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Addressing GettysburgGettysburg National Cemetery | Tim Smith & Roy Frampton | Ask A Gettysburg Guide #15- Classic RewindJOIN US FOR TACOS AND TRIVIA at the Seminary! February 15, 2025 https://www.seminaryridgemuseum.org/events/tacos-and-trivia-0215 This week's classic AG episode is from the bleak restriction-laden year of 2020. Bob Steenstra, Tim Smith, Roy Frampton and Matt braved the chilly air and sat atop East Cemetery Hill near that tree in front of Rickett's Battery and behind the Howard statue to record an show about Gettysburg National Cemetery. Perhaps the piece of information that blew listeners' minds at the time was the melody that the poem "The Bivouac of the Dead" fits percfectly with. ORIGNAL SHOW...
2025-01-201h 18
Addressing GettysburgAsk A Gettysburg Guide #10- Medal of Honor Winners & More with LBG Jim Pangburn- Classic RewindORIGINAL AIR DATE: March 8, 2020 ORIGINAL NOTES: "Jim Pangburn is back in the studio with us for our tenth Ask A Gettysburg Guide. What do we cover on this episode? Let's see: did Longstreet dawdle? - medal of honor winners - Doubleday's removal from command of the First Corps - substitutes - Civil War soldier basic training - Batteries on Benner's hill This is free because of our sponsors and our generous Patrons. Please consider becoming a Patron and/or supporting our sponsors to keep the show going. Outro music, "Garryowen" arranged and pe...
2025-01-061h 12
Addressing GettysburgThe War For the Common Soldier- with Dr. Peter Carmichael- RE-RELEASEIn memory of our great friend, Dr. Peter Carmichael, here is a re-release of the first time he came on our show. The introduction mentions Christmas because it was first release for free on December 26, 2020 during our Christmas Patreon promotion season. This conversation is the first time I met him and spoke with him and, from there, a friendship bloomed. If you haven't yet read his book The War for the Common Soldier do yourself a favor and pick one up www.forthehistorian.com
2024-07-221h 18
Addressing GettysburgGettysburg CWI Summer Conference 2023- Saving Yellowstone: Exploration & Preservation In Reconstruction America- Megan Kate NelsonDelivered on Sunday, June 11, 2023 by Dr. Megan Kate Nelson at the 2023 CWI Summer Conference at Gettysburg College. From Megan's website: "Hi there! I’m Megan Kate Nelson, a writer, historian, road cyclist, and cocktail enthusiast. I am the author of The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West (Scribner, 2020), which was a Finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in History. My new book, Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America was published by Scribner on March 1, 2022, the 150th anniversary of the Yellowstone Act, which...
2023-06-181h 01
Addressing Gettysburg"The Nameless and Faceless of the Civil War" with Author Lisa Samia Lisa Samia joins Matt to talk about her latest book "The NAMELESS & the FACELESS of the CIVIL WAR, Gettysburg, Manassas and More: BOOK THREE: A Collection of Poems, Essays and Photos". BOOK THREE / A collection of poems & essays by Award Winning Author, Lisa G. Samia. Includes 28 poems and 28 essays with photos. This collection is for the men, women, and soldiers who witnessed the Civil War but their lives and experiences were lost and forgotten in the pages of history. Step back in time and listen as the voices of the silent past come back to life. LISA G. SAMIA is an...
2023-06-0515 min
Addressing GettysburgJari Villanueva of the Federal City Brass Band Become a Patron today and received exclusive content long before the public does, plus early access to ticketed events and discounts. Go to www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg ORIGINAL AIR-DATE September 2, 2020 on Patreon- This was a fun interview! Jari Villanueva is the director of the Federal City Brass Band/ 26th North Carolina Regimental Band. He was kind enough to send me two of their CDs last year for use in our narrative episodes. We’d been trying to coordinate our schedules for about two months now for this interview and finally made it happen. I thought it would be fun to go...
