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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

Latest Episodes:

PATREON PREVIEW- Battle of Gettysburg Connections to the Lincoln Assassination with LBG Lewis Trott Dec 31, 2019

Show notes

Today we welcomed a new Licensed Battlefield Guide to the list of regulars to the show. His name is Lewis Trott. He's a three-year veteran of the guide force, a US Army veteran of the Desert Storm and the recent Iraq War and currently works as a librarian. Lewis has also been a consultant during the writing of the upcoming narrative episode, "INVASION! June, 1863". In the last few weeks, Lewis has been researching connections between the Battle of Gettysburg and the Lincoln Assassination. Say what? Yes indeed. This is some pretty interesting stuff here.

Enjoy this preview and, if you like it and want to learn more, please consider becoming a Patron to help support the show by going clicking here

Ask A Gettysburg Guide #5- with LBG Lewis Trott Dec 31, 2019

Show notes

Licensed 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

The Great Tronetti

@Kentuckycivilwar

@Cwhitt

@Quinn2477

@Rickyfowler63

@CentralVirginiaHistorian

Follow us on Instagram @AddressingGettysburg to submit questions and support this and other free episodes by becoming a Patron at www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg

If you'd like to book a tour in 2020 with any of the guides you hear on our show, send an email to matt@addressinggettysburg.com and I will put you in touch with him or her.

PATREON PREVIEW- "The War For The Common Soldier..." with Dr. Peter S. Carmichael Dec 24, 2019

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Have you ever had the chance to talk with Dr Peter S Carmichael? Well, here's your chance. Matt and Bob discuss The War For The Common Soldier... with Dr Carmichael. If you think this is just another book about eating hardtack and what soldiers carried in their knapsacks, you're gravely mistaken. How did Civil War soldiers endure the brutal and unpredictable existence of army life during the conflict? This question is at the heart of Peter S. Carmichael's sweeping new study of men at war. Based on close examination of the letters and records left behind by individual soldiers from both the North and the South, Carmichael explores the totality of the Civil War experience--the marching, the fighting, the boredom, the idealism, the exhaustion, the punishments, and the frustrations of being away from families who often faced their own dire circumstances. Carmichael focuses not on what soldiers thought but rather how they thought. In doing so, he reveals how, to the shock of most men, well-established notions of duty or disobedience, morality or immorality, loyalty or disloyalty, and bravery or cowardice were blurred by war. Digging deeply into his soldiers' writing, Carmichael resists the idea that there was "a common soldier" but looks into their own words to find common threads in soldiers' experiences and ways of understanding what was happening around them. In the end, he argues that a pragmatic philosophy of soldiering emerged, guiding members of the rank and file as they struggled to live with the contradictory elements of their violent and volatile world. Soldiering in the Civil War, as Carmichael argues, was never a state of being but a process of becoming. "The War For the Common Soldier" is published by UNC Press and can be purchased at www.addressinggettysburg.com/books

Ask A Gettysburg Guide #4 with Bob Steenstra and Tim Smith Dec 23, 2019

Show notes

Merry Christmas! It's time for the final Ask A Gettysburg Guide of 2019. Bob Steenstra and Tim Smith continue with the questions that we couldn't fit into the previous Ask A Gettysburg Guide.

Instagrammers who answered the call for questions in this episode are:

@Soldier_Up_

@SJcolmus

@Mrsmaestas2

@civil_war_Nerd

@Cwhitt

@Tylerfashistory

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and if you want to book a tour with any of the guides you hear on our podcast, email matt@addressinggettysburg.com and I will put you in touch with one.

Ask A Gettysburg Guide #3 with Tim Smith Dec 19, 2019

Show notes

It's time for another Ask A Gettysburg Guide! This time we received so many questions that we had to make this into two episodes. That means next week there will be another just in time for Christmas!

In this episode we take questions from Instagrammers:

The Great Tronetti

@HistorywithBrad

@GrantHarvey15

@NCHistoryNerd

@CWhitt

@Veronica Brestensky

@Civil_War_Footsteps

@darthetzkorn

If you would like to be put in contact with Bob, Tim or any of the guides we feature on Addressing Gettysburg, let me know! Email matt@addressinggettysburg.com

PATREON PREVIEW- Killed at Gettysburg with Dr Ashley Whitehead Luskey Dec 16, 2019

Show notes

Dr Ashley Whitehead Luskey is the assistant director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College and heads up an ambitious project called "Killed at Gettysburg". KAG sets students on a journey back into the lives of the men killed during the battle. After their research is complete, the students create profiles on the project's website . Dr Luskey sat down with Bob and I to discuss the project's history and goals. We think you'll find this fascinating.

PATREON PREVIEW- Civil War Pittsburgh with Rich Condon Dec 16, 2019

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When thinking about the Civil War or the Gettysburg Campaign in particular, some people might not consider Pittsburgh, Pa to have anything more to do with it than manufacturing for the war effort. But that's not true. Did you know there are fortifications around the city from the Civil War? There are. Did you know that Pittsburgh isn't so far from West Virginia, which was still Virginia for a good portion of the war? Well, Rich Condon from Civil War Pittsburgh sat down with me to let you in on this little secret. Rich Condon is a public historian based out of Pittsburgh, although he began his career as a battlefield guide in Franklin, Tennessee. For nine years he has worked with a multitude of sites and organizations, including The Battle of Franklin Trust, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, and Flight 93 National Memorial. Rich is a contributing writer for the Pennsylvania in the Civil War blog, and director of Civil War Pittsburgh – an organization focused on education and preservation regarding Western Pennsylvania's role in the American Civil War.

PATREON PREVIEW- Made in Gettysburg! Mason Dixon Distillery with Yianni Barakos Dec 16, 2019

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Yianni Barakos was told by his doctor that he might as well get on disability because he'll never be able to work again. Yianni said, "Yes, I will", became his own advocate and found a doctor who said "i can help". Now, Yianni is the proud owner of the successfully delicious Mason Dixon Distillery in Gettysburg. What does this have to do with the battle? Only the fact that Mason Dixon grows much of what goes into their liquors right on the battlefield. Did you know that the Park Service allows this? Well, they do. Yianni is a very interesting guy and he and I sat down to talk without any particular direction or subject matter in mind. It kinda gets a little personal at points, but, Addressing Gettysburg is more about human interest than anything else; whether it has to do with the Battle of Gettysburg or the people who help you enjoy learning about it or visiting the battlefield. Enjoy and please check out Mason Dixon Distillery on your next visit to Gettysburg

PATREON PREVIEW- Actors Patrick Gorman and Bo Brinkman on the Making of Gettysburg Dec 16, 2019

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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.

PATREON PREVIEW- The History of Gettysburg Up To June 30 1863 with Ken Rich Dec 16, 2019

Show notes

One great thing about Ken as a guest is that I, as the interviewer, and hardly needed. He can go on and on and I rarely find myself getting bored. I hope you will enjoy learning about the town in this epic three-parter. Ken Rich is owner of Reluctant Witnesses Historic Tours and was one of the historical consultants on Addressing Gettysburg Episode 2 "INVASION! June 1863"

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