Episode 21: Culp's Hill at Gettysburg, July 2: Part One
The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast
Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade
4.8 • 950 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2020
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast, Eric and Jim start a two-part series on the July 2 fighting on Culp’s Hill. Students of the battle have long lamented how the combat at Culp’s Hill is overlooked or even forgotten, but is it? And if so, why?
Part One features a detailed discussion of the terrain in and around Culp’s Hill, as well as the defenses built by Union forces. In their trademark “deep dive” style, Eric and Jim look at the initial Union occupation of Culp’s Hill on July 1 and the disposition of the 1st and 12th Corps on July 2.
Also, this episode is an in-depth look at Confederate Major General Edward Johnson and his division, and what exactly was the Confederate plan as it related to this part of the battlefield on July 2.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. I am your co-host, licensed |
| 0:06.2 | battlefield guide Eric Lindblade, and as always I am joined by my co-host |
| 0:10.4 | licensed battlefield guide Jim Hesseler. |
| 0:12.6 | Jim, what's our topic this evening? |
| 0:15.1 | Well, Eric, first of all, welcome back. |
| 0:17.0 | It's been a little while since we've been in the studio recording. |
| 0:20.7 | The topic tonight after some recent and, dare I say, successful forays into human interest stories, we felt like it was time to return with some hardcore battle and combat episodes. |
| 0:34.5 | We've covered the first day, |
| 0:35.8 | we've covered the south end of the battlefield, |
| 0:37.8 | we've covered Pickett's Charge, |
| 0:39.9 | but we have not yet tackled Culp's Hill, where, as many of our listeners know, was the scene of some |
| 0:46.0 | of the battles heaviest fighting, and some people think could have actually been the key to the battle. |
| 0:53.3 | Well, Eric, no one is going to say that the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast ignored Culp's Hill. |
| 0:58.9 | So on this installment, we're going to tackle Breastworks, Green, Johnson, Ireland, Ull, and all the gang on |
| 1:06.8 | Culp's Hill July 2nd on the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. |
| 1:11.5 | Eric, this is Hard times on the right flank, |
| 1:14.4 | and I'm calling it now. |
| 1:15.7 | I'm predicting a two-part episode. |
| 1:17.7 | So tonight we're coming to you from a special location. |
| 1:20.9 | Jim, could you maybe tell the listeners at home a little bit about where we're coming from tonight? |
| 1:25.0 | Yeah, I mean this is great. So we have new friends and new partners at Getty's Gear. Getty's Gear is a retail outlet located in the Gettysburg Village at |
| 1:35.8 | 777 Baltimore Street here in Gettysburg they're right across from the tour |
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