2022-10-032h 00
Addressing GettysburgAntietam to Gettysburg- NARRATIVE EPISODENarrative Episodes 1 and 2 have been strung together into one, LONG, episode to commemorate the 159th anniversary of the march to Gettysburg. It covers Robert E. Lee's first attempt at an invasion of northern territory, which culminated in the Battle of Antietam, through the Battle of Fredericksburg, the change in command of the Army of the Potomac, the Battle of Chancellorsville, Stonewall Jackson's death, Lee's withdrawal from the Rappanahannock, the Battle of Brandy Station, Hooker's resignation, Meade taking command, the civilian experience in Gettysburg, 2nd Winchester, the Army of Northern Virginia's unimpeded excursions around Pennsylvania, the Battle of Hanover and...
2022-06-153h 14
Addressing GettysburgPrivate Confederacies This episode is brought to your for free because of our Patrons. Become a Patron and help us bring the story of Gettysburg and the men and women who helped shape its story to the masses. Click here! Or support the show in another way. Click here! I feel like a broken record, but what a great time I had interviewing Jim Broomall about his book "Private Confederacies". We met near the monument of the 111th Pa on Culp's Hill, in the shade, with a nice, gentle Pennsylvania breeze which seems to be a rarity for these in-the-field recordings in 2020. Any...
2021-12-131h 13
Addressing GettysburgThe Civil War of 1963 with Dr Jill TitusOriginally released on Jan 26, 2020, this Patreon episode, provided o you free and in its entirety, features Dr Jill Titus, Associate Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. Dr Jill and Matt sat down to talk about the Centennial Celebrations of the Battle of Gettysburg. It's quite an interesting conversation about a very turbulent time in our history and much of what subsequent generations have been taught about the battle, stems from those days. Dr. Titus's book is available through UNC Press. We hope you enjoyed this free Patreon episode. Please help support the gr...
2021-08-301h 22
Addressing GettysburgThe Matt Borders Christmas Spectacular**This episode is brought to you without commercial interruption by our Patreon Patrons and Ploughman Cider. Become a Patron today and order Ploughman's delicious Adams County hard cider online with promo code CIDERPOD for 15% off. Merry Christmas!** Matt Borders is one of the hosts of The History Things Podcast. I wanted to do a Christmas episode that talks about what Christmas was like for the common soldier serving in the armies. I couldn't think of anyone else who would be able to pull it together with little warning like Matt Borders can. This is the l...
2020-12-241h 30
Addressing GettysburgAsk A Gettysburg Guide #26- Pender's Attack- with LBG Chris Army A very Happy Thanksgiving to y'all! After starting out by thanking many of the people who have helped us throughout 2020 (fair warning, we probably missed a few as the list was compiled literally minutes before the show started, so thank you if you were missed), we introduce you to our new guest LBG, Chris Army. Many of you may know him from the assistance he lends to the Apsiring Licensed Battlefield Guides Facebook Page. We got to know him a little bit more while learning about Pender's Attack and answering questions from our Patrons. Enjoy! ...
2020-11-261h 22
Addressing GettysburgPATREON PREVIEW- "With Eagles on Their Buttons and Bullets in Their Pockets"- Adams County Men in the 54th Massachusetts with John Hoptak During the 2020 Winter Lecture Series, John Hoptak delivered a great lecture about South Central Pa men who joined the famed 54th Massachusetts (available on this feed). After COVID shutdowns and a busy Summer, Matt and the gang finally got to sit down with John to further discuss the information he shared in his lecture, in addition to pointing out what the movie got right and got wrong. I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed recording it. The full interview drops on November 16 over at our Patreon page. Please support the show and be...
