ECW Podcast: “July 2nd at Gettysburg Needed a Lot of Saving” (with Dan Welch and Evan Portman)
Historian Harry Pfanz once said, “July 2nd [at Gettysburg] needed a lot of saving.” Who had to save the day and where? Historians Dan Welch and Evan Portman join Chris Mackowski on the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk about the second day of the battle and leaders and units who rose to the occasion at various moments of crisis.
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