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 ...
Sep 14, 2020•20 min
September 19 at 10am: “Drive them out at daylight” and “It is murder, but it’s an order.” We’ll explore the Union’s effort to push the Confederate forces off their foothold on lower Cup’s Hill on the morning of July 3, 1863, with particular focus on the fight of Maryland versus Maryland, and the fight for what we now call “Pardee’s Field”. Follow the steps of Lt. Col Charles Mudge and the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, along with the 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment as th...
Sep 09, 2020•1 min
Rain. Thunder! A gift from a listener and a shocking gift for Eric the Producer, from Matt. That's how this episode starts off before LBG Jim Pangburn takes questions about Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg. Podcast listening is a good way to start your journey into history, but it doesn't replace touring the battlefield yourself, or, better yet, with a Licensed Battlefield Guide. Shoot us an email at matt@addressinggettysburg.com if you'd like to book one of our guides for a tour...
Sep 03, 2020•1 hr 45 min
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 through the songs I chose for the narratives and, first, explain my thinking behind the choice from an artistic standpoint and then follow it up with Jari gi...
Sep 02, 2020•15 min
Matt, Tim and Bob discuss the fateful decision of Major General Francis CHANNING Barlow to move his division to the Knoll that now bears his name. In comparison to other locations like The Peach Orchard or Little Round Top, Barlow’s Knoll is one of the lesser-talked-about phases of The Battle of Gettysburg. Podcast listening helps, but visiting places like Barlow’s Knoll and hearing or reading the story of it makes it come alive. Be sure to include a trip to Gettysburg in your travel plans. This...
Aug 20, 2020•1 hr 16 min
We asked our Patrons to send in a recording answering the question "Why Gettysburg?" There was no explanation by what we mean by "why". The exercise is to see how the person interprets the word and to see what they come up with. The answers are interesting for many reasons, but there seems to be a thread of spirituality running through it. People love Gettysburg for more than the Battle of Gettysburg. That might start them off, but, once they visit, something invades their souls. Some call it th...
Aug 18, 2020•58 min
Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr makes his debut on Addressing Gettysburg to talk about Colonel Roy Stone’s Brigade (The “Bogus” Bucktails?) and their fighting on McPherson’s Ridge, including the famous “Color Episode” of the 149th Pa, one of the most unique stories of the Battle of Gettysburg. Podcast listening is a great way to start or enhance your studies of this battle. Checking out our Recommended Reading list on our website can help you deepen your knowledge even more. And it helps su...
Aug 13, 2020•1 hr 7 min
August 15th’s tour begins later in the day. Join us at 5pm for “Wait a little, we are all going on presently”. Learn about the charge of Barksdale's Mississippians as they smashed the Peach Orchard salient on the evening of July 2, 1863. We will also follow events of that same evening as Union forces retreated towards the Trostle Farm where a certain General last commanded troops in the field. Along the way you’ll see the Sickles wounding marker, a cannonball hole in the Trostle barn, Cora the c...
Aug 07, 2020•3 min
LBG Jessie Wheedleton came to us and said she'd like to do a show about how to prepare for the Licensed Battlefield Guide exam. We thought it was a great idea and booked her. The are many ways to learn about the Battle of Gettysburg. Podcast listening is a fantastic way to do it when you can't be here. So if reading and watching ranger programs online. Of course the best way to learn is to visit and walk the grounds and, when you visit, you MUST, in our opinion, hire a licensed battlefield guide...
Aug 07, 2020•1 hr 23 min
Whether you recognize it from your pre-movie-era childhood visits to Gettysburg National Military Park or from the unforgettable scenes in Ron Maxwell's Gettysburg featuring the great Sam Elliott, the Cupola of the Litheran Theological Seminary is an iconic structure to those who study The Battle of Gettysburg. Podcast guest, historian Codie Eash, returns for the first Ask a Gettysburg Guide of Season 2. This was an extremely fun episode to record because we were able to do it from The Cupola, i...
Aug 01, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Nancie Gudmestad is the owner of The Shriver House Museum. Her book, "The Shrivers' Story: Eyewitnesses to the Battle of Gettysburg tells the story of the Shriver house and family as well as other civilians. Nancie sat down with mein the front parlor of the house to discuss the chapter in her book about the aftermath of battle. The Shriver House is a MUST SEE on your next trip to Gettysburg. Just listen to the episode to find out why. Expand your knowledge of the WHOLE Gettysburg story. Get "The...
Jul 31, 2020•16 min
Augmented Reality is the wave of the future. QuantumERA's Gettysburg: A Nation Divided is a new AR360 app for your Android or iPhone and is an exciting educational tool for students of the battle, young and old, green or veteran. Michael McGar is the creator of the app and President of QuantumERA. Michael was kind enough to give me some of his time to answer my questions about the app. We cover a range of topics such as the accuracy of the map and how they got it, just how immersive the app is a...
Jul 30, 2020•15 min
FROM QUANTUMERA: We know, keeping kids engaged at home can have its challenges. We’re here to help students of all ages get excited and immersed in Civil War history in a fascinating new way! Simply download the new AR360 app, Gettysburg: A Nation Divided , and bring the history of Gettysburg to life right there in your home! This app revolutionizes the way you and your family can learn about the Battle of Gettysburg. Podcast listening is a great way to fill in the details, but this app will bri...
