Episode 17: The Battle of Hunterstown - July 2, 1863
The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast
Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade
4.8 • 950 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2020
⏱️ 81 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Eric and Jim discuss the important, yet overlooked, fighting that takes place northeast of Gettysburg in the small crossroads town of Hunterstown on July 2. This cavalry action features such famous Gettysburg figures as Wade Hampton, George Custer, Judson Kilpatrick, and Elon Farnsworth. The hosts take a deep dive into the sharp rearguard action by Confederate cavalry against a persistent Union foe on the afternoon of July 2, detail the close calls had by Hampton and Custer, and analyze the significance of Hunterstown to the overall second day at Gettysburg. If you would like to donate to the show, you can do so via the following:
A one-time donation on PayPal at paypal.me/gettysburgpodcast A recurring, monthly donation at www.patreon.com/gettysburgpodcast All donations offset the show's production costs and allow it to remain a free resource on the Battle of Gettysburg. You can find The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast on social media at the following:
Facebook: The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast
Twitter: @gettysburgpod
Instagram: @thebattleofgettysburgpodcast
Email: gettysburgpodcast@gmail.com Also, check out and subscribe to our YouTube page!
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. I am your co-host |
| 0:04.6 | licensed battlefield guide Eric Lindblade and as always I'm joined by my |
| 0:08.2 | co-host licensed battlefield guide Jim Hesseler and after a brief trip |
| 0:12.4 | outside the friendly comfines of the Reliance Mind |
| 0:15.5 | Saloon, we are back at our home studio with a topic tonight that I think is an |
| 0:21.0 | under-appreciated aspect of the Battle of Gettysburg that maybe a lot of our |
| 0:24.2 | listeners have maybe heard of but don't really know a lot about. |
| 0:27.6 | Jim, tell us what tonight's topic is. |
| 0:29.7 | Yeah, under-appreciated, dare I say it would be forgotten. |
| 0:33.6 | So Eric, it's the afternoon of July 2nd, 1863, |
| 0:37.7 | while guys named Longstreet Hood, Vincent, Chamberlain, |
| 0:41.8 | and, dare I say Sick Sickles are fighting five miles away at a small crossroads |
| 0:47.2 | town called Gettysburg. Another small crossroads town called Hunterstown was the scene of a spirited cavalry engagement |
| 0:55.6 | between guys named Hampton and Custer. So was it a meaningless sideshow to the |
| 1:00.9 | main event at Gettysburg or did it have implications on the larger Gettysburg |
| 1:06.5 | battle and is it possible that one moment at Hunterstown possibly changed all of American history, including the very existence of this |
| 1:16.4 | podcast? |
| 1:18.0 | Find answers to those questions and more as we visit the Battle of Hunter's Town on this edition of the Battle of Gettysburg |
| 1:25.7 | Podcast. Now Eric before we go into that do we have any housekeeping or social media |
| 1:30.9 | updates to talk about tonight? No real updates on the social media updates to talk about tonight? |
| 1:33.0 | No real updates on the social media front, |
| 1:35.5 | but if folks are looking to find us on social media, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.