done by any troops on any battlefield.”
Our book recommendation(s) for this episode is “The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers” by Richard Moe and Gettysburg Magazine Issues 7 & 8- “Remember Harper’s Ferry! The Degradation, Humiliation, and Redemption of Colonel George L Willard’s Brigade” by Eric Campbell.
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-second)
In which we look at the Confederate attack on, and Federal defense of, Cemetery Ridge on July 2, 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Second Day at Gettysburg: The Attack and Defense of Cemetery Ridge, July 2, 1863” by David L. Schultz and Scott L. Mingus Sr.
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Forty-first)
In which Sickles’ salient at the Peach Orchard collapses.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard: Longstreet, Sickles, and the Bloody Fight for the ‘Commanding Ground’ Along the Emmitsburg Road” by James A. Hessler and Britt C. Isenberg.
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Fortieth)
In which we set the stage of the collapse of the Federals’ Peach Orchard salient.