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Addressing Gettysburg

As seen on NBC’s TODAY Show. Gettysburg’s Flagship podcast dedicated to telling the stories of Gettysburg. The show has taken on a few different formats.
1. The Narrative episodes: Tell the history of the Gettysburg Campaign starting with the battle of Antietam, and going through the Battle of Gettysburg and beyond. These are researched and written with the help of local historians and will feature original music, and guest voiceovers.
2. Ask a Gettysburg Guide: We host a variety of different Licensed Battlefield Guides and ask them questions (submitted by our Patreon Patrons) about the Battle of Gettysburg. If you have a question you’d like answered, please become a Patron at www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg
3. Gettysburg NPS Winter Lecture Series: We record as many Winter Lectures as we are able to. Those who can’t attend these lectures will be able to hear these amazing talks with some of the best authors, Rangers, and Guides Gettysburg has to offer.
4. Premium Content: The premium content will take many forms. The content can be accessed by being a Patreon supporter. If you are interested in supporting the podcast and accessing this great content visit www.Patreon.com/addressinggettysburg
Thank You for listening.

Copyright: © Addressing Gettysburg, LLC 2019-2024

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7 Days of Christmas- The Music of Addressing Gettysburg Jan 29, 2021

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We hope you enjoy this free episode as our holiday gift to you for listening to Addressing Gettysburg. This episode and many more like it are available on our Patreon feed. Patreon is one of the ways to support the show that enables us to produce more material for you. In appreciation of the support our patrons give us, we produce exclusive content for them. Please consider becoming a Patron during 2021 and expand your Gettysburg education.

Originally released December, 19, 2019 on Patreon.

It's the holiday season and, whatever holiday you celebrate, may it be a happy one for you and yours. As an extra "thank you" for your patronage, I slapped together this little tour through the music of Addressing Gettysburg. While I get the music from various sources, I'm focusing on the music that I actually produce with musicians I know or have musicians I know produce it for me from wherever they are. This isn't all of it, though. It's mostly songs that have been used in Antietam to Chancellorsville, INVASION! June, 1863 or will be used in future episodes. I pepper in some commentary on why it's used, or how it was recorded or why I use various versions of the same tune. It's probably just boring rambling to you, but I've always loved watching or listening to "making of" vignettes, so, I figure, that someone else out there must like that stuff too...otherwise they wouldn't still make them! Happy holidays!

AG WINTER LECTURE- Codie Eash- Douglass At Gettysburg 1869 Jan 25, 2021

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Codie Eash is back again to tickle your ears and broaden your mind with this interesting lecture about that time when the great Frederick Douglass came and spoke at Gettysburg. So, sit back, grab your favorite beverage, get out your notebook and learn from Codie.

From Codie:

"Written in Ink and Marked with Blood: Frederick Douglass's Gettysburg Address

On January 25, 1869, the formerly enslaved and self-emancipated activist, author, and lecturer Frederick Douglass visited Gettysburg. There, at the site of the Civil War's costliest engagement, Douglass delivered a speech in which he reflected upon the words spoken and deeds done on battlefields across the country during the "Abolition War" (as Douglass called it) from 1861-1865, and throughout the Reconstruction that followed. Through written word and commanding oratory, he brought meaning to the bloodletting of fallen Union soldiers and the martyred Abraham Lincoln, and placed the racial and political results of the war—constructive as well as destructive—within the context of world history. Join Codie Eash for this discussion of the motivations for Douglass's address, how it was received by those who heard it, and what it means in our collective memory today."

Keep up with Codie here

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PATREON PREVIEW- Gettysburg House Histories with Kendra Debany Jan 25, 2021

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Every house has history. Yet there's something just a tad more interesting about house histories in and around Gettysburg, even if they're not battle-era. Kendra Debany has a Facebook page and business called Gettysburg House Histories and she relentlessly hunts down as much information as she can find about your historic home because she loves doing it. She's like a house detective. Kendra sat down with us to have a fun discussion about all that goes into her work. I think you'll like this one. Enjoy! Find her on Facebook

Ask A Gettysburg Guide #30- Custer and East Cavalry Field with LBG Jim Hessler Jan 18, 2021

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Jim Hessler's done many a thing: he's authored many books; he hosts the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast; he's a Licensed Battlefield Guide and, most importantly, he's a Custer enthusiast.

And, so, we invited him on to talk about a rarely visited part of Gettysburg National Military Park-- East Cavalry Field-- and, more specifically, the newly-minted Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer.

Jim provides us with a background of the man and the battle that put him on the map in the national consciousness and then takes questions from our Patreon patrons.

