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Stuart’s Big Capture and the Cost of Doing Business
Jeb Stuart, cut off from the Army of Northern Virginia’s infantry during the last days of June 1863, later tried to excuse his position by making much ado about his exploits. In particular, he crowed about a Federal wagon train … Continue reading
Posted in Cavalry
Tagged cavalry, George Gordon Meade, Gettysburg movie, JEB Stuart, Montgomery Miegs, Shoes, supplies
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J. Johnston Pettigrew, Author
In the blockbuster movie Gettysburg, which hit the big screens in 1993, there is a moment in the film of an exchange between Confederate Generals James Longstreet and J. Johnston Pettigrew on July 3rd. For those reading this that are aficionados … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, George Pickett, Gettysburg, Gettysburg movie, Isaac Trimble, J. Johnston Pettigrew, James Longstreet, Michael Shaara, Notes on Spain and the Spaniards in the Summer of 1859, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge, The Killer Angels, With a Glance at Sardinia
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Communing with the Past: An Interview with Gary Milligan
Gary Milligan is one of those good guys in our hobby/avocation/obsession. Just a pleasure to get to know, filled with good stories, and always willing to share his knowledge and experiences. Several times this year I’ve gone to Gary, hat … Continue reading
CW & Pop Culture: The Gettysburg Soundtrack
Gettysburg had become an obsession. My first trip there had captured my imagination. At the tender age of five, my parents, with a push primarily from my father, had arranged what became the first of many yearly family trips to … Continue reading
Reconsidering “Gettysburg”
ECW welcomes guest author Tom McMillan I was at a movie theatre in suburban Pittsburgh on an otherwise forgettable rainy Tuesday night in the fall of 1993. “I left my spectacles over there,” General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate … Continue reading
The 25th Anniversary Film Screening of Gettysburg
On October 13, 800 Civil War buffs packed into Gettysburg’s Majestic Theater for the 25th anniversary film screening of Gettysburg. Special guests—some of the film’s cast, the writer and director, and the composer—also attended the event. I was five when … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Civil War in Pop Culture
Tagged Civil War movie, Gettysburg, Gettysburg movie, Patrick Gorman, Ron Maxwell
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Q and A with Patrick Gorman (General John B. Hood)
I have been enamored with the film Gettysburg (1993) ever since middle school. I jumped at the chance to have actor Patrick Gorman (who memorably portrayed General John Bell Hood) answer some of my questions by email. He was courteous … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War in Pop Culture, Personalities
Tagged Gettysburg movie, Interview, John Bell Hood, Killer Angels, Patrick Gorman
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A Conversation with Dave Roth (part two)
(part two in a five-part series) I’m talking this week with Dave Roth, editor and publisher of Blue & Gray Magazine and recipient of this year’s Emerging Civil War Award for Service in Public History. Yesterday, Dave explained how he, … Continue reading
An Elusive Doctor at Gettysburg
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sarah Kay Bierle. Generals oversee battles. Soldiers fight. Civilians hide. Surgeons amputate. What does a medical director do during a battle? More specifically: what did Dr. Hunter McGuire do at Gettysburg? … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, Culp's Hill, Dr. Hunter McGuire, Gettysburg movie, Henry Kyd Douglas, Hunterstown Road, Isaac Trimble, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Robert Milroy, Second Corps, Second Manassas, Second Winchester, Stonewall Jackson, Winchester, XI Corps
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“Telling History” vs “Making Art”: Richard Ewell on July 1
My favorite scene in the movie Gettysburg comes when a fiery Isaac Trimble, taught as an over-coiled spring, appears before Robert E. Lee to recount the events of July 1. Frustrated by Richard Ewell’s inaction in front of Cemetery Hill … Continue reading