BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-fifth)
In which we look at the Federals fishhook line of defense, and discuss the benefits of operating on interior lines.
- Listen to Episode 339: BattleGettysburgPartTwentyfifth
Civil War Podcast, Episode 339
Civil War Podcast, Episode 338
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-fourth)
In which it’s all Meade, all the time.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg” by Tom Huntington.
- Listen to Episode 338: BattleGettysburgPartTwentyfourth
Civil War Podcast, Episode 337
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-third)
In which the Confederates score an incomplete victory on the first day of the battle, as the Federals retain control of the key high ground south of town.
- Listen to Episode 337: BattleGettysburgPartTwentythird
Civil War Podcast, Episode 336
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-second)
In which the Federals consolidate their position on Cemetery Hill and await a renewed Confederate attack.
- Listen to Episode 336: BattleGettysburgPartTwentysecond
Civil War Podcast, Episode 335
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-first)
In which the Federal First Corps line on Seminary Ridge collapses, and Union soldiers from the Eleventh Corps and First Corps retreat through the streets of Gettysburg to Cemetery Hill.
Our book recommendation for this episode is Blue & Gray Magazine Volume 30 Issue #3- Gettysburg’s Town Fight Special Issue.
- Listen to Episode 335: BattleGettysburgPartTwentyfirst
Civil War Podcast, Episode 334
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twentieth)
In which we talk about the collapse of the Federal First Corps line on McPherson’s Ridge, south of the Chambersburg Pike, as Heth’s Confederates advance on the afternoon of July 1, 1863.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Covered with Glory: The 26th North Carolina at the Battle of Gettysburg” by Rod Gragg.
- Listen to Episode 334: BattleGettysburgPartTwentieth
Civil War Podcast, Episode 333
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Nineteenth)
In which we turn our attention to the First Corps portion of the Federal line and start to talk about its collapse on the afternoon of July 1, 1863.
- Listen to Episode 333: BattleGettysburgPartNineteenth
Civil War Podcast, Episode 332
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Eighteenth)
In which the Federal Eleventh Corps line north of Gettysburg collapses when it is attacked by Ewell’s Confederates.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Gettysburg’s Coster Avenue: The Brickyard Fight and the Mural” by Mark H. Dunkelman.
- Listen to Episode 332: BattleGettysburgPartEighteenth
Civil War Podcast, Episode 331
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Seventeenth)
In which Oliver Otis Howard and the Eleventh Corps arrive at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863.
- Listen to Episode 331: BattleGettysburgPartSeventeenth
Civil War Podcast, Episode 330
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Sixteenth)
In which Robert E Lee arrives on the battlefield at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863.
- Listen to Episode 330: BattleGettysburgPartSixteenth