Support The Show By:

Getting a book! (the holidays are coming, you know)

Becoming a Patron

Help complete the studio so we can do live videos on YouTube and Facebook by sending us something off of our wishlist

Donate directly via PayPal

PATREON PREVIEW- "Lee Is Trapped and Must Be Taken" with Richard Schaus Jan 18, 2021

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Author RIck Schaus stopped by the studio to talk about his book, co-written with Thomas J. Ryan, "Lee is Trapped and Must Be Taken" about the retrest from Gettysburg and George Meade's pursuit of Lee. LBG Lewis Trott sits in as cohost. Grab your copy of Thomas and Richard's book and decide for yourself if Meade could have destroyed Lee or not. Also available on Audible.

PATREON PREVIEW- High Water Mark Heroes Myth and Memory. Jan 11, 2021

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While with the Park Service, Scott Hartwig wrote an essay entitled "High Water Mark Heroes, Myth and Memory." It covers the piece of ground that includes landmarks such as "The Angle" and "The Copse of Trees" and answers some questions about just where Pickett's and Pettigrew's divisions were heading on July 3, 1863. Was their objective the Copse of Trees or Zeigler's Grove? What about Cemetery Hill? Scott joins us to dispell the myths that have popped up over the years since the battle of Gettysburg. There's a lot more detail in the article and we recommend you read it before you listen. http://npshistory.com/series/symposia/gettysburg_seminars/12/essay2.pdf

Ask A Gettysburg Guide #29- "The Harpers Ferry Cowards"- with Chris Army and Jerry Hahn Jan 04, 2021

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Chris Army is joined by Jerry Hahn, the newest Licensed Battlefield Guide on Addressing Gettysburg.

In this episode, we discuss Willard's Brigade, a.k.a. "The Harpers Ferry Cowards"/"The Harpers Ferry Brigade" and "band box soldiers." Willard's Brigade was the 3rd Brigade,3rd Division, II Corps, Army of the Potomac. They took part in stopping the advance of Barksdales Brigade on July 2 as well as helped to repulse the Longstreet's Assault on July 3.

Patron Extraordinaire Michael Lentz joins us in studio to ask his many questions in person to our guides.

Support The Show By:

Getting a book! (the holidays are coming, you know)

Sit in for a show and ask your own questions like Mike Lentz by becoming a Patron

Help complete the studio so we can do live videos on YouTube and Facebook by sending us something off of our wishlist. (Make sure include a note with your name so we know who to thank!)

Donate directly via PayPal

PATREON PREVIEW-Noah Andre Trudeau Jan 04, 2021

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Over on our Patreon feed, Matt sat down with Noah Andre Trudeau for an interview about his career writing history books like "Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage."

Become a Patron today to help support the show, deepen your knowledge of Gettysburg and the Civil War and be entertained!

7 Days of Christmas- On Freedom's Tenuous Edge- with John Hoptak Dec 30, 2020

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We hope you enjoy this free episode as our holiday gift to you for listening to Addressing Gettysburg. This episode and many more like it are available on our Patreon feed. Patreon is one of the ways to support the show that enables us to produce more material for you. In appreciation of the support our patrons give us, we produce exclusive content for them. Please consider becoming a Patron during 2021 and expand your Gettysburg education. Can you imagine what it's like to be "free" while not enjoying the same rights as the majority of the population or fearing that at any moment raiding parties from just over the border might capture you and sell you into slavery? How about having to choose between protecting your fellow man or obeying Federal law? What was in like to be black and free in Pennsylvania in the 19th century. These are just SOME of the things we cover in this episode with John Hoptak. John Hoptak is a native of Pennsylvania. Hoptak serves as an interpretative Park Ranger with the National Park Service and teaches courses as an adjunct instructor at American Military University. Hoptak has written articles for America's Civil War, Civil War Times, and Pennsylvania Heritage. He is also the author of several books.

7 Days of Christmas- Making "Gettysburg"- with Patrick Gorman and Bo Brinkman Dec 29, 2020

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We hope you enjoy this free episode as our holiday gift to you for listening to Addressing Gettysburg. This episode and many more like it are available on our Patreon feed. Patreon is one of the ways to support the show that enables us to produce more material for you. In appreciation of the support our patrons give us, we produce exclusive content for them. Please consider becoming a Patron during 2021 and expand your Gettysburg education.

What a treat I have for fans of the movie Gettysburg! In October, 2018, the cast of the 1993 movie Gettysburg came to town for a reunion and screening of the director's cut of the film. I arranged to have Patrick Gorman, who played Major General John Bell Hood, and Bo Brinkman, who played Lee's aide, Major Walter Taylor, sit down with me and my buddy Pete at my friend Tami's farm. We set up in her summer kitchen and just talked about their careers and the making of Gettysburg and Gods and Generals. This was great fun for two guys like Pete and I who have seen the film 3000 times. I hope you enjoy it.

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