Episode 47: The Eve of Battle - June 30, 1863
The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast
Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade
4.8 • 950 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2023
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Eric, Jim, and Jody had the opportunity to visit the historic Cashtown Inn located in Cashtown, Pennsylvania to record a deep-dive look at the events and decisions of June 30, 1863, and the impact they will have on what will become the Battle of Gettysburg.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Oh, Welcome everyone to the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. I am your co-host |
| 0:35.5 | Eric Lindblade and as always I am joined by my co-host Jim Hesseler. Jim what's |
| 0:40.0 | tonight's episode? Well thanks Eric, Hey Jody, welcome back everybody. |
| 0:44.0 | Tonight we're playing a road game. |
| 0:45.6 | This time we're going to come to you from the historic Cashtown Inn in none other than Cashtown |
| 0:50.6 | Pennsylvania. |
| 0:52.2 | And given the venue, we thought it would be appropriate |
| 0:54.4 | to maybe tackle June 30th, the eve of the battle |
| 0:57.6 | in the day that the armies move closer to contact. |
| 1:00.9 | Now there's a lot to unpack here, |
| 1:02.4 | given that we're recording in |
| 1:03.4 | cashtown, we're going to focus on Confederate movements to Gettysburg. We'll |
| 1:07.6 | cover Pettigrew, Heath, Hill, Lee, but also the Army of the Potomac |
| 1:11.7 | movements, Mead, Reynolds, and everybody's favorite |
| 1:15.1 | cavalry general. But before we start the deep dive into June 30th, I'll hand it over |
| 1:19.6 | to Jody, who has a couple of special guests to introduce. |
| 1:23.0 | So we're sitting here with the owners of Cashdown Inn, |
| 1:27.0 | Daniel and Jeremy Davis, |
| 1:29.0 | and then we also have with us Bruce Katke. |
| 1:31.0 | And they're going to give us a little bit of history and talk a little bit about |
| 1:35.4 | the renovations that they've been doing to cash down since they took over. |
| 1:38.6 | Well, thank you guys. |
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