Episode 6: What was Lee Thinking? July 3, 1863
The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast
Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade
4.8 • 950 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2019
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Eric and Jim attempt to delve into one of the most commonly asked visitor questions they receive as Licensed Battlefield Guides at Gettysburg: What was Lee thinking to order Pickett's Charge?
This episode focuses on the planning that went into one of the most famous military attacks in history and the thought process behind it. What was the objective? What was the attack aiming for? Was this a desperate gamble? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Episode Six of The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. If you would like to donate to the show, you can do so via the following: A one-time donation on PayPal at paypal.me/gettysburgpodcast A recurring, monthly donation at www.patreon.com/gettysburgpodcast All donations offset the show's production costs and allow it to remain a free resource on the Battle of Gettysburg. You can find The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast on social media at the following: Facebook: The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast Twitter: @gettysburgpod Instagram: @thebattleofgettysburgpodcast Email: gettysburgpodcast@gmail.com Also, check out and subscribe to our YouTube page!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. I am licensed battlefield guide Eric Lindblade and I am here of my co-host licensed battlefield guide Jim Hesseler. |
| 0:09.0 | Jim, what kind of episode do we got coming up today? |
| 0:11.0 | Well I think Eric we have another great |
| 0:13.2 | episode for you and the listeners is battlefield guides Eric and I both believe |
| 0:18.0 | that one of the most commonly asked battlefield questions that we receive. |
| 0:23.2 | After, where's the bathroom, and have you ever seen a ghost? |
| 0:26.9 | The most commonly asked military-based question that we ever received |
| 0:30.7 | might be what was Robert E. Lee thinking on July 3rd, 1863 when he |
| 0:36.4 | launched what became known as Pickets Charge and that's going to be the topic of |
| 0:40.0 | today's episode. What was Robert E. Lee thinking on July 3rd? And I should add with |
| 0:45.8 | this episode we are not doing a complete blow-by-blow breakdown of what |
| 0:50.2 | becomes known as Pickett's charge. We're really looking at the planning and organization |
| 0:54.6 | of this tack, go into that question, |
| 0:56.5 | what was Lee thinking? |
| 0:57.5 | Right, because we want to give you the listener |
| 0:59.3 | as much content over as many episodes as possible. |
| 1:03.0 | So we don't want to wrap up something as iconic |
| 1:05.6 | as Pickets Charge in one or two episodes. |
| 1:08.1 | Frankly, you know, we're like a fine six-course meal, Eric. |
| 1:12.0 | You know, we want to dish out one course at a time we are not a |
| 1:15.6 | fast food podcast if you want fast food go on Facebook this is a fine meal |
| 1:20.9 | and we're gonna give you a course at a time. |
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