2020-11-1315 min
Addressing GettysburgOctober 2020 State of the Show Show Matt and Eric the Producer recap the 2020 tourist season and give you a peek at what to expect for the Winter of 2020-2021. Topics include: #GetOutOfTheCar2020 tours The Today Show shoot The new studio The new Logo Booking Tours through our website Possible tour collaborations with the Aspiring Licensed Battlefield Guides Facebook page questions from Patrons and more! You might be wondering after listening to us discuss the generous donations from our Patrons for the new studio, "just how can I donate to the cause?" Well, if you go to www.addressinggettysburg.com and...
2020-10-301h 07
Addressing GettysburgNARRATIVE EPISODE 2- INVASION! June 1863- Chapter 3 "The Eve of Battle" The final chapter of Episode 2 Chapter 3 takes you up to the night of June 30, 1863, the eve of the Battle of Gettysburg. Where Are The Armies Now? General Hooker spent June 26 moving his army across the Potomac. By nightfall, everyone was in Maryland except John Sedgwick’s Sixth Corps and a portion of the cavalry. Frederick, Maryland, Hooker decided, would become the army’s point of concentration. The first wing of the Union Army to cross the Potomac, were the three corps under the command of Major General John F Reynolds. Contra...
2020-10-1452 min
Addressing GettysburgGNMP Interpretive Programs Update- FALL 2020 Here is the first installment of a new feature of Addressing Gettysburg. We get many questions from listeners and social media followers about what the Park Service is doing in relation to this or that. While I'm flattered that people turn to us for such information, we really are no more "in the know" than you are. Ok, maybe a touch more. So, we decided to change that by inviting Chief of Interpretation and Education, Christopher Gwinn, to come on the show once a quarter for recaps of the last quarter and a preview/updates on the quarter to c...
2020-09-1420 min
Addressing Gettysburg#GetOutOfTheCar2020 Tour PROMO- June 20 2020- "Their Music Was Deadly" #GetOutOfTheCar- JUNE 20- Their music was deadly while they struggled to hold on in the Valley of Death. Join us as we share the story of the “Mozart Regiment”, the 40th NY Volunteer Infantry Regiment as they tried to stem the Confederate onslaught on the afternoon of July 2, 1863. you’ll also see features, some hidden in plain sight and some a bit more hidden like Horse-Trough Rock, Elephant Rock, Acheson Rock and the 93rd Pa Monument. This tour is on June 20 at 10am.
2020-06-1601 min
Addressing GettysburgPATREON PREVIEW- Private Confederacies- The Emotional Worlds of Southern Men as Citizens and Soldiers- with Author James J Broomall I feel like a broken record, but what a great time I had inertviewing Jim Broomall about his book "Private Confederacies". We met near the monument of the 111th Pa on Culp's Hill, in the shade, with a nice, gentle Pennsylvania breeze which seems to be a rarity for these in-the-field recordings in 2020. Anyway... How did the Civil War, emancipation, and Reconstruction shape the masculinity of white Confederate veterans? As James J. Broomall shows, the crisis of the war forced a reconfiguration of the emotional worlds of the men who took up arms for the South. Raised in an antebellum c...
2020-06-1517 min
Addressing GettysburgPATREON PREVIEW- Gettysburg Civilians and The Armies That Lived Among Them- with Tim Smith Patron "Balthazar" took us up on the offer to take your requests for topics or guests. His is the first one that was easily fulfilled. So Bob, Tim Smith, Eric the producer, patron Veronica and a cast of bikers and reenactors met at the beer garden of The Farnsworth House to talk about what the civilians experienced with the units that came through or occupied the town from June 26, 1863, on. Become a Patron today by clicking here Matthew Callery, Bob Steenstra, Timothy H. Smith. Copyright 2020. All rights reserved
2020-05-2917 min
Addressing GettysburgAsk A Gettysburg Guide #15- Gettysburg National Cemetery with LBG Roy FramptonLBG Roy Frampton joins Matt, Bob and Tim from near the Howard Statue on East Cemetery Hill. While this Ask A Gettysburg Guide is about the National Cemetery, we didn't think four people on lawn chairs talking into microphones would look appropriate in the cemetery itself. So, we went across the street. In this episode, we cover topics such as: -USCT graves -the cemetery during the battle and the monuments within it -A confederate mass grave in the Annex? -Revelry in the town the night before the Dedication
2020-05-151h 19
Addressing Gettysburg"Pray for Oblivion to His Memory": Frederick Douglass on the Legacy of Robert E. Lee- with Codie Eash Codie Eash was supposed to deliver a lecture on January 18 as part of the 2020 Winter Lecture Series that the Park Service puts on. But it was snowed out. So they changed it to March 28...and it was Wuhaned out. We reached out to Codie and offered him a platform to talk about his lecture. Keep an eye on our free feed because Codie is going to record the lecture in full for us. I LOVED doing this interview. We recorded at the Point of Woods out in front of the Virginia Memorial. It was a gorgeous day. Then, as soon a...
