Episode 3: “What If Jackson Were At Gettysburg?" - Richard Ewell and July 1
The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast
Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade
4.8 • 950 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2019
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
In Episode Three, Eric and Jim delve into the often-asked question of "what if Jackson were at Gettysburg?" While not an alternative history episode the premise is to use the question as a means to compare and contrast Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and Richard Ewell in their roles as commanders of the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. Would the battle have been different? Was there a significant drop off in leadership ability and performance? The answers to these questions from the hosts might surprise you and challenge long-held assumptions on the fighting of July 1.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. |
| 0:02.8 | I am your co-host Eric Lindblade, licensed battlefield guide here at Gaysburg National |
| 0:06.7 | Military Park and we are recording at the Reliance Mine Saloon in Gettysburg. |
| 0:10.8 | I am joined today by my co-hosts, |
| 0:13.7 | also a licensed battlefield guide. |
| 0:15.4 | Jim, what are we talking about today? |
| 0:17.0 | Eric, today is episode 3, |
| 0:19.7 | and it is the quintessential fan boy question. |
| 0:23.4 | What if Jackson were at Gettysburg? |
| 0:26.0 | It's the episode that has already broken the internet. |
| 0:28.5 | We were overloaded with listener questions on it. |
| 0:31.6 | But tonight's episode is going to try to take a thoughtful look at that |
| 0:36.3 | often asked question, what if Jackson were at Gettysburg, and we're going to try to break this out |
| 0:41.6 | into a detailed analysis of Richard Ewell and his performance. |
| 0:45.4 | We should add, this is not an alternative history episode. |
| 0:49.6 | We are not playing What If everywhere. |
| 0:51.7 | We are using Jackson as sort of the lens to view |
| 0:54.4 | you'll performance moving forward. |
| 0:56.2 | Let's just get the number one joke off the table right away what if Jackson were at |
| 1:00.3 | Gettysburg he would have smelled really bad ha ha ha you know we've already had |
| 1:04.1 | that question on Facebook I know a hundred people who claim they originated that joke |
| 1:09.0 | that's not what we're doing today but dare I say Eric dare I say that we're going to try to take a thoughtful |
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