The Battle of Gettysburg Begins

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🗓️ 1 July 2025

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July 1, 1863. Confederate troops engage with Union troops outside of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, setting off one of the bloodiest and most important battles of the American Civil War. This episode originally aired in 2022.

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0:31.8	It's May 1863 at the Chancellor House in Sponsylvania County, Virginia, two years into the American Civil War.
0:38.8	14-year-old Sue Chancellor crouches in her bedroom as the sound of Confederate cannons echo outside.
0:44.8	Days ago, her home was taken over by Union General Joseph Hooker. Hooker's been using Sue's house as his headquarters and a military hospital during this days-long engagement that will come
0:50.1	to be known as the Battle of Chancellorville. and today the rebels have Sue's house surrounded.
0:56.6	Sue hears a pounding on the door, and a union soldier calling out to her.
1:01.8	Sue darts across the room and throws the door open. The soldier tells Sue that she needs to get to
1:06.7	the cellar for safety. Cannon fire grows louder as Sue rushes down a hallway toward the stairs.
1:13.5	Sue stumbles as a Confederate strike hits close enough to shake the walls of the house.
1:18.5	Sue runs faster, desperate to reach the cellar.
1:21.8	She barrels down the stairs to the first floor, and there she hears the groans of wounded men
1:27.1	as she runs to the steps that lead down to the basement., and there she hears the groans of wounded men as she runs to the steps
1:28.5	that lead down to the basement. Sue closes the door behind her, and inside she sees her mother
1:34.5	and sister already huddled together in the dark. Their face is illuminated by the glow of a
1:39.3	burning candle. She breathes a sigh of relief. As she rushes to her mother, she praised the cellar will be enough to protect them.
1:47.0	But then, the house shudders from a direct hit, and Sue hears shouting from above.
1:53.0	Soon a union soldier opens the cellar door. He says they have to get out, and now, Sue bounds up the steps, followed by her mother and sister.
2:03.5	Upstairs, Sue and her family move through the choking smoke and push outside where Union soldiers wait to take them to safety.
2:10.9	As the troops lead Sue and her family off, she looks back and sees her home burning to the ground.
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