Battle of Gettysburg 160th Anniversary Special- July 2, 1863
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- LBG Lewis Trott and LTG (Licensed Town Guide) Rosanne Zajko join us from Brooke Avenue in GNMP to discuss the action on the battlefield & in the town on July 2, 1863.
(From the Library of Congress):
"On July 2, 1863, the lines of the Battle of Gettysburg, now in its second day, were drawn in two sweeping parallel arcs. The Confederate and Union armies faced each other a mile apart. The Union forces extending along Cemetery Ridge to Culp’s Hill, formed the shape of a fish-hook, and the Confederate forces were spread along Seminary Ridge..." Read more here
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Addition of the town guides and focus on individual stories this year has been....*chef's kiss* thanks Matt and Roseanne and Lewis
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great episode with Lewis and Roseanne! Great great stories about July 2, 1863. My ancestor fought with the 99th PA at Devils Den so it was a kick to hear Lewis mention their service!
Awesome! Thanks for listening
Mine also, Company A
Thoroughly enjoyed this, I believe the highlight for me were the Martin Sheen as General Lee impressions.
Lol Glad you enjoyed it
Robert Duvall portrayed Lee better. Jmo. Possibly because he is actually related to Robert E.
Nobody would have went across that field for Martin Sheen
Peach Orchard was an ideal artillery platform....but....it was in close range of both confederate and union artillery, an exposed salient and Sickles didn't have the numbers to cover the gaps. If he had stayed in his original position, Longstreets assault probably would have still rolled through his flank because that was their plan. Maybe the rebels lost momentum they would have had, had they rolled through the gaps around the woods, wheatfield and devils den without any obstructions. Longstreet did say that Sickles move messed up his battle plan as much as it upset the union defense plan.
Thank you , for all the great content that you put out .
Glad you enjoy it!
There is some speculation that Gen. Lee suffered a minor heart attack around the evening of day one to day two. Great job with the banter. Hollywood SHOULD do a movie of Gettysburg but through the eyes of the civilians. Their story isn't told enough.
Good point. In the state Hollywood is in today, I think you’d be gravely disappointed if Hollywood took a stab at telling the civilian story.
Why are there so many variations in casualties...I would really like to know...KIA of both sides over the three days..but I guess so many would have died from wounds on July 4 and for months onwards, precise records could be problematic.
They are a problem for many reasons. Dead and mortally wounded have the same result. But mortally wound might take a few days to get there. Yet they’re not counted as battle dead because they didn’t die outright on the field. It’s a mess.
Thanks very much for that much appreciated@@addressinggettysburg
Unfortunate that you choose one of Alexander Gardner's staged photographs for your background. The body featured here appears in two other photographs and was moved and staged for this particular shot.
We all know this. But it’s iconic.
How dare you critique robert e lee reeeeeeeeeee. Good show as always
Lol I know. What a sin!
That’s right. The gap n the union line was the best chance for the confederates to win this battle. That is why the counter attack by the 1st Minnesota, asked to buy 5 min time, but stopped the Alabama regiments in their tracks, saved the battle of Gettysburg for the union. Had the rebels exploit that gap, they would have rolled up the union lines. 1st Minnesota saved the unions bacon.
The 1st definitely saved the moment. The Confederates might have done some damage had they gotten through. But they had no reinforcements ready to exploit the breach. The union did and their reinforcements were much closer. Luckily that didn’t have to happen because of the first.
@@addressinggettysburg I think had the rebs breached that gap, they would have poured in reinforcements themselves behind barksdales Alabama brigades. And the Union reinforcements were arriving, but not in established defense formations. I think that breach would have been curtains for the union. On a side note. That was the 1st of 2 charges the 1st Minnesota had to make. What was left of the 1st Minnesota was relocated to the union center right smack dap in the path of picketts charge. And elements of the Virginia brigades breached the union lines during that. The 1st Minnesota again had to counterattack into that breach to once again close it.
