Episode 22: Culp's Hill at Gettysburg, July 2: Part Two
The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast
Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade
4.8 • 950 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2020
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast, Eric and Jim continue their two-part series on the July 2 fighting on Culp's Hill. In Part Two, the hosts give a deep dive into battle action on Culp's Hill on the evening of July 2, involving George Greene's Union brigade and Confederate forces under Edward Johnson.
As always, special attention is given to the personalities, terrain, and human interest stories that are connected to this part of the field.
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| 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 am joined by my co-host |
| 0:09.1 | licensed battlefield guide Jim Hessler and Jim tell everyone what our topic tonight is. |
| 0:13.7 | Yeah, Eric, we are back for Part 2 of Cults Hill July 2nd. Now where we left off in |
| 0:20.3 | Part 1, it was about 4 o'clock in the afternoon on July 2nd. |
| 0:24.6 | Long Street's main attack was starting to begin against the Union left, |
| 0:28.5 | over opposite the Union right, Richard Ull's second course, |
| 0:32.0 | specifically Edward Allegheny Johnson's division, |
| 0:35.4 | was getting ready to go into action and you still had the majority of the Union Army |
| 0:40.6 | 12th Corps on Culp's Hill ready to face some. So we're going to pick up with |
| 0:45.8 | the combat on July 2nd at Kultzill here on the Battle of Gettysburg |
| 0:50.3 | Podcast. So before we do that Eric what kind of housekeeping do we have for today? |
| 0:55.0 | Really the biggest thing once again we will remind you where you can find us on |
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| 1:21.6 | I think we got a couple thank yous to throw out for this episode. |
| 1:25.1 | Yeah, we do. Once again, we are recording from Getty's gear at 777 Baltimore Street in the old Gettysburg Village across from the Tour Center. |
| 1:35.2 | We want to thank the folks at Getty's Gear. |
| 1:37.5 | They have been more than hospitable to us in opening up their doors and allowing us to record today. |
| 1:43.4 | For those of you at home, you want to check out Getty's gear. |
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