Episode 10: Johnston Pettigrew and the Gettysburg Campaign

The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast

Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade

History

4.8 • 950 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2019

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Widely regarded as one of the smartest and most accomplished individuals from the South during the Antebellum era, North Carolina native Johnston Pettigrew led his brigade from the Old North State through some of the most ferocious combat of the Civil War.

Join Eric and Jim as they delve into the role played by Pettigrew and the troops under his command during the Gettysburg Campaign with a particular focus on their actions of June 30, July 1, July 3, and the mortal wounding of Pettigrew at Falling Waters on July 14.

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0:00.0	Welcome everyone to the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. I am your co-host licensed
0:04.5	battlefield guide Eric Lindblade and as always I am joined by my co-host
0:08.5	licensed battlefield guide Jim Hesseler. Jim, what's our topic tonight?
0:12.1	Eric, our topic tonight is actually one of your favorite pet topics.
0:16.0	We are going to do a deep dive on the brigade under General James Johnston Petag, Pedagru.
0:22.7	Eric and I feel like it gives us a lot of breath.
0:25.7	We're going to cover June 30th, July 1st, July 3rd, and even a little bit on the retreat,
0:32.1	the battle at Falling Waters, something that we haven't done
0:34.6	on the podcast up until now.
0:36.8	So stay tuned folks.
0:38.4	Tonight is Pettigrew's Brigade, live on the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast.
0:43.0	And of course we are tonight at the Battle of Gettysburg Studios at the world famous
0:47.8	Reliance Mine Saloon in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
0:51.0	The mine has been gracious enough to host us for this season and hopefully for our next season as well.
0:56.0	So definitely a friend of the show and speaking a friend of the show, Jim tell us a little about tonight's show sponsor.
1:02.0	All right, Eric, tonight's episode is once again brought to us by our friends at RPM Search Group.
1:08.6	Michael Hamula, the founder and managing partner of the group, is an avid student of the battle he's a
1:14.4	frequent visitor to Gettysburg he's a friend of ours and he is a listener and
1:19.2	super-fan of the show you know guys is we're doing an episode tonight about the Army of
1:24.9	Northern Virginia and reorganizations that resulted from the Battle of
1:30.1	Chancellorsville and casualties that occurred throughout the Battle of Gettysburg.
1:34.4	Don't you think Robert E. Lee would have benefited from having a great executive search
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