16:42 I thought LBG Zajko said The Daleks said they stayed in the kitchen...
No “Garlachs”
@@addressinggettysburg absolutely
Also not an LBG (I wish) I'm a Gettysburg Licensed Town Guide.
I moved to Alabama in 2018 and you are right, it is still the same thing today. It was like working with a bunch of 12 year olds.
What, specifically, are you referring to? We don’t remember what we say the second after we say it lol
@addressinggettysburg your Mentioned how the South was stubborn, did what they wanted. I should put the time the comment was made in the post. I will watch again and do so
@@addressinggettysburg That statement at 22:10 though 25:30 about the South being like petulant children driven by pride, honor, and ego. That is exactly how the rural areas still act. In today's lingo, their emotional intelligence is low.
@@addressinggettysburg When you mention petulant children. It is exactly like that here. The emotional IQ is around. 12.
@@bryanhoffman9255l too moved to Alabama. Specifically Northern Alabama/Middle Tennessee. Huntsville,Al.-Fayetteville,TN.in October of2018.
Definitely quite different from Southeast Texas.
"The civil war was about slavery, no if ands or buts" 🤡
Neither side had soldiers that really gave a crap about slavery. Yes, it was a huge difference, and its the issue that makes the North the "good guy", but it is laughable to pretend that slavery was what the war was about. Lincoln highlighed the issue of slavery after the war started to prevent England from supporting the South and make his aggressive war against the South seem noble.
Very well said.
I would only say the reason South Carolina succeeds in the first place is because they feel the right to the institution of slavery is threatened in their mind with the election of Lincoln. It’s there in their declaration of succession. So the root cause of succession is slavery and once they decide to defend succession with force, in my mind it comes back to the root. I fought in Iraq and didn’t think we should have been there, but my thoughts on the subject didn’t change the fact that we were there regardless of the government’s official reasons. Soldiers in the Civil War had a variety of thoughts of what they were fighting for, but in the end it doesn’t change the reason why the two sections of the country were at war as determined by the respective governments. Soldiers with their opinions were just the instruments the governments used to try and achieve their goals, and I think it’s clear the goal of the South was to create a separate country with the institution of slavery intact. Although not everyone may agree with my opinions, and let me make clear they are mine and mine alone, I do appreciate the discussion and continued study of our past. It never bores, and always enlightens.
What was all the suspicion and fighting about in the lead-up to the war, then? Whether to call it soda or pop? Read the very words of the confederate leaders and many soldiers. Slavery is certainly at the forefront. Yes, Lincoln used emancipation against the south as a weapon. He wanted win the war. The South, who supposedly wanted European intervention, was so stubborn that they couldn’t see that keeping slavery guaranteed that they would never get that help. Also, if it wasn’t about slavery, then why didn’t they just set them free instead of drag the youth of the country under in a sea of blood?
I’d love to know what it was really about, if not slavery, and I’d love to know why, if it wasn’t, southern politicians put it in writing that it was. I won’t hold my breath for an answer
For similar reasons that the colonists declared their independence from England, they felt they were a part of a government that no longer represented or benefited them.
For example, taxes and tariffs were being levied on the South, to build railroads in the North that don't even go down South.
Was Slavery a major issue for some Southerners? Absolutely, there were a few very rich plantation owners that had a lot of money to lose with the ending of slavery. But the vast majority of Southerners did not own slaves. They would absolutely not go to war to protect rich people (and vice versa, Northerners at the time were not going to go to war to free black people- hence what happened to innocent black people in New York after Lincoln emancipation proclamation).
The Civil War was about money and political power, although us Northerners like to pretend that we had more noble intentions and were clearly the "Good guys".
By the way, how many slaves did Lee own compared to Grant? 😉
@@datru82a better question to ask oneself and one that actually pertains to the campaign is how many free African Americans were sent South into slavery during the Gettysburg campaign as opposed to the number of free African Americans the Army of the Potomac sent into slavery.