Episode 12: The Myth of Little Round Top with Garry Adelman
The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast
Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade
4.8 • 950 Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2019
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Episode 12 is a special holiday bonus episode brought to us by Santa Sickles himself! In this episode, Eric and Jim are joined by their friend and colleague Garry Adelman to discuss his 2003 book The Myth of Little Round Top.
Why does Little Round Top loom so prominently in the history of the Battle of Gettysburg, and has this always been the case? Likewise, how was the fighting that occurred there on July 2, 1863, interpreted and viewed by those who were there?
Eric, Garry, and Jim also discuss the chances the Confederates had in capturing the hill, what might they have been able to do with it, and how does it compare to other Confederate attacks on July 2.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to a very special holiday episode of the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. |
| 0:06.5 | I am your co-host licensed battlefield guide Eric Lindblade and as always I am joined by my co-host licensed battlefield guide Jim Hesseler. Jim, what's our topic today for this special holiday episode? |
| 0:17.5 | So Eric, today's episode is a bonus episode. A surprise gift for our listeners is a thank you for wildly exceeding our expectations in season one. |
| 0:27.0 | Today's special guest is none other than Gary Adelman. |
| 0:32.0 | Now Gary has a huge social media following |
| 0:34.7 | and is likely no stranger to many of our listeners. |
| 0:37.4 | Gary is the director of history and education |
| 0:40.2 | at the American Battlefield Trust. |
| 0:42.2 | I'm actually chief Historian now. |
| 0:44.0 | Oh, there you go. |
| 0:45.0 | He's got he's been promoted already. |
| 0:46.0 | And by the way, Gary and I appear on the Trust Gettysburg Mobile |
| 0:49.0 | app, which you should most definitely check out if you've not done so. |
| 0:52.0 | But Gary is also the author, co-author, most definitely check out if you've not done so. |
| 0:52.6 | But Gary is also the author, co-author, or editor |
| 0:55.7 | of numerous books and articles concerning the Civil War. |
| 0:58.9 | He's the vice president of the Center for Civil War photography. |
| 1:02.2 | And, like Eric and I |
| 1:03.6 | Gary is a licensed battlefield guide to Gettysburg. So our topic tonight |
| 1:08.0 | we're going to be discussing Gary's 2003 book, The Myth of Little Round Top, which happens to be my second favorite Edelman |
| 1:16.4 | book. |
| 1:17.4 | Many historians and books tell us that the Battle of Gettysburg was won, and perhaps a nation was saved at Little Round Top. But was it? |
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