Episode 46: John Sedgwick and The Union Sixth Corps - Part Two with Carol Reardon
The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast
Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade
4.8 • 950 Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2023
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Eric, Jim, and Jody are once again joined by esteemed Civil War historian Dr. Carol Reardon as she discusses John Sedgwick and the Union Sixth Corps from their pursuit of Lee's army after Gettysburg to the death of Sedgwick on May 9, 1864. Part Two features a wide-ranging discussion of topics about Sedgwick and his troops, but also features a Dan Sickles Report not to be missed!
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| 0:00.0 | And the Oh, Welcome everyone to the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. I am your co-host Eric Lindblade and as always I am joined by my co-host Jim Hesselar. Jim, what's tonight's topic? |
| 0:42.0 | Hey Eric and hello everybody, welcome back. |
| 0:45.0 | First of all, we are back on the favorable grounds at our studio at Getty's Gear, |
| 0:50.0 | and we're going to cover part two of John Sedgwick and the Sixth Core with esteemed historian |
| 0:56.3 | Dr. Carol Reardon. Part one we had great feedback, great response to part two is even better and I would argue now it's been a while since I've listened to it Eric |
| 1:07.2 | But I would argue by the second or even third hour we were in the studio together we were getting a little punchy so I even |
| 1:14.2 | think there might be a little tension in part two that wasn't in part one. |
| 1:18.0 | There could be stay tuned for that but but all joking aside we we said I think we coined the term Sedgwick mania was sweeping the world and what I think is neat is sometimes when there's topics that don't get a lot of attention. When students in the battle get a chance to delve into that topic, |
| 1:36.0 | they realize there's kind of a wealth of sources, |
| 1:38.0 | a wealth of information they didn't really know about, |
| 1:40.0 | and it's something new. |
| 1:41.0 | And even though the Six Corps was here, we're not saying they're new, but it's something |
| 1:45.0 | no one's really talked about and I think it gave people a greater appreciation of John Sedgwick |
| 1:49.7 | beyond just being the punchline of his death. |
| 1:52.0 | That's exactly it, that point about the punchline. |
| 1:54.5 | I know I said it in part one, and I hate using cliches, |
| 1:58.0 | but the cliche I'm going to keep coming back to is Sedgwick and the Sixth Corps do deserve more than being a punchline. |
| 2:05.2 | And so Carol is going to take us through, geez, I don't even remember what she takes us through, |
| 2:09.6 | but kind of the end of the campaign, I think right up until Sedgwick's death and it will be |
| 2:14.0 | treated with the appropriate seriousness that that topic finally deserves. |
| 2:19.0 | Absolutely and and it was interesting when we released the episode. |
| 2:23.3 | We even had folks comment on social media. |
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