The Civil War & Reconstruction

A history podcast in which Rich & Tracy weave together a chronological narrative of the Civil War era. Visit us at www.civilwarpodcast.org

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#345- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirty-first)
"you cannot hold this position but the enemy will not let you get away without a fight"
26 min
177
#344- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirtieth)
"bad influences, such as dan sickles"
21 min
178
#343- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-ninth)
"key, you have dishonored my house- you must die"
31 min
179
#342- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-eig...
"the view astonished me, as the enemy was massed in my front"
30 min
180
#341- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-sev...
"did you get there?"
22 min
181
#340- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-sixth)
"the enemy is here and if we do not whip him, he will whip us"
26 min
182
#339- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-fifth)
"we might as well fight it out here just as well as anywhere"
19 min
183
#338- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-fou...
"i am going straight at them, and will settle this thing one way or the other"
33 min
184
#337- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-third)
"general ewell was instructed to carry the hill if he found it practicable"
37 min
185
#336- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-sec...
"orders were shouted to fall back to cemetery hill, and it was high time to do so"
26 min
186
#335- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twenty-first)
"their ranks went down like grass before the scythe"
31 min
187
#334- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twentieth)
"it seemed as if the bullets were as thick as hailstones in a storm"
28 min
188
#333- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Nineteenth)
"we were sacrificed to steady the retreat"
27 min
189
#332- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Eighteenth)
"men were being mown down in great numbers on both sides"
30 min
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#331- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Seventeenth)
"general reynolds is dead, and you are the senior officer on the field"
27 min
191
#330- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Sixteenth)
"wait a while and i will send you word when to go in"
27 min
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#329- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Fifteenth)
19 min
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#328- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Fourteenth)
"the rashness of that hour"
28 min
195
#327- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Thirteenth)
"will our army be whipped?"
22 min
196
#326- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Twelfth)
"i am in ignorance as to what we have in front of us here"
29 min
197
#325- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Eleventh)
"no one ever received a more important command"
22 min
198
#324- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Tenth)
"go like hell"
39 min
199
#323- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Ninth)
"in retreat, double-quick, run!"
37 min
200
#322- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Part the Eighth)
"we went down at them pretty lively and captured a good many"
31 min