Episode 43: The Gettysburg Bad History Episode - Part One
The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast
Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade
4.8 • 950 Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2022
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Eric and Jim tackle a beloved subject matter: Gettysburg's bad history! What makes "bad history?" What are some of the more egregious Gettysburg myths, misunderstandings, or outright misinterpretations that relate to the battle? Tune in as our co-hosts delve into the worst of Gettysburg history!
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| 0:00.0 | And the Oh, Welcome everyone to the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. I am your co-host |
| 0:35.8 | Eric Linblade and as always I am joined by my co-host Jim Hesseler. Jim tell |
| 0:40.4 | the folks what we're doing tonight and where we're at. |
| 0:42.4 | Hey Eric welcome, welcome back. |
| 0:43.6 | Welcome back everybody to the show. |
| 0:45.6 | So after a couple of heavy episodes on Long Street and Mead, |
| 0:49.2 | today we're going to go a little more light-hearted |
| 0:51.6 | as we tackle what we are calling bad history. |
| 0:55.0 | This is going to be popular myths, misconceptions that distort the general public's |
| 1:00.3 | understanding of the Battle of Gettysburg. |
| 1:03.0 | Some of them might be grounded in fact, |
| 1:05.0 | some are just plain ridiculous, |
| 1:07.0 | and some might make a stop to think, |
| 1:09.0 | but in most cases, they're just bad. |
| 1:11.0 | Very, very bad. Will this become the blame everything on Shelby |
| 1:15.8 | Foot episode? Listen and find out. So join us from our happy place |
| 1:20.4 | recording studio at Gettys gear for a little bad Gettysburg history. |
| 1:26.1 | So before we get into our eagerly anticipated bad history episode, Jim, we have a special |
| 1:31.9 | guest of us this evening evening don't we? |
| 1:33.6 | Well we do as always or as sometimes so I guess not as always but we're joined in the |
| 1:39.0 | studio by Super-fan Jody from Savage, who is developing quite the podcast following of her own. |
| 1:46.4 | Welcome back, Jody. |
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