Episode 7: Lewis Armistead with Wayne Motts
The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast
Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade
4.8 • 950 Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
For Episode Seven of The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast, Eric and Jim are joined by their friend and fellow Licensed Battlefield Guide Wayne Motts to discuss the life of Brigadier General Lewis Armistead. In addition to being a Licensed Battlefield Guide, Wayne Motts is the CEO of The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and the author of a 1994 biography on Armistead. In 2015, he co-authored "Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg" with podcast co-host Jim Hessler.
In the episode details of Armistead's early life and military career are discussed, along with his role in the Battle of Gettysburg and his friendship with Winfield Scott Hancock and James Longstreet. Wayne also gives a unique take on the depiction of Armistead in the 1994 film Gettysburg. All this and more, plus an appearance from Bobo, the dog, make this an episode you do not want to miss!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everybody to the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. |
| 0:02.2 | I am your co-host, licensed battlefield guide Eric Lindblade, |
| 0:05.4 | and we are coming to you live from the Reliance Mine Saloon in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. |
| 0:10.1 | I am joined as always by my co-host licensed battlefield guide Jim |
| 0:13.3 | Hesseler and today Jim we have a very special guest on what will be a bonus |
| 0:17.5 | episode of the podcast Eric I am so excited today I can barely contain myself |
| 0:22.4 | I am I am almost falling off of my seat here at the |
| 0:25.9 | bar of the Reliance Mind. This folks is a bonus episode. Special guest Wayne Motz is in the studio tonight. |
| 0:34.1 | Probably many of you know Wayne. |
| 0:35.6 | He has been a licensed battlefield guide since 1988. |
| 0:39.5 | He is the CEO of the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and not coincidentally, |
| 0:45.8 | in addition to being a good friend of mine, Wayne is the co-author of a book that we did together |
| 0:50.3 | in 2015 Pickets Charge at Gettysburg. |
| 0:54.2 | But prior to that, Wayne, and in 1994, I think. |
| 0:56.9 | It also published his own biography of General Lewis |
| 1:00.2 | Armstead. |
| 1:01.0 | And so, man, we got a lot of stuff to talk about with Wayne today. Wayne |
| 1:04.1 | welcome to the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. Thanks a lot Eric. Thanks a lot |
| 1:08.5 | Jim. Just an honor to be with you here this evening and happy to talk |
| 1:12.1 | about Lewis |
| 1:12.8 | Armstead. So Wayne, a lot of our listeners might be familiar with you, but for |
| 1:16.7 | those who are not, tell us a little bit about your background. How did you |
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