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Reconsidering “Gettysburg”

Posted on January 5, 2019 by ECW Guest Post

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 →

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The 25th Anniversary Film Screening of Gettysburg

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Frank Jastrzembski

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 →

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Q and A with Patrick Gorman (General John B. Hood)

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Frank Jastrzembski

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 →

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A Conversation with Dave Roth (part two)

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

(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 →

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An Elusive Doctor at Gettysburg

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Sarah Kay Bierle

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 →

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“Telling History” vs “Making Art”: Richard Ewell on July 1

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Chris Mackowski

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 →

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