2020-03-3116 minAddressing GettysburgMarch 20 2020 Gettysburg Businesses Coronavirus Update March 20 Gettysburg business updates from www.destinationgettysburg.com/coronavirus Check the website daily to see updates and please dspport our local businesses if you can.
2020-03-2114 minAddressing GettysburgGettysburg NPS Winter Lecture Series- Beyond Lincoln- How Veterans, Politicians, Poets and Filmmakers Address The Changing Meaning of the Civil War- by Ranger Barb Sanders Barb Sanders is an Educational Specialist at Gettysburg National Military Park. This lecture was recorded on February 29, 2020.
2020-03-0159 minAddressing GettysburgGet Out of the Car 2020 Tour Schedule Preview- PROMOHello folks. spring is almost upon us and with Spring comes our second season of walking tours of the battlefield. This year is the first year with a theme and the theme is Get Out of the Car. Licensed battlefield guide Lewis Trott, who you remember from AAGG #5, and Patreon Patrons will remember from the episode about Gettysburg Ties to the Lincoln Assassination, has crafted six tours of the battlefield that take you to places and things that you can only see if you get out of the car. There are layers of history to see on your national...
2020-02-2004 minAddressing GettysburgGettysburg NPS Winter Lecture Series- Gettysburg- Recovery Memorialization Preservation and Commercialization by Bert BarnettRanger Bert Barnett presents a lecture entitled: "Gettysburg- Recovery, Memorialization, Preservation and Commercialization" as part of Gettysburg National Military Park's Winter Lecture Series. Recorded live on 1/12/2020. This upload was made possible by our awesome Patrons. Want to be awesome too? Become a patron at www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg
2020-01-131h 04Addressing GettysburgGettysburg NPS Winter Lecture Series 2020- Freemasonry At Gettysburg- Fraternal Bonds Tested By Battle- By Matt AtkinsonThis is the first installment of the Gettysburg National Military Park's 2020 Winter Lecture Series. Ranger Matt Atkinson kicks off the season with a lecture entitled "Free Masonry At Gettysburg: Fraternal Bonds Tested by Battle". It was an enthusiastic packed house and a very interesting talk. While I urge you to get to as many of these as possible, I know it's not realistic. Thanks to my Patrons at Patreon.com, I plan to catch AT LEAST one (though I'll be aiming for both) lecture each weekend so that I can record the audio for you. To become a...
2020-01-121h 35Addressing GettysburgAsk A Gettysburg Guide #5- with LBG Lewis TrottLicensed Battlefield Guide Lewis Trott joins Matt and Bob for the first time on this Ask A Gettysburg Guide. Some of the topics discussed on this episode are: - Kemper's Brigade during Pickett's Charge -Brooke's advance through the Wheatfield - The U.S. Regulars at Gettysburg - Relatives who fought on opposite sides of the battle - Francis Barlow and his relationship with his "Flying Dutchmen" And more! Questions were sent in by Instagram users: @Darthetzkorn @Gettysburgerrn T...
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