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Addressing GettysburgGettysburg Campaign 160th Anniversary Special- The Battle of Brandy StationBack in September of 2022, Matt, Six Questions Lentz, LBGs Chris Army and Tracy Baer and friends went down to Culpeper, Virginia to take a tour of Brandy Station battlefields with Clark "Bud" Hall and then record a show on Fleetwood Hill. Bud has led a remakable effort to preserve hundreds of acres of battlefield over the decades and it's truly an amazing place to visit. The grounds saw far more activity that just that famous cavalry battle on June 9, 1863. From the American Battlefield Trust: "Fought in the second week of June 1863, Brandy Station was the l...
2023-06-091h 37
Addressing GettysburgCWI at Gettysburg 2023 Summer ConferenceMatt, Veronica and Peach Orchard Joe sit down to reminisce about their experience covering Gettysburg College's CWI's 2022 Summer Conference in order to encourage you to join us for this year's, June 9-14. Click the link below to register. You'll love it! https://www.gettysburg.edu/civil-war-institute/summer-conference/2023-cwi-conference
2023-05-0526 min
Addressing GettysburgState of the Show Show- End of 2022I am join by Major Cindy Etzkorn and Captain Bill Etzkorn, the chair and vice-chair of our event committee, to recap all we've gained (and the one major loss) of 2022 and to tell you about what you can look forward to from us in 2023. As we reach the end of another successful year, I'd like to put all teasing and joking aside for a minute to thank each and every one of you (even non-patrons) for your continued support and enthusiasm for the show. It has always meant the world to me and continues to me...
2022-11-2148 min
Addressing GettysburgGNMP Winter Lecture Series- March 5, 2022- The Fighting Ellet Family- Matt AtkinsonAs the Winter winds down and Spring can be heard around the bend, we would like to thank those of you who have shown your appreciation by becoming a Patron. And we hope that, over time, we will see your name on our roster sheet over at https://www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg Matthew Atkinson, Gettysburg National Military Park In 1862, the Union Navy suffered a crushing defeat against the CSS Virginia ironclad ram. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton turned to Charles Ellet to develop a Ram Fleet to counter the Confederate’s technological advances. Alo...
2022-03-071h 32
Addressing GettysburgAG TODAY February 25, 2022- Movin' On UpWe don't normally post the audio for AG TODAY on this feed for the sake of the history purists out there who can't handle the slightest variation from what they're used to. ;-) But we have some announcements that we made on AG TODAY (where all show news, listener emails, listener phone calls and more can be found) and we want to make sure you hear them. - Matt A lot has happened over the last three days that I don't really remember what exactly we talked about except BIG NEWS regarding a studio. And more, of...
2022-02-2856 minAddressing GettysburgGNMP Winter Lecture Series- January 29, 2022- Michael Shaara "A Writer's Life"- by Matt AtkinsonAddressing Gettysburg, wants to bring Gettysburg to you when you can't bring yourself to Gettysburg. Recording the NPS and Tim Smith Winter Lectures are part of that service. If you appreciate what we do for you, then, please consider becoming a Patron. Click here to join the crew! Matthew Atkinson, Gettysburg National Military Park Perhaps no other book has influenced public perception of the Battle of Gettysburg more than The Killer Angels. But who was the writer and man behind the prose that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975? What personal experiences helped influence the writing of this c...
2022-02-011h 52