Episode 25: Alfred Iverson at Gettysburg - Part Two
The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast
Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade
4.8 • 950 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2020
⏱️ 121 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast, Eric and Jim continue their look at Brigadier General Alfred Iverson and his North Carolina brigade.
In Part Two, the hosts give another of their noted "deep dives" into what happened to Iverson and his troops at Gettysburg on July 1 and the ultimate fallout from what happened on the fields of the Forney Family that afternoon. You will not want to miss Eric and Jim's analysis of Iverson's Brigade at Gettysburg!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. I am your co-host |
| 0:04.4 | licensed battlefield guide Eric Lindblade and as always I am joined by my |
| 0:08.3 | co-host licensed battlefield guide Jim Hesselar. Jim, what's our topic today? |
| 0:13.2 | We're back with part two of General Alfred Iverson and the attack and defense of Oak Ridge. |
| 0:18.6 | Now last time we gave you a deep dive on General Iverson and his background. |
| 0:24.0 | We touched on some of his earlier campaigns. |
| 0:26.5 | We brought Robert Rhodes's division basically into Carlisle on the eve of the Battle of |
| 0:31.6 | Gettysburg. |
| 0:32.6 | And so today we're going to pick up with what we think |
| 0:34.9 | is a fascinating story. |
| 0:36.7 | We've still got Ivorsons, Tar Heels, unhappy to be, |
| 0:40.9 | you know, led by a Georgian here on July 1st. |
| 0:43.7 | And we're going to go right to the battlefield |
| 0:45.4 | and we will pick up with the combat and the charge itself. |
| 0:48.9 | So part two of Iverson's brigade at Gettysburg. Coming up after I think we do a little bit of |
| 0:54.7 | brief housekeeping. And before we're getting to the housekeeping I just want to |
| 0:58.7 | point out that Jim and I are doing this as individuals. |
| 1:02.6 | We are not speaking for anyone other than ourselves and in no means are we speaking for |
| 1:07.1 | any organization. |
| 1:08.6 | So even though we happen to be licensed battlefield guides, we are not speaking for any organizations outside of this. |
| 1:14.9 | Just want to make that clear in case anybody has any concerns or confusion. |
| 1:18.9 | You know, it says something that you've arrived when you guys start doing disclaimers |
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