Addressing Gettysburg

🔴Somewhere Toward Freedom with Bennett Parton 
Topics Discussed:
About the author Bennett Parton and his educational and professional background
The inspiration the lead Bennett to write the book 
Bennett discusses his approach to writing the book and his desire to cover the campaign differently then it was previously written 
The size of the enslaved refugees following the Mach versus the size of the city or Savannah 
The role Henry Hitchcock had during the campaign and how his journal was used as a primary account for the Book
When did Sherman start encountering enslaved people that wanted to follow his Army as refugees? 
Definition of a driver was on a southern plantation and the difficulties  they found themselves in
Moments that showed the brutality of slavery for Hitchcock and the Union
Stories of how the enslaved people found along the way helped Union soldiers during forging expeditions 
The role of forgers during the campaign
The biblical view of Sherman's march from the enslaved perspective as Jubilee 
Discussion on if the Union knew before the campaign that formerly enslaved would follow the Army
The Union Armies refugee policy 
Stories plantation owners told the enslaved about Sherman's Army and what exactly the enslaved knew to be true through secret word of mouth communication systems 
Jefferson C. Davis's actions at Ebenezer Creek that stranded hundreds of refugees 
Sherman's reputation after the war in the South 
Surprising revolutions that the author found while researching this book and his next project
Show References:
Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation - Bennett Parten
The March - E.L. Doctorow
Ragtime - E.L. Doctorow
Gettysburg  - 1993 Movie
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers' Edition: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong - James W. Loewen
The Port Royal Experiment: A Case Study in Development - Kevin Dougherty
Rehearsal for Reconstruction: The Port Royal Experiment - Willie Lee Rose 
Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman's March and American Memory - Anne Sarah Rubin
 A Nation under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration - Steven Hahn 
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Alys Beverton returns to Addressing Gettysburg as she and Matt discuss the way other parts of the world viewed the American Civil War

Who Were the Vietnam Dead in Gettysburg National Cemetery? LBG Lewis Trott suggested we do an episode that gets to know only some of the Vietnam soldiers buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery. We liked that idea. This livestream includes a combination of live, in-studio discussion and a trip out to the cemetery to visit four graves and learn about their life, service and death. 
Thanks to Derrick Lewis from Civil War Explained for his assistance with the camera in the cemetery.
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Soldiers Featured in Tonight's Show:
1. LT Raymond Ellis
2. PFC Samuel McDonald
3. LT Larry Hess
4. PFC Theodore Silas
5. PVT William Walls
6. PFC Denis Abbott
7. SSG Thomas Winkelvoss
8. LT Edward Romig
9. PFC James Dufault
10. MSG Clarence Everett
11. PFC Henry Teasley
12. PFC David Hartsoe
13. SGT James Snyder
14. LCPL Charles Railing
15. LCPL Charles Brennan
16. CPT Scott Burkett
17. PVT Jeffrey Morris
18. PFC Michael Callahan
19. CPL Clifford Van Artsdalen
20. SGT James Coats
21. LT George Rogers
22. LCPL Charles Hawk Jr
23. PFC Harry Hawk
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In this episode, Matt and guest Gerald Murray discuss the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry and their role during the Battle of Gettysburg on East Cavalry Field

October 17, 2026 – 10:00 a.m.
Lt. General Richard Ewell
Led by LBG Lewis Trott
Did Lieutenant General Ewell lose the Battle of Gettysburg for the Confederates? Could his forces "have taken that hill" on July 1, 1863? Were his actions on the afternoon of July 2, 1863 timely enough to affect the outcome?
Park where legal with all 4 wheels on the pavement.
Meet on Stevens Knoll along Slocum Ave.