Jul 28, 2020•2 min
Beat the July heat and follow the colors of the 2nd Wisconsin and 149th Pennsylvania as we explore McPherson’s Woods and farm on July 18 for our tour entitled “Good morning Archer! How are you? I am glad to see you!”. We will discuss the action of the various regiments who fought on both sides in this area, and show you hidden gems like soldier graffiti on the McPherson Barn as well as the barn’s use as a field hospital, the quarry, Reynold’s death location, learn about the 151st Pa and more. Th...
Jul 09, 2020•1 min
We offered a platform to Historian and Writer Codie Eash here on our feed to present lectures or, frankly, anything he wants because we love listening to him. This one is about the Blue-Gray Reunion of 1869. Enjoy. Codie Eash currently serves as Operations Manager at Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center. He is a 2014 graduate of Shippensburg University, where he earned a bachelor degree in communication/journalism and a minor in history. Codie contributes to the blog "Pennsylvania in the C...
Jul 06, 2020•1 hr 20 min
On this special episode, recorded at the Copse of Trees, Licensed Battlefield Guides, Tim Smith, Jim Hessler and Jessie Wheedleton join Matt and Bob to talk about July 3, 1863 and the days following the battle. Click here for more information on Pickett's Charge; Here for Longstreet at Gettysburg; and HERE for Culp's Hill Become a Patron here. Cover photo by Paul Philippoteaux...
Jul 03, 2020•1 hr 44 min
In this episode, Licensed Battlefield Guides Tim Smith, Jim Pangburn and Charlie Fennell join Matt and Bob on Little Round Top at the 155th PA Moumument for a discussion on July 2, 1863. Learn more about the important actions on Day 2 of the battle with these books on: Devils Den The Peach Orchard Day 2 Become a Patron here. Cover photo by Mort Kuntsler...
Jul 02, 2020•2 hr 7 min
In this episode commemorating the 157th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Licensed Battlefield Guides Jim Pangburn and Charlie Fennell join Matt and Bob atop Oak Hill in our secret hiding place behind the Peace Light to break down July 1, 1863. Want to learn more about the First Day? Click here and here Become a Patron here Cover photo by Dale Gallon...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 54 min
#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.
Jun 16, 2020•2 min
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...
Jun 15, 2020•17 min
LBG and Author Jim Hessler joins us from the Peach Orchard to answer your questions. Jim is not only an award-winning author and Licensed Battlefield Guide, but he is also co-host of the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. Be sure to get your hands on a copy of all of Jim's books Gettysburg's Peach Orchard Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg Sickles At Gettysburg...
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Keith Harris is a historian, an educator, an author, a runner, a social media aficionado, and an animal rights advocate. He received his BA at the University of California at Los Angeles (summa cum laude) and his Ph.D. in United States history at the University of Virginia. He has taught courses in United States history at the University of Virginia and the University of California at Riverside, and currently teaches at a private high school in Los Angeles. His work focuses on nineteenth and twe...
Jun 03, 2020•17 min
Rob Gibson is a wet plate photographer known for once having had a studio here in Gettysburg, taking wet plates on dozens of historical films and riding around town on an old Harley Davidson with a darkroom for a sidecar. We sat down with Rob at Dave Wilson's Victorian Photography Studio to discuss Rob's career and the science behind photography. Oh, and pizza! Be sure to schedule a shoot with Rob or Dave next time you're in Gettysburg. Rob Gibson:tintypeartist@gmail.com Dave Wilson: www.victori...
Jun 02, 2020•17 min
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. Park in Devil's Den lot and meet at Devil...
May 31, 2020•1 min
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. ...
May 29, 2020•18 min
LANGUAGE WARNING Robert Lee Hodge is a name known to many in the Civil War and reenacting communities. For those of you who don't know him by name, you probably know some of his work. Either way, after listening to this interview, you won't forget him. He's a fascinating fella and I thoroughly enjoyed my phone call with him.
May 29, 2020•17 min
Hey everyone. Here’s a quick update for you. Adams county is going I to the yellow phase. So what does that mean? It means that GettysBike Tours will open on Thursday, May 28, with certain restrictions. So make sure you check www.Gettysbike.com or call them at 717.752.7752. Mason Dixon Distillery is still shipping their wonderful liquor to Pennsylvania residents only, but now they’re offering curbside pick up for anyone in the area. Just go to www.masondixondistillery.com and click curbside. As ...
May 22, 2020•1 min
LBG 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...
May 15, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Matt, Bob and Tim Smith hunkered down around the 99th Pa monument on, yet another, cold, grey, windy day that felt more like Novmeber than late-April to answer your questions pertaining to The Devil's Den. As always, this free content is brought to you by the generous support of our Patrons. Become one today by clicking here .
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 48 min
SARAH BROADHEAD: “ To-day we heard that the Rebels were crossing the river in heavy force, and advancing on to this State.” In the 1730s and 40s, Scots-Irish and German settlers began laying roots in what was then known as the Marsh Creek settlement. Eventually, Samuel Gettys opened a tavern on the Marsh Creek Road, the major east-west road in the area. In 1761, he was fined for running a tavern without a license. In 1769, the Baltimore-Shippensburg road was laid out and an intersection was crea...
Apr 